The scoop: DockStar, by Seagate, about $100 What it is: A small docking station for Seagate's FreeAgent Go portable hard …
10G Ethernet shakes net design to the core
The emergence of 10 Gigabit Ethernet, virtualization and unified switching fabrics is ushering in a major shift in data center …
VMware cloud initiative raises vendor lock-in concerns
VMware talks a good game about interoperability, but its cloud initiative threatens to introduce a type of vendor lock-in that …
Dell, Brocade to join forces in data center push
Dell Inc. said it has expanded its reseller agreement with storage switch maker Brocade Communications Systems Inc. and will now …
NetApp reveals cloud computing plan, new Data OnTap OS
NetApp Inc. unveiled products and services designed to support cloud computing architectures used in the data centers of its enterprise-class …
EMC adds virtual machine management to Clariion arrays
EMC Corp introduced new virtualization-aware capabilities for its Clariion CX4 midrange networked storage systems, which make CX4 software and disaster …
NetApp goes native with Fibre Channel over Ethernet
NetApp Inc. announced it will be using QLogic Corp.'s converged network adapter (CNA) in its storage arrays and virtualization appliances …
Mozy online backup fixes Time Machine bug
Decho Corp. said the latest Mac release of its MozyHome and MozyPro online backup service fixes a problem it was …
HP buys Ibrix for undisclosed sum
Hewlett-Packard announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Ibrix Inc., a privately held maker of clustered file system …
Virtualization, cloud computing pose new challenges, opportunities
Three years ago, Carnegie Mellon University opened the Data Center Observatory – an answer to the ever-rising operational costs in …
Dell announces entry-level iSCSI array line
Dell announced the latest in its line of iSCSI storage arrays — entry-level models aimed at small to medium-sized businesses …
Quantum releases remote site backup, deduplication appliance
Quantum Corp. announced a new backup appliance for remote offices that combines data deduplication, replication and system-wide monitoring software for …
Iomega ScreenPlay Pro HD Multimedia Drive
At the 5th annual Digital Consumer Channel Event in Fujairah, Iomega, an EMC company and a global leader in data …
Seagate Seagate SV35.5 Series hard drives
Seagate has introduced its Seagate SV35.5 Series hard drives, designed for optimal performance in digital video surveillance systems. The Seagate …
NetApp to pay $1.5 billion to aquire Data Domain
NetApp Inc. said it has agreed to acquire top data de-duplication vendor Data Domain Inc. in a cash and stock …
Emulex rejects Broadcom takeover bid
Network components maker Emulex Corp. rejected an unsolicited buyout bid by chip maker Broadcom Corp., saying the all-cash offer undervalued …
100 Gigabit Ethernet: Bridge to Terabit Ethernet
IT managers who are getting started with – or even pushing the limits of — 10 Gigabit Ethernet in their …
New processor technology promises big boost to consumer-grade SSDs
SandForce Inc. announced today a new family of solid-state disk (SSD) processors that the company claims will allow lower-cost, commodity …
Sun made colossal mistake on IBM’s offer, analysts say
With IBM/Sun negotiations reportedly at a standstill, a consensus seems to be emerging among industry analysts: Sun has made a …
EMC announces content archiving, e-discovery applications
EMC Corp. today announced a new family of e-mail archiving and e-discovery applications that can centrally managing multiple content types …