Latest data center news.
IT departments in California preparing for next quake, 04/17/06
Disaster recovery today is a little more challenging than it was in 1906 for Amadeo Giannini, who could load the Bank of Italy’s gold in his horse cart and later use it to start the Bank of America. So California IT departments are using this week’s …
Disaster recovery high on SAN user’s list, 04/17/06
When Michael Amble’s storage-area network is down, it costs the financial-services firm he works for $4 million per hour.
EMC to debut low-end virtual tape library, 04/17/06
EMC is scheduled this week to roll out a new low-capacity virtual tape library appliance that uses inexpensive Serial Advanced Technology Attachment drives to make it affordable for small and midsize businesses.
PolyServe squeezes SQL Servers, 04/17/06
To improve failover and reduce costs, PolyServe plans to release software this week designed to help companies consolidate their growing legions of SQL Servers.
Packeteer bolsters WAN acceleration appliances, 04/17/06
Packeteer is blending the functions of two of its WAN-acceleration devices into a single box, making it possible for users to address network problems that may be slowing site-to-site performance without adding new hardware.
Mimosa looks to ease Exchange upgrades, 04/17/06
Mimosa Systems released last week software that lets users archive all their Exchange 5.5 e-mail data and start fresh with new mailboxes on a more recent version of Microsoft’s e-mail server.
Face-off: Users do need application-aware networks, 04/17/06
Face-off: Yes, users do need application-aware networks.
New Data Center Strategies Newsletter: Recognize the importance of data-quality management, 04/11/06
A key element of information stewardship is data-quality management – that is, ensuring that the mission-critical data within an enterprise is …
