Chris Preimesberger

The numbers from IDC, Gartner/Dataquest, Enterprise Strategy Group and other researchers have confirmed it every quarter for the last three-and-a-half years: The $30 billion data storage hardware, software and services markets keep growing in double-digit fashion, with no level-off in sight. Efficient data storage is, of course, vital to the success—dare we say, survival—of enterprise […]

Its not news that the amount of digital content in the world is increasing much faster than ITs ability to store it and make it readily accessible. It is news, however, when two separate surveys report that storage spending is so out of control that it is having a serious impact on overall IT budgets. […]

Disk drive sales leader Seagate Technology continued its expansion-by-acquisition strategy Dec. 21 with the announcement that it will acquire privately held EVault, a provider of online backup services, in an all-cash transaction for about $185 million. With the deal, Seagate significantly augments its service business, which includes data recovery, online backup/recovery and archiving for SMBs […]

Storage media provider FujiFilm revealed Dec. 21 that it has joined forces with IBM to create a tape cartridge with 700GB of uncompressed storage capacity. The technology was developed for use in the IBM System Storage TS1120 Tape Drive, introduced in 2005, and now the first enterprise-grade tape system to use the 700 GB cartridges. […]

Database maker ANTs Software on Dec. 19 introduced a new version of its flagship data server with a speedy new data loader that the company claims is 400 times faster than previous versions. The ANTs Data Server 3.60 is a full-featured, standards-compliant relational database management system based on a high-performance SQL query execution engine that […]

FreeFlow, a provider of online inventory asset management services, revealed a new service partnership with eBay on Dec. 19 that will allow enterprise customers from both companies to maximize sales of excess, aging, returned and refurbished inventory. Five-year-old FreeFlow, based in San Jose, Calif. and Tralee, Ireland, provides manufacturers with business services and software to […]

Storage area network provider Hitachi Data Systems couldnt acquire competitor BlueArc, so instead the two companies are entering into a five-year OEM partnership that already has resulted in a new product. The two companies have been working for months on the new Hitachi High-Performance NAS Platform and the corporate relationship, which gives HDS, of Santa […]

Data storage security provider NeoScale Systems on Dec. 18 revealed its first OEM deal, agreeing to ship its CryptoStor tape appliance as part of a new bundled security package available through Fujitsu. The CryptoStor tape storage security appliance is deployed on a Fibre Channel storage network. It compresses, encrypts and cryptographically authenticates data stored on […]

Hitachi Data Systems on Dec. 18 became the latest data storage software and hardware maker to launch a suite of new products and services specifically for the SMB market, including software that provisions, administers and protects data within Microsoft Windows and SQL Server environments. Among the new products are the Data Protection Suite provided by […]

Online data storage provider Berkeley Data Systems on Dec. 14 introduced Mozy Unlimited Backup, a new service that individuals can use to back up an unlimited amount of digital files—documents, photos, video —to a secure, multi-petabyte outside server. The company offers the first 2GB of storage for no fee, and the unlimited backup—which includes an […]