Karen Schwartz

With storage needs growing exponentially in virtually every industry today, many organizations have jumped on the storage and server consolidation bandwagon, installing NAS (network-attached storage) systems to manage their growing needs. But for some, this method has become increasingly inefficient as more servers are added throughout the organization, making the process more complex and unwieldy. […]

EMC Corp. on Tuesday announced the acquisition of Dantz Development Corp., developers of the Retrospect family of backup and restore technology for the SMB (small to midsized business) market. Dantz Retrospect provides backup and restore data protection for file servers, desktops, notebooks and business-critical applications. Customers include British Telecom, DaimlerChrysler, Motorola, Nortel, Pixar and Walt […]

Organizations that need to implement a multiple-center disaster-recovery plan may find the job easier with EMC Corp.s new enterprise replication and data-mobility software. EMC Open Replicator for Symmetrix, which runs on the Symmetrix DMX series of networked storage systems, allows organizations to replicate and recover data between storage systems from EMC, IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Hitachi […]

Storage Technology Corp. and Storability Software Inc. will both emerge as winners from their merger announced last week, according industry analysts. Analysts largely agree that Storabilitys offerings dovetail well with StorageTeks current products and future strategy, claiming the products StorageTek acquired when it purchased Storability will give the company a platform from which to build […]

Using new software, users of EqualLogics PeerStorage Array 100E now will be able to integrate point-in-time snapshots into their applications, which can help organizations more easily manage storage area networks. The modular iSCSI-based PeerStorage Array 100E allows users to build and manage an IP-based SAN. Each PeerStorage Array 100E supports up to 3.5 terabytes of […]

Organizations that use both Microsofts SharePoint Services and CommVault Systems Galaxy backup and recovery software now will be able to more easily and quickly back up and restore files while improving performance and reporting. A new version of Galaxy enables users to more easily recover individual documents in Windows SharePoint Services and Microsoft Office SharePoint […]

Companies that need to move storage data over long distances quickly and securely now have more options with the introduction of the MDS 9000 Multiprotocol Services Module and 9216i fabric switch from Cisco Systems Inc. The San Jose, Calif., company added both products to its Cisco MDS 9000 family of multilayer intelligent directors and fabric […]

Until fairly recently, IT managers who needed WORM (write once/read many)-based data storage technology turned to traditional CD-ROM jukebox libraries, WORM tape, microfiche or even paper. But as storage vendors have begun introducing more advanced network storage infrastructure software, the options have increased exponentially. FalconStor Software Inc. has just thrown its hat in the ring […]

The nascent blade server market just got a boost with the announcement of QLogic Corp.s new switch module for IBM eServer BladeCenter servers. The Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based companys new switch now contains three times the port density of other switch modules, according to the company, providing enough ports to support the connection of external disk […]

Hewlett-Packard has unveiled its storage grid architecture strategy—an approach that company executives claim is faster and more efficient than comparable products and systems on the market today. The solution, called the HP StorageWorks Grid strategy, promises to turn static, stored data into dynamic information assets by delivering information services in real time. By doing so, […]