Enterprise Storage

Google, Microsoft spark interest in modular data centers, but benefits may be exaggerated

Experts question energy efficiency claims

Hitachi Data Systems upgrades its midrange storage offering

Unitrends adds Web 2.0 management console to business continuity, disaster recovery software

* New console enables users to run either on-demand or scheduled backups for client systems

Amazon to offer volume discounts for S3

HP acquires LeftHand Networks to beef up its small, midrange storage offerings

* LeftHand is one of the last independent iSCSI storage vendors

Ellison hypes Oracle’s data warehouse appliance

Enterprise flash drives on the rise

* EMC first to use EFDs for Oracle apps; SNIA launches Solid State Disk Initiative

QLogic, Pillar Data, HP make storage waves at Oracle OpenWorld

* Storage vendors target Oracle databases, applications

Digital Fuel builds its ITSM foundation

* Digital Fuel plans to address the gamut of disciplines that IT service management encompasses

VMworld exhibitors aim to tackle the problem of storage in a virtualized world

* Storage announcements at VMworld