Jon Brodkin

Articles by Jon Brodkin

EMC’s new Symmetrix array targets virtual data centers

The Virtual Matrix is designed to provision storage to both physical and virtual machines. An analyst expresses concern about vendor lock-in

Brocade switch joins emerging storage, network standards

The 8800 switch has 24 ports for 10 Gigabit Ethernet and eight Fiber Channel ports. Richard Villars of IDC explains why iSCSI users shy away from Fiber Channel.

Worried about losing your job to a younger, cheaper IT worker?

It's a fair question, but asking it doesn't mean resigning oneself to getting laid off. There are plenty of advantages older IT workers bring to the table that can help ensure they stay employed through the recession and beyond. Here are five tips for older IT workers

Solid-state flash inches closer to mass adoption

After years of incubation and false hopes, we have reached a point where there is adequate supply of reliable SSDs at low prices

IBM building 20-petaflop machine to secure nuclear stockpile

The Sequoia machine will be used by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to simulate nuclear weapons. It will be stored in 96 refrigerator sized racks

Startup ships quick NIC

The Commex Vulcan SE HT6210 is designed to analyze traffic and decide whether to drop it, let it through or send it to another server. Find out what this 10 Gbps network interface card can do

NetApp discontinues SMB storage appliance

Company is dropping the low-end StoreVault array to focus on organziations with at least 100 employees. The line was only three years old

Brocade’s new CTO takes aim at Cisco

A month after it bought Foundry Networks, storage networking vendor Brocade is going head to head against Cisco. Get the inside scoop from the company

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