James Alan Miller

Tech Data Corporation, a provider of IT products, logistics management and other value-added services, has formed a partnership with IBM to sell the manufacturer’s line of TotalStorage Linear Tape-Open (LTO) Ultrium drives and autoloaders. “IBM chose to work with Tech Data because of the tremendous growth opportunity with the distributor’s established customer base in the […]

Quantum Corp., a provider of data protection and network storage systems, today announced the availability of Snap Server EmailXtender Archive (EX/A) software, an e-mail archive solution for use in conjunction with the Snap Server line of Network Attached Storage (NAS) appliances. Based on the EmailXtender family of e-mail management solutions from OTG Software , Quantum […]

XIOtech Corporation, a subsidiary of Seagate Technology and a storage area network (SAN) vendor, today unveiled its new SANbuilder product strategy: application-driven SAN solutions for Oracle, Exchange, and healthcare. Over the next two months, XIOtech said it plans to release three new product families comprised of hardware, software, and services. According to XIOtech, SANbuilder is […]

NovaStor Corporation this week announced a Disk Configuration Wizard for its NovaNET 8.5 backup software. The company said the new wizard is designed to help customers backup data to high-speed hard disk-based storage devices. NovaStor said the Disk Configuration Wizard is a simple program that runs with the company’s NovaNET 8.5 backup software to designate […]

Emulex, a supplier of storage networking host bus adapters (HBAs), this week received certifications from LSI Logic Storage Systems and Brocade Communications Systems for its LightPulse LP9002L 2Gb/s Fibre Channel HBA. The LP9002l has already earned qualifications from Legato Systems and Hewlett-Packard, while Compaq has chosen its sister HBA, the LP952L, for use with its […]

Computer Associates International(CA) announced today that the Korean government’s national Public Procurement Service (PPS) has selected CA’s BrightStor Enterprise Backup to provide storage management and data backup for its eBidding System. PPS’s said the implementation of BrightStor Enterprise Backup is a key element of its initiative to expand its eBidding system. PPS is a public […]

Auspex Systems, Inc. expanded its NS3000 family of Network Attached Storage (NAS) servers with the release of a new fibre-based model called the NS3000XR. According to Auspex, the XR model adds new features to provide additional fault tolerance by offering two independent data paths to every disk array through redundant RAID controllers and dual fibre-channel […]

Sun Microsystems, Inc. announced today that eBay has deployed its new Sun StorEdge 9960 system. “Sun has been with us from the very beginning and has played an important role in eBay’s success,” said Maynard Webb, president of eBay Technologies. “Sun provides the backend servers and storage needs that run eBay’s site and provides our […]

In a major push towards the data protectin market, Storage Technology Corp. (StorageTek) today unveiled its Business Contingency Planning Services and plans to offer future disaster recovery storage solutions. “We recognize that our customers’ most crucial asset is their data. Today marks another step in delivering customer-oriented business continuity and disaster recovery to ensure the […]

Emulex Corporation’s host bus adapters (HBAs) today received the stamp of approval from Hewlett-Packard and Legato Systems. Legato has qualified the Emulex LightPulse 2Gb/s LP9002L and LP8000 HBAs for use with its NetWorker data protection software, while HP certified the LightPulse LP9002L with the latest generation of its HP MC/Serviceguard software data protection solution in […]

Disaster recovery author and consultant Jon William Toigo has joined the Network Storage Universitys 13-city disaster recovery seminar, which begins in Los Angeles today. During his keynote presentation, Toigo plans to discuss the importance of having a disaster recovery plan in place, and taking steps to ensure business disruption is minimized in the event of […]

Dell today announced that the National Football League (NFL) plans to install Dell servers and Dell/EMC storage systems exclusively over the next 12 months. Back in October, Dell and EMC announced a five-year, multi-billion dollar strategic alliance agreement to accelerate the growth of both companies’ storage systems businesses. See “Dell, EMC Sign Enterprise Storage Agreement.” […]