Latest storage news.
Cisco rolls out branch office storage, 12/20/04
Cisco last week rolled out storage and caching appliances that let customers better manage and protect data in remote offices.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/122004newcisco.html?nl
Merger mania mounts, 12/20/04
Three giant mergers and a spate of smaller deals last week reshaped the software and telecom industries, and could portend a period of consolidation and further change in the coming year.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/122004mergermania.html?nl
Change management reins in SANs, 12/20/04
SAN change management software manages SAN change and growth by identifying and analyzing errors and vulnerabilities before, during and after change implementation.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/tech/2004/122004techupdate.html?nl
IBM researchers eye 100T-byte tape drive, 12/17/04
IBM has begun work on new technologies designed to boost the capacity of tape storage devices by 250 times. Using “nanopatterning” techniques derived from the company’s microprocessor division, researchers say they expect to one day build cartridges …
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1217ibmresea.html?nl
Symantec-Veritas deal blends security, storage mgmt. well, analysts say, 12/16/04
Symantec’s announcement Thursday that it would acquire storage management vendor Veritas Software for $13.5 billion won praise from analysts who noted that Symantec would now become the largest supplier of backup, recovery and archiving software.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1216symanwill.html?nl
Newsletter: Cisco File Engine aims to speed up file access for remote users, 12/16/04
On Tuesday, Cisco announced the release of its Cisco File Engine, a rack-mounted wide area file services system aimed at IT organizations that support …
https://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/stor/2004/1213stor2.html?nl
Toshiba to use perpendicular recording in new HDDs, 12/14/04
Toshiba is close to commercializing a new data storage technology that could significantly increase the capacity of hard-disk drives, it said Tuesday.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1214toshitous.html?nl
Symantec may buy Veritas for more than $13 billion, 12/14/04
Security software company Symantec is negotiating to buy storage software vendor Veritas Software for more than $13 billion, according to a report published Tuesday by The New York Times.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1214updat-sym.html?nl
Cisco rolls out branch-office storage appliance, 12/14/04
Cisco introduced an appliance Tuesday that lets IT administrators better manage and protect data in their remote offices.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1214ciscobranc.html?nl
Newsletter: Time to focus on wide area file services, 12/14/04
Your recoveries worked every day last week. The new power supplies are working out fine, and so is the new hire you finally were able to get a req for. The CIO stays …
https://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/stor/2004/1213stor1.html?nl
