24/11/2009 - DroboElite Brings BeyondRAID Technology to SMBs

Data Robotics announced DroboElite, the first iSCSI SAN storage that manages itself. DroboElite is a business class data storage solution that brings the company’s BeyondRAID technology to small and medium businesses.

DroboElite delivers automated capacity expansion and one-click single- or dual-drive redundancy for data protection for Windows, Mac and Linux machines.

The new system extends the number of Smart Volumes – Data Robotics’ unique thin provisioning that pulls storage from a common pool of drives – so that users can now create up to 255 virtual storage volumes.

17/11/2009 - Research: Bringing Cloud into the Datacenter Transformation

“Datacenter transformation is a stark reality facing most customers in the Asia/Pacific region,” says IDC. Based on its recent datacenter research, the ageing and somewhat inefficient datacenters that were built seven-ten years ago are struggling to keep up with the current technology – leading to high operational costs, poor utilization levels and increasing complexity.

“However – the report says - the current economic environment has led many CxOs to mandate CAPEX restrictions, which has forced CIOs to look for ways they can do more with the same.”

02/11/2009 - AFCOM Survey: Most Data Centers Not Ready for Cyberattack

Significant findings of AFCOM’s 2009/2010 Data Center Trends survey reveal that though threat of cyber terrorism is real, it is not being adequately addressed by the world's keepers of the most confidential financial, military and personal data.

Survey also reveals that despite hype around cloud computing, only 14.9 percent of data centers have deployed cloud solutions to date - and it shines a new light on the fate of mainframes.

22/10/2009 - Transformational Impact of Server Virtualization on IT Infrastructure

A recent IDC survey investigating server virtualization deployments in vorious organizations reveals that the technology is transforming server, storage, and networking infrastructure and even more so the way their datacenters are and will be built and managed.

The survey also suggests that many users are pushing their virtual server environments to the limits, which is causing several problems, such as virtual server sprawl and storage I/O bottlenecks.

09/10/2009 - New Book From Oracle Guru: "Oracle Performance Tuning With Solid State Disk"

The increasing popularity of SSD is challenging DBAs to adapt their database performance tuning methodologies in order to optimize application performance and return on investment.

The book from Mike Ault shows how to accelerate Oracle databases and target solid state disk for maximum benefit.

Mike Ault is an Oracle expert and a prolific author, who has published more than twenty Oracle-related books. He was an Oracle database specialist at Quest Software and has has five Oracle Masters Certificates and more than 17 years of experience as an Oracle DBA and consultant.

01/10/2009 - Channel Data Releases New REO Business Continuity Appliance

Channel Data has released the REO Business Continuity Appliance (BCA) from its principal, Overland Storage. An 'all-in-one' business continuity solution, the REO BCA is designed for both continuous local backup and remote disaster recovery applications.

It is positioned as a flexible data replication solution, enabling automated recovery of mission-critical data and applications at both the local data centre and remote disaster recovery levels.

29/09/2009 - Dataram Unveils XcelaSAN Storage Optimization Appliance

Dataram has introduced the XcelaSAN storage optimization appliance, as the company claims - the industry's first solution to seamlessly deliver up to 30x performance improvement to existing applications.

The XcelaSAN storage optimization appliance augments existing storage systems by transparently applying caching algorithms that serve the most active block-level data from high speed solid state storage, creating an intelligent, virtual solid state SAN.

02/09/2009 - DataCore Now Supports Fibre Channel over Ethernet

DataCore announced support for native Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) connectivity for its SAN storage virtualisation solutions.

According to the company, their customers can now transition to an FCoE infrastructure while still supporting existing Fibre Channel investments. They can run both FCoE and IP traffic through the same port and on the same wire, eliminating the need and expense for separate SAN and LAN adapters and cables.

