Chris Preimesberger

Verizon Business, which launched a cloud storage service June 15, is already presenting itself as a cloud expert by advising companies on how to best secure data in a cloud service.Verizon, which has had the physical setup for online data storage for a long while but took its time bringing it to market, is using […]

As one might expect, as the world’s legitimate Web traffic increases, so do instances of spam e-mail, Internet-borne malware and general hacker activity. When special or unusual events happen — such as the current Gulf oil spill or the FIFA World Cup soccer tournament in South Africa — communications traffic of all kinds skyrockets. This […]

Virident Systems said June 16 said it has started shipping a new solid state-disk-based card that offers new power for so-called Tier-0 and “I/O starved” applications. The tachIOn is a new server-side storage processor card designed for systems that deploy data-intensive applications, such as social media websites, data and Web analytics, financial services, gaming, and […]

The Station often wishes he had time to do more use-case stories here in this blog and in the pages of eWEEK. After all, these are the stories of people on the front lines of IT, talking about their experiences. What better lessons from which to learn, than from what’s really happening. Today we’re doing […]

Toshiba’s America Electronic Components division on June 17 announced that it has finalized a capacious new 128GB embedded NAND flash memory module for use in smartphones, tablet PCs and digital video cameras. The new module features the highest storage capacity seen thus far in the sector. The device integrates 16 64-gigabit (equal to 8GB) NAND […]

For the third time in three months, a major U.S. enterprise IT vendor has been cited by the U.S. Department of Justice for allegedly inequitable — and possibly illegal — pricing practices with regard to federal agencies. The DOJ on June 17 filed a lawsuit against enterprise middleware and business application maker Oracle for allegedly […]

NEC on June 15 unveiled an entry-level addition to its bread-and-butter Hydrastor storage array lineup designed to handle all instances of enterprise storage: everyday data backup, archiving and longer-term storage for compliance or legal purposes.The HS3-210, which the company is calling the “mini-HydraStor,” can serve as a starter system for businesses with limited budgets and […]

SGI on June 15 joined the growing ranks of high-end storage vendors targeting the midmarket when it launched a spiffy new 6G-bps SAS version of its high-performance InfiniteStorage product line. The InfiniteStorage 5000 features a choice of host interfaces-SAS, Fibre Channel/SAS or iSCSI/SAS-SGI says will enable the system to perform as if it were industrial-strength […]

Cloud-based data storage certainly isn’t perfected, although it’s working very well for a great many enterprises. There’s a lot of competition cropping up these days, and providers are elbowing each other in an effort to grab attention from potential customers, but don’t be misled by claims that your data is always perfectly safe at all […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Verizon Communications, which has had the physical setup for online data storage for a long while, finally joined the cloud storage services crowd June 15 by introducing its own branded enterprise offering.Verizon’s business services arm is using the well-established Nirvanex core system to provide the basic Verizon Cloud Storage service and is adding […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-By virtue of the $49 billion it made on software sales and service in 2009, Microsoft is clearly the world’s No. 1 provider in that business. But when it comes to competing in the burgeoning cloud computing infrastructure sector, it’s still an infant when compared with other vendors that have been focusing on […]

Is the 7-year-old intellectual property lawsuit between Unix server maker SCO Group and Novell finally at its end? If it isn’t officially over, then it’s very, very close.Salt Lake City U.S. District Judge Ted Stewart on June 10 closed the case-from the federal district perspective, anyway-by reaffirming that SCO’s claims against Novell in the long-running […]