Network World on Storage Management

10 things seen and heard at VMworld

Jon Brodkin — 2008-09-17T00:00:00Z

10 quick-hit observations from VMware’s annual conference.

10 data storage companies to watch

Jon Brodkin — 2008-07-31T00:00:00Z

These 10 storage start-ups could be the industry's next big innovators.

McAfee extends enterprise antivirus line

Ellen Messmer — 2008-06-09T00:00:00Z

McAfee lays out a broad strategy to extend its VirusScan Enterprise product line to cover the separate areas of offline virtual images, SAP's NetWeaver and storage.

FCoE: the evolutionary approach to SAN expansion

2008-04-22T00:00:00Z

Ever since the emergence of Fibre Channel SANs in the late 1990s, enterprise IT managers have maintained two sets of networks, one for storage I/O traffic and the other for data network traffic. But system consolidation and SAN expansion efforts are driving the need for a unified fabric where multiple traffic types -- network, storage and clustering -- are all carried over a single network infrastructure.

Symantec unveils enhancements to it Windows storage management, clustering suites

Deni Connor — 2008-03-27T00:00:00Z

Symantec this week unveiled a new version of its Veritas Storage Foundation Suite for Windows and high availability clustered server environments.

Automated archive eschews agents

2008-02-28T00:00:00Z

Powerfile is claiming a big step forward in automated archiving with the release of its Archive Facilitator storage appliance. The company said the device saves primary storage, by automatically discovering and moving disused or inactive content to one of its Active Archive appliances.

Remote storage management

James E. Gaskin — 2008-02-07T00:00:00Z

Growing companies must break through many barriers, and technology provides barriers aplenty. Moving from a small company storage model to a medium company storage model takes effort, planning and more manpower. For those fighting to get a better handle on their storage resources, CommVault wants to throw you a lifeline.

German storage vendor Open-E launches in U.S.

Jon Brodkin — 2008-01-25T00:00:00Z

German storage management software company Open-E is expanding into the United States with technology it says is compatible with just about any storage connectivity standard.

Cisco: the new software giant

Jim Duffy — 2007-12-13T00:00:00Z

For the first time, Cisco has assembled all of its software assets – IOS, Unified Communications, Collaboration and Network Management – under a single organization. The Software Group was formed to coordinate product development and inject a common set of services across all of Cisco's software. Senior Vice President Don Proctor took some time at this week’s C-Scape analyst conference to talk with Network World Managing Editor Jim Duffy about Cisco’s software plan.

What's important for 2008?

Michael Osterman — 2007-11-20T00:00:00Z

We recently conducted a study asking CIOs, e-mail system admins and others about the importance of various initiatives over the next 12 months.

Is your data center ready for tomorrow's applications?

2004-04-12T00:00:00Z

Click here to see what Gartner, Network World and other experts say about the new data center.