31/08/2009 - DataPipe Rolls Out 3PAR Cloud-Agile Services

3PAR, a provider of utility storage, announced that managed global IT service provider and 3PAR Cloud-Agile partner DataPipe now offers differentiated virtual private array (VPA) and disaster recovery (DR) services as part of their Stratosphere cloud services, which are powered by 3PAR Utility Storage.

DataPipe is the first member of the 3PAR Cloud-Agile program to offer its customers 3PAR Cloud-Agile ASSURED and 3PAR Cloud-Agile SECURED services through this program.

20/08/2009 - Verizon to Offer New Encryption Services For Small and Medium-Sized Businesses

Verizon is expanding its encryption service to cover documents and e-mail. Encrypted Docs enables the user to encrypt files and folders and determine who can access, read and write to the file or folder, enforcing privacy policies.
According to the company, e-mail encryption and newly added data encryption services will help prevent privacy leaks, unauthorized access and help keep documents private in case of theft or loss.

19/08/2009 - BTI Receives Brocade Data Center Ready Status for Storage Networking Modules

BTI Systems has announced that the BTI 7000 Series has additional client services modules, verified by Brocade Communications Systems, as compatible with Brocade-based SAN infrastructure.

11/08/2009 - Nexsan and FalconStor to Deliver New Nexsan DeDupe SG Family

Nexsan Technologies, the provider of disk-based storage and FalconStor Software, the provider of data protection solutions, announced a strategic venture to deliver a joint solution, which has resulted in the delivery of an integrated deduplication product family for high-performance, power-efficient data storage.

07/08/2009 - Texas Memory Systems Delivers Record 5-Million IOPS Flash-based SSD System

Texas Memory Systems launches the RamSan-6200 SSD System that offers up to 100 terabytes of Flash-based storage in a 40U rack configuration that can sustain a record 5 million input/outputs per second (IOPS) with 60 gigabytes per second throughput while using a little over 6 kilowatts of power.

06/08/2009 - DataCore and Citrix to Distribute Free-To-Try DataCore Virtual SAN Appliance

DataCore Software, the provider of storage virtualisation, business continuity and disaster recovery software solutions, announced that it has teamed up with Citrix Systems to distribute a free to try, downloadable, DataCore Virtual SAN Appliance. The company also released a Citrix StorageLink adapter to integrate its storage virtualisation solutions with Citrix Essentials for XenServer and Microsoft Hyper-V.

05/08/2009 - Digital Realty Trust Launches Pod Architecture Services

Digital Realty Trust, the wholesale datacenter provider, has launched a new offering called POD Architecture Services(SM) to provide design and construction services to companies that own or want to own their own datacenter facility, and would like to leverage Digital Realty Trust's datacenter expertise and resources.

03/08/2009 - Teradata Announces Availability of Its Newest Database for Enterprise Intelligence

Teradata Corporation, the company solely focused on data warehousing and enterprise analytics, today announced general availability of Teradata 13, which includes Teradata Database 13, Teradata Tools and Utilities 13, services and partnerships.

30/07/2009 - Sohu Selects 3Com's H3C For Next-Generation Data Center

3Com is to build a next-generation data center for Sohu, one of China's premiere online community destinations.
Sohu made its decision after a two-month field test of 3Com's recently launched H3C data center solutions — including the S12500 Series core switch line and the S5800 Series 10-gigabit switch series.

23/07/2009 - Telehouse Offers Service to Reduce Data Loss Risk

TELEHOUSE America has announced it is offering Integralis' data loss prevention (DLP) consulting services as part of its Manage-E solution.
Manage-E customers of TELEHOUSE can now leverage global information risk management provider Integralis' expertise in all aspects of DLP and data risk management, as well as its comprehensive methodology to determine an organization's unique data risk factors and the appropriate data protection policies, processes and solutions.

23/07/2009 - Iron Mountain Unveils First UK Cloud-Based File Archiving Customer

Iron Mountain Digital has announced that it has signed its first European customer for its recently launched Virtual File Store service.
The provider of STorage-as-a-Service (STaaS) for backup and archiving's Virtual File Store solution is an enterprise-class cloud-based data archiving service designed to help companies reduce the costs of storing and managing inactive data.

