Henry Baltazar

GIS has been an interesting technology for several years now. However, to get a better feel for how GIS will grow in prominence in the coming years, you need to look at its most prominent user, the U.S. government. There are several reasons for the burgeoning governmental popularity of GIS, including the current focus on […]

Throughout the storage World Conference, held in Anaheim, Calif., earlier this month, several important themes came up time after time in discussions with analysts during vendors presentations. Not surprisingly, these themes represent the way in which the storage industry is moving, and they coincide with many of the things eWEEK Labs has seen during the […]

Data protection is one of the most important tasks for any IT administrator, and often the biggest cause of headaches as well. Just like other branches of storage management, the data protection branch has been plagued with complexity. There are so many hardware, software and procedural decisions to make that IT managers are soon finding […]

By focusing on maximum resource utilization, instead of acquisition of new systems, IT managers can keep their companies storage appetites in check during lean budget periods and beyond. This was a message heard more than once at the recent Storage World Conference in Los Angeles. Arrays of inexpensive ATA-based hard drive arrays are powering superior […]

Stratus Technologies Inc.s entry-level ftServer 3300 gives IT managers a resilient server for mission-critical applications. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ftServer 3300 Stratus ftServer 3300 is basically a cluster in a rack-mount box. Boasting hardware redundancy in all components from CPUs to hard drives, the ftServer 3300 is a good choice for relatively small mission-critical applications. Pricewise, the […]

Version 6.5 of Dantz Development Corp.s Retrospect Backup for Windows Multi Server software provides solid workgroup-class backup at a reasonable price. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Retrospect Backup for Windows 6.5 Multi Server Retrospect 6.5 provides quick, easy backup and restoration for Windows, Linux, Solaris and Mac OS clients. Retrospect 6.5 supports a wide variety of media, and […]

Not content to dominate the PC and server markets, Dell continued its invasion of the networking world with the launch of an entry-level managed switch, the Dell PowerConnect 5212, at NetWorld+Interop earlier this month. The PowerConnect 5212 is a simple 1U (1.75-inch) switch with 12 copper Gigabit Ethernet ports and four optional Fibre Gigabit Ethernet […]

The emergence of superior nearline storage, in the form of ATA-based hard-drive arrays, has made migration of non-essential data an imperative for IT managers. The movement of documents and files to nearline storage is not a trivial undertaking, of course. IT managers should investigate SRM (Storage Resource Management) software to locate stale files, and HSM […]

The big boys in storage management are targeting the assets of smaller companies to augment their product lines. Of course, the real winner wont be the company with the most acquisitions. Success will be determined by the speed and efficiency with which heavy hitters such as EMC Corp. and Veritas Software Corp. can integrate their […]

Armed with its new MDS 9000 series of storage networking products, Cisco Systems Inc. is ready to fight its way into the Fibre Channel SAN market. Unlike products such as the Cisco SN 5428, which were designed for small storage area networks, this new line of products has the scalability required for enterprise deployments. eWEEK […]