Archive Blu-ray outpaces HD-DVD in U.S., says Home Media Research Posted August 20th Coming to your laptop: 1.2TB hard drives Two-platter, 2.5 in. drives are expected around 2010 Posted August 13th Sensor technologies evolving to make highway bridges safer After the Minnesota tragedy, new inspection techniques may get more scrutiny Posted August 3rd Companies Scramble to Archive E-mail Legal and regulatory requirements force costly projects. Posted July 31st Next-Generation Service Why Vendors Need to Manage More of the Equipment Service Lifecycle Posted July 16th Bootable disc eliminates viruses for safer banking Posted July 16th Microsoft to sell Xbox 360 with HD, 120GB hard drive Posted April 9th Storage Advances Drive Unprecedented Information Collection and Analysis, But Open Door for Data Abuses Demands growing for personal digital rights Posted April 1st Multisite protection bows for mainframes Posted February 20th New players enter online storage backup market Posted February 12th Opinion: Why 1TB disks will force you to embrace virtualization With 1TB disk drives a reality, virtualization will be required to manage storage Posted January 29th Brief: Gibson guitar rocks storage with flash, hard drive The 1959 Gibson Les Paul flash drive is the first edition to be offered Posted January 22nd CES: Warner Home Video backs dual-DVD format Sales of more than 9 million high-def-capable devices are being projected by the end of 2007 Posted January 16th CES: Warner Home Video backs dual-DVD format Sales of more than 9 million high-def-capable devices are being projected by the end of 2007 Posted January 16th CES: Drive makers race to be first with 1TB drives Hitachi drive will be available before the end of March for $399 Posted January 8th SanDisk MP3 patent battle still ongoing Flash memory maker shrugs off Berlin court ruling Posted December 18th Storage performance benchmark lets you shop and compare The benchmark lets users, resellers and integrators compare the performance of competing devices Posted December 11th Avoid the top five disc-burning mistakes If there's a golden rule for burning discs, it's "Thou shalt verify" Posted December 1st Free tool scans for storage peripherals SecureWave application looks for potential security gaps Posted November 17th Windows Vista A to Z Reviews, analyses, how-tos, hot issues and predictions about Microsoft's new OS Posted November 13th Storage Consolidation Returns Mixed Some users see efforts as reason to demand even more storage capacity Posted November 6th A USB flash drive that's a tank Kingston's DataTraveler Secure drive sports a heavy case and 256-bit AES encryption Posted October 30th Storage budgets may not keep up with demand in 2007 SMBs can control storage growth, without adding capacity, through management Posted October 23rd Final Review: The Lowdown on Office 2007 Is the upcoming version of Microsoft Office right for you? Posted October 16th Planning for the flu season—and a possible pandemic Plan for absenteeism rates of more than 25% if a pandemic strikes Posted October 9th VA installs encryption software on 15,000 laptops The move is part of efforts to bolster security following the May data breach Posted October 2nd The bootless PC and terabytes on a dime Systems using nanotechnology could do away with disk drives as well as the boot-up process Posted September 25th New software increases control of portable storage devices Interface has the look and feel of Microsoft XP and upcoming Vista platforms Posted September 18th September's 'Patch Tuesday' looks to be quiet Only one of the Microsoft updates is critical Posted September 11th Ruby on Rails hands on: What's so hot about Rails? Why all the buzz around this development framework Posted September 5th Samsung debuts 8GB music-player cell phone It has double the memory of the iPod Nano Posted August 28th Brief: Dow Corning buys holographic data-storage business Holographic development to be part of Dow Corning's Business and Technology Incubator Posted August 21st Opinion: Twelve questions to answer before buying e-mail archiving Answering these questions goes a long way toward ensuring that the right technology is selected Posted August 14th Top 10 ways to secure your stored data Multiple layers of defense can isolate and protect data Posted August 7th Opinion: Let's expose the crooks and do some good Brocade and 55 other companies are under investigation for fraud Posted July 31st Sony unveils its first after-market Blu-ray Disc burner The drive will cost $750 in North America Posted July 24th Thirty-four states to sue chip makers over price-fixing They allege vendors conspired to keep prices artificially high Posted July 17th EMC Expands Into IT Security Storage vendor to buy RSA for $2.1B Posted July 10th Developing a storage reference architecture Making sure vendors have a greater stake in project success Posted July 10th Make way for the terabyte laptop drive New