EMC chief executive Joe Tucci is making his case directly to the employees of Data Domain, the de-duplication and backup …
Data Domain asks shareholders to wait on EMC buyout offer
Data Domain's board told its stockholders to await recommendation on an unsolicited, all-cash offer by EMC when weighing NetApp's more …
IDC: Recession driving down storage spending
Hard times are driving large enterprises to patch holes in their storage architectures with systems designed for small and medium-sized …
Commvault scripts a compelling plot
CommVault, the company that has made its name selling data backup and recovery solutions and has forged successful technology relationships …
Start-up costs slow spread of de-duplication
While data de-duplication is a relatively easy way for companies to consolidate storage systems, the technology has yet to attract …
Oracle-Sun deal renews calls for OpenOffice.org’s independence
Oracle Corp.'s purchase of Sun Microsystems Inc. last week is reviving calls for Sun's open-source OpenOffice.org suite to be spun …
SNIA embraces Ethernet for storage networking
The Storage Networking Industry Association this week made a change that really brings home just how much Ethernet is making …
Collapse of IBM/Sun deal could leave Sun without a suitor, analysts say
Sun Microsystems may find itself without any viable suitors if it does not come to terms with potential acquirer IBM, …
Learning curve
NWME: Can you tell us about Fast Lane? We set up in shop in Dubai 13 years back to provide …
A single protocol in your SAN?
What are the advantages of using FCoE to expand SAN? One of the main benefits is network consolidation using 10GbE …
Microsoft, Intel to back Cisco’s “Unified Computing” launch
Contrary to previous reports, Cisco's data center vision does not seem to be a largely solo effort. Microsoft, Intel, BMC, …
Fibre Channel over Ethernet: allowing the big data-center synch
For the County of Los Angeles – with more than 10 million residents, the nation's largest county – the timing …
HP expands virtual storage offerings
Hewlett-Packard aims to cut the total cost of storage while allowing enterprises to keep adding capacity and forging ahead with …
Sun’s stellar NAS in a can
Not so long ago, we tested the Sun Fire X4500 Storage Server, aka Thumper, which was a dual-CPU, dual-core Opteron-based …
EMC adds flash to another array
EMC is introducing three storage arrays with options for solid-state disks, and is offering de-duplication and compression of primary storage …
Citrix drops price of hypervisor to zero
Citrix is making its core virtualization platform free, and announcing an enhanced partnership with Microsoft to promote interoperability between Citrix’s …
Develop a game plan for storage security
How much progress is really being made in securing storage? For several years now, pundits have sounded the alarm about …
Fibre Channel over Ethernet: allowing the big data-center synch
For the County of Los Angeles – with more than 10 million residents, the nation's largest county – the timing …
EMC takes the gloves off with VMware
Five years after purchasing VMware, EMC is becoming more aggressive in selling its own products and services alongside those of …
Three deals symbolized storage trends in 2008
Overall demand for storage capacity is growing by about 60 percent per year, according to IDC. Another research company, Enterprise …