Storage firms expand offerings
News One promising hardware product is so-called network-attached storage (NAS) gateways. These devices link NAS technology, which allows for easy file sharing, and storage-area network (SAN) technology, which tends to allow for greater capacity.
[February 6, 2004, 8:00]
EMC: beware the storage virtualisation quick fix
News If we look at information lifecycle management (ILM), I envisage people will deploy different storage architectures as they do different network architectures, differentiated by different levels of service.
[April 10, 2006, 14:40]
Real stories of virtualisation
News The next step in 2002 was to introduce a storage area network, initially to handle file and print services, although application support was added at a later date. We had pretty much one application per server and, while our headquarters are in...
[August 10, 2006, 13:15]
Fujitsu Primergy RX300 S5 review
Reviews This is less functional than some, but lets you discover and monitor servers over the network, configure storage and other options and apply updates remotely. For storage the RX300 S5 accommodates either twelve 2.5in.drive bays or a six-drive cage...
[August 20, 2009, 12:38]
Blade PCs: the ultimate managed desktops review
Reviews For example, removable media drives and other USB storage devices could be used to steal information or to introduce a virus or other malware into the network. Although many organisations are satisfied with conventional desktop PCs, some want to...
[July 3, 2007, 11:44]
Storage products pass standard's test
News The specification will simplify activities such as discovering devices on a storage network, the organisation said. That standard, called the Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S), is an interface designed to aid in the implementation...
[April 7, 2004, 9:20]
IT giants form open source storage group
News Nine tech titans, including IBM, Cisco and Network Appliance, announced plans onTuesday to form an organisation to develop open source storage management software. Aperi's formation, however, may also lead to confusion in the marketplace, given...
[October 26, 2005, 9:00]
Understanding LDAP Design and Implementation
White Papers As an open, vendor-neutral standard, LDAP provides an extendable architecture for centralized storage and management of information that needs to be available for today's distributed systems and services.
[December 16, 2004, 2:00]
Canadian Pediatric Hospital Network Improves Patient Care With an Integrated Electronic Health Record System
White Papers A "Medical entities" dictionary translates data into standard terminology and data values for storage in the HNS repository. Justine Hospital network was not integrated, nor was there any way to share that information electronically.
[December 3, 2007, 0:01]
IT Consulting Firm and Customers Boost Productivity and Reduce Costs
White Papers Many of these businesses don't have centralized file storage, so their employees share files through e-mail or disks. Network Computer Systems is an IT consulting firm that assists small businesses with network upgrades, integration issues, and...
[September 20, 2006, 0:00]
thinkDB dbSync
Downloads All your data stored in thinkDB can easily be shared with personal or professional data storage and updated on your handheld on a central database! Work group connectivityShare files over your company network and have everyone synchronized with...
[March 7, 2001, 7:00]
Warden Security for Palm Treo - Lite Edition
Downloads Source: SANS InstituteEstimated: 90% of mobile devices will have insufficient protection and storage encryption to withstand casual to moderate hacker attack.Source: Gartner Magic Quadrant for Mobile Data Protection 1H04Warden Security Lite...
[April 26, 2007, 8:00]
Resco Media Suite
Downloads Action button, or stylus manipulation, zoom, rotation, slide show and many other fantastic features make this product #1 in its field.Resco Audio RecorderFeatures:a must-have and easy to use application with real-time MP3 voice recording...
[March 26, 2004, 7:00]
Storage Virtualisation
News With decent caching and bandwidth management, usually courtesy of a storage-area network (SAN) running on Fibre Channel, performance and reliability are also enhanced -- or so claim the vendors. In-band has the virtual storage management box...
[April 3, 2003, 20:25]
Fujitsu storage brand confuses strategy
News The company will certainly need to demonstrate its multi-vendor abilities, if it wants to expand, even within the sprawling network of Fujitsu brands and co-brands; Fujitsu's joint venture with Siemens is selling EMC storage in preference to...
[May 22, 2002, 11:21]
Tiko Classic 340 review
Reviews A pair of Gigabit Ethernet ports provides the necessary network connectivity, while on the storage front you get four hot-swap Serial ATA disks with an impressive combined capacity of 1TB. Whether those same companies will be interested in the...
[March 14, 2005, 9:50]
Cisco brings out blades in grand datacentre push
News The networking component in the Unified Computing System is based on 10Gbps Ethernet connections that run through three separate types of existing network: local area networks (LANs); storage-area networks (SANs); and high-performance computing...
[March 16, 2009, 17:01]
Servicer takes sweat out of storage
News Technica, a consultant in storage area networking (SANs) has launched remote managed storage (RMS), a service in which it uses management products on its own site to manage storage on customer sites. A third-party service that will optimise and...
[September 13, 2002, 17:11]
OKI C9200dn review
Reviews OKI supplies a storage management utility to keep tabs on what's installed on the printer's hard drive. The network interface also includes an embedded Web server to allow browser-based management -- an almost compulsory feature on network printers...
[May 2, 2001, 0:00]
Storage industry split over connections
News A divide within the storage industry over how to connect storage systems to the rest of the network is growing -- and leaving customers with a growing sense of unease. The change helped large companies embrace a design called storage area networks...
[November 27, 2001, 15:13]