technology from Seagate could increase disk capacity 10 times Posted July 10th WAN improvements speed hospital network Medical center, four hospitals enhance critical connectivity Posted July 3rd EMC plans to offer data classification Posted June 26th So Blu-ray's here. So what "I have visions of Betamax in high-def" Posted June 19th Cisco dumps EMC products Firm claims EMC relationship "has never been stronger" Posted June 12th Supply chain execs share disaster planning techniques Lessons of New Orleans continue to resonate Posted June 5th IT shop needs vision Storage beauty is more than skin deep Posted May 29th Samsung readies hybrid drive with flash memory Think of it as the Toyota Prius of hard disk drives Posted May 22nd Opinion: Mainframe storage when you've got a SAN? Ha! Finding a way to keep costs under control Posted May 15th Idaho utility hard drives—and data—turn up on eBay Rightful owner scrambling to retrieve wayward devices Posted May 8th Seagate's huge hard drive performs well Device competitive with Western Digital Raptor X Posted May 1st Storage Insider: Virtualized enterprise nears I/O virtualization takes the limelight Posted April 24th Q&A: TD Ameritrade CIO talks about encryption, tiered storage After deploying encryption technology, the company is struggling with automating its data retention policies across storage and tape tiers Posted April 17th The five ugly truths about WAFS and caching WAFS is smart, but not smart enough Posted April 10th A view from the networking trenches A network administrator with 20 years' experience talks about SANs, hackers and IPv6 Posted April 3rd Opinion: Is your DR plan vulnerable to attack? With the Department of Homeland Security receiving an F grade for security, IT managers should make sure their own measures are bullet-proof, according to columnist John Webster. Posted March 27th The intersection between Sarbanes Oxley and insider threats Opinion: Use "SOX" as business differentiator Posted March 20th A battle brews between blue-laser optical disk and tape Enterprises are letting consumers show the way Posted March 13th Kindred Healthcare consolidates SAN, adds DR Move saves company $160K in port costs alone Posted March 6th One size fits all, won't always fit you Vendors underestimate user storage environment complexity Posted February 20th Do we really care about storage security? Companies continue to ignore secure data technology Posted February 13th Home, the next enterprise storage frontier Even storage pros may be challenged Posted February 6th Thief nabs backup data on 365,000 patients Health care employee had tapes, disks in car Posted January 30th Thief nabs backup data on 365,000 patients Health care employee had tapes, disks in car Posted January 30th XML storage: Oracle should be hearing footsteps XML-based data architectures rising up IT ranks Posted January 23rd Virtualized storage, real rewards Storage virtualization bolsters prison management firm with key IT benefits Posted January 16th CNL Financial moves to new disaster recovery plan Financial services firm also using storage encryption for tape backup protection. Posted January 9th Encryption: a nice idea that few want to implement? Serious negatives must be overcome. Posted January 2nd Q&A: IBM's Andy Monshaw sees 'tidal wave of data' coming 'We're going to see many, many strong quarters of strong growth,' he predicts. Posted December 19th Action heating up in managed backup market Iron Mountain acquisition of LiveVault highlights growth. Posted December 12th New Jersey hospitals offered standardized data backup Service provider has unified backup, restore capability. Posted December 5th Focus on compliance could weaken info security Execs call for broader strategies. Posted November 28th Storage: Round 2 shows growing demand for hosted services Lack of control is a driving force. Posted November 21st How long does it take to crack a terrorist hard drive? Answer may impact suspect detention periods. Posted November 14th Children's Hospital trims backup with disk-to-disk Organization finds virtual tape library technology problematic. Posted November 7th SNW: EMC snubbed by open-source storage group led by IBM EMC says it has no intentions to join. Posted October 31st Vendor Q&A: EMC's Mark Lewis on virtualization, competition Chief development officer expects Invista software to gain traction by '07. Posted October 24th Catching the virtualization wave The technology is driving vendor cooperation. Posted October 17th Lack of support, time slow storage projects 'My problem is, we're too busy.' Posted October 10th Execs describe Sarbanes-Oxley compliance lessons learned They would have devoted more time and dedicated more resources. Posted October 3rd Ciphering out security Recent headlines underscore the need for data encryption, and the idea is slowly gathering steam in businesses. Here's a look at various approaches taken by early adopters. Posted September 26th