Using Universal Serial Bus technology to connect storage devices is not new, but connecting the media directly to a USB port is an innovation boasted by the new Mini USB Drive from Iomega.
QLogic and LSI Logic have this week launched the first host bus adapters supporting iSCSI - an essential building block for the assembly of storage solutions based on the freshly-approved networking protocol.
McData used the Comdex show in Las Vegas this week to claim a world first in displaying a director-class storage switch running the Fibre Channel Over IP protocol.
Seagate Technology has fired the latest salvo in the battle for greater areal density in magnetic storage media, by rethinking a major part of the way data is recorded.
It was a week of peak industry events for storage vendors to showcase their wares, and the goodwill drove stocks higher on hopes for future technologies.
Toshiba and NEC have started a standards war in the race to produce an heir for DVD in optical disc technology, by proposing a new format to compete with the existing Blu-ray consortium.
