Spotlight on Storage and Hardware Spotlight on Storage and Hardware

Not every organisation can shift to 100% cloud – at least not yet. In this Spotlight on Storage and Hardware, iTnews will examine what storage and other infrastructure is still being deployed on-site by enterprises, and why.

Global storage revenues sink

Global storage revenues sink

Revenue from enterprise storage sank 11 per cent in the first quarter of 2009, according to the latest figures from Gartner.
Brett Winterford Jun 5 2009 2:35PM Storage
EMC battles with NetApp to buy Data Domain

EMC battles with NetApp to buy Data Domain

EMC is competing with NetApp for the acquisition of deduplication storage firm Data Domain, after EMC made a US$1.8bn (A$2.2 bn) all-cash offer this week.
Rosalie Marshall Jun 3 2009 2:21AM Storage
AMP allocates $150m to managed IT services

AMP allocates $150m to managed IT services

AMP will spend $150 million on managed infrastructure services from CSC Australia over the next six years.
Staff Writers Jun 2 2009 12:32PM Hardware
SATA spec promises faster data transfers and slimmer laptops

SATA spec promises faster data transfers and slimmer laptops

The Serial ATA (SATA) Revision 3.0 specification has been released by the Serial ATA International Organization (Sata-IO) and promises double the data speed across the board to 6Gbit/s.
Iain Thomson May 30 2009 6:50AM Storage
Sun builds on Unified Storage lineup

Sun builds on Unified Storage lineup

Sun has added a new model to its line of Unified Storage systems.
Shaun Nichols May 28 2009 2:52PM Storage
Companies encouraged to look to efficient encryption when considering mass storage

Companies encouraged to look to efficient encryption when considering mass storage

People considering storage should look to encryption to ensure that what they store is secure.
Dan Raywood May 26 2009 9:58AM Security
Analysis: How soon is now for SSD in the data centre?

Analysis: How soon is now for SSD in the data centre?

High costs and economic uncertainty has slowed the growth of enterprise Solid State Drives (SSD) - widely tipped to become "the most disruptive technology" since the invention of the storage array.
Liz Tay May 25 2009 12:16PM Storage
IBM pushes solid state drives to Power servers

IBM pushes solid state drives to Power servers

IBM has released solid state drive (SSD) products designed to help firms reduce costs and improve memory response times across its Power hardware platforms.
David Neal May 25 2009 6:10AM Storage
aaNet hardware failure knocks out webmail

aaNet hardware failure knocks out webmail

Users of EFTel-owned ISP aaNet will have to wait several hours to receive all their emails after a “major hardware failure” cut off webmail access since early Thursday.
Ry Crozier May 22 2009 2:01PM Telco/ISP
Samsung scores Swinburne DVD breakthrough

Samsung scores Swinburne DVD breakthrough

Swinburne University of Technology researchers have licensed to Samsung a technique to create ‘five-dimensional’ discs with storage capacities 2,000 times larger than DVDs.
Staff Writers May 21 2009 3:42PM Storage
Sun Microsystems touts virtualisation for tape drives

Sun Microsystems touts virtualisation for tape drives

Sun Microsystems has revealed plans to add one of the newest storage technologies into one of the oldest storage methods still in use.
Shaun Nichols May 21 2009 6:24AM Storage
Charity to host the NetApp $1m storage challenge

Charity to host the NetApp $1m storage challenge

A group of IT managers that run the systems of some of Australia's largest charities will host the benchmarking of NetApp's $1 million storage challenge.
Brett Winterford May 21 2009 6:08AM Storage
EMC in talks to bring storage-as-a-service to Australia

EMC in talks to bring storage-as-a-service to Australia

EMC is in discussions with Australian telcos about introducing storage as a service to the local market.
Liz Tay May 20 2009 9:04AM Storage
EMC hungry for acquisitions

EMC hungry for acquisitions

A cashed-up EMC plans to go on an acquisition spree, according to CEO Joe Tucci.
Rosalie Marshall May 19 2009 3:20PM Storage
EMC unveils online version of Atmos

EMC unveils online version of Atmos

EMC has unveiled a web-delivered version of its Atmos cloud storage service.
Rosalie Marshall May 19 2009 6:10AM Storage
AusCERT09: Security will make or break NBN potential

AusCERT09: Security will make or break NBN potential

E-security is high on the Federal Government's agenda as it prepares for the country's digital future, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy said at the region's largest security conference in the Gold Coast this morning.
Negar Salek in the Gold Coast May 18 2009 11:52AM Security
EMC offers sneak peek of EMC World 2009

EMC offers sneak peek of EMC World 2009

EMC is set to add new data deduplication capabilities and virtualisation functionalities to its storage portfolio.
Rosalie Marshall May 18 2009 6:46AM Storage
Swan's ‘B+’ 2009/10 Federal Budget at a glance

Swan's ‘B+’ 2009/10 Federal Budget at a glance

Budget 2009-10 has revealed scant direct ICT stimulus measures apart from the NBN but a number of indirect opportunities around innovation, prompting the AIIA to rate it a ‘B+’.
Ry Crozier May 13 2009 12:01AM Financial Services
Fujitsu transfers hard drive business to Toshiba

Fujitsu transfers hard drive business to Toshiba

Toshiba and Fujitsu have wrapped up a deal which will see Fujitsu's entire hard disk drive (HDD) business transferred to Toshiba.
Ian Williams May 2 2009 7:25AM Storage
General Electric promises 500GB holographic disc

General Electric promises 500GB holographic disc

General Electric (GE) has unveiled a new storage method which it claims will allow for 500GB of storage space on a single compact disc.
Shaun Nichols Apr 29 2009 6:11AM Storage

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