23/07/2009 - HSBC Fined $5.2 Million in UK for Data Loss

Three units of HSBC Group have been fined GBP 3.185 million (USD $5.2 million) by Britain's financial regulator for failing to protect consumer data from loss or theft.
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) said all three firms had been warned by HSBC Group Insurance's compliance team about the need for robust data security controls in July 2007.

23/07/2009 - EMC Q2 Results Better Than Expected, Completes Data Domain Acquisition

EMC has reported a slight increase in revenue last quarter and provided an optimistic forecast for the second half of the year.
The announcement came as it completed the USD $2.1 billion acquisition of data deduplication specialist Data Domain.

17/07/2009 - Virident Appoints DeMartino to Focus on Web 2.0 Data Center Presence

Virident Systems has appointed industry veteran Bob DeMartino to drive the growth of its GreenCloud server platforms in Web 2.0 data centers.
DeMartino joins Virident from Sun Microsystems bringing over twenty years of sales and market development experience with both large, established enterprise and start-up technology firms.

03/07/2009 - China VoIP & Digital Telecom Virtualization Project Receives Governmental Funds

Jinan Yinquan Technology has announced that its data center virtualization technology project has received 500,000 yuan from Shandong Economic and Information Technology Committee.
Following the award, the wholly owned subsidiary of China VoIP & Digital Telecom said it is well positioned to take full advantage of the tremendous economic growth currently being experienced in China.

03/07/2009 - EMC Extends Data Domain Offer

EMC Corporation has extended its all-cash tender offer to purchase all outstanding shares of Data Domain common stock for USD $30 per share.
The move is to provide additional time to satisfy closing conditions, the offering period now expires at 12:00 midnight EDT on July 10, 2009.

26/06/2009 - Adaptec Introduces Greener More Efficient RAID Controllers

Adaptec has announced the availability of its Series 5Z Unified Serial (SATA/SAS) RAID controller family.
The company said these high-performance controllers integrate an industry first - a flash-based Zero-Maintenance Cache Protection module that provides data center managers with a single controller solution for data protection in the event of both power loss and drive failure.

26/06/2009 - IT Execs Doubt Virtualization is Data Recovery Remedy

Separate backup data center locations are not being used by many companies to provide the complete data-recovery system, according to research.
Instead they are relying on failover to separate storage arrays and servers within the same physical building.

12/06/2009 - Aress Launches Unlimited Online Data Backup Service

Aress Software has launched an online backup solution which gives 1GB of free space and also comes with an unlimited storage option.
Called BackupandShare.com, the service is aimed at business and individual users, and has an ability to schedule backup for PCs and Macs.

29/05/2009 - Online Data Backup Center Aims For Zero Carbon Footprint

A UK-based provider of online data backups is building a technically-advanced data center powered solely by renewable energy.
Located in North Wiltshire, WorldBackups has purchased a 2,600 sq. ft. ex-BT exchange where it will develop its own on-site renewable energy generation, passing on the reduced power costs to its customers.

29/05/2009 - Corevault Issues Guidelines on Disaster Data Protection

CoreVault has released guidelines to ensure organizational safety and expedient data Relevant Products/Services recovery in the event a catastrophe strikes.
The managed backup and recovery solutions provider said that forward-thinking companies in severe-weather-prone area should take maximum precautions when preparing for disruptions caused by tornadoes and other natural disasters.

29/05/2009 - PANDUIT Launches Fiber Optic System To Address Data Center Demands

PANDUIT has introduced next-generation, high-speed data transport capabilities for the data center.
The high performance, fiber optic system to connect server, storage, and network systems is aimed at meeting ever-increasing bandwidth and application requirements.

