Network Storage

In a bid to address the needs of small to medium-sized businesses, Dell has expanded its server lineup with a new, entry-level server aimed at businesses looking to build a networked server environment on a budget.

Just as the external disk storage is booming so is the storage software market, with IDC announcing that it has surpassed US$3 (AU$3.69) billion in sales for the first time in Q2.

Sun has announced new developments in cross-platform virtualisation, with Microsoft making it simple to integrate Sun’s xVM portfolio with Windows Server 2008.

With the amount of data growing exponentially and becoming more mobile and dynamic every day, IBM has announced a sweeping new storage initiative, aimed at addressing the major shift currently occurring in the flow of the world’s data.

Intel has announced that its line of solid state drives (SSDs) for notebooks and desktops is now shipping, with an 80GB SATA model available initially, and 160GB models expected to be shipping later in the year.

Red Hat has given its virtualisation capabilities a boost this week with the acquisition of Qumranet and its Kernel Virtual Machine (KVM) platform and SolidICE virtual desktop.

The Connecticut Attorney General in the U.S. has slammed the Bank of New York Mellon for losing personal information of an additional 135,000 customers – far more than originally reported for the state - highlighting the risks and conseque...

Virtualisation lifecycle management firm Embotics is aiming to bring better oversight and decreased virtual sprawl to VMware environments with the release of its new insight tool.

The external disk storage market is still going gangbusters according to IDC, with its worldwide storage tracker noting the highest year-on-year growth for two years.

Shooting for significant reductions in power use of disk-based storage systems, Adaptec has introduced a new RAID controller-based power management solution for both SATA and SAS storage, dubbing it an industry-first.

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