Karen Schwartz

Symantec has unveiled a disk-to-disk data backup system that makes it easier for organizations to protect Windows desktop machines. The new product, called LiveState Recovery Manager 3.0 to align the version number with LiveState Recovery, is based on Symantec Corp.s disk-based system recovery product for enterprise servers and workstations. LiveState Recovery Manager allows IT administrators […]

Buoyed by numerous acquisitions and a laser-sharp focus, EMC overtook Hewlett-Packard in 2004 as the leader in external disk storage systems for the first time. EMC Corp.s market share rose from 18.6 percent in 2003 to 21.1 percent in 2004, an 18.4-percent growth. Those numbers represent a virtual reversal with second-place finisher Hewlett-Packard Co., which […]

Database archiving vendor Princeton Softech has announced a major new release of its Archive for Servers and Relational Tools product focusing on security enhancements. Version 6.0 now allows organizations to better define who has access to specific data and specify business policies for archiving. These types of enhanced security features are a step forward for […]

ONStor and Nexsan have combined forces to provide an integrated, scalable, general-purpose, price-competitive NAS solution that competes head to head with those offered by industry behemoths like NetApp and EMC. The ONStor/Nexsan solution combines ONStor Inc.s Bobcat NAS Gateway (Model 2220) with Nexsan Technologies SATABlade storage (either 2TB or 3.2TB). Together, they provide shared file […]

By combining existing vaulting technology with new functionality, backup and recovery, vendor FilesX has developed a remote IT and storage solution that eliminates tape completely. Called Tapeless Branches, the solution allows organizations with multiple sites to consolidate backup and recovery processes into one or more data centers. Tapeless Branches builds on the Southborough, Mass., companys […]

Database administrators, software developers and quality assurance engineers who need fast access to test data can access that data without the help of a storage professional with a new tool from 3PAR. The recently introduced MySnapshot, from utility storage vendor 3PARdata Inc. of Fremont, Calif., gives non-storage professionals the ability to quickly access copies of […]

In an effort to gain converts for the IP-based approach to storage area networks—and sell more of its products along the way—SANRAD has unveiled a Web-based tool to help potential customers test-drive the concept. The IP SAN Builder, targeted at midsized companies, allows storage managers to enter information about their organizations storage environment, including number […]

With several vendors introducing 4G-based technology in the past few weeks alone, this may be the year the technology finally takes off. Just this week, ARIO Data Networks Inc., of San Jose, Calif., announced the SANARIO FC, a 4G-bps external RAID controller that company executives say is the first of a planned family of Fibre […]

A scaled-down version of Xiotech Corp.s Magnitude 3D SAN-based storage subsystem promises to provide scalability and ease of use for midtier organizations as well as divisions of larger companies. The midmarket has largely been ignored by storage vendors, who tend to focus on lucrative enterprise-class customers or, more recently, the small-business marketplace. But the midsized […]

Verizons purchase of MCI earlier this week will strengthen its business, provide access to lucrative business and government contracts, and, most importantly, prevent rivals from snapping up the Ashburn, Va. company. In a coup likely to make rivals Qwest Communications International Ltd. and BellSouth Corp. sweat, Verizon Communications Inc. agreed to buy MCI Inc. for […]