22/05/2009 - Phoenix Introduces Fastest, Most Versatile SSD VME Mass Storage Module

Phoenix International has unveiled its new VS1-250-SSD Serial Attache SCSI (SAS) or Serial ATA (SATA) based VME data storage plug-in blade.
The VS1-250-SSD delivers high capacity, high performance data storage - with burst data transfer rate to 300MB/sec and sustained data transfer to 120MB/sec.

22/05/2009 - Optical Media With 1.6 Terabyte Capacity Created

Researchers have announced they have created a "five-dimensional" optical media that can hold up to 1.6 terabytes of data.
The team from the Swinburne University of Technology in Australia said the technology could easily be on the market within 10 years.

22/05/2009 - NetApp Buys Data Domain For $1.5bn

NetApp announced this week that it has agreed to buy data backup and disaster recovery systems provider Data Domain Inc. for USD $25 per share in cash and stock, or about USD $1.5 billion.
The data storage company said it will operate Data Domain as a product line.

15/05/2009 - Green Datacenter Regulations Concern For Corporate Strategies

Senior datacentre professionals in Europe are increasingly concerned about the potential impact of green regulations on corporate datacenters, according to a survey.
A similar study carried out in the US found that significant shifts have occurred over the past 12 months in datacenter strategies - but concern for regulation is a major driver in 2009.

15/05/2009 - Consumer Network Storage Equipment Market Growing, More Promotion Needed

Consumer demand for data storage is expected to drive Network Attached Storage (NAS) revenues to more than USD $1.25 billion in revenues by 2011.
That's the conclusion of ABI Research, which says the phenomenal growth of digital photography, audio, and video have focused consumers' minds on the need for secure storage.

08/05/2009 - Rackable Systems Announces First Quarter Fiscal 2009 Financial Results

Rackable Systems this week announced its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2009.
The ecological server and storage product provider reported Q1 revenue of USD $44.4 Million, up 14 percent sequentially, including delivery of two ICE Cube containerized data centers.

08/05/2009 - IBM Expands Midmarket Express Advantage Line

IBM has broadened its lineup of Express Advantage products for midmarket with the launch of BladeCenter Express servers, a new data protection hardware/software package.
It also unveiled the LotusLive Meetings hosted Web conferencing service.

01/05/2009 - Vembu Launches Online Backup on Amazon Web Services

Vembu Technologies has made available for production StoreGrid Cloud AMI, an online backup "virtual appliance" on Amazon Web Services.
The company says that with the StoreGrid Cloud AMI and the Amazon Web Services infrastructure, it is now possible for service providers to offer a scalable, secure and highly redundant online backup service to their small and medium business (SMB) customers without any upfront capital investment in a data center.

24/04/2009 - EMC Unveils Virtual Data Centre With High End Storage

EMC Symmetric VMax is the latest breakthrough technology from EMC. It provides for a virtual data center with high end storage and scales up to 2 PB of usable protected capacity, writes Samantha Sai for storage.biz-news.
Unlike alternate arrays, it equips its customers with an ability to consolidate workloads with a comparatively small footprint.
These systems will be available immediately.

17/04/2009 - Cisco Reveals More Details On UCS Platform

Cisco has revealed more details on its Unified Computing System (UCS) for virtualized data centers a month after it was first announced.
Company executives used a live Internet TV broadcast to provide further insight into pricing, processing power and memory capacity.

17/04/2009 - Double-Take Announces Workload Optimization Products

Double-Take Software is building on its current data protection repertoire by taking on the challenge of workload optimization, writes Samantha Sai for storage-biz.news.
Workload management encompasses the hardware, the operating systems, applications and data that underpin an organization's IT-backbone.

17/04/2009 - HealthNet's New Venture Venyu Targets SMB Storage and Security

Amerivault and Network Technology Group Inc data storage providers are to join forces to create Venyu Inc.
The new venture will provide commercial grade, customizable solutions for data storage with disaster recovery, writes Samantha Sai for storage-biz.news.

