Karen Schwartz

Network storage vendor Compellent Technologies has introduced an integrated, bundled, preconfigured SAN solution it claims will simplify the process of information lifecycle management. Company executives said Storage Center QuickStart ILM is the first SAN (storage area network) offering automated tiered storage in a single enclosure. By automating data classification, movement and tiering, the time and […]

BlueCoat buys NetApps NetCache, LSI Logic certifies Revivio CDP with its Engenio storage arrays, Sony Electronics upgrades its AIT tape format and FalconStor introduces a de-duplication software service. NetApp Sells NetCache Business to BlueCoat Blue Coat Systems of Sunnyvale, Calif., has purchased the NetCache business from Network Appliance. NetCache products consist of a set of […]

Network Appliance has made good on its promise to introduce a storage appliance specifically for the SMB market. In a move many say will help the Sunnyvale, Calif., company better compete with rival EMC, NetApp has introduced StoreVault S500, a low-cost device that offers NAS (network-attached storage) iSCSI and Fibre Channel connectivity in one box. […]

Hummingbird upgrades its RedDot Content Management Server, Kodak signs an agreement with RAID, Apricorn announces a hard drive upgrade kit for notebooks, TimeSpring Software introduces CDP for Windows SharePoint, Cornet Technology announces a 1TB portable external hard drive, and Infrant Technologies partners with Slim Devices to boost streaming audio storage capacity. Hummingbird Announces New Versions […]

Two e-mail archiving vendors bolstered the e-discovery functionality of their flagship products, moves designed to help organizations with changing discovery rules and the staggering growth of corporate electronic data. EVault, of Emeryville, Calif., introduced EVault Insight, an e-discovery solution that provides a two-pronged approach to managing electronic documents and e-mail for regulatory compliance. EVault Insights […]

ExaGrid Systems is continuing its quest to become the disk-based backup vendor of choice for the midmarket by adding compression technology and support for an additional major backup software product to its flagship product. ExaGrid is an appliance designed to replace tape technology in a seamless manner, reducing the amount of storage capacity needed to […]

Paul Carpentier is at it again. Just a few years after selling the company that created the technology behind content-addressed storage to EMC, Carpentier, now chief technology officer of startup Caringo of Austin, Texas, has teamed with partners Mark Goros and Jonathan Ring to created CAStor, a CAS product that Caringos executive team insists will […]

In an effort to continue its rebirth as a vendor of data protection solutions for the small and midsize business market, Breece Hill has introduced a networked disk-to-disk-to-tape backup and recovery appliance designed to simplify the data protection process. BizGuardian, which integrates with EMCs Retrospect backup and recovery software, is a 4U (7-inch) rack-mounted product […]

Qualstar has introduced a modular tape library system that the company claims has greater capacity potential than many others on the market today, and can enable organizations to more quickly access a large pool of data. The XLS Enterprise Tape Library System, based on Qualstars new Compass Architecture, expands from 140TB to more than 4 […]

Keeping in lock step with its competitors in the midrange tape library market, Tandberg Data has unveiled a competitively priced tape library aimed at small and midsize businesses. With the introduction of the Tandberg StorageLibrary T40, the Poway, Calif., company joins competitors Exabyte, Hewlett-Packard, IBM and ADIC (Advanced Digital Information Corp.) in continuing to up […]