Karen Schwartz

Iomega Corp. has announced three storage solutions aimed at increasing the companys lead in the entry-level NAS arena by focusing on simplicity, low cost, automation and data protection. A new SATA (Serial ATA) drive, an expanded network-attached storage server lineup and a new line of low-cost storage servers all serve to further the San Diego […]

Mobile telephony company Orative Corp. has introduced technology that aims to eliminate the “phone tag” problem for large companies. Orative Enterprise Software resides on a server to help direct mobile phone traffic on the campuses of large enterprises. Using the software, mobile phone users throughout the organization can contact each other more quickly, screen calls, […]

In an effort to bring its resellers up to speed on the emerging tape-automation market and give them the tools they need to sell tape-automation technology to small and midsized companies, Exabyte has rolled out a new opportunity-analysis and technical training program for its VARs. The new VAR program focuses solely on Exabyte Corp.s tape […]

Black Duck Software is now providing its source-code checking software as an Internet-based service. The software, ProtexIP, is used to check for any potential violations of open-source or other software licenses within source code. Now, customers can subscribe to Black Ducks knowledge base through its ProtexIP/OnDemand service rather than installing their own servers on-site. The […]

Data protection and network storage vendor Zetta Systems has found a way to speed up data recovery to a matter of seconds. With ZettaServer IR for RealTime Data Protection and Instant Recovery, organizations now can perform unlimited instantaneous backups and recovery for e-mail, databases and file servers without enduring a lengthy restore cycle. Instead, users […]

A new iSCSI-based storage virtualization solution allows organizations to achieve heterogeneous remote mirroring, something many organizations have been requesting for some time. SANRAD GDR (Global Disaster Recovery) offers organizations both synchronous and asynchronous replication for multiple sites. The system combines San Francisco-based SANRADs iSCSI V-Switch with the companys StoragePro software to allow data to be […]

Companies are spending much more than originally anticipated to comply with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, according to a recent survey. Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 requires all public companies to establish an ironclad method of developing and maintaining an internal control structure and procedures for financial reporting, as well as […]

HP has announced a rash of improvements to its ILM products that positions it to compete head to head with EMCs Centera while making stronger inroads into the mid-tier market. The Hewlett-Packard Co. StorageWorks RISS (Reference Information Storage System) now sports a “smart cell” of 850G, more than double the size of the original smart […]

With its acquisition of ILM specialist Evertrust, Nexsan Technologies is positioning itself to become the information lifecycle management vendor to beat. Nexsan Technologies, of Woodland Hills, Calif., announced Tuesday that it has purchased the Quebec, Ontario-based AESign Evertrust, which develops ILM, CAS (Content-Addressed Storage) and compliance software for digital data storage, archiving and management. The […]

America Online has introduced a new version of its ICQ instant messaging service that adds a host of new capabilities, including an industry-leading voice chat service. ICQ 5, released Monday, provides many features customers have been asking for, including more customization, upgraded security and a simpler interface. The service also provides users with several new […]

In an effort to get the word out about its real-time data compression engine, tiny Indra Networks Inc. of San Jose, Calif., has begun actively promoting its StorCompress line of data compression technology. The company has recently introduced StorCompress 200, a disk-to-disk storage product that uses the industry-standard “deflate” algorithm for compression, but does so […]

In keeping with its reputation of supporting major operating releases quickly, Veritas has announced that its storage management and high-availability products now support Sun Microsystems Solaris 10 operating system, effective immediately. The Mountain View, Calif., companys Storage Foundation, Volume Replicator and Cluster Server all have been revamped to include full support for Solaris 10 to […]