Judy Mottl

IBM is opening the doors today to a brand-new Global Archive Solutions Center in Mexico aimed at helping companies develop and build long-term plans for data archival. Staffed with 30 to 50 experts, the center will provide simulations of real world customer environments and help companies address challenges faced in retaining data. It’s IBM’s 11th […]

With a new high-end de-duplicationappliance, Data Domain (NASDAQ: DDUP) has erased all doubt that the company is targeting just midsize enterprises. The new unit features quad-core processors and extensive remote site support for data replication. Faster and larger than the DD580, Data Domain’s previous high-end model, the DD690 puts the Santa Clara-based vendor shoulder-to-shoulder with […]

MonoSphere has enhanced its Storage Horizon analytics tool so it can now measure storage utilization in VMware and Oracle database environments and support EMC Celerra and IBM DS and ESS arrays. The year-old storage resource management (SRM) offering now also boasts an automated chargeback feature that gives administrators a clear view of storage use by […]

Mimosa Systems has unveiled a new file system archiving tool that promises to improve retention, retrieval and recovery of files, e-mail, instant messaging and other content. It’s called NearPoint File Systems Archiving (FSA), which the company claims will boost storage efficiencies and cut costs. How so? The system keeps just one “global” instance of a […]

Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: JAVA) has unveiled a new tool that lets developers build an OpenSolaris storage server in 10 minutes, part of its three-year-old open source storage community effort. The vendor contends that open source technology provides cheaper, more cost-effective storage infrastructures, just as open source efforts in the past led to cheaper server environments. […]

If last week’s earnings reports are any indicator, data de-duplicationis the storage industry’s technology of the moment. That’s despite debate over where de-dupe works best in a storage infrastructure and vendors’ various sales approaches (see Ocarina Wants to De-Dupe Primary Data and De-Dupe: It’s Not Just for Backup Anymore). What’s not in dispute is the […]

Startup Ocarina Networks is pushing de-duplication for primary storage, saying the technology’s benefits shouldn’t be limited to back-end, offline storage. Not everyone agrees that de-duplication — that is, the process of scouring data archives to remove redundant information and shrink files — is ready for a larger role in critical online storage. To date, most […]

IBM today said it is acquiring Diligent Technologies, a deal that’s been rumored to be in the works for weeks. The deal not only adds an established player in the emerging market for data de-duplication, but it may also help Big Blue reap additional benefits in market and channel opportunities. The acquisition also puts IBM […]

IBM is rolling out a new assessment service to help enterprises get a handle on storage using a propriety framework that evaluates everything from architecture complexity to future data growth. IBM said it’s specifically targeting film production, entertainment and other media companies with the new offering. Unveiled at this week’s 2008 NAB Show in Las […]

There are more than a few storage-in-the-cloud services today and more cropping up, but while Google’s Message Discovery service isn’t alone in the sandbox, it’s one of the few not basing revenue on how many bytes are crammed into its cloud. The e-mail archive and e-discovery offering, initially released in February, is now an online […]

ORLANDO, Fla. — There are more than a few factors pushing enterprises to go “green” these days, such as carbon footprints and power and cooling costs. But the biggest imperative, according to experts attending this week’s Storage Networking World conference, is money — specifically, saving bucks with common sense and emerging technologies that make effective […]

A little wooing goes a long way. After weeks of being rebuffed, EMC announced yesterday that it will acquire Iomega for $213 million, with the tender offer expected to complete by the end of June (see EMC, Iomega Begin Merger Talks). To accept EMC’s $213 million, $3.85 per-share offer, Iomega terminated a separate purchase agreement […]