October, 2001
Win2K Server Appliances
Several vendors have released Web or Network Attached Storage (NAS) appliances based on Win2K.
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October, 2001
Network Appliances
Vendors offer boxes optimized for Web serving, file serving, and other targeted tasks.
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September, 2001
MaxOptix Unveils New Low-Cost AIT Autoloaders
MaxOptix unveiled the first terabyte-capacity AIT-1 autoloader, priced at less than $5000.
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September, 2001
NORTHERN Releases Quota Server 5.3
NORTHERN announced Quota Server 5.3, the latest version of its enterprise storage management solution.
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September, 2001
Cereva Changes Its Board
The Boston Globe reported that startup Cereva Networks has made some major changes.
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August, 2001
VERITAS Software and EMC Report Lowered Earnings, Diminished Expectations
Two prominent companies in the storage industry reported their second-quarter 2001 earnings. Read Barry Sosinsky's summary of their reports.
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August, 2001
The Holy Grail of Storage
Storage virtualization is important to the storage industry. Being able to pool disks and meter out storage capacity as volumes demand lets administrators greatly increase the amount of storage they can manage more easily.
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July, 2001
SOS Storage Array Lawsuit Goes to Trial
The Storage Computer Corporation (SOS) is suing Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) for violating technology-related patents that the storage industry uses for RAID arrays. Read why SOS claims major storage vendors have infringed on many of its other patents.
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July, 2001
LiveVault's Online Backup Service
Most data centers take backup seriously, using costly technology. But many small businesses don't have the resources for quality backups. Read about a software package that lets even a small company back up its data using a standard Internet connection.
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July, 2001
Storage in the Year 2000, Part 2
The year 2000 was extraordinary for storage companies. Read the conclusion of Barrie Sosinsky's summary of how the overall RAID-based disk market grew, and how storage is expected to grow in 2001 and beyond.
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July, 2001
Storage in the Year 2000, Part 1
The year 2000 was extraordinary for storage companies. Read Barrie Sosinsky's summary of how the overall RAID-based disk market grew, and how storage is expected to grow in 2001 and beyond.
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July, 2001
InfiniBand and Storage
Many developers think the new server bus standard called InfiniBand will replace PCI bus. Learn what Barrie Sosinsky found out about this new technology at the second InfiniBand Developers Conference.
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June, 2001
What Windows XP Brings to Storage
The upcoming Windows XP OS contains several new storage-related features that many users will find valuable. Read Barrie Sosinsky's review of how these new features can impact your work.
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June, 2001
SNIA Launches Interoperability Initiatives
The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) is developing projects to help storage vendors' products interoperate. Learn about SNIA's Supported Solutions Forum, which provides vendor-tested and supported Storage Area Network (SAN) solutions.
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June, 2001
Tandberg Data Makes Some Noise
Tandberg Data is developing a new tape head and tape format technology based on High Speed Optical Servo. If the company delivers on this technology as intended, it will have exciting products to offer to various OEMs in the storage market.
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June, 2001
Microsoft's Storage Appliances
Microsoft offers a complete embedded Win2K OS that developers can use for a variety of applications, and the company has targeted Network Attached Storage (NAS) and Web servers through OEM channels for the embedded OS's use.
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May, 2001
Request for Reader Feedback, and Storage Service Providers
Barrie Sosinsky asks for feedback from Storage UPDATE readers and gives a brief overview of the utility and service models that Storage Service Providers (SSPs) currently use.
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May, 2001
DVD Standards Proliferate
DVD technology has sold fast; at the same time, DVD formats have proliferated. Some agreed-upon standards and interoperable formats will benefit market and customers alike.
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May, 2001
Storage UPDATE Survey Results, Part 3
Barrie Sosinsky offers a third set of results from the recent Storage UPDATE survey, including the figures for Network Attached Storage (NAS) deployments, Storage-over-IP (SoIP), and use of Storage Service Providers (SSPs).
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April, 2001
Storage UPDATE Survey Results, Part 2
In this column, Barrie Sosinsky offers more results from the recent Storage UPDATE survey, focusing on the figures for Storage Area Networks (SANs).
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