Chris Preimesberger

Virtualizing spinning-disk storage systems is no longer simply a trend; its now the norm and considered vital to backing up, archiving and protecting data for a growing number of businesses large and small. The days of simply adding storage hardware to an IT system and pouring in e-mail, word documents, spreadsheets, photos and everything else […]

Linspire CEO Kevin Carmony says his company is opening up its CNR (“Click N Run”) software download and management service to other Linux distributions because “Linux really needs an easier way to find and install software, regardless of which flavor of Linux youre using.” The company said earlier this week that it will extend CNR […]

Linspire announced Jan. 23 that it plans to expand its CNR (“Click N Run”) digital download and software management service to support multiple desktop Linux distributions beyond Linspire and Freespire, initially adding Debian, Fedora, OpenSUSE and Ubuntu, using both .deb and .rpm packages. And, the standard CNR service will remain free. CNR was developed by […]

Storage infrastructure maker CA on Jan. 23 introduced a new version of its BrightStor Storage Resource Manager, which extends its centralized management, automated monitoring and reporting functions to business information stored in IBM Lotus Domino and DB2 UDB. BrightStor SRM r11.6 already supports Microsoft Exchange Server. The new release protects both e-mail and application data […]

Seagate Technology, the worlds number one revenue producer in the hard disk drive market, announced on Jan. 23 the industrys first $3 billion quarter alongside whopping revenue growth of 30 percent over a year ago. The Scotts Valley, Calif.-based company also reported GAAP net income of $140 million and diluted earnings per share of $0.23 […]

NAND flash memory provider SanDisk announced Jan. 23 that it expects to ship 56-nanometer multi-level cell flash memory chips this month with Toshiba from Fab 3, the 300mm wafer fabrication facility located at Toshibas Yokkaichi Operations near Nagoya, Japan. By spring 2007, SanDisk intends to ship the highest available density of single-chip MLC NAND flash […]

Storage hardware and software maker Hitachi Data Systems on Jan. 22 introduced what it called “significant” performance enhancements in its mid-range Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage AMS1000 that it claims boosts the systems processing power by about 20 percent. Hitachis new multi-processor design in the AMS1000 augments the storage systems business-enabling capabilities first unveiled in April […]

Storage provider 3PAR on Jan. 19 took the idea of “greening” the data center a step further by announcing that for every terabyte of its Thin Provisioning storage capacity it sells in 2007, 3PAR will purchase the equivalent cost in so-called “carbon credits” to help offset the greenhouse gas emissions of the disk drives required […]

Continuing its strategy to add more products to its SMB storage catalog, IBM Jan. 16 introduced two entry-level-priced disk arrays with high-end, integrated management software boasting functionality previously found only in much larger systems. Big Blues announcement comes at a time when competing storage vendors, such as NEC, EMC, Quantum, Sun Microsystems and HP, are […]

LSI Logic, one of the few IT companies that develops and makes storage chips, software and hardware, started shipping in mid-January the newest addition to its lineup of enterprise-class SAN systems for OEM partners: a direct-attached storage array that can transition into a SAN with minimal reconfiguration. The Fibre Channel-connective Engenio 1932, which features a […]

Data storage and security provider Symantec on Jan. 17 began shipping Veritas Storage Foundation 5.0 High Availability for Windows, a feature-packed enterprise storage software package that delivers high-end data and application availability for Microsoft Windows environments. It combines two existing products—Storage Foundation for Windows and Veritas Cluster Server—for the first time with enhanced usability tools […]

Data retrieval and security provider Permabit on Jan. 16 began shipping through resellers new enterprise data management and archiving software designed specifically to work on storage servers laid out in a grid system. Grid computing provides higher overall throughput for an enterprise by leveraging a number of networked computers to distribute computing power across an […]