Latest data center news.
High bandwidth requirements may force LAN cabling decisions, 09/19/05
LAN cabling experts and vendors say that organizations installing copper cabling in data centers should investigate new unshielded twisted-pair products that can support future high-bandwidth technologies such as 10G Ethernet.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/091905-cabling.html?nl
Weathering Katrina, 09/19/05
As Hurricane Katrina swept over New Orleans, Ochsner Hospital stayed open. But it was getting hot inside. With two of three generators down, fans were brought out to cool patients in the 95-plus-degree heat after air conditioning failed. And as temperatures topped 150 degrees inside critical computer and network equipment, Kurt Induni, the hospital’s network services manager, had a call to make.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/091905-widernet.html?nl
HP to acquire storage management vendor AppIQ, 09/19/05
HP Monday acquired AppIQ in a deal whose financial terms were not disclosed. AppIQ is a manufacturer of storage resource management software, which is OEM’ed by some of the largest storage/systems vendors.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/091905-hp-appiq.html?nl
Continuous data protection finds supporters, 09/19/05
Demand for continuous data protection is growing as more businesses realize they not only need to back up the data on their networks as changes are made but also be able to recover that data quickly. Nearly every storage vendor has acknowledged developing a continuous or near-continuous data protection scheme for retrieving even the most recently saved data.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/091905-cdp.html?nl
Sigaba upgrade secures outbound e-mail, 09/19/05
Messaging security vendor Sigaba last week released an upgrade to its SigabaNet gateway software,offering companies better control over e-mail that leave their organizations.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/091905-sigaba.html?nl
Quantum, ADIC boost backups, 09/19/05
Quantum and ADIC announced separately last week products designed to let customers use a mix of tape cartridges to archive data and support information life-cycle management.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/091905-storage-tape.html?nl
Newsletter: Factors to consider when weighing iSCSI for storage, 09/13/05
ISCSI is a standard protocol for running block-level SCSI commands over an IP network. Storage managers can use iSCSI as a low-cost way of …
http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/datacenter/2005/0912datacenter1.html?nl
