Karen Schwartz

Unitrends introduces new system protection and recovery software, Idealstor offers a multifunction appliance that combines storage and backup, and Dell provides more connectivity options for its PowerEdge 1855 blade servers. Unitrends Addresses System Crashes with Hot Bare Metal Unitrends of Columbia, S.C., has announced Hot Bare Metal software for system protection and recovery. The software […]

Due in large part to the rash of identity-theft cases involving financial powerhouses such as Bank of America, Ameritrade and ChoicePoint, the financial industry has banded together to provide shared data on all cases of identity theft to the Federal Trade Commission. The data will be forwarded weekly on an encrypted disk to the FTCs […]

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies has introduced a 2.5-inch hard drive with several features that company executives predict will make it a leading contender in several segments of the notebook market, as well as the consumer electronics market. The 4,200 rpm Hitachi Travelstar 4K120 hard drive uses new technology developed by Hitachi that makes power consumption […]

Sun Microsystems has introduced a new mobile workstation designed to enable SPARCStation users to take their work into the field more easily. Unlike conventional mobile workstations based on Intel Corp. technology, Sun Microsystems Inc.s Ultra 3 Mobile Workstation is based on the UltraSPARC processor and runs on the Solaris 10 operating system. The 550MHz to […]

SATA is front and center this week, with related announcements from Maxtor, Data Protection Solutions and the Fibre Channel Industry Association. Also on deck is Interwovens collaborative agreement with several storage leaders. Maxtors New Hard Drives Stress Scalability, Flexibility Maxtor Corp. of Milpitas, Calif. has introduced a new family of disk drives with a SAS […]

Because ONStors NAS Gateway solutions offer multiple storage types in a single storage environment, company officials claim that their solution breaks down proprietary barriers that have barred resellers from doing business with customers already firmly entrenched with the technology of EMC, Hewlett-Packard, IBM and other storage vendors. “Our solution allows resellers to cross party lines […]

Data security takes center stage, with several vendors announcing enhanced backup and data protection solutions. Also in the news: VeriSign introduces services for message archiving and continuity, and Microlite releases BackupEDGE for SCO OpenServer 6. StorageTek Offers Service for Protecting Distributed Data StorageTek of Louisville, Colo., has introduced ViaRemote, a service providing offsite backup and […]

Serial ATA is front and center this week, with CRU-DataPort announcing a new line of SATA external storage enclosures and two electronics companies joining forces to develop IP solutions for SATA. In addition, LiveOffice enhances AdvisorMail, while Amacom upgrades its PC backup application. SATA Storage Enclosures Support SATA, IDE/ATA Hard Drives CRU-DataPort has announced a […]

Intradyn, a backup and archiving storage vendor, has introduced a new version of its ComplianceVault e-mail archiving and retrieval appliance that encrypts tapes used to archive sensitive corporate data. The addition of the companys Encryptape technology marks the first upgrade to the original version, a hardware- and software-based appliance introduced in spring 2004. The new […]

EMC shores up Centera and consulting services, while Quantums new monitoring and diagnostic service addresses customer need for greater reliability and speed. Xiotech focuses on the government market with a mobile SAN offering, while NuView releases a new version of its ILM solution. EMC Enhances Centera, Expands Consulting Services EMC Corp. of Hopkinton, Mass., has […]

Offering security, simplicity and ease, Computer Associates has expanded the release of five Protection Suites aimed at small and midsize businesses. The goal, according to David Luft, senior vice president of SMB product development at Computer Associates International Inc. of Islandia, N.Y., is to provide an easy-to-use, all-in-one solution that addresses the security, storage and […]

The FDIC has notified former and current employees of the agency that personal data including name, date of birth, salary, Social Security number and other information had been stolen several months ago. Although the data theft was discovered in March and letters were sent to affected employees at that time, the FBI subsequently found that […]