Herding CA(T)S Caringo Launches Software-Only CAS Solution: EMC, with the help of software from the Belgian company FilePool that they acquired the previous year, sought to apply an indexing scheme...
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Storage vendors rewrite the rules of the game | InfoWorld | Column | 2006-05-11 | By Mario Apicella: It seems inevitable, like death and taxes. Every year, storage vendors renew their portfolios,...
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Hu Yoshida's Blog: What is on a CIO's mind?: While the easy (cheap?) answer is "Golf, expensive scotch, and a new BMW 7 series" I think we all know that that's probably not...
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Data Backup Blog » Top 10 Data Recovery Bloopers: My personal favourites: 5) An Almost Perfect Plan The company purchased and configured a high-end, expensive, and full-featured library for the...
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HP RISS? ILM and paving a way to future storage... | Computerworld Blogs: "...the thing I need from HP is the information to be able to engage HP solution sets beyond the level of a hardware...
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EMC Makes Storage Security Push: "Lost data tapes, database breaches and regulations requiring secure data retention moved storage security to the forefront last year. In response, EMC and other...
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Securing Data When Data Is Everywhere - Computerworld: A security manager's Nightmare... "When it comes down to it, a security manager's job is about protecting information assets. But...
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Google: A giant hard disk in the sky? | Computerworld Blogs: If Google starts to offer free, unlimited storage, things could get very interesting. I don't know how I'd feel about using that -...
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NetApp SpinServer user walks away: Ouch - painful, yet not-uncommon story. This guy buys a huge array from a startup - startup gets bought by vendor - guy has problems with array - vendor doesn't...
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Why IBM should IBM buy EMC? - Computerworld: It seems that no matter what Tucci does, EMC's stock price remains stuck somewhere between $11 and $15 per share, where has been for the past four...
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Addicted to data - Computerworld: "Unlike oil, the problem [with data] isn't a shrinking supply -- quite the opposite. We are smothering in its abundance. Data storage continues double-digit...
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Sick of Storage | Computerworld Blogs: Y'know, I could live with this guy's job. I have discussions with storage vendors of every size, from the "two guys in a garage" to the...
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Vendor Warning Signs: It's almost axiomatic: All Vendors Suck. Some suck less than others, and at different times, and for different reasons - but they all suck. When does the generic vendor...
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Plan ahead to skip storage snags: So, what can a storage network admin do to lighten their urgent load? Focus on the important as well as the urgent. Set aside and schedule some time every day for...
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SATA tape: Why not? | Computerworld Blogs: SATA tape is just one of those technologies that just seem to make sense - a no-brainer if you will. In fact, if you really think about it, you might wonder...
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Open Source Storage A new company to me, but apparently they've been around since 2001. "All we're doing is tailoring the software to meet customer needs," said Niazi."We...
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Storage Jamboree | Computerworld Blogs: "There are over fifty storage system vendors. Six have over a billion in revenue, Ten have over 100 million in revenue. And a bunch of the others are...
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IBM expert warns of short life span for burned CDs | InfoWorld | News | 2006-01-10 | By John Blau, IDG News Service: Unfortunately, it's true - the affordable option isn't the one that's...
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Techworld.com - Order out of chaos: Techworld.com presents Order out of Chaos - a quick overview of some of the industry terminology in the storage space these days, and gives you a few pointers for...
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How to find a football in the Grand Canyon: We've finally discovered how to store huge amounts of data in a smaller box. Now we just have to figure out how to find it all. Easier said than...
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