Network Storage

Jetstar has launched a new service between Sydney and Ballina Byron with the trial of a wireless broadband services that includes the delivery of customer check in from inside a briefcase.

Most organisations fear the ramification of personal data falling into the wrong hands in the event of a backup tape being lost or stolen, but they minds would be put at rest if they new this information was protected by encrypted technology.

Permabit and QStar Technologies have joined forces to create a partnership that aims to serve the compliance and disaster recovery needs of users so that data is better protected and processes are automated.

As mobile phones continue to evolve and embrace more features and functions, the problem of storing data on these devices is becoming a fresh new issue for users.

It is not always easy to know whether a specific set of backup tapes can produce a successful and accurate restore after a system has failed, and this can cause problems when regulators inspect the compliance capabilities of organisations.

Hitachi Data Systems has extended its virtualisation products for the enterprise to the midrange and SMB companies to the ease the stress of storage and performance when systems are at their peak.

Australian companies will soon be able to take advantage of software that backs up data stored in remote sites onto a central repository, whilst analysing it for duplicates and encrypting the information as it travels through the process.

IDC believes that the future of disk-based storage looks bright, with plenty of opportunity for companies to grow on many different fronts, due to strategies involving virtualisation and compliance.

Imation's Micro Hard Drive, which contains 2-gigabytes, has been recognised by the Guinness Book of World Records for having the world's smallest hard drive spinning head.

Customers and partners have voiced their support of the merger between Symantec and Veritas, which was finally completed this week along with the announcement of a new board of directors.

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