New intelligent network management chips, 4Gbit/sec. Fibre Channel technology and a multitude of iSCSI switches, controllers and network cards are anticipated at this week's Storage Networking World (SNW) show in Phoenix. Attendees can also expect an update on the status of several storage standards during the event.
SunGard Data Services on Monday announced that its board of directors has approved a US$11.3 billion buyout offer from seven investment firms.
Cisco Systems is upgrading its line of multiprotocol storage switches to allow partner vendors to port their storage management software to a line card that enables across storage-area networks (SAN) functions such as long-distance data replication, volume management and point-in-time copies.
EMC announced a new line of bundled networked storage packages targeting the midsize enterprise and small-to-medium-size business (SMB) marketplace that include lower pricing, a greater emphasis on channel sales and a Web portal tool that expedites the process of configuring and ordering products based on industry best practices.
A burgeoning midrange storage market and the plummeting cost of disk drive technology drove an increase in the sales of external disk storage systems in 2004, according to an IDC report.
Although Hewlett-Packard Co.'s storage revenue has been on the upswing since last year's third quarter, it remains down from a year ago. HP's first-quarter results showed a slight year-over-year decline in storage revenue, but a smaller one than in previous periods. Bob Schultz, HP's general manager of storage solutions, spoke with Computerworld about HP's plan for improving its competitive position in the storage market. One thing Schultz wouldn't talk about is whether the departure of former HP CEO Carly Fiorina will affect his plans.
IBM announced Thursday that it has enhanced the capacity and performance of its midrange disk storage systems and tape libraries and restructured the pricing of its SAN Volume Controller virtualization software.
IBM and Sun Microsystems are both building software to provide systems administrators with a single, consistent view of their IT infrastructures, from business applications and related servers, through the network and down to the storage arrays.
Security experts are warning against the use of a flawed hashing algorithm, MD5, for digital signatures to store data securely on increasingly popular content addressed storage (CAS) systems.
Veritas Software CEO Gary Bloom last week conceded that it has been difficult to convince users and investors of the benefits of his company's planned US$13.5 billion merger with Symantec, a deal that's expected to close by midyear.
Cisco Systems announced on Monday that it has expanded its partnership with EMC in order to resell EMC's network-attached storage (NAS) servers -- marking the first time Cisco has ventured into selling an enterprise-class storage subsystem.
Cisco Systems last week unveiled a file-based data-sharing appliance that can consolidate management of distributed file and print services within branch offices and move the local backup function to a central data center.
New York Stock Exchange announced last week that it's rolling out a Java-based trading system that includes customized wireless handheld devices for traders. The new technology could mean the beginning of the end to the shouts of "Buy" and "Sell" that have long been the trademark of the nation's oldest and largest stock exchange.
Hitachi Data Systems announced last week that it has released its first all-Serial Advanced Technology Attachment array and has bundled it with switches and network interface cards to create a preconfigured low-to-midrange storage-area network (SAN).
Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday announced several upgrades to its midrange storage products, including disk-to-disk or disk-to-tape backup functionality with its StorageWorks Data Protector software and its first array that can use both SCSI and Serial ATA disk.
