Articles Related to file servers

IBM Corp. is set to unveil an update to its high-end z990 mainframe that analysts say will enhance the system's reliability and security and bring as much as a 40 percent performance boost to the box that is aimed at corporate users running very large database and transactional systems.

Cisco Systems Inc.'s plans to acquire Actona Technologies Inc. is a move to help users link remote enterprise resources with corporate storage and file serving.

Entrepreneur Cheng Wu is taking lessons learned about Web content delivery at his last start-up and applying them at his new venture to improve data-centre information management.

Network Appliance Inc. didn't waste any time last month, announcing support for iSCSI on two existing arrays/file servers just as the protocol was becoming an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) proposed standard.

Deepfile Corp. CEO Jeff Erramouspe said that half the files on a typical corporate network are unaccounted for, either because they are redundant or haven't been accessed for a long time. Not only does this waste storage capacity, but it's a difficult environment to manage and can leave a company exposed to security risks, he said.

EMC Corp. is expected to bolster its network-attached storage system lineup next week with an inexpensive clustered midrange box and rules-based replication software that lets customers automatically distribute files over the network.

Novell Inc. this week is expected to unveil a product that addresses the challenge of installing, configuring and managing networks in remote branch offices where IT professionals are scarce, and dedicated communication links are difficult and expensive to maintain.