virtualisation
Cheat Sheet: Storage virtualisation
Cheat Sheet Virtualisation? Users can implement virtualisation with software, as a hardware-software hybrid appliance that sits somewhere in the fabric and redirects all the input/output traffic to the appropriate... [27 May 2002]
HP talks storage virtualisation
News HP has expanded its storage virtualisation product portfolio. The aim of storage virtualisation technology is to make the most of the storage hardware capacity by pooling all resources together via a... [23 May 2002]
Hitachi launches simple storage solution
News It has virtualisation features and has three times the bandwidth of its predecessor. Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) has unveiled a range of products designed to make storage management easier for companies. [09 May 2002]
HP unveils sexy storage range
News HP has unveiled a range of storage products designed to help companies with their storage networks and develop virtualisation strategy. HP's SANlink is virtualisation appliance, which allows storage... [06 Mar 2002]
Legato to dominate disaster recovery market
News OTG's software is used for storage virtualisation, currently a hot topic in the storage arena, and the management of data on a variety of platforms. US disaster recovery firm Legato is to purchase privately-held NT data... [21 Feb 2002]
IBM digs its heals into virtual storage market
News IBM is expected to enter the storage virtualisation market next week, after it made a deal with storage virtualisation software company DataCore. The computer giant is expected to announce an OEM... [15 Nov 2001]
Storage firms enjoy differing fortunes
News Storage virtualisation specialist StorageTek has more than doubled its third quarter net income since the same period last year, while systems management vendor BMC has reported a second quarter loss of $53.3m on a... [29 Oct 2001]
HP virtual reality
News HP has unveiled storage virtualisation software at the Storage Networking World held in Florida this week. The product is based on virtualisation technology from StorageApps, the software company it... [26 Oct 2001]
Fujitsu takes first swing at EMC in storage fight
News Fujitsu claims that its virtualisation technology can perform both the data mirroring function - the ability to keep databases synchronised on different servers across a storage network - and snapshot technology - a... [12 Oct 2001]
HP beefs up virtual storage range
News The deal will add storage virtualisation capabilities to HP's current storage management software line, allowing it to compete with forthcoming products from rivals IBM and Compaq. Storage virtualisation... [26 Jul 2001]
Iomega boxes clever with NAS drive
News The Utah-based firm claims future software versions will include advanced scheduling features, virus scanning facilities, NAS box virtualisation and support for networks that don't use Microsoft's Active Directory feature. [29 Jun 2001]
Real arguments over virtual storage
News Speaking at the Eurostorage 2001 conference in Prague, Pat Martin, CEO of StorageTek, said that virtualisation, or virtual storage, occupies a key position in its short-term strategy. Guido Gualandi, analyst at OTA... [14 May 2001]
DataCore steps up its Europe efforts
News The US company develops storage management software for SAN (Storage Area Network) systems. It launched its flagship SANsymphony product earlier this year. George Teixeira, president and CEO of DataCore, said the company was very pleased... [15 Dec 2000]
Compaq and IBM seal $1bn storage deal
News IBM will support Compaq's VersaStor technology for storage SAN-wide 'virtualisation'. Two of the biggest names in computer hardware have agreed to combine forces in the data storage market. Compaq and IBM will resell... [26 Aug 2000]