Chris Preimesberger

Storage network system provider EqualLogic on May 15 expanded its portfolio of software features currently available in its PS Series storage arrays. EqualLogic added thin provisioning, which improves utilization and scalability while helping IT shops reduce their total storage costs. Thin provisioning is a method of storage resource management and virtualization that lets IT administrators […]

Hitachi Data Systems May 14 introduced a new, unified enterprise storage system with performance and capacity claims that appear to border on science fiction—or at least unabashed marketing hype. The new Universal Storage Platform V, touted as “the most advanced, intelligent storage services platform on the planet,” features a mega-controller that the company claims can […]

Storage hardware and software maker NEC introduced on May 9 a new midrange storage system that it says can scale up a companys data storage from as little as 219GB to a whopping 1.152 petabytes without disrupting the regular work of the system. Normally, when storage systems are upgraded or augmented, the process can require […]

Those who control the image strings for government and business interests in China, the worlds largest single market, are trying hard to bury the countrys well-embedded “Made in China” image and embrace a new one: “Created in China.” The huge Far Eastern country, which ran up a staggering $232.5 billion trade surplus with the United […]

When Hewlett-Packard bought Mercury Interactive for $4.5 billion in July 2006, company officials had their sights set squarely on the IT governance space. The purchase has given the Palo Alto, Calif., company a new $2 billion software business, according to officials, and made it a player in an industry sector that analysts expect will explode […]

Rover Technology Fusions, a small data security provider, based in Tampa, Fla., introduced on May 7 a new data backup product for laptops and notebooks that uses solid-state Flash memory and IBMs Tivoli Continuous Data Protection for Files software. Rover SPARC (Secure Personal Automatic Replication Card) is a USB Flash card about the size of […]

Sun Microsystems has announced the release of an open-source version of its Java Development Kit for Java Platform Standard Edition, the systems company and Java giant also announced a new competitor to Adobes Flash and Microsofts Silverlight, as well as a new mobile initiative. Sun has contributed the software to the OpenJDK Community as free […]

Enterprise storage vendor Data Domain, which has made data deduplication the centerpiece of its identity, introduced on May 7 a new inline controller that it calls “the industrys most scalable” for enterprise data protection. The DD580 storage controller can deliver up to 800GB per hour of aggregate deduplication throughput using fewer than 15 SATA (Serial […]

A survey of more than 500 senior IT professionals reveals that a whopping 89 percent test their disaster recovery/failover systems only once a year or not at all, leaving their enterprises vulnerable to massive technology and business failures in the event of a disaster. In addition, 70 percent of respondents said it would take at […]

Researcher IDC reported May 3 that the worldwide branded tape-drive market in 2006 continued to be dominated by two of the usual suspects: IBM and Hewlett-Packard. According to the IDC year-end report, “IDC Worldwide Branded Tape Marketshare Report 2006” by analyst Robert Amatruda, HP held the No. 1 position in worldwide market share (overall shipments) […]