Brian Fonseca

Sun Microsystems and Imation expanded their storage media relationship on Feb. 1 by announcing plans to jointly develop new tape cartridge technology and work on the integration of portable disk-based media into Suns StorageTek tape library. As part of the joint agreement between the two companies related to current and future product development, Sun and […]

SiliconSystems this week rolled out its new SiSMART storage system monitoring and usage technology that gives manufacturers and OEMs the capability to help users forecast the lifespan of solid-state drives. SiSMART will be incorporated into SiliconSystems entire SiliconDrive product portfolio beginning on Jan. 31. SiSMART can monitor read/write activity on solid-state drives—which feature no moving […]

NSI Software will begin shipping its new Double-Take for Virtual Systems product on Feb. 1, bringing its host-based Double-Take software platforms data protection, replication and failover capabilities over to virtualized server environments. Targeted at increasing usage and deployment of virtualization technology such as EMCs VMWare and Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2, Double-Take for Virtual Systems […]

Fios Inc. on Jan. 30 will unveil its new Fios Collection Manager IT service to help organizations gain control of pertinent documents that are sitting in enterprise repositories, content management systems and email archives. The new Fios product, set to be introduced at the LegalTech Tradeshow in New York City on Jan. 30 and available […]

Targeting a wave of data-intensive desktop applications and the proliferation of notebook devices with one broad stroke, Western Digital Corp. announced this week that it is shipping its new high-capacity WD Caviar SE 16 500 GB serial-ATA desktop hard drives and is also adding to its 2.5 notebook PC line with its new 120GB WD […]

At a media and analyst event in London Thursday, EMC unveiled a number of new storage and virtualization products designed to enhance information lifecycle management capabilities across its tiered storage, data mobility and data protection lines of business. Underscoring the old adage that size does matter, EMC announced the availability of its new EMC Symmetrix […]

Gary Bloom, current president and vice chairman of Symantec and former CEO of Veritas Software, has announced that he will walk away from Symantec by the end of March. Symantec officials said Jan. 23 that Blooms role as president will not be filled at this time. In addition, the lines of business currently reporting to […]

In order to protect itself from potential server system overloads and reign in storage usage across its 900 employee-base and related workgroups, the National Park Service within the OCIO (office of Chief Information Officer) is relying upon NTP Softwares QFS suite of products to streamline its storage administration. The Denver, Colo.-based National Park Services OCIO […]

Clearwell Systems is introducing its Email Intelligence Platform on Jan. 23, providing corporate e-mail systems with an e-mail analysis layer that rests on top of e-mail storage and is capable of tying into files, e-mail archive software and file servers to positively identify violations of regulatory or corporate policies. By examining the unique properties of […]

Backup-to-disk provider Data Domain on Monday introduced its first Virtual Tape Library option for its DD400 Enterprise Series Restorers, extending its replication and compression technology toward Fibre Channel storage area network environments. Currently in a beta format and targeted for release next month, Data Domains VTL option emulates up to 4u7 active virtual LTO drives […]

Iron Mountain on Monday announced its new DataDefense service, which enables customers to control data elimination or lock down all files on stolen PCs and laptops via an online interface. The rules-based service features triggers that allow an enterprise to recognize if a laptop or PC has been stolen or is missing. It can be […]

Imation has announced its intention to acquire Memorex International, in an all-cash transaction of $330 million plus payments ranging between $5 million and $45 million to be paid out over a period of three years once the deal closes, contingent on the financial performance of Memorex. By adding Memorexs recordable media capabilities to its removable […]