Progress is slow on HIPAA security rules Data mandates aren't driving health care companies to comply. Posted September 19th HP lays down the storage gauntlet Opinion: HP’s product downpour at SNW Europe indicates the firm’s commitment to completing its extensive hardware portfolio. Posted September 12th Gulf Coast storm and floods challenge IT Disaster recovery worked for some, but the size of the calamity was difficult to prepare for. Posted September 5th Synergetic SANs and blades SAS with a switch will increase cooperation between blade clusters and SANs. Posted August 29th Buckle up for the storage security ride Hardware vendors changing the landscape. Posted August 22nd Sarbanes-Oxley trumps IM in some firms Lack of management tools cited. Posted August 15th IBM beefs up SMB storage offerings Announces first array from NetApp partnership. Posted August 8th The 100-year archive dilemma Repeated data migrations from media to media dog users. Posted August 1st Australian Broadcasting begins digital archive conquest Massive conversion scheme finally starts. Posted July 25th Big-time storage on the cheap Increased functionality and lower component prices are making midrange storage an attractive option for many companies. Posted July 18th Moving ahead with data security Host-based data protection needs updating. Posted July 11th Profile: Network Appliance Where technology rules supreme. Posted July 4th Redefining disaster Many CIOs have changed their perceptions of disaster recovery. Posted June 27th The paperless hospital — really! How Baptist Medical Center South built an all-electronic environment, while bigger, more prestigious hospitals failed. Posted June 20th Q&A: Microsoft's Bob Muglia discusses virtualization plans Initial version of Longhorn will lack virtualization. Posted June 13th Sun to acquire StorageTek for $4.1B Users, analysts generally favorable toward deal. Posted June 6th EMC sets pricing availability of virtualization technology Products to ship during Q3. Posted May 30th HP opens storage product floodgates Company unveils largest-ever release of new products and services. Posted May 23rd Virtualizing NAS: Key criteria for network file virtualization 'Hot' technology implemented at under 20% of F100 companies. Posted May 16th Incremental backup Synthetic backup saves time, increases availability. Posted May 9th Veritas announces next version of NetBackup, EVault Firm plans to release series of backup products in late '06. Posted May 2nd Microsoft releases storage salvo at SNW 'Extraordinary' edition of SNW all about things that work. Posted April 25th Storage Networking World survey highlights Storage management and security are among the top issues of interest to attendees of SNW. Posted April 18th They can't steal data you don't have Organizations lack storage usage policies. Posted April 11th Ten questions about Sarbanes-Oxley compliance Knowing the answers and following through could keep your company on solid ground and your CEO on the job. Posted April 4th Drowning in unstructured data Desktop search tools are a powerful tool for finding unstructured data. Posted March 28th Bank mishap prompts call for network backup Bank of America's recent data loss has experts pointing to disk-to-disk backup systems, while the U.S. Senate calls for stricter legislation. Posted March 21st Survey finds sys admins spend too much time on storage problems Operations data, backup, e-mail, applications data are culprits. Posted March 14th IBM, Sun look to simplify IT infrastructures Two vendors applying mainframe concepts to decentralized architectures. Posted February 28th HP, others tackle data replication, recovery Is tape dead again Posted February 21st Experts warn that some CAS arrays are at risk Flawed MD5 hashing algorithm cited. Posted February 14th Sun rolls out pay-per-use computing Storage charge will be $1.00 per gigabyte used per month. Posted February 7th EMC reports 32% revenue growth in FY '04 Storage giant racks up record earnings. Posted January 31st Wells Fargo buys into check image sharing Bank will use Viewpointe archive to store and share electronic checks. Posted January 24th Apple takes the bite out of SANs Xsan reduces obstacles to implementation. Posted January 17th Backups at warp speed The HP StorageWorks Ultrium 960 tape drive is the fastest of its type. Posted January 10th Symantec-Veritas deal leaves some Veritas users cold Critics claim companies are not compatible. Posted January 3rd What's Santa got in his storage trove for you this year? New gadgets and software tools open home desktops to a torrent of data. Posted December 20th EU considers new data retention laws ISPs claim they would be "devastated." Posted December 13th Brocade super-switch builds uberSANs Silkworm multiprotocol router selectively connects devices from multiple SAN islands. Posted December 6th Network Appliance updates Data ONTAP storage platform New release reportedly virtualizes