Filed in archive
EMC
, IBM
, Opinion
on February 26, 2006
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 ye...
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HP
, SAN
, Technology
on February 26, 2006
Storage Insider: Getting to know Serial SCSI - Computerworld:
SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) is moving from the drawing board into real life products - Mario over at Computer World shares some info about...
Filed in archive
Legal/Legislation
, Methodology
, Planning/Strategy
on February 26, 2006
Turning information into gold:
All of the data in the world isn't a lot of use to you, unless you can extract those precious nuggets of relevant information from it.
IBM is investing $1 billion ...
Filed in archive
Vendor
on February 23, 2006
the lone sysadmin » Beating People Up:
"As a sysadmin I see this a lot from coworkers and vendors, where someone will walk up to me and tell me that I should be doing something in a specific way...
Filed in archive
NAS
on February 23, 2006
Adaptec adds Opteron-based NAS | InfoWorld | News | 2006-02-21 | By Shelley Solheim, IDG News Service:
"The new 1U (1.75-inch) Snap Servers are Adaptec's first powered by Advanced Micro Devi...
Filed in archive
Microsoft
, Security
on February 23, 2006
Vista's encryption could vex investigators | InfoWorld |
"Ross Anderson, professor of security engineering, told Members of Parliament on Tuesday that TPM (Trusted Platform Module) chipset...
Filed in archive
Virtual
on February 23, 2006
Server room menu: Server virtualization in four styles:
"...any user entertaining the idea of moving servers into a virtual world are best served by avoiding the urge to get caught up in the hyp...
Filed in archive
Backup
, Planning/Strategy
on February 19, 2006
Remote backup in the spotlight | Computerworld Blogs:
Sixty to 70% of mission-critical data is off-site - and the bulk of that is likely unprotected. And these numbers don't factor in all the dat...
Filed in archive
Microsoft
, NAS
on February 19, 2006
Who is Afraid of Microsoft? | Computerworld Blogs:
We all have our fun and bash Microsoft but WSS 2003 supports two of the most important technologies that I have been touting for the last year or s...
Filed in archive
Methodology
, Opinion
, Planning/Strategy
on February 19, 2006
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...
Filed in archive
Planning/Strategy
, Security
, Technology
on February 19, 2006
These two articles combine to make me (with my security admin hat on) very, very nervous.
Seagate plans 12GB music player/cell-phone drive
Back up your PC -- to your phone?
laptops are bad enoug...
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NAS
, Planning/Strategy
, SAN
, Technology
on February 18, 2006
An iSCSI primer:
I believe it [iSCSI] to have a very bright future, especially with 10-Gb Ethernet on the way and the significant difference in acquisition costs between a complete iSCSI installati...
Filed in archive
Technology
on February 18, 2006
Hi folks. I'd like to welcome our new sponsor Backup Platinum to these pages.
Backup Platinum 2.0 can create a reserve copy of critical data to just about any type of storage media: hard or USB ...
Filed in archive
Announcement
, HP
, Technology
on February 18, 2006
HP to enhance storage arrays, software | InfoWorld | News
HP is expected to announce on Feb. 21 a variety of enhancements to its high-end and mid-range storage arrays and storage software that will...
Filed in archive
Planning/Strategy
, Technology
, Virtual
on February 18, 2006
Avoiding storage virtualization for dummies - Computerworld:
Users continue to avoid network-based block virtualization like the plague. Yet what I can't understand is why you would implement a ...
Filed in archive
Planning/Strategy
, Pricing
, Vendor
on February 18, 2006
Buying from resellers has its rewards:
Buying storage gear from the channel needn't be as dicey as you might imagine as long as you know what to look out for. Aaron D. Sawchuk, co-founder and chi...
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NAS
, NetApp
, SAN
, Technology
on February 14, 2006
SAS Disks: The Next Generation of Something:
Serial Attached SCSI. What's the hurry?
If SAS goes commodity cheap, competing with ATA, I won't trust the pricing stability until it is a high-v...
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Cluster
, Grid
, Planning/Strategy
, Technology
on February 14, 2006
the lone sysadmin: When to Cluster, When to Build Big:
When you're building a medium-large sized service there's a Fundamental choice you have to make: do you build it on one big machine or d...
Filed in archive
Security
on February 14, 2006
Do we really care about storage security? - Computerworld:
In the past month, we've learned of yet another bank sending unencrypted tapes with sensitive data via UPS as well as a health care comp...
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Methodology
, Online
, Planning/Strategy
, SAN
on February 9, 2006
Fast Guide: Advanced SAN:
From techtarget.com:
Now that you're beyond the basics of SAN and into more complex configuration solutions, troubleshooting performance issues, strategies and managem...
Filed in archive
NAS
, Planning/Strategy
, Technology
on February 9, 2006
A couple of potentially useful white-papers from computerworld - probably not a whole lot of new information in there for most of you, but I find this sort of thing to be useful when presenting busin...
Filed in archive
Opinion
on February 9, 2006
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 multi...
Filed in archive
Announcement
, Technology
, Vendor
on February 2, 2006
Incipient secures Round D funding:
Incipient, Inc, a leading provider of intelligent switch storage software, announced today that it has raised $24 million in Series D financing bringing the total ...
Filed in archive
Methodology
, NetApp
, Planning/Strategy
, Vendor
on February 2, 2006
Helping Storage Admins Write Bad Checks. - DaveBlog
A Sun employee, an EMC employee and a NetApp employee are all at the funeral of a mutual friend. The Sun employee says, "We have a tradition at...
Filed in archive
NAS
, SAN
, Technology
on February 1, 2006
ISCSI vs. FC performance: A closer look:
What weighs more: one pound of bricks or one pound of Feathers? Which is faster: 2 Gb FC or 1 Gb Ethernet? Hint: Both questions have the same answer.
A very ...
