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.

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
IBM reports slight drop in profits

IBM reports slight drop in profits

IBM has reported a one per cent drop in profits in its quarterly earnings statement but is bullish about the future of 2009.
Iain Thomson Apr 21 2009 3:18PM Financial Services
Cisco fleshes out unified computing

Cisco fleshes out unified computing

Cisco has provided further details on its upcoming 'Unified Computing Platform' blade server play.
Shaun Nichols Apr 17 2009 2:01PM Hardware
Lenovo releases new password management tool

Lenovo releases new password management tool

Lenovo is touting a new password management tool designed to help administrators better deal with encrypted hard drive systems.
Shaun Nichols Apr 17 2009 2:01PM Security
Last chance for $1m of free storage kit

Last chance for $1m of free storage kit

Australian organisations have until 5:00pm EST tomorrow (Friday) to apply for an offer of $1 million of free storage, software and services from NetApp.
Brett Winterford Apr 16 2009 3:29PM Storage
EMC unveils storage architecture for virtual data centres

EMC unveils storage architecture for virtual data centres

EMC is aiming to do for enterprise storage what VMware has already done for virtual servers.
Daniel Robinson Apr 15 2009 6:09AM Storage
Symantec boss tells industry to stop buying storage

Symantec boss tells industry to stop buying storage

The new head of Symantec has told delegates at Storage Networking World in Orlando that they should stop buying storage and focus on what they have.
Iain Thomson Apr 11 2009 7:59AM Storage
Researchers race to develop faster, cheaper, greener storage

Researchers race to develop faster, cheaper, greener storage

Researchers at IBM have developed a new form of memory that could herald a cheaper, faster, more reliable type of solid state memory.
Dave Bailey Apr 7 2009 5:53AM Storage
NetApp backs storage guarantee with $1m offer

NetApp backs storage guarantee with $1m offer

NetApp is offering a whopping 50 terabytes of enterprise data storage, worth about $1 million, to an Australian organisation willing to be iTnews' guinea pig in a benchmark test to prove the validity of NetApp's storage virtualisation guarantee.
Brett Winterford Apr 6 2009 3:48PM Hardware
Hitachi leaves ‘cloud’ to likes of Optus, Vigabyte

Hitachi leaves ‘cloud’ to likes of Optus, Vigabyte

Hitachi Data Systems is unlikely to follow other storage vendors into the cloud storage market directly, preferring to provide the infrastructure underpinning the likes of Optus and Vigabyte instead.
Ry Crozier Apr 3 2009 1:14PM Networking
US plans national cybersecurity upgrade

US plans national cybersecurity upgrade

A new bill presented to Congress would see mandatory computer security standards imposed on government and private companies that control the critical infrastructure of the US.
Iain Thomson Apr 2 2009 3:37PM Security
EU pledges to protect cyber infrastructure

EU pledges to protect cyber infrastructure

The European Commission (EC) has unveiled a new strategy to prepare the region to act in case of major disruptions or attacks against critical information infrastructure.
Ian Williams Mar 31 2009 10:08AM Security

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