News
Managed Storage Services
- August 01, 2012
01 Aug'12
HP goes live with Cloud Object Storage to challenge Amazon
HP Cloud Object Storage, aimed at service providers, comes out of beta and goes into GA; HP's cloud uses OpenStack object storage and Akamai for CDN.
- July 27, 2012
27 Jul'12
MSPAlliance appoints Locknet chief to advisory board; more news
The MSPAlliance has named Peter Kujawa to its advisory board; NexGen announces 35-city customer education tour; and more news.
- July 16, 2012
16 Jul'12
Cleversafe to combine cloud storage software, Hadoop
Headlines: Cleversafe plans deep integration with Hadoop that will let users run Hadoop on the same system with Cleversafe's object-based cloud storage software.
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- June 27, 2012
27 Jun'12
Fibre Channel SAN drops in buying intention survey; iSCSI SANs make gains
FC SAN loses the title of top overall storage platform choice in our Purchasing Intentions survey, yet it still leads in the server virtualization space. iSCSI SANs, meanwhile, continue to make gains.
- April 05, 2012
05 Apr'12
Object storage: A middle-ground option for cloud storage services
Object storage is an option for providers seeking to offer cloud storage services. Three organizations are now leveraging Caringo's object storage platform for cloud storage.
- June 06, 2011
06 Jun'11
Asigra Cloud Backup 11 tackles mobile backup and consumers
Asigra Cloud Backup 11 tackles mobile backup for smartphones and tablets as well as a consumer backup client and management improvements.
- March 01, 2011
01 Mar'11
Nexsan launches denser SAN systems with more MAID
Nexsan rolls out the E series of Fibre Channel and iSCSI SANs, denser versions of its ‘Boy’ and ‘Beast’ systems with an added layer of AutoMaid disk spindown.
- December 15, 2010
15 Dec'10
Dell buys SAN array vendor Compellent for $820 million, seeks data management
Headlines: Dell aquired Compellent Technologies for $820 million, and is now looking for more storage acquisitions, with data management the top priority.
- August 04, 2010
04 Aug'10
Cisco and NetApp certify FCoE to run with VMware; JetBlue now uses EMC Avamar
Headlines: Cisco and NetApp have certified end-to-end FCoE products to run with VMware vSphere and hope this certification will spur the technology's adoption.
- May 12, 2010
12 May'10
News from EMC World: VPlex, DD Boost, FAST 2 and enhancements to Clariion and Celerra
Headlines: EMC's release of VPlex, which joins storage across geographic expanse, attracts attention at EMC World 2010; plus, Data Domain expedites backups via new software, and EMC reveals plans for FAST 2.
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- April 28, 2010
28 Apr'10
Hosting provider says EMC SAN failure caused email outages; IBM rolls out file system for LTO-5
Headlines: Users of an Exchange hosting provider had their service disrupted this month because of a hardware failure in Intermedia's EMC SAN; IBM releases a Long Term File System (LTFS) for LTO-5 tape libraries.
- April 08, 2010
08 Apr'10
Cisco launches entry-level 8 Gbps FC switch; Xiotech CorteX API enables control of its ISE platform
Headlines: Cisco launches an 8 Gbps FC switch model aimed at entry-level SANs; Xiotech opens up its CorteX Web service-based API available to developers, for control of ISE.
- February 24, 2010
24 Feb'10
Fibre Channel switch adoption at a crossroads; EMC's Slootman dishes on EMC's disk-based backup plan
Headlines: Fibre Channel switch port shipments are expected to increase after first-time decline in 2009, but long-term outlook calls for eventual decline as Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) picks up steam; head of EMC's backup division discusses ...
- June 22, 2009
22 Jun'09
Startup Pranah launches with multiprotocol SMB storage system
Pranah comes out of stealth with a system that combines FC, iSCSI and NAS, and promises resellers 30% margins.
- June 12, 2009
12 Jun'09
Outsourced storage on the rise: News in brief
More customers flock to storage services; Cisco talks server strategy.