storage resources. Posted November 29th Avoid the pitfalls of storage mismanagement Penalties include operational downtime, lost revenue and regulatory fines. Posted November 22nd Grid storage vision appeals to IT managers Taking a cue from the server world, storage vendors are building modular array systems. Posted November 15th Modularized RAID: When is it the right choice? Benefits include low costs, high performance and reliability. Posted November 8th E-vote vendors to submit software for safekeeping But critics say the move doesn't guarantee integrity of system. Posted November 1st Three-year storage-over-IP project starts to bear fruit Progress includes reduced backup times, increased amounts of replicated data. Posted October 25th ILM projects go forward, but slowly IT execs face attitude, technical challenges. Posted October 18th Financial firm consolidates SANs with eye toward ILM State Street implements multimillion-dollar tiered storage system that will someday perform policy-based, automatic data migration. Posted October 11th Microsoft introduces Data Protection Server Backup product slated to debut in second half of 2005. Posted October 4th IDC: Storage resource management software sales take off With 30% annual growth, SRM is the biggest segment of the storage software market. Posted September 27th iSCSI is the cure for a small hospital's Fibre Channel woes Economical upgrade saves wear and tear on two-person IT department. Posted September 20th Nasdaq tests disaster recovery plans for the financial community Lava Trading is among 49 brokers that tested their recovery plans with the help of Nasdaq. Posted September 13th Financial firms compare notes on disaster recovery Banks set aside their usual reluctance to share IT strategy ideas in an effort to cut costs, discover best practices. Posted September 6th Motorola uses ILM tools to control database growth Software migrates data off servers to cut capacity needs, boost performance. Posted August 30th A six-step recipe for adopting ILM over time Key: Evolution, not revolution Posted August 23rd IBM, Siemens to tackle digital radiology and storage Vendors will develop 'medical imaging management systems.' Posted August 16th Principal chooses IBM for disaster recovery Process time slashed from four days to less than one. Posted August 9th Sarbanes-Oxley: Technical enforcement of IT controls Section 404 deadline looming. Posted August 2nd Simplifying NAS management Users respond to runaway environments by virtualizing NAS infrastructures. Posted July 26th Banks, brokerages dogged by message storage rules Mandates for IM, e-mail retention pose IT challenges. Posted July 19th Storage on the edge: Most data is not centralized Turf wars are an occupational hazard. Posted July 12th Easing the migration process from parallel to serial storage Serial architectures offer multiple advantages. Posted July 5th Speed record set for public network data transfer Sprint and Swedish company send 840G bytes of data 10,000 miles in 27 minutes. Posted June 28th Report from Infoworld: Readers doing more with less Survey finds storage users expect more from their technology. Posted June 21st DTCC's data replication scheme pushes recovery distances A multihop strategy provides disaster recovery 1,000 miles from headquarters. Posted June 14th Don't let data migration be overwhelming These four steps will help ease the complexity of moving your data. Posted June 7th Getting ready for the ILM game How will Brocade fit in with its new intelligent fabric strategy? Posted May 31st Big iron still king Mainframes house 70% of world's data. Posted May 24th CA World to focus on user concerns, product integration Users question company, leadership. Posted May 17th NAS-enabling SANs: Appliances vs. gateways Combination brings greater storage utilization. Posted May 10th EMC lowers prices, reins in sales force How the mighty have fallen. Posted May 3rd Survivor's Guide: Ten disaster recovery tips Simple but effective ways to protect your data. Posted April 26th Users want more ties between storage, systems management Seek comprehensive IT management frameworks, not more standalone tools. Posted April 19th Sarbanes-Oxley Sparks Forensics Apps Interest Vendors offer monitoring tools to help identify incidents of financial fraud. Posted April 12th SANs come up to speed Costs and backward-compatibility issues may short-circuit 10G Fibre Channel nets. Posted April 5th Retrieval realities E-mail archiving is suddenly a priority, with companies motivated by rising volume, regulatory pressures and the threat of litigation to set policies and find effective technology. Posted March 29th TOEs kick into high gear TCP/IP offload engines are working their way into storage networks. Posted March 22nd IDC: Q4 brings growth in disk storage systems Revenues strongest in three years. Posted March 15th Cut storage management costs by realigning workflows Storage control needs