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.

Storage power costs spiral out of control

Storage power costs spiral out of control

Worldwide spending on powering and cooling spinning disks used in external enterprise storage topped US$1bn in 2007, according to IDC..
Guy Dixon Jun 26 2008 7:40AM Storage
LSI showcases new HPC storage system

LSI showcases new HPC storage system

Network and storage vendor LSI unveiled its latest storage system for high-performance computing (HPC) environments at the International Supercomputing Conference in Dresden.
Dave Bailey Jun 19 2008 11:54AM Storage
IBM makes storage easier, cheaper and greener

IBM makes storage easier, cheaper and greener

IBM has released a new version of its storage virtualisation software, System Storage SAN Volume Controller (SVC) 4.3, adding that it could improve utilisation rates, energy usage, and application availability and scalability.
Staff Writers Jun 13 2008 3:27PM Storage
Microsoft researcher tackles forest data to fight climate change

Microsoft researcher tackles forest data to fight climate change

Software behemoths like Microsoft could play a vital role in solving computational challenges to do with climate change.
Liz Tay Jun 13 2008 4:01AM Storage
Symantec snaps up online storage firm

Symantec snaps up online storage firm

Symantec has snapped up private online storage firm Swapdrive for an estimated $123 million.
Sylvie Barak Jun 12 2008 2:13PM Security
Q1 storage software sales soar

Q1 storage software sales soar

The worldwide storage software market generated sales of US$2.9bn in the first quarter of 2008, analysts reported today..
Robert Jaques Jun 10 2008 8:51AM Software
Victoria University chooses Microsoft for IT infrastructure refresh

Victoria University chooses Microsoft for IT infrastructure refresh

When faced with the task of refreshing its outdated IT system for its 45,000 students, Victoria University decided to deploy Microsoft’s Live@edu program instead of Gmail or building its own in-house system.
Ashley Clark May 27 2008 3:23PM Software
FBI warns of pirated Cisco hardware

FBI warns of pirated Cisco hardware

The FBI has revealed details of an investigation into pirated Cisco hardware bought by the US government..
Iain Thomson May 14 2008 8:11AM Networking
Storage vendors turn up the volume

Storage vendors turn up the volume

Storage vendors are lining up new systems designed to help information-intensive enterprises that need to store petabytes of data.
Dave Bailey May 13 2008 3:10PM Storage
HP launches petabyte storage system

HP launches petabyte storage system

HP has launched a storage system capable of scaling to multiple petabytes (one million gigabytes) of data.
Dave Bailey May 7 2008 2:16PM Storage
Data centres need green marketing hype, vendor says

Data centres need green marketing hype, vendor says

Green marketing hype may be necessary to encourage quality engineering, data centre product vendor Rittal speculates.
Liz Tay May 6 2008 11:39AM Storage
Out-of-the-box architecture needs no code cutting

Out-of-the-box architecture needs no code cutting

Information Gateways and Information Builders have partnered to bring out-of-the-box managed file transfer architecture to Australian enterprises.
Liz Tay May 5 2008 12:40PM Storage
Eight Mile data centre anticipates storage shortage

Eight Mile data centre anticipates storage shortage

Australian systems availability company Interactive has launched a data centre and recovery facility in Brisbane’s Eight Mile Plains Technology Park to address what it has called a “chronic shortage” of data centre space in Australia.
Liz Tay May 5 2008 12:37PM Storage
Hackers look to 'hardware viruses'

Hackers look to 'hardware viruses'

Criminal hackers are creating malicious hardware which experts warn will be much more difficult to detect than conventional software-based malware.
Robert Jaques May 1 2008 11:06PM Security
Protecting the IPTV/VoD infrastructure

Protecting the IPTV/VoD infrastructure

To ensure the success of their new IPTV/VoD services, providers must build into their networks a comprehensive, network-centric security strategy right from the start.
Scott Heinlein, Juniper Networks, Inc. Apr 28 2008 12:17PM Security
Boffins take the long view on digital storage

Boffins take the long view on digital storage

Computer scientists have unveiled details of a project to develop technology for the long-term storage of digital data..
Robert Jaques Apr 23 2008 7:29AM Storage
Poor infrastructure holding back software services

Poor infrastructure holding back software services

Outdated network infrastructure is holding back the development of software-as-a-service (Saas), according to security vendor Check Point..
Iain Thomson Apr 16 2008 2:28PM Networking
Amazon beefs up cloud computing storage

Amazon beefs up cloud computing storage

Online retailer Amazon is to add persistent storage features to its Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) hosted service, making it more reliable.
Gareth Morgan Apr 16 2008 11:59AM Storage
Consumers plug-in to network storage

Consumers plug-in to network storage

Spiralling storage demands imposed by downloading digital video and music are pushing consumers to network storage technology, market watchers reported today..
Robert Jaques Apr 15 2008 3:02PM Storage
Racetrack memory to change the storage landscape within a decade

Racetrack memory to change the storage landscape within a decade

Advancements in the development of spintronics-based storage technology could provide a basis for lightning-fast devices capable of holding a hundred times more data in the same amount of space than is possible today.
Liz Tay Apr 11 2008 1:34PM Storage

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