10/04/2009 - Optimism Seems High in the Storage Efficiency World

Optimism remains high in storage efficiency world despite recession and talks of possibly impending depression. The focus seems to be on doing more with less and optimizing on existing capacities.
Nick Broadbent, UK Managing Director of DataCore Software says: 
“Virtualisation and hence consolidation has transformed all that with IT managers able to meet the business data growth needs by re-utilising external storage solutions already in their network.”

02/04/2009 - Optimizing Virtualization On Single Architecture: Dell Announces ISCSI SAN Storage Arrays

Dell has announced that as part of its data center strategy it will focus on combining servers, storage and services optimized for virtualization in a single architecture.
As a step in this direction Dell has come out with a new series of EqualLogic iSCSI SAN with fast processors, more cache, additional Ethernet ports and support for solid state disc drives, writes Samantha Sai for storage.biz-news.

02/04/2009 - Storage Management Priorities: the Need of the Hour

Most industries acknowledge that increasing IT Storage needs is a fact of life even in the face of economic downturn.
Newer and more efficient ways of optimizing existing storage facilities are being explored as budgets are tight and capital outlay has been squeezed, writes Samantha Sai for storage.biz-news.

27/03/2009 - Cloudera Aims To Capture Data Center Market With Hadoop Cloud Solution

A startup software dealer is bringing cloud-computing technology used by the likes of Yahoo, Facebook and Google to regular enterprise data centers.
Silicon Valley-based Cloudera plans to make big data-processing capabilities accessible and affordable for all companies, writes Samantha Sai for storage.biz-news.

27/03/2009 - Storage Market Slows, Modest Growth Forecast

Well, it was only a matter of time. The data storage market has slowed down - and much more than anticipated, writes Samantha Sai for storage.biz-news.
IDC revealed last week that global external disk storage systems' factory revenues dropped by a half per cent in the fourth quarter.

27/03/2009 - Kroll Survey: Employees Are "Wildcard" In Data Storage Practices

While implementing data storage policies that mandate where company files are to be stored is a popular data-protection measure, employees are not necessarily complying.
This is leaving organizations vulnerable to data loss, according to a survey.

20/03/2009 - Cisco Transforms Data Center With UCS

Cisco has launched a mainstream data center computing platform - Unified Computing System (UCS) - that promises to seamlessly integrate processor, storage and network systems in a virtualised architecture.
The move pits the networking equipment market leader against the world's largest systems vendors, including HP, IBM, Dell, Fujitsu and others.

26/02/2009 - Seagate Targeting Datacenter Power Consumption

Seagate is working on solving the issue of power consumption in the datacenter, according to the company's CEO Steve Luczo.
While not going into detail, he told InfoWorld that the disk drive maker has a competitive advantage in that field.

26/02/2009 - Nanotechnology Will Be An Integral Part of Future Storage Technology

Michael E.Thomas, president of Colossal Storage Corporation once remarked: "In 1974, I was making 5 Megabyte disk packs - the biggest at that time in the world.
"At the same time, IBM, Burroughs, Honeywell, and other Computer professionals said no one would ever need that much storage."

20/02/2009 - Survey Highlights Key Role Datacentres Play To Ensure Competitiveness

More than four out of five companies surveyed are planning datacentre expansions within the next two years, according to Digital Realty Trust.
The wholesale datacentre provider also found that more than a quarter of surveyed companies are actively planning immediate datacentre expansion projects that are commencing in 2009.

12/02/2009 - Virtualisation Provides Effective Disaster Recovery Solution

SecurStore has warned that companies need to ensure a reliable IT disaster recovery plan is in place when times are tough.
The online, automated and managed data backup and recovery specialists said that the current economic difficulties meant that customer service is going to be the all important differentiator throughout 2009.

12/02/2009 - SanDisk Develops Tech That Allows 64GB Flash

SanDisk has announced plans to ship an ultra-dense form of NAND flash memory that could herald a breakthrough in storage.
Called X4, the technology uses a special memory controller that maintains data traffic speed while still fitting four bits of data per cell.

