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NEW YORK — Internet SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) , is poised to move from a cutting edge protocol for network-attached storage to the mainstream as more enterprise managers plan for swifter data recovery. That was one consensus among some data storage and business continuity planners who huddled to talk shop this week at the […]

InoStor has announced the upcoming availability of it’s PerformNAS appliance, a high-performance, scalable Network Attached Storage solution designed to meet the cross-platform file serving demands of small and mid-sized businesses. Shipments to channel partners began this month with general availability to all customers in July. “Users are looking for turnkey solutions and increased data security. […]

A new study released by Freeman Reports cautiously projects a slow but steady recovery from two consecutive years of decline for the compact tape industry. “The fundamentals supporting this conclusion are sound, and include strong growth in network storage requirements, surprising resilience in the entry server segment, continuing performance and capacity enhancements, and accompanying cost […]

Systinet, a Cambridge, Mass.-based Web services infrastructure software provider, today announced the release of WASP (Web Applications and Services Platform) Version 4.0, a suite of products designed to help independent software vendors (ISVs) and enterprises build, deploy, secure and manage Web services. To encourage adoption among developers and to jump-start the large-scale deployment of Web […]

INRANGE Technologies today announced that the INRANGE IN-VSN(TM) 9801 Series has been enhanced with additional functionality and has successfully completed interoperability testing with IBM’s TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server for Peer-to-Peer Remote Copy (PPRC) and new Peer-to-Peer Remote Copy Extended Distance (PPRC-XD) software, enabling users to mirror IBM storage devices across the WAN at continental distances […]

Gadzoox Networks announced today the availability of the FabriCore Engines suite of hardware and embedded operating system (OS) technology, for licensing and purchase. The FabriCore Engines suite of technology offers customers access to Fibre Channel (FC) expertise in three different product offerings, FC-MAC (Media Access Controller) Soft Core, Open SAN OS and ASSPs (Application Specific […]

The MSP Association yesterday announced key findings of a META Group multi-client research study on the MSP market. The study, titled Managed Services: Optimizing Core Competencies, was conducted to provide information about the current state of the MSP market, the decision-making process for managed/management services and the most important factors in selecting vendors. “The MSP […]

On the same day as announcing a name change from Workstation Solutions to Reliaty Inc., the Amherst, NH based company also introduced Reliaty Backup, the first data protection software developed on a Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP) foundation. Pricing for the product, which will be available in July, starts at $2500. NDMP is an open […]

Western Digital today introduced the industry’s largest capacity hard drive — it’s WD Caviar 200 GB 7,200 RPM product. This milestone marks the fourth consecutive first-to-market 7,200 RPM hard drive delivered by Western Digital — which was first to deliver 7,200 RPM hard drives in 80, 100 and 120 GB capacities. WD Caviar 60 GB-per-platter […]

In its second acquisition in as many months, Bluestreak, of Newport, R.I., has bought

AOL Time Warner’s cable division and Advance/Newhouse Communications have restructured their cable partnership in a deal that will switch about 2.1 million cable subscribers into the Newhouse fold and reduce TWC’s cable base by about 16 percent. The consolidation, which the industry has expected for some time, also calls for Time Warner Cable to take […]

Enterprise customers seeking to maximize their investment in metropolitan-area optical networks can now aggregate up to 40 data connections over a single wavelength using the Cisco ONS 15530, Cisco’s new metro DWDM (dense wavelength division multiplexing) solution, which was introduced today. This “service aggregation” feature in the 15530 brings a new level of multiplexing efficiency […]