Chris Preimesberger

HP introduced several new hardware and software products Feb. 5 intended to augment virtualization capabilities and improve security in its overall storage lineup. Announced at the HP Asia Pacific StorageWorks Conference in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, the offerings include enhancements to the HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array, the first embedded switch from Cisco for […]

E-discovery software provider Attenex on Feb. 1 introduced a new version of a software package that enables corporations and their law firms to standardize e-mail and document accessibility and provide marked reductions in the time, effort and costs associated with the processes. The Attenex Patterns 4.0 software suite contains more than 50 new features and […]

Chelsio Communications, which makes 10-Gigabit Ethernet and iSCSI acceleration adapters and cluster storage software, announced on Feb. 2 its first stand-alone iSCSI Target 3.0 software, which enables enterprises to build high-performance IP storage area networks using existing Linux servers and hardware. These high-performance, iSCSI-based storage systems are designed to take advantage of lower-cost Ethernet connectivity. […]

High-performance network storage provider Dynamic Network Factory introduced Feb. 1 the first hybrid solid-state, spinning disk storage system, which the company claims is capable of delivering up to 20 times the drive performance of conventional, 15,000-RPM enterprise-class SAS, iSCSI and Fibre Channel disk drives–while aiming to lower the costs of power and cooling. Hyper Solid […]

Utility storage vendor 3PAR announced Jan. 31 that new support has been added to its InServ Storage Server to enable IBM High Availability Cluster Multi-Processing for AIX, enabling a lower-cost, high-performance storage alternative to Big Blues high-end line of arrays. High-availability clustering is IBMs flagship high-availability technology that provides monitoring, failure detection and automated recovery […]

Storage capacity management provider MonoSphere on Jan. 29 began shipping its newly architected software, which enables companies to devise storage capacity plans and make the most of existing storage assets. Storage Horizon 3.0 provides Global 3000 companies with a unified view of current and projected storage capacity usage. Its new analytical tools automate the previously […]

Open-source database maker MySQL simplified its enterprise pricing structure in a big way on Jan. 30, offering a new one-price-fits-all licensing model of $40,000 per year for any number of installations of its flagship offering, MySQL Enterprise. The $40,000 figure equals the cost of a single CPU license for Oracle Enterprise, a MySQL spokesperson said. […]

Hiring someone outside the company to store, manage and protect all a companys data is a gutsy thing to do, for any storage executive or administrator. And this decision usually is not made in a vacuum. Virtually all companies that outsource their storage apparatus must have either the CEO, president or a senior vice president […]

When hurricane Katrina bulldozed into the Gulf Coast in August 2005, its devastating repercussions were felt in many more places than Mississippi, Louisiana and the neighborhoods all across the country where thousands of evacuees had to relocate. Enterprise executives around the nation and the world winced at the destruction the storm brought to New Orleans […]

Data storage and security vendor Symantec Jan. 29 introduced a new integrated information security and archiving suite of applications that offers consistent enforcement of content control policies across a Microsoft-centric enterprise—from e-mail gateway security to archiving. Using Symantec Information Foundation 2007, IT professionals can proactively prevent the risk of data loss and policy violations while […]