Monday, May 07, 2012
Review: Dell SANs make the most of automated tiering Dell EqualLogic SSD and SAS hybrids highlight no-muss, no-fuss, fast storage tiering across multiple arrays
Monday, August 22, 2011
Dell unveils next-gen EqualLogic arrays The new Dell offerings include the first sub-$10,000 EqualLogic storage system model. Both PS series' come with Dell EqualLogic's new firmware, version 5.1, which Vigil said can boost performance by up to three times
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Foundry’s Bobby Johnson will not join Brocade Brocade Communications, which acquired Foundry Wednesday, said today founder Bobby Johnson will not join the new company. Get the scoop on the executive shakeup
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Diskless wonder: Lenovo boots from the SAN Thin clients save money in the long run, but they can be a pain to pay for up front. Lenovo is trying to avoid the whole hassle by booting up hard-drive-free systems from the SAN. It just might work, says analyst
Monday, March 19, 2007
Keeping it cheap and simple with SANs Jeff Pieper's marketing design business runs on data, and he doesn't mind swapping out a server or fiddling with cabling here and there. 
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Upgrade disasters made very simple In the infinite wisdom of the powers on high, our CIO got approval to carryout simultaneous system chnages, during a one-week rollout!
Thursday, October 05, 2006
Microsoft to patch Windows, Office security flaws With hackers exploiting unpatched vulnerabilities in its Windows and Office software, Microsoft Corp. plans to issue 11 security updates on Tuesday.
Sunday, September 17, 2006
Contractor held for Veterans Affairs data theft Authorities have charged a 21 year-old Unisys Corp. subcontractor with stealing a desktop computer with billing information on as many as 38,000 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs medical patients.
Thursday, August 31, 2006
Sydney school gets serious about storage In a sign that storage area networks (SANs) are extending their reach in to mid-tier enterprises, a Sydney high school has deployed 10TB of capacity for its data management and disaster recovery requirements.
Monday, August 14, 2006
Hackers target unpatched Microsoft software flaw Hackers are actively using exploit code to target a flaw in Microsoft Corp.'s software that generated a special warning from the U.S. government last week. The problem concerns a networking function called Windows Server services within the Windows OS, used for file sharing and printing. 
Thursday, February 02, 2006
Dell offers regular checkups on SANs A new IT service from Dell Inc. performs regular checkups on storage area networks (SANs). Introduced last month, Dell’s SAN Health Check is an assessment service for Dell/EMC SANs and part of the Round Rock, Tex.-based company’s enterprise support services suite.
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Hackers target browsers, backup programs Internet criminals are increasingly targeting popular applications like backup software and Web browsers instead of the operating systems that run them, according to a new report from government and industry security experts.
Thursday, October 27, 2005
Fibre Channel vs. iSCSI For today’s IT managers, selecting a storage area network technology can feel more like a battle of acronyms than a search for a fitting solution. Although companies have long relied on Fibre Channel (FC-SANs) for storage consolidation, the recent arrival of Ethernet-based SANs (iSCSI) heralded a user-friendly – and considerably cheaper – alternative for small and cash-strapped businesses.
Thursday, January 27, 2005
European users look to increase demands for storage Storage continues to be a major concern for European IT managers and the indications are that spending on the technology is set to increase. 
Thursday, November 25, 2004
Brocade superswitch builds uberSANs Many companies -- either by design or because of a merger -- end up managing multiple SANs. But merging two SANs can be a disruptive, risky process.
Sunday, February 29, 2004
Advice on security vulnerabilities It's the Reader's Digest for penetration testers: "@Risk: The Consensus Security Alert" is a new online newsletter that highlights the week in software vulnerabilities, with analysis and commentary by leading security experts.
Friday, May 30, 2003
SANs require unique security As storage area networks (SANs) become more popular and complex, industry observers point out that it is increasingly important to secure the precious data that these infrastructures hold.
Tuesday, May 06, 2003
Veritas to roll out utility computing platform Integrating software from two recent acquitions into its product line, Veritas Software Corp. announced yesterday that it will be introducing a combined suite that will allow administrators to treat storage more as a utility through virtualization and automated provisioning.
Thursday, February 20, 2003
ISCSI's big backer As we write this, word is in that the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has officially approved the iSCSI specification as a "proposed standard." And already the standard has its first big-name supporter.
Thursday, February 06, 2003
IBM, Cisco target remote storage IBM Corp. and Cisco Systems Inc. announced earlier this month an agreement to jointly offer open storage networking solutions.
Wednesday, December 11, 2002
Network Appliance unfolds unified storage platform line Network Appliance Inc. has introduced the FAS900 series unified storage platform line. Essentially, Network Appliance is trying, at least from a marketing standpoint, to create a new class of storage product an FAS (fabric-attached storage) device that can support both NAS (network-attached storage) and SAN (storage area network) data storage.
Sunday, November 17, 2002
Dell brings out low end storage box Dell Computer Corp. released a new low-end storage product on Monday that completes a revamp of its entire network attached storage (NAS) line.
Thursday, October 31, 2002
IT managers give SANs a qualified thumbs-up Early this year, mortgage lender Fannie Mae Corp. went live with a new primary data centre and storage-area network (SAN) to address its sprawling storage needs. Now 1,150 of the company's 1,400 servers are attached to the SAN, which backs up 80TB of data weekly.
Tuesday, August 20, 2002
Cylink, Expand Networks compress VPN traffic Cylink Corp. and Expand Networks Inc. are teaming up to deliver a way to compress traffic across VPN links, making it possible to keep down the cost of these connections.