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  • NetApp to resell CommVault's tape backup, snapshot, replication tech

    Storage vendor NetApp said today it can now support all types of backup through a single interface as a result of a reseller agreement with CommVault and will offer its SnapProtect branded software, a package of CommVault's Simpana 9's snapshot copies, replication and tape management software.

    Written by Lucas Mearian01 June 11 05:20
  • Intel sees opportunity from Asian data center boom

    Intel’s sale of chips and related products to data centers is growing by over 20 percent year-on-year in Asia-Pacific, on the back of increased data center capacity creation in China, South Korea, and Australia, a company executive said.

    Written by John Ribeiro23 May 11 18:48
  • Tata to beef up Singapore data centers

    Data center operator Tata Communications will invest S$440 million (US$357 million) in Singapore over the next four years to meet a fast-growing regional demand for data center capacity.

    Written by Ralph Jennings12 May 11 21:49
  • Symantec unveils SaaS storage products

    At its Visions 2011 conference in Las Vegas this week, Symantec announced plans to offer its midrange backup and enterprise-class archive software products as SaaS offerings.

    Written by Lucas Mearian04 May 11 14:14
  • Researchers use disk frag to hide data

    Researchers released a paper detailing how to hide data from prying legal eyes by exploiting disk fragmentation on a clustered file system, thereby hiding it in plain site.

    Written by Lucas Mearian29 April 11 07:11
  • Iron Mountain going back to roots in storage services

    A week after Iron Mountain announced it had replaced its CEO, the company said it's considering selling its archiving, e-discovery and online backup and recovery business to return to its roots in document and tape storage services.

    Written by Lucas Mearian27 April 11 20:05
  • What does tiered storage really do to performance?

    This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter's approach.

    Written by Doug Rainbolt, vice president of marketing, Alacritech28 April 11 00:52
  • EMC integrates Avamar backup software and Data Domain

    EMC today introduced the first major upgrade to its Avamar deduplication backup software, which integrates with the company's Data Domain appliances to give administrators a single view of their EMC backup environments.

    Written by Lucas Mearian19 April 11 04:28
  • EMC Isilon releases new NAS products for big data

    EMC's Isilon subsidiary announced new network-attached storage (NAS) hardware and software aimed at becoming the infrastructure for business intelligence through big data applications.

    Written by Lucas Mearian14 April 11 07:13
  • Xiotech plans to integrate storage management on blades

    Xiotech plans to incorporate management functions into an entry-level version of its ISE (intelligent storage element) storage blade for small and medium-size businesses (SMBs), a company executive said.

    Written by John Ribeiro07 April 11 01:29
  • Cisco releases security, network convergence upgrades for storage switches

    Cisco today unveiled security and network convergence upgrades to its line of director-class data center switches, including a new multi-hop Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) capability for the Nexus 7000, 5000 and 3000 series and MDS 9500 switch family.

    Written by Lucas Mearian31 March 11 03:53
  • Permabit extends data dedupe to Linux-based NAS

    Permabit Technology on Tuesday announced an iteration of its Albireo primary data deduplication software for SMB network-attached storage systems based on Linux servers.

    Written by Lucas Mearian30 March 11 07:09
  • Dell's Compellent unit to add dedupe, global file system

    Storage products from Dell's Compellent unit will integrate technologies from Dell's earlier acquisitions to better enable these products to target large enterprise customers, an executive of the unit said.

    Written by John Ribeiro25 March 11 00:32
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