Henry Baltazar

With the addition of Double-Take Application Manager, the Double-Take continuous data protection platform gains the ability to manage application failover, complementing its core replication capabilities. Click here to read the full review of Double-Take 4.4. 2 With the addition of Double-Take Application Manager, the Double-Take continuous data protection platform gains the ability to manage application […]

With business uptime and data protection requirements becoming stricter in virtually every industry, an increasing number of solutions are entering the market to help IT managers keep their business servers up and running. In this weeks issue, eWeek Labs tested two relatively inexpensive products that are designed not only to keep data protected but also […]

Data protection and business continuity are issues that all businesses must address. The best technology for getting those jobs done, however, is often far out of the reach of IT managers at small and midsize organizations. The good news for IT managers on tight budgets is that more and more vendors are trying to help […]

Given the constantly evolving compliance and legal discovery needs in many IT organizations, innovative disk-based backup solutions like Avamar Technologies Axion 3.5 will be seen more as a requirement than as a luxury item in the near future. Click here to read the full review of Axion 3.5. 2 Given the constantly evolving compliance and […]

Content-addressed storage systems arrived just in time to help organizations deal with what was then a new challenge—compliance. For harried IT managers desperate to bring their companies into compliance with regulatory mandates, the proprietary nature of these systems was a necessary evil. That was then. CAS stormed on to the scene in 2002, helping IT […]

Hewlett-Packards StorageWorks RISS 1.4 appliance uses a grid architecture to deliver compliance-class archiving capabilities along with high-speed search. Click here to read the full review of Hewlett-Packards StorageWorks RISS 1.4. 2 Hewlett-Packards StorageWorks RISS 1.4 appliance uses a grid architecture to deliver compliance-class archiving capabilities along with high-speed search. /zimages/2/139087.jpg With both data retention and […]

Content-addressed storage systems have emerged to help IT managers protect business data while keeping it accessible and searchable. Implementation of a CAS system could be difficult if you have a complex environment with many different applications and data sources to archive. When sending out your RFP, be sure to list all the types of content […]

At a media event on April 18, Fujitsu Computer Systems officials stated their belief that the company is ready to become a solutions vendor on par with IBM and Hewlett-Packard. The event, at which Fujitsu also showcased new products and technology, was held at the companys TRIOLE Integration Center, in Sunnyvale, Calif. Fujitsu has ambitious […]

With relentless deadlines and behemoth data files, few environments push the technology envelope like motion picture studios. Thats certainly the case for London-based special-effects studio Double Negative, whose artists have thrilled and chilled with shots used in movies including “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” and “Batman Begins.” Double Negative set up shop in […]

Its amazing to think that a product that scales to hundreds of processors and stores petabytes of data can be considered an “appliance,” but this is the way an increasing number of vendors are trying to sell their high-end solutions. I am currently evaluating one of these behemoths—Hewlett-Packards RISS (Reference Information Storage System). Im finding […]

BlueArcs Titan 2000 storage appliance uses innovative hardware to bring extraordinary performance and scalability to the world of NAS. Click here to read the full review of BlueArcs Titan 2000. 2 BlueArcs Titan 2000 storage appliance uses innovative hardware to bring extraordinary performance and scalability to the world of NAS. With network-attached storage units and […]

A number of startups have emerged that are making NAS solutions more scalable and easier to manage. BlueArc, Isilon Systems, OnStor and others are pushing the limits of network-attached storage, weaving their way into markets typically dominated by the likes of Network Appliance, EMC and Hewlett-Packard. Isilons Isilon IQ was created to help IT managers […]