Henry Baltazar

Sun Microsystems Inc.s new Reference Architectures wont make a plug-and-play affair out of the arduous process of ordering a complete Internet messaging implementation or constructing an enterprise-class data warehouse. However, both of these architectures do provide IT managers with a solid foundation on which to build customized large-scale solutions that will fit their organizations specific […]

Alacritech Device Is More Than HBA”> To the untrained eye, Alacritech Inc.s Alacritech 1000×1 Single Port Server and Storage Accelerator is simply a utilitarian network HBA. However, in eWeek Labs tests, this new device demonstrated high performance and versatility that could be the key that opens up the world of IP storage to host bus […]

With the storage capacities of enterprise-class RAID units expanding and backup windows shrinking, the common procedure of running full tape backups is becoming increasingly difficult to accomplish. eWeek Labs and engineers from Veritas Software Corp.s labs, in Mountain View, Calif., recently completed a high-end backup performance test to see if—and determine how—enterprise-class backup systems can […]

When I first joined eWEEK Labs more than four years ago, backup and disaster recovery products were the most boring things in the IT universe and that beat, along with the UPS beat, was inherited begrudgingly by the newest employee. At the time, I felt that this was a cruel and unnecessary hazing ritual and […]

Expert Storage Manager PowerQuest Corp.s PowerExpert Storage Resource Manager 5.0 gives Windows 2000 administrators powerful tools to manage storage resources. In eWeek Labs tests, we found that PowerExpert SRM 5.0 blends handy reporting and auditing capabilities with proactive storage quota management into a valuable management tool that will prove most useful in Windows-heavy networks. PowerExpert […]

Overlooked and underappreciated—but far from unnecessary—SRM is a key element that IT departments ignore at their peril. Whats at stake is nothing less than the bottom line. With high-capacity storage getting less expensive every day and more options coming online, its becoming increasingly crucial for IT staffs to intelligently plan for future storage needs. During […]

FaceTime Curbs IM Instant messaging is a hot technology thats spreading like wildfire throughout corporations around the world—faster than most IT managers can get a handle on it. FaceTime Communications Inc.s updated IM Auditor 2.0 gives IT managers the ability to tame this new technology. IM Auditor 2.0 proved to be an extremely simple yet […]

Finisars new GTX Protocol Analyzer shows that the convergence of IP and storage has finally hit the tool belt of IT managers. Merging Finisars extremely popular Fibre Channel analyzer with Ethernet analyzing capabilities (from Finisars recent acquisition of Shomiti) and new tools for iSCSI protocol analysis, GTX Protocol Analyzer 4.0, which began shipping earlier this […]

With the March 19 voters deadline on the HP-Compaq merger approaching rapidly, the technology worlds most interesting drama is coming to a sad close for ad execs and journalists (myself now included) who have benefited from the entertaining mudslinging. To me, the most interesting part of the whole confrontation is the lack of real issues […]

Intelligent content delivery systems are expected to gain prominence during the next few years as the key technology for powering distance learning and document management systems, as well as the Internet content caching market. Center-to-edge content delivery systems—the next step in intelligent delivery—are emerging now, offering complete packages that encompass both software and hardware and, […]

At first glance, it would be easy to label NetApp as an iron-pumping hardware vendor, given that its meat-and-potatoes products are shiny Filer network-attached-storage units, which can be found in data centers around the world. Looking under that iron, however, we find that the major thing that separates the company from the pack is the […]

On Feb. 12, the SANS Institute warned thousands of security professionals around the globe that a major SNMP vulnerability had been discovered. Five months ago, SANS reissued a warning related to SNMP, and the vulnerability that was uncovered wound up being even worse than expected. For those of you who havent done this already, its […]