Karen Schwartz

Emulex Corp. has introduced a Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter for IBM eServer BladeCenter environments, a move executives say will better enable end users to tie into existing storage area network infrastructures. The new LP1005DC Fibre Channel HBA is a 2G-bps dual-channel connectivity solution designed for use with the IBM HS20 and HS40 BladeCenter products […]

The use of e-mail archiving software is growing exponentially, fueled by the explosion of e-mail messages and other electronic communications, as well as by concerns about regulatory compliance and other factors. International Data Corp. of Framingham, Mass., which released a report on e-mail archiving earlier this week, noted the softwares drastic growth, from $33 million […]

The solid-state market has gone through its share of growing pains—pains that show no signs of letting up. The technology has a long and varied history, starting life in the mainframe world led by vendors such as Storage Technology Corp. (StorageTek), EMC Corp. and what is now Hitachi Data Systems. But over time, solid-state technology […]

Data synchronization and replication software vendor XOsoft has leapfrogged some of its closest competitors by announcing support for its first Unix variant. The Burlington, Mass.-based company, which originally introduced its WANSync Server in 2002 for Windows and added support for Solaris in 2003, now offers support for IBM AIX. The application availability software platform allows […]

High capacity and backup once were the mark of enterprise storage. However, as seen on the floor of the International Consumer Electronics Show last week, several vendors aim drive mechanisms holding as much 500GB of data at small businesses and consumers. These 3.5-inch drives, which were still in the planning stages just a year or […]

StorageTek, a company that is pushing its ILM (Information Lifecycle Management) agenda more strongly than ever these days, has just struck a deal with Cisco Systems to resell its intelligent directors and fabric switches. The agreement adds Cisco to StorageTeks growing list of partners, including Brocade Communications Systems Inc. and McData Corp. Under the terms […]

FalconStor Software Inc. has upgraded its software-based iSCSI storage server, imbuing it with new capabilities that allow it to be used not only as a storage controller but also as an archiving, backup and restore system. The product, which typically is incorporated into systems by FalconStors OEM and reseller partners, aims to eliminate downtime and […]

With the eventual introduction of Honeycomb, Sun Microsystems Inc. is determined to move file storage and archiving to the next level. As envisioned, Honeycomb will handle large-scale archiving of large collections of static data. The product, which has been under development at Sun for some time, is actually a portfolio of various technologies that work […]

Storage vendor EMC Corp. continues its metamorphosis into a software company with another acquisition. Analysts said its Tuesday purchase of Smarts Inc. provides a long-needed enhancement to the intelligence of its core-event management and correlation technologies. Analysts said the move, the latest in EMCs software acquisitions this year, may spark similar moves for intelligent storage […]

Continuing its quest to provide a wide range of IP storage-area network products, Intransa has introduced the IP7500, a product the company bills as an alternative to Fibre Channel for online and near-line secondary storage needs. The Intransa IP7500, the first of several planned products in a new line of storage products from the San […]

The rumored merger of storage software giant Veritas Software Corp. and information security behemoth Symantec Corp. may be a sign of things to come. According to various reports, Symantec, of Cupertino, Calif., is angling to buy Mountain View, Calif.-based Veritas—which offers software for backup and archiving, file systems, storage and server automation, and application service […]

Small businesses that have shied away from the complexity and expense of SANs (storage area networks) in the past might finally have a way to adopt the technology fairly painlessly, if Hitachi Data Systems new “Starter SAN” idea has legs. HDS last week introduced SAN Starter Solutions, including preconfigured storage systems and components from well-known […]