Storagetek has released a new disk array capable of using drives with 146GB capacity, but industry focus has already turned to tape drives with 200GB capacity coming from the company next week.
The distasteful row between Hewlett-Packard and EMC over patent infringements gave a slightly off-colour hue to the industry this week, as investors worried about lost focus.
Network Appliance has moved from the network attached storage area into what it calls a "unified storage approach" based on standardised networking technologies.
Are there any lessons for the "bricks-and-mortar" companies to learn from how .com start-ups have attacked the issues of database integration and supply chain management?
