Latest storage news.
EMC acquires network-configuration player, 10/30/07: The number of pure-play network change and configuration-management vendors decreased again Tuesday as EMC announced it had purchased Voyence for an undisclosed amount.
Vendor claims about storage virtualization flawed, 10/30/07: IT managers have been advised to be wary of vendor hype surrounding storage virtualization as it is a technology that is poorly defined, misunderstood and not widely used, according to Dr. Kevin McIsaac, an advisor at research firm Intelligent Business Research Services (IBRS).
Is Fibre Channel dead?: Fibre Channel is the king of enterprise storage-area-network technologies. It’s fast, it can handle long distances, and it’s got strong vendor support.
Satisfied with iSCSI SAN?: The Enterprise Strategy Group surveyed 76 storage customers to determine their level of satisfaction, check out the results.
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Editor’s note: Starting the week of Nov. 12, you will notice a number of enhancements to Network World newsletters that will provide you with more resources and more news links relevant to the newsletter’s subject. Beginning Tuesday, Nov. 13, the Storage in the Enterprise Newsletter, written by Network World Senior Editor Deni Connor, will be merged with the Storage News Alert and will be named the Storage Alert. You’ll get Deni’s analysis of the storage market, which you will be able to read in full at NetworkWorld.com, plus links to the day’s storage news and other relevant resources. This Alert will be mailed on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We hope you will enjoy the enhancements and we thank you for reading Network World newsletters.
