David Morgenstern

In the technology market, change presents opportunities for suppliers as well as some moments of doubt for customers. In the business, this is called an “educational opportunity,” and the opportunities are rife in Seagates recent announcement of a new 2.5-inch hard disk format. Last week, I mentioned the companys forthcoming 2.5-inch “Enterprise Disc Drive,” due […]

When considering the reliability of our data (or perhaps more likely unreliability) many of us think of the hard drives in our servers, desktops and notebooks. And thats natural, considering that a hard disk is the most complex individual piece of electromechanical engineering in the box. However, looking at this weeks headlines, perhaps that concern […]

At the latest match between DVD clubs—held at last weeks Microsofts Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) in New Orleans—DVD-R/RW United came from behind with a strong goal to achieve a draw, and now will proceed to the quarter-final. Less clear is are the chances for the many new Blue Laser teams, not to mention Microsofts […]

Captains of the computer industry have talked up the convergence of computers and digital media, so it was natural that the theme surface at this weeks WinHEC (Windows Hardware Engineering Conference) in New Orleans. But while the terminology sounded familiar, its expression at WinHEC showed signs of strain. During his keynote address, Jen-Hsun Huang, cofounder, […]

The theme of this weeks Storage World Conference 2003 in Anaheim is “Education=Job Security.” A good sentiment, however, given that storage is such a critical technology, and the perhaps Storage Education could be more to the point. Here are some of the early announcements from the conference: IBM to Demo StorageTank Pieces IBM this week […]

Veritas Software on Monday will stake a claim beyond storage management. Way beyond. At its annual user conference, the company will present its model for provisioning IT resources—along with a roadmap for the software that will accomplish the tasks. In addition to the architecture announcements, attendees at this weeks Veritas Vision 2003 in Las Vegas […]

Common wisdom (at least on the Sun Microsystems campus) would have us believe that the computer is the network: that most applications will live in distant servers and likewise all our data storage. This weeks introduction of Apple Computers iTunes Music Store lends credence to that technological proposition, at least for the audio market. However, […]

IT professionals attending this weeks NetWorld+Interop 2003 show in Las Vegas will find myriad species of infrastructure, security and wireless-connectivity products. Harder to spot, however, will be products to feed the markets 800-pound gorilla: the growing need for data archiving and recovery. Thats not to say there wont be plenty of storage at the show. […]

Old soldiers and host-bus adapters seldom die; they just fade away from lack of support, or so goes the old saw. That experience can be painful, especially for early adopters of SANs in the video market. Of course, were all used to orphaned products, usually old software and computers from which weve gotten good use. […]

Storage has worked its way into every cranny of our lives, moving from the sedentary environment of desktop computers and servers to a wide array of portable devices that deliver content to consumers. Despite the recent success of some content applications such as digital photography and MP3 digital-music players, portable digital video may prove a […]