Karen Schwartz

Hitachi Data Systems powerful push into the midrange storage market, while necessary for the company to compete on a level playing field with its primary competitors, also is a leap forward technologically. The Santa Clara, Calif., company on Monday introduced the TagmaStore Network Storage Controller for storage virtualization, as well a series of follow-ons to […]

SGI and Promise Technology roll out solutions for the midmarket, while Exabyte announces an LTO-3 tape library with Fibre Channel and CA adds hierarchical storage management capabilities to BrightStor. Silicon Graphics Targets Midmarket Silicon Graphics Inc. of Mountain View, Calif., has introduced new rack-mounted servers and storage systems with aggressive pricing, designed to allow small […]

With the introduction of the RamSan 400, solid state disk vendor Texas Memory Systems has trumped the speed and performance of its own products. The RamSan 400, a solid state disk with 4 gigabit Fibre Channel interfaces that can perform 500,000 I/Os per second, is available in capacities ranging from 32GB to 128GB. Although the […]

Fastora introduces tiny backup and recovery appliances, while Indra Networks introduces the next entry in its StorCompress line and nStor and CaminoSoft work together. Fastora Debuts All-In-One Backup and Recovery Appliances Fastora has added two units to its family of small, portable instant backup and recovery appliances designed to protect against data and file loss […]

Unitrends introduces new system protection and recovery software, Idealstor offers a multifunction appliance that combines storage and backup, and Dell provides more connectivity options for its PowerEdge 1855 blade servers. Unitrends Addresses System Crashes with Hot Bare Metal Unitrends of Columbia, S.C., has announced Hot Bare Metal software for system protection and recovery. The software […]

Due in large part to the rash of identity-theft cases involving financial powerhouses such as Bank of America, Ameritrade and ChoicePoint, the financial industry has banded together to provide shared data on all cases of identity theft to the Federal Trade Commission. The data will be forwarded weekly on an encrypted disk to the FTCs […]

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies has introduced a 2.5-inch hard drive with several features that company executives predict will make it a leading contender in several segments of the notebook market, as well as the consumer electronics market. The 4,200 rpm Hitachi Travelstar 4K120 hard drive uses new technology developed by Hitachi that makes power consumption […]

Sun Microsystems has introduced a new mobile workstation designed to enable SPARCStation users to take their work into the field more easily. Unlike conventional mobile workstations based on Intel Corp. technology, Sun Microsystems Inc.s Ultra 3 Mobile Workstation is based on the UltraSPARC processor and runs on the Solaris 10 operating system. The 550MHz to […]

SATA is front and center this week, with related announcements from Maxtor, Data Protection Solutions and the Fibre Channel Industry Association. Also on deck is Interwovens collaborative agreement with several storage leaders. Maxtors New Hard Drives Stress Scalability, Flexibility Maxtor Corp. of Milpitas, Calif. has introduced a new family of disk drives with a SAS […]

Because ONStors NAS Gateway solutions offer multiple storage types in a single storage environment, company officials claim that their solution breaks down proprietary barriers that have barred resellers from doing business with customers already firmly entrenched with the technology of EMC, Hewlett-Packard, IBM and other storage vendors. “Our solution allows resellers to cross party lines […]