Henry Baltazar

Finisar Corp.s Xgig series of blade-based analysis tools, announced earlier this month, is so cutting-edge that it can handle emerging protocols such as 10 Gigabit Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Fibre Channel. The Xgig line is not for the casual storage manager in terms of its price and capabilities. Its available as a $40,800 single-blade chassis […]

Softek Storage Manager 2.1, the latest release of Fujitsu Software Technology Corp.s SRM suite, boasts improved integration with Softek Storage Provisioner 2.1 and enhanced application support. Softek Storage Manager 2.1, released this month, is priced at $39,000. Although it is not a requirement to buy both Softek Storage Manager 2.1 and Softek Storage Provisioner 2.1, […]

With Softek Storage Provisioner 2.1, Fujitsu Software Technologies Corp. inches closer to the Holy Grail of storage automation. In tests, eWEEK Labs found that Softek Storage Provisioner 2.1, which was released earlier this month, can simplify storage management in ways that competing SRM (storage resource management) packages cant match. And its vendor-neutral status enables it […]

Far more than your average disk-burning utility, Nero 6 Ultra Edition packs dozens of useful features in a neat $99 suite, which shipped last week. Included in Nero 6 Ultra Edition are tools for burning movies, music or standard data files to DVDs or CD-ROMs. The new StartSmart interface makes it easy to use all […]

Its been a few years since I asked myself this question. However, as recent events such as EMCs purchase of BMC Patrol Storage Manager and the ongoing purchase of Legato show, its time to revisit this issue. The easy answer is “yes.” EMC, with its Control Center Suite has created a solid storage management platform, […]

Based on eWEEK Labs testing and evaluation of GIS in action, there is good reason to believe that investments in geographic information systems technology today could help drive new business and open new markets, as well as cut costs down the line by helping management get more out of organizational data and personnel. In addition […]

MetaCarta Inc.s geographic text search appliance is an interesting product that attempts to link knowledge management with geographic information systems. Funded by In-Q-Tel, the venture-funding arm of the CIA, MetaCartas solutions are being used to aid in homeland security, but this technology could also be extremely useful in the private sector. Putting it simply, the […]

PowerQuest Corp.s v2i Protector 2.0 gives IT managers a simple yet effective tool for disk-to-disk backup of servers and desktops. Downtime is one of the most important statistics in evaluating IT performance, and disk-to-disk backup solutions such as V2i Protector 2.0 can help IT managers back up and restore data far faster than is possible […]

On Monday, the road to iSCSI deployment got a bit smoother when Microsoft released its iSCSI driver for Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 and Windows XP Professional . The release of a driver is seldom front-page news, but in this case, the release of Microsofts iSCSI driver means hardware and software engineers have one less […]

Is tape dead? in response to eWEEK Labs recent “Backup Advances” package, several readers offered persuasive arguments that tape has lost its place as a worthwhile backup medium. However, eWEEK Labs is not ready to write the epitaph on tape storages tombstone. The demand for tape is spurring a new generation of tape backup products […]