David Morgenstern

Some managers are taking a rather what-me-worry approach to the security of their storage area networks, according to security experts. That attitude could perhaps be excused, when enterprise storage was tucked away deep inside the corporate network and protected by the arcane architecture of storage networks. Now that storage resources are closer to the surface, […]

Out of sight is not necessarily out of mind when it comes to your data. At least, that was the sentiment of a number of readers as they considered applications for hard drives that come standard with hardware-based encryption. This security technology could be a summer sleeper hit. The question surfaced in a recent column […]

Last weeks financial news may give optimists encouragement that the storage market is finally picking up steam. More-pessimistic observers (they call themselves “realists”) may prefer additional evidence, such as purchasing surveys or a change in the penny-pinching course of venture-capital firms. Those portents were also visible. While we had, after all, just a weeks worth […]

Angling for users who want a new way to secure their data, small storage vendor WiebeTech this week announced the first model in a line of external hard drives that offer built-in encryption. This drive also illustrates some of the changes that take place when a product moves through its development cycle, sometimes for the […]

Enterprise NAS vendor Procom Technology Inc. this week introduced Taurus, an early entry in what the company expects will be a new growth segment of the storage market: wireless networked storage appliances. About the size of a hard-bound book, the new 802.11b wireless access point adds features of networked attached storage and an Internet server. […]

EMCs transformation into a semi-software company is gaining momentum, judging from its moves over the past week. The company been on a tear over the past few years, acquiring a range of software companies to bolster its home-grown development efforts. However, analysts advised that before a company can build strong bones and a software strategy, […]

What may be the storage deal of the year—EMC Corp.s purchase of Legato Systems Inc.—raised questions about the fate of Legatos backup products this week, as analysts, partners and competitors pondered EMCs choices and opportunities. Partners and industry analysts offered the Storage Supersite differing perspectives on the new arrangement. However, all of them had questions […]

Attendees at DV Expo East, opening today in New York, will discover the latest efforts of camcorder manufacturers and software vendors to expand the market for digital video. Certainly, some industry watchers may claim that a new era got underway this week as Adobe Systems Inc. redirected its video strategy to focus on Windows professional […]

Storage is an important part of the digital video lifestyle and a number of storage vendors will showcase their latest wares at this weeks Digital Video Expo East in New York City. Opening Tuesday at the Javits Center, the conference and show will offer information for both the professional and the prosumer. The interest in […]

Is there still a place in this modern, wireless millennium for something as old-fashioned as data transfer via sneakernet? For those that have forgotten, thats walking your data where it needs to go in some form of removable media. Storage Supersite readers gave their opinions on the usefulness of storage walkabouts. The discussion was sparked […]

Microsoft last week released its iSCSI Software Initiator Version 1.0 for Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, and Windows XP Professional. The driver supports the following operating systems: Windows 2000 Service Pack 3, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Service Pack 1 and Windows XP 64-bit. For the download click here. The Internet Engineering Task Force in […]

The storage requirements of digital cameras keep climbing, and while storage vendors have driven capacities for desktop hard disks—the destination for downloaded images—theyve been a bit more leisurely where it comes to the removable media for cameras. However, a storage industry outsider this week will offer a micro-sized hard drive holding 2.4GB, double the current […]