David Morgenstern

VeriSign Inc. on Thursday divested itself of its Network Solutions business unit. However, the company will retain the Internet registry service for the .com and .net domain names. The Mountain View, Calif., companys Network Solutions businesses, which VeriSign acquired in 2000, fell into two categories: providing the Internet name registry for .com and .net domains; […]

In my previous column, I examined some signs of the quickening pace of offshore outsourcing of IT jobs: the results of a recent eWEEK.com reader poll, a trade show devoted to the subject and concerns from a networked storage educator. Still, where are the signs of a kickback from IT and storage admins and techs? […]

North American enterprise is busy outsourcing its IT services offshore. Now theres even a trade show for the practice. So why is it so hard to find an expression of outrage from high-tech IT managers and storage admins? In an eWEEK.com poll last week, 17 percent of respondents said that most of their companies IT […]

The current state of storage education can only be described as “not in attendance,” with only a few courses offered by colleges and universities across the United States. So where are the classes in storage area networking? Or more to the point, whats preventing them from being offered? I discussed this in a recent column, […]

About a dozen years ago, a class-action suit was filed to force computer makers and display manufacturers more accurately to describe the viewing area of their screens. And now, according to a news report late last week, a similar suit aims to straighten out the way vendors describe the capacity hard drives found in computers. […]

The annual fall Intel Developers Forum in San Jose, Calif., drew its share of enterprise storage vendors, showing new designs and support for upcoming industry standards. The announcements covered a wide range of technologies, from storage management wares to storage controller technology. And then there are the many host bus adapters. Here are a selection […]

Storage vendors at this weeks Intel Developers Forum in San Jose, Calif., showcased the Serial ATA II feature set with demonstrations of performance-enhancing native command queuing and port multiplication. While on view in a number of booths, one demo likely passed under the radar of most attendees: a prototype SATA II external interface. Now, the […]

Over the past decade, hard disk manufacturers have kept up a breakneck pace of innovation, increasing capacity and performance. At the same time, their profits have dwindled. At last weeks DiskCON USA 2003 conference in San Jose, Calif., storage executives expressed hope that this progress will slow, bringing a rise in margins. This annual gathering […]

According to industry prognosticators, the enterprise IT market is picking up steam. A number of analysts have raised their expectations for some storage vendors and market segments in the next six months. Despite the rosy outlook, some IT administrators may face tough questions when expanding their storage infrastructure. Concurrence among analysts is rare; each company […]

As storage area networks work their way into middle-tier markets, IT managers may be eager to add the technology to their servers and start reaping its benefits. At the same time, they may discover that the knowledge needed for successful planning and implementation is missing from their organization. In a recent column, I described this […]

SGI today will begin to seek new customers for its storage division with new high-performance storage area network and network-attached storage products; as well as a new look for its storage marketing. In addition, the company said it will beef up its storage management capabilities with an OEM agreement with AppIQ Inc. According to Ajay […]

Knowledge may bring power, particularly for storage administrators and their backups. The results can also produce its share of worry. But no pain, no gain—right? That was a theme of my recent discussion with executives of Bocada Inc. and Network Engines Inc. about their forthcoming BackupReport Appliance, standalone hardware that provides managers with a detailed […]