Storage Breaking News

Start-up ParaScale launches cloud storage beta trial
Storage start-up ParaScale is opening a beta trial for software that will let IT shops build internal storage “clouds” and give service providers the ability to build cloud storage services similar to Amazon’s S3. More..

Sun to craft software stack into NAS appliances
Sun Microsystems will introduce a storage appliance based on its FISHworks software package by the end of this year and later extend the technology to other types of products through partnerships. More..

EMC releases multiprotocol NAS array
EMC last week bolstered its products for the small and midsize business and departmental branch office market with the launch of a Celerra network-attached storage server, which handles both file- and block-oriented data. More..

3PAR puts more storage efficiency smarts into chip
Storage server vendor 3PAR has built a key function for storage efficiency into a specialized chip, offloading that job from the main processors in a pair of server models it is set to introduce on Tuesday. More..

Samsung stained by ink cartridge suit
Electronics giant Samsung has been slapped with a lawsuit alleging that it "rigs" its printers to tell users falsely that they need to replace their ink cartridge even if there is plenty of toner left. More..

IBM flash memory breaks 1 million IOPS barrier
An IBM flash-storage research project is delivering speeds 2.5 times faster than the world's fastest disk storage. More..

EMC targets SMBs, branch offices with new low-end storage
EMC goes after small businesses and branch offices with a lower-cost Celerra storage system. More..

LG to launch consumer, SOHO NAS system at IFA
LG is targeting home and small-office/home-office (SOHO) users with a network-attached storage (NAS) server that it plans to introduce at this week's IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin. More..

Consumer electronics expo kicks off in Berlin
Europe's biggest consumer-electronics show, the Internationale Funkausstellung, kicks off in Berlin this week More..

Storage market thrives in down economy
Worldwide disk storage shipments will double in capacity every two years through 2012, IDC predicts. More..

Adtran switches on SMBs
Adtran rolled out a series of Ethernet switches for the SMB market that are more power efficient, higher density and Wi-Fi "friendly" than previous generation platforms. More..

Microsoft completes Small Business Server 2008, preps for November launch
Microsoft Friday said it has completed development on Small Business Server 2008 and that the software will hit its targeted ship date of Nov. 12. More..

Intel sees future with shape-shifting robots, wireless power
The intelligence gap between man and machine will largely close by the year 2050, according to Intel's chief technology officer, who yesterday reiterated that point during a keynote address at the Intel Developer Forum. More..

Going virtual raises storage-management, procurement issues
With storage virtualization coming on strong in the enterprise, here are five issues to think about before deploying. More..

Rackable Systems divests,; Nexan adds SMB NAS device; IBM releases XIV clustered storage
Today, we have storage news from Rackable Systems, which is dropping its RapidScale storage product; Nexsan, which unveiled The Edge SMB storage system; and IBM, which released its XIV clustered storage system.  More..

IBM commits $300 million to disaster recovery build-out
IBM is investing $300 million to build 13 cloud storage centers designed for disaster recovery. More..

IT managers choose SSDs over hard disks
IT managers around the U.S. are falling in love with SSDs (solid state drives) in enterprise servers because they solve two major headaches: they run so fast they can replace multiple HDDs (hard disk drives) and they help reduce the electric bill. More..

IBM's XIV storage lacks high-end features, analyst says
IBM's first XIV product lacks some high-end features and comes in only one configuration. More..

IBM integrates FilesX acquisition; announces FastBack CDP
Following on the heels of its FilesX acquisition, IBM is rolling out software that gives customers continuous data protection for applications, databases and file servers. More..

Fidelity looks to virtualize, standardize data center resources
A huge server virtualization project, targeting both x86 and high-end RISC servers, is underway at Fidelity Investments, as the nation's largest mutual fund company focuses on creating a more streamlined and adaptive IT infrastructure better able to serve the needs of more than 40,000 employees and 24 million individual and corporate customers. More..

Lenovo adds quad-core laptop to ThinkPad line
Lenovo on Tuesday added some power to its venerable ThinkPad line, launching a laptop with a quad-core processor that could be its highest-performing notebook to date. More..

Planning for Disaster - Houston-style, Part 2
Early Sunday morning late last month, specialty chemical company Champion Technologies failed back its data center to its Houston headquarters and I was a fly-on-the-wall during the process. Originally disabled by power being down in its headquarters building, Champion had to execute a disaster recovery drill and failover its data center operations to a site in Scottsdale, Ariz. That failover occurred Friday evening. All operations, which started at 6 p.m. were completed at 11 p.m. that night - five hours later. More..

iSCSI, flash storage highlight overhaul of EMC's mid-range Clariion system
EMC embraces iSCSI and flash storage for midrange market with new Clariion system. More..

Sun calls for SSD companies to unite on standards
Players in the solid-state drive industry need to unite and establish an umbrella organization that establishes standards that define the technology, like its performance, a Sun executive said on Monday. More..

MIT: Solar power storage discovery could mean energy nirvana
Researchers at MIT say they've made an energy storage breakthrough that could transform solar power from an alternative to a mainstream energy source. The university is calling the solar project a major advancement in energy research. More..