Deni Connor

EMC announced last month a variety of new and expanded support services. The new offerings will include: • Enhanced EMC WebSupport, which...

Amid the devastation of Hurricane Wilma last month, IT professionals appraised their disaster recovery and data protection plans and said their strategies were in flux, regular testing was necessary and funding was still hard to get.

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Network-attached storage vendor ONStor and storage-area network vendor 3Par recently said they have joined forces to deliver an offering that combines the best of both of their technologies.

Symantec next Tuesday plans to unveil new software that allows data to be backed up instantly and recovered from any point in time. At an event in New York, the company will announce Backup Exec 10d for Windows Servers and LiveState Recovery Suite 6.0. Backup Exec will include Backup Exec Continuous Protection Server, software that eliminates back-up windows.

Demand for continuous data protection is growing as more businesses realize they not only need to back up the data on their networks as changes are made but also be able to recover that data quickly.

IBM recently introduced software that continuously backs up files on workstations, laptops and servers.

EMC recently gave its midrange Clariion storage line a face-lift, with an upgraded operating system, designed to improve data management and availability, and hardware designed to boost performance.