After assuming the mantle of “mind share leader” in application-centric storage management, BMC After assuming the mantle of “mind share leader” in application-centric storage management, BMC Software has pulled the plug on its storage business unit. Lamentations aside, the company is owed a few parting kudos for steering the storage industry a couple of degrees toward the direction of end user requirements.
A reader challenges my "success story" column (on buying from a small vendor) with the need to manage risk.
Increasingly, functionality to support storage networking and management is being provided by start-up companies who choose to embed their technology in an appliance format. We offer a few questions
Forbes.com CTO Mike Smith reveals how a solution from Tek-Tools took into account a customer's needs and preferences to solve a common storage problem—capacity management.
Storage efficiency is more than the allocation of bits to disk—it must also consider data utilization.
With the arrival of the New Year, we asked several storage luminaries for their perspective on the pace of storage technology change and what we can expect in 2003. No surprise: it will probably be more of the same.
With the arrival of the New Year, we asked several storage luminaries for their perspective on the pace of storage technology change and what we can expect in 2003.
We've pulled together some of the noteworthy moments for enterprise storage in 2002 and look ahead to what this year will hold.
In this column, we pull together some of the noteworthy moments for enterprise storage in 2002 and look forward to predict what this year will hold.
Network-based file caching may provide a means for real-time data sharing and disaster recovery in file systems according to storage start-up Tacit Networks.
Network-based file caching may provide a means for real-time data sharing and disaster recovery in file systems according to storage start-up Tacit Networks.
As the year draws to a close, the “Two Towers” of pain in storage administration—capacity provisioning and backup—remain largely unsolved, despite considerable activity in the industry around these problems. Will vendor efforts yield blockbuster solutions in 2003 or are they just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic?
As the year draws to a close, the “Two Towers” of pain in storage administration—capacity provisioning and backup—remain largely unsolved, despite considerable activity in the industry.
To cope with burgeoning data and its management, a naming system is exactly where we need to begin—to enable truly effective storage management.
One thing's for certain: Your IT department's need for storage will continue to grow. The questions are: Should you invest in SAN or NAS? Will there ever be a time when these two technologies will merge into one?
To consolidate over 300 servers in three data centers, the Bank of Montreal turned to IBM, Inrange Technologies and StorageTek.
New list pinpoints critical security holes in popular software programs.
HP will sell PA-RISC through 2006 and continue support through 2011.
Tivoli Storage Resource Manager allocates storage capacity as needed.
Halloween is upon us once again and plenty of parents are girding themselves for that familiar unease at seeing their children dressed up to panhandle candy from relative strangers. Allowing your kids to roam outside in the dark, of course, is increasingly worrisome. As a parent, my pulse beats a bit faster until all of my kids are home safe in their beds.