Veritas Software Corporation plans to expand its Linux platform support for SUSE Linux and Vmware to provide customers with a greater range of choices for deploying enterprise Linux environments.
Hewlett Packard are offering server-storage solutions to meet the needs of small and medium-size businesses, as well as enterprises, at a cost which is 50 percent cheaper than IBM and Dell/EMC.
Research carried out by the ARC Group claims that mobile services will reach this profit margin worldwide by 2008, almost doubling from their 2003 level.
Sony has updated its MiniDisc digital music systems to include PC-compatible storage capabilities which will offer mobile professionals the opportunity to store files while on the road.
ONStor has released a new NAS gateway with integrated virtual server and storage technologies specifically to help enterprises scale up storage demands from 1 terabyte to 40,000 terabytes.
Of the seven major enterprise solutions examined in the Asia-Pacific region (excluding Japan), the largest investment in the last 12 months was on storage, with around US$4 billion invested on storage in the region in 2003.
The Blu-ray group has received a timely boost in its efforts to establish the next generation of optical disk storage technology, with HP and Dell both endorsing the new technology.
IBM and Topspin Communications have signed a multi-year agreement to integrate advanced Topspin InfiniBand switch technology across the IBM TotalStorage and eServer product line.
Tape backup system vendor Exabyte has introduced what it claims is the first and only tape autoloader on the market that features FireWire 800 connectivity in a 1U form factor.