Storage virtualization

VMware expands desktop virtualization capabilities
Dec. 02, 2008
VMware has renamed and expanded upon its desktop virtualization software, with features that reduce storage requirements and allow offline access to desktops.

Reinventing storage virtualization
Oct. 01, 2008
The initial approach to storage virtualization, which has been around for years, was to address it in the storage-area network  because the SAN sat between the storage and servers, and would cause the least disruption ...

EMC unveils long-awaited cloud offering
Nov. 10, 2008
EMC's long-awaited cloud storage offering helps businesses build and deliver Internet-based applications at massive scale.

Going virtual raises storage-management, procurement issues
Aug. 21, 2008
With storage virtualization coming on strong in the enterprise, here are five issues to think about before deploying.

Double-Take Software targets the utility data center
Nov. 05, 2008
Data protection specialist Double-Take Software is preparing to join the likes of Microsoft, EMC, Hewlett-Packard and IBM in the promising utility data center market, according to Chairman, President and CEO Dean ...

Dell targets under-performing virtual machines with new blades, storage
Sep. 10, 2008
Dell announced a broad set of services and hardware designed to optimize both storage and server virtualization on Wednesday.

HP throws hat in storage virtualization ring
Nov. 11, 2008
HP last week upped the ante on heterogeneous storage virtualization by unveiling a platform that pools storage across HP and non-HP arrays. The HP StorageWorks SAN Virtualization Services Platform, dubbed SVSP, is for ...

What IT pros like best about next-generation technology
Oct. 20, 2008
The flexibility, costs savings and eco-friendly operations from next-generation IT technologies like server and storage virtualization make enterprise IT executive's list of best benefits.

Cloud vendors forecast rapid adoption
Oct. 14, 2008
Remotely accessible cloud storage isn't appropriate for all data types, but it is poised to attract a large amount of IT spending over the next few years.

The Google-ization of Bechtel
Oct. 29, 2008
Bechtel's CIO tells how the construction giant is transforming its IT operations by emulating practices of Internet leaders such as Amazon.com and Google.

HP pushes virtualization for businesses
Oct. 22, 2008
HP has started to lay the groundwork for virtualization, the technology that allows multiple applications to work on a single platform. HP believes virtualization would benefit its customers whether big or small, and ...

Economic malaise hits IT industry
Oct. 09, 2008
Earnings disappointments, IPO dry spell signal financial problems for the IT industry.

VMworld exhibitors aim to tackle the problem of storage in a virtualized world - Network ...
Sep. 25, 2008
Last week I went to what I thought at first glimpse was a server trade show - VMworld - and found a storage trade show where vendors were showing off their data protection and disaster recovery wares. I won't be as ...

IT pros with virtualization skills in high demand
Sep. 10, 2008
Virtualization skills are a hot commodity these days. An IT pro who knows the ins and outs or server or storage virtualization can expect plenty of interest from prospective employers.

IBM storage blitz lacking in new products
Sep. 08, 2008
IBM Monday said it has spent $2 billion boosting its storage offerings through acquisitions, research and development over the past three years.

IBM flash memory breaks 1 million IOPS barrier
Aug. 28, 2008
An IBM flash-storage research project is delivering speeds 2.5 times faster than the world's fastest disk storage.

NetApp, Compellent, HP, Dell top the field in 12-product test
Jul. 28, 2008
A terabyte isn't what it used to be. Disks are slower than you think. And a Gigabit Ethernet is plenty of bandwidth for many storage applications.

The best ways to tweak storage for great performance
May. 21, 2007
From policy-based archiving to virtualization, smart ways you can keep enterprise storage performing at its peak.

Utility storage: Ready for a long haul?
May. 19, 2008
Utilization rates are up and spending down at early adopters. But storage virtualization remains tough to figure out, impossible to use in multivendor setting and hard to manage. Is it helping or hurting the utility ...

Start-up adds standard PCs to storage pools
May. 01, 2008
A storage virtualization start-up that takes standard PCs and adds their disk space to a virtual storage pool is in beta mode.

Storage revolution shuffling IT jobs
Mar. 21, 2008
SANs, storage virtualization prompting IT organizational changes.

Georgia government tracks down missing data, virtualizes storage
Feb. 12, 2008
A Georgia county government's experiences show the benefits of storage virtualization.

Virtualization tames the storage beast for a veterinary school
May. 21, 2007
From backup to live storage, a single, virtualized storage-area network does it all for a Florida veterinary school.

LeftHand sends in the clones
Sep. 15, 2008
Storage is the Achilles heel of virtualization projects, said Lefthand Networks as it announced a new version of its iSCSI SAN software, which it claimed could ease the task of rolling out virtual desktop ...

Foundry supports Microsoft Hyper-V
Sep. 08, 2008
Foundry Networks this week announced support for Microsoft's Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V virtualization software.   Foundry supports Microsoft Hyper-V Combined Foundry/Microsoft package will compete more directly ...