Henry Baltazar

NeoScale Systems Inc.s CryptoStor SAN VPN is the first VPN on the market designed to protect Fibre Channel storage area network traffic over WAN links. As with many other storage security products, the $40,000 CryptoStor SAN VPN appliance is designed to help companies achieve compliance with regulatory mandates and reduce liability. Its true that Fibre […]

Hewlett-Packard Co.s StorageWorks Modular Smart Array 1000 Small Business SAN Kit makes it easy for small and midsize businesses to implement a SAN. Click here to read the full review of HPs SAN kit. 2 Hewlett-Packard Co.s StorageWorks Modular Smart Array 1000 Small Business SAN Kit makes it easy for small and midsize businesses to […]

InterVideos $99 MediaOne digital media suite provides a one-stop media management solution. MediaOne, which shipped last month, is InterVideos first media suite and combines tools for DVD burning, movie editing and backup—all for a low price. In tests, I used MediaOnes movie-making tool, WinDVD Creator, to create high-quality video and multimedia presentations. WinDVD Creator allowed […]

NeoPath Networks Inc.s FD-200 File Director lets IT managers fine-tune NAS system and file server management while finding more efficient ways to use storage. Using file server virtualization, NeoPaths FD-200 creates virtual file servers that decouple links between file pointers and physical storage devices. With virtualization in place, IT managers can easily consolidate network-attached storage […]

Despite the maturity of network file servers and network-attached storage and their ubiquity in corporate storage infrastructures, file-share management continues to be a great challenge for virtually every corporate IT manager. Even with the vastly improved performance and storage capacity of file servers and NAS units, in the end, scalability can be achieved only by […]

OnStor Inc.s OnStor 2260 NAS Gateway is a powerful appliance that lets IT managers grant their clients and servers file share access to SAN resources. In eWEEK Labs tests, we were impressed with the gateways extensive clustering capabilities and level of scalability. We believe this enterprise-class network-attached storage solution would be suitable for storage chores […]

During the past few years, a number of technologies have emerged that meet the need for extending the reach of storage. From a business point of view, there are many reasons for purchasing and implementing storage extension technologies. Thanks to new challenges such as regulatory compliance mandates, the overwhelming growth of data, and a steady […]

Blending monitoring capabilities with powerful developer tools, Quest Software Inc.s Quest Central makes it easier to optimize database systems. Database performance indicates not only business productivity but also business problems. Quest Central, which Priceline. com relies on to monitor its database infrastructure, includes several tools that will help IT managers detect these problems early—and it […]

For CIOs such as Priceline.com Inc.s Ron Rose, few things are as important as having a Web site that is always on. Leveraging database replication and testing tools from Quest Software Inc., Rose and his staff have been able to boost the availability and scalability of the Priceline.com site. Rose eschewed the clustering environments popular […]

Avamar Technologies Inc.s Axion E provides small and midsize companies with a complete disk-based backup package that bundles storage hardware and software. Click here to read the full review of Avamar Technologies Inc.s Axion E. 2 Avamar Technologies Inc.s Axion E provides small and midsize companies with a complete disk-based backup package that bundles storage […]