12/02/2009 - Overland Storage Launches Tape Libraries With Embedded Functionality

Overland Storage has announced the availability of the first models in its next-generation NEO SERIES line of scalable, automated tape libraries.
The NEO E-Series libraries, which provide embedded functionality, are geared at meeting a wide range of demanding data protection and long-term archive requirements.

29/01/2009 - BCS Develops New Qualification For Data Centres

The British Computer Society (BCS) is to develop a new qualification for data centre operators.
It follows the publication of the EU Code of Conduct for data centres and BCS' recent work to encourage the IT industry to address the issues of energy cost, power consumption and carbon emissions.

18/01/2009 - Troubled Seagate Offers Free Firmware Upgrade

Seagate is to provide a free firmware upgrade for customers whose 1TB Barracuda drives have failed.
The storage company said it has isolated a "potential firmware issue" that is believed to be responsible for a high rate of drive failure globally.

08/01/2009 - Digital Realty Wins Datacentre Leaders' Award

Digital Realty Trust, the world's largest wholesale datacentre provider, has been recognised for "Innovation in an Outsourced Environment" by the prestigious Datacentre Leaders' 2008 Awards.
Digital Realty Trust received the honor for a Turn-Key Datacentre that Digital Realty Trust delivered to IBM to support growth of the company's hosting business in France.

08/01/2009 - CA Targets DLP With Purchase Of Orchestra

CA has bought New York-based Orchestria Corporation, a leading provider of data loss prevention (DLP) technology.
The company intends to develop and sell Orchestria’s information-centric DLP product in the rapidly growing DLP market.

13/11/2008 - Data Loss Stats Testament To Poor Security

Less than a fifth of consumers regularly back up data on PCs, according to security solutions firm Webroot.
Its latest research report, “State of Internet Security: Protecting Your Digital Life”, also shows that nearly one in five users had never backed up their personal files.

13/11/2008 - Storage To Buck General Drop in IT Hardware Spending

Spending on storage is the only area of IT hardware that will avoid a drop-off in 2009 as a result of the global financial crisis.
A newly revised forecast from IDC suggests worldwide investment in information technology will slow significantly next year.

13/11/2008 - USB Virus Infections Spreading

The number of computers infected with viruses from USB flash memory drives is spreading in Japan, according to a survey from Trend Micro.
Based on the finding, the Tokyo-based virus-scanning software company has called on PC users to take precautions when sharing data with others via USB memory sticks.

13/11/2008 - Internal Cloud Computing Option Avoids Outsourcing Concerns

Data center software provider, Cassatt Corporation, has announced new service and technology offerings to help companies safely realize "internal cloud computing".
Bill Coleman, chairman and CEO of Cassatt Corp, said this was an IT approach that delivers the benefits of cloud computing using the resources that organizations already have inside their data centers.

13/11/2008 - Storage-as-a-service Market Rife With Opportunity

Storage-as-a-service is more than just a viable alternative, according to two new IDC multi-client studies.
An IDC survey of 812 firms reveals that demand for online storage services is very strong in small, mid-size, and large firms that are facing budgetary and IT staffing pressures.

06/11/2008 - Interxion To Expand London Data Center

Carrier-neutral data center expert, Interxion, is to expand the capacity of its London City data center for the second time this year.
Growing customer demand for high power density infrastructure is behind the expansion.

06/11/2008 - IT Decision Makers Unclear About Unified Storage

Unified storage has yet to make an impact on IT decision makers, with few even able to define what it stands for and even less aware of the business benefits of implementation, according to a survey.
The study was conducted by Gartner and ONStor among 1600 global IT and business decision makers.

