Chris Preimesberger

Servers, storage, routers, applications — even I/O — have been virtualized for data center systems and are now providing IT managers with huge improvements in administration and production quality.But not until startup Delphix officially emerged Sept. 14 at the DEMO Conference in Santa Clara, Calif., have databases been virtualized to become as portable as those […]

By: Frank Ohlhorst dnu Paessler’s PRTG Network Monitor Version 8 adds new agents for physical and virtual machines along with new methods to monitor Linux-based systems. Creating a standout network management product is a difficult chore in today’s highly competitive, well-populated market. To make inroads, PRTG 8 needs to offer either a better experience and/or […]

As it promised two weeks ago at VMworld 2010, VMware on Sept. 13 starting shipping VMware View 4.5, the company’s first enterprise-class desktop virtualization package to bring virtual desktop functionality to users who are either online or offline.In previous versions, VMware View was VDI [virtual desktop infrastructure]-only software. Version 4.5 now offers control not only […]

France-based portable storage-drive maker LaCie on Sept. 10 unveiled some new USB 3.0 hard drives for desktops or pockets. The LaCie Minimus and LaCie Rikiki USB 3.0 feature fast transfer speeds [5Gb/sec on average] in ultra-small form factors. The recyclable drives are encased in brushed aluminum, which offers resilience from drops and improved heat dissipation. […]

Like a lot of business leaders, Mark Hurd has a history of being willing to play the heavy when joining a company. Not just anybody can do the dirty work of cutting costs, programs and jobs. Hurd was well-known for doing that as CEO at Hewlett-Packard after he replaced Carly Fiorina in March 2005, and […]

Pliant Technology, which OEMs high-end, enterprise-class solid-state storage devices, Sept. 8 announced the expansion of its Lightning product line with two new MLC (multi-level cell) NAND flash storage devices. The Pliant Lightning LB 200M and Lightning LB 400M flash drives are based on an advanced controller design and software architecture that offer improvements in I/O […]

One could say that Fujitsu as a company is a bit cautious about change and in choosing its partners. But that would be a massive understatement. Being cautious in international business is undoubtedly a very good thing. Note that Fujitsu is one of the world’s true IT powerhouses. However, good quality, second-generation storage virtualization has […]

When Oracle annexed Sun Microsystems and all that intellectual property in its $7.4 billion deal last January, it also inherited all of Sun’s legal entanglements.As of Sept. 9, one of those has gone away. NetApp and Oracle announced a settlement regarding a 3-year-old patent lawsuit over the origin of ZFS (Zettabyte File System). Terms of […]

Object-oriented storage is beginning to earn more attention lately. The latest example of this is the announcement Sept. 7 that Dell has certified Symantec’s Enterprise Vault 9.0 storage system for its DX Object Storage Solution. EV 9.0 on the DX is Dell-Symantec’s new pre-integrated, validated, end-to-end storage and data-archiving package, which takes into account both […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger visited the Silicon Valley campus of semiconductor and mobile device maker Marvell Semiconductor Sept. 8 to announce a trade visit with stops in China, Japan and Korea. The Republican governor will start the seven-day trip on Sept. 9 with a delegation of more than 100 California businesspeople, including Marvell […]

Industry analyst IDC reported Sept. 7 that the worldwide storage software sector enjoyed a small revenue gain year-over-year in the second quarter of 2010 but also that market numbers dropped a bit from the first quarter. In its quarterly Worldwide Quarterly Storage Software Tracker report, IDC said the storage software market banked revenues of nearly […]

Up-and-coming cloud file server provider Egnyte has released a new version of its software that is optimized for use with VMware’s data center virtualization layer — yet it features operation at local area network speeds. No “forklift” hardware move is needed here. Egnyte Enterprise Local Cloud can be deployed as a virtual appliance on any […]