Network Storage

Oracle unveils Sun Fire x86 Clusters

Oracle has announced its next-generation Sun Fire x86 Clustered Systems, including rackmount servers, blades and a 10 GbE cluster fabric.

HP unveils data dedup software

StoreOnce is a new generation of data deduplication software from HP that can be deployed at multiple points in a converged infrastructure, reducing the number of times data has to be deduplicated. HP says this will enable more efficient management and control of data growth.

Netbook backup to flash

Lexar Media is launching flash-based, backup drives, the Lexar Echo SE and Lexar Echo ZE, designed to protect netbook and notebook computers.

Symantec updates security suite

Symantec has announced a set of four new security products designed to deal with network and email threats, data loss prevention and IT management.

NetApp snaps in to SharePoint 2010

NetApp has unveiled new storage solutions for SharePoint 2010, including NetApp SnapManager 6.0 due out in August 2010 to provide policy-based management of data.

Drive encryption adds compliance dilemma

The widespread uptake of self-encrypted drives and growth of virtual machines is delivering new challenges to digital evidence, according to Wave Systems Chief Scientist Robert Thibadeau, PhD.

Azaleos Service keeps SharePoint 2010 on song

Azaleos Corporation has announced the newest version of its remotely managed service for SharePoint Server, Azaleos Managed SharePoint 2010 Services.

Adaptec sells RAID storage business

Communications and storage chip maker PMC-Sierra has acquired Adaptec’s RAID storage product line for about $US34 million.

Cloud and enterprise storage demand ramps up: analyst

According to new research from International Data Corporation (IDC), HDD shipments for enterprise applications will increase from 40.5 million units in 2009 to 52.6 million units in 2014. Moreover, the HDD industry will ship more Petabytes for enterprise applications in the next two years than it did in the preceding 20 years.

Backup testing not front of mind for Australian IT

While more than three quarters (84 per cent) of Australian organisations questioned in a recent survey rely on backups to restore lost corporate data, only 35 per cent of IT managers conduct monthly or weekly checks to confirm that data can be retrieved from their backup systems.

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