29/10/2008 - Researchers Opt For COPAN's Fast Access and Security

One of the world's leading life science research institutes announced today that it has chosen a COPAN Systems-based storage solution to meet its demanding data storage needs.
Located in Basel, Switzerland, the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research’s was seeking a storage solution for its life science data.

29/10/2008 - Digital-data Explosion Requires New Tools

By 2011, the digital data universe will be ten times the size it was in 2006, according to research from IDC.
This digital-data explosion will require IT organizations to adopt new tools and standards to ensure an efficient information infrastructure.

29/10/2008 - Will Microsoft's Cloud-Computing Initiative Be Good For The Storage Industry?

Microsoft this week finally laid out its cloud-computing strategy during a keynote speech at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference 2008.
Ray Ozzie, Microsoft's chief software architect, announced Windows Azure, a cloud-based service foundation underlying its Azure Services Platform.

29/10/2008 - Enterprises Failing To Properly Encrypt Backup Data

Backup tapes are being neglected by administrators, according to a study conducted jointly by security vendor Thales Group and Trust Catalyst.
The results of the survey of 330 large enterprises worldwide showed that 35 per cent don't know if they will encrypt their backup tapes.

29/10/2008 - CEOs Must Take Responsibility For Data Breaches

A rapid rise in losses from giant databases highlights the need for tougher sanctions to deter such security breaches, according to a privacy watchdog.
The UK's Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is also calling on chief executives to take responsibility for the personal information their organisations hold.

02/10/2008 - IT Managers Pushed To Cut Carbon Emissions

Almost two-thirds of IT managers are being pressured to reduce their carbon footprints, according to a survey.
The results show that 61 per cent are being directed to cut down on their energy usage and 60 per cent plan to reduce their carbon footprint within the next 18 months.

19/09/2008 - There's No Such Thing As Too Much Storage

Desktop computing remains the largest market for hard drives but the young upstart – consumer electronics – is the fastest growing.
Storage.biz-news.com spoke to Daniel Mauerhofer, of storage giant Western Digital, to find out more about this evolving market.

16/09/2008 - London Council Gives Virtualisation Green Light

Faced with 100 per cent year-on-year data growth, the London council of Hillingdon’s IT team has decided to virtualise its servers.
It took the decision after being faced with the rapid growth of employees’ e-mail boxes, the need to retain documents such as benefits assessments records, and the increased use of digital images in planning applications and property and highway inspections.

09/09/2008 - Data Center Expertise Increasingly Valued

In Silicon Valley, mechanical engineers who design and run computer data centers have traditionally been regarded as little more than blue-collar workers in the high-tech world.
Now computer data center experts are being shown new respect, according to The New York Times, and the trend is set to continue.

09/09/2008 - Creativity the Key to Secure Data Backup

Guus Leeuw jr, president & CEO of ITPassion Ltd, urges creativity in the way data is stored.
Any piece of electronic information needs to be stored somewhere and somehow. This should guarantee access to that piece of information over the years.

09/09/2008 - DLM Technology to Achieve ILM

Alec Bruce, solutions manager, Hitachi Data Systems UK, explains what is currently possible with and ILM what resellers need to tell their customers about achieving true ILM.

09/09/2008 - New High Speed Camera Memory Stick

As files get bigger, so the pressure for flash memory grows.
The latest offering from Sony Recording Media & Energy is one solution for users needing high capacity and high speed data transfer.

09/09/2008 - Hitachi Aims to Repeat Robust Growth

Hitachi Data Systems (HDS), part of the Hitachi Storage Solutions Group, is looking to continue its robust growth in the Asean region in its fiscal year that started in April 2008.
Ravi Rajendran, Asean general manager of HDS, said that in fiscal 2007, the company achieved 45 per cent year-on-year growth in Asean.

09/09/2008 - No Black Hole for CERN Data

System crashes and the ensuing data loss may be most IT managers’ idea of the end of the world.
Yet spare a thought for the folk running the LHC Computing Grid (LCG) designed by CERN to handle the massive amounts of data produced by the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

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