Karen Schwartz

For companies that pride themselves on service and reliability, AT&T and Research In Motion certainly have had their share of service interruptions, and there seems to be no end in sight. Yet another data outage Aug. 1, although brief, is reported to have affected numerous BlackBerry users nationwide. According to Brad Mays, a spokesperson for […]

In what seems to be a bid to compete with the iPhones snazzy feature set—the touchscreen, photo management and iPod apps youve seen in those ubiquitous TV ads—some manufacturers are building new features on their own handsets. Competing for touchscreen sexiness are LGs sleek Prada Phone and HTCs Touch, both of which use preprogrammed finger […]

What do you get when you combine a vendor of feature-rich storage products with an experienced managed services provider? Higher sales, more satisfied customers and a better competitive stance, if EMC and Unisys have anything to say about it. EMC, of Hopkinton, Mass., and Unisys, of Blue Bell, Pa., have teamed to offer companies storage […]

These days, EMC looks a little like the Energizer Bunny—it keeps going, and going, and going—seemingly unstoppable. Despite criticism from some of its investors and from industry analysts, EMC continues to keep the acquisitions coming. The Hopkinton, Mass., data storage and IT infrastructure giant has swallowed so many companies (31) over the past five years […]

Toshiba has moved into the lead in the small form factor mobile storage race, introducing a 2.5-inch USB 2.0 portable external hard drive with a 200GB capacity. The device, from Toshibas storage device division in Irvine, Calif., complements the companys existing 2.5-inch mobile storage device line, which also includes devices with capacities of 160GB, 120GB […]

NeoPath Networks of Santa Clara, Calif., has announced a product that detects and analyzes patterns among files, enabling faster and more effective file management. The software, aimed at enterprise customers with large numbers of files, runs on Windows XP-enabled machines and can analyze any data on any type of storage device. Dubbed Fileyzer, the product […]

EqualLogic and Archivas have joined forces to offer a combined approach to long-term storage archiving, something experts said may allow them to compete better with the likes of heavyweights EMC, NetApp and Hewlett-Packard. The partnership will combine EqualLogics iSCSI-based SAN technology with Archivas Archivas Cluster archiving software from Archivas of Waltham, Mass., effectively creating a […]

Symantec has introduced a new version of its venerable Backup Exec Windows data protection software that effectively changes the focus of the product from backup to recovery. The latest edition, called Backup Exec 11d, offers CDP (continuous data protection) for Microsoft Exchange, allowing users to recover critical data within seconds, said Michael Parker, senior manager […]

LeftHand Networks has released an update to its flagship software, focusing on ease of use and more extensive hardware support. Version 6.6 of SAN/iQ, software for managing iSCSI SAN (storage area network) clusters, provides a more intuitive user interface, support for more hardware components and additional features that enable the products clustering capabilities to address […]

Aptare has announced its newest version of its flagship backup reporting tool with support for two major backup products and enhanced reporting features. With the release of StorageConsole 6.0, Aptare has completed support for the trifecta of major enterprise backup products. The product now supports EMC NetWorker, in addition to previously announced support for Symantec […]

By promoting its vision and roadmap toward a global, distributed information services network, Acopia Networks hopes to become a leader in the burgeoning market for File Area Networks. The Lowell, Mass., company Oct. 30 unveiled its FAN roadmap—one based on a concept of published APIs and industry standards, and one global in scope. Although other […]

BridgeHead Software has integrated its policy-based data lifecycle management software with EMCs Centera CAS, offering users more options for disaster recovery and data archiving. By integrating BridgeHeads HT ISM (Integrated Storage Management) software platform with EMCs Centera CAS content-addressed storage solution, EMC users now have an advanced rules-based system for finding data around the network […]