to be centralized. Posted March 8th Save or toss? Considerations when archiving e-mail. Posted March 1st Fibre Channel storage prices are falling: Is it still news? Competing technologies driving down prices. Posted February 23rd Four keys to effective storage use Storage systems must be open, virtualized, autonomic and integrated. Posted February 16th NASA taps SAN to store, back up data from Mars System handles five terabytes of data per week. Posted February 9th Merrill eyes virtual SANs IT managers seek more control of data. Posted February 2nd Speed vs. accuracy in backup and restore With progressive backup, you can have both Posted January 26th New storage products to double backup speed Users and vendors await the jump to 4G bit/sec. Fibre Channel. Posted January 19th Breaches in data security reveal encryption need Technology can help encode information, but management challenges remain. Posted January 12th Vendors vow to develop common interface for server management Rivals team up on proposed data center standard. Posted January 5th Why network security should go further than Sarbanes-Oxley Information security isn't just an IT matter — it's also an organizational and integrity issue to be reckoned with at the executive level. Posted December 22nd The neglected discipline of records management Records management and disaster recovery are not one and the same. Posted December 15th The next chapter: Storage predictions Industry pundits foresee terabyte cell phones and the death of the database. Posted December 8th iSCSI's early adopters Early adopters have run into a few glitches but say both prices and performance have been favorable. Posted December 1st Network considerations for data replication technology Important factors include mode of operation, networking options and geographical resiliency. Posted November 24th Negotiating a storage deal? Improve the odds with these tips Complex storage projects are often bedeviled by problems that can be avoided with proper planning early in the game.. Posted November 17th Study: E-mails, digital media produce data mountains Five billion gigabytes of new data was produced in 2002. Posted November 10th IT managers look for ways to get better project buy-in At Storage Networking World, they're seeking a common language. Posted November 3rd Los Alamos tries object-based storage Renowned laboratory's new 1,400-node Linux cluster will use an object-based file system for data storage. Posted October 27th Stonefly announces next-generation storage consolidator New product is the latest version of a switch that pools heterogeneous storage. Posted October 20th Storage tries to smarten up More intelligent SAN switches and appliances promise easier management and better scalability, but the trick is to make the move cost-effective. Posted October 13th Solid boost to I/O speed Solid-state disk appliances are expensive but promise to give disk-bound applications an extra performance kick. Posted October 6th Four legal landmines for CIOs IT leaders dealing with explosive risks and mitigation strategies. Posted September 29th Microsoft launches server operating system for storage Microsoft Storage Server 2003 replaces its Windows-powered NAS offering. Posted September 22nd Tape technology stretches out As backup needs grow, tape vendors are preparing faster drives, better management tools and terabyte-size tape cartridges. Posted September 15th Twisters, hurricanes, floods (oh my) When disaster turns into devastation, will you be ready? Posted September 8th McData buys Nishan, Sanera for $185M Fibre Channel director firm expands into storage-over-IP realm. Posted September 1st Vendors to combine disk arrays and tape libraries Disk-tape combinations improve backup and restore capabilities while aiding regulatory compliance. Posted August 25th Lego dumps HP, taps IBM for servers, storage The Lego Co. will be replacing more than 230 HP servers with 34 from IBM. Posted August 18th SAN switching: Bigger is better Users are opting for ever bigger storage switches in pursuit of resource availability and a reduction in the number of hops in SANs. Posted August 11th In taming the SAN, consolidation helps, but control is the key With storage looking more like an enterprise resource than ever, today's SANs are beginning to offer some of the same kinds of network management tools and controls that the enterprise intranet has enjoyed. Posted August 4th Plugging storage security holes Dealing with the upside and downside of widespread, network-based access. Posted July 28th iSCSI: Trying to break the language barrier The iSCSI stage is set, but basic technical problems persist. Posted July 21st Coping with Infoglut Unstructured data is swamping users. Posted July 14th CIA-supported storage virtualization startup emerges with SAN applicance Device integrates storage capacity on multi-vendor arrays. Posted July 7th How to make SATA work for network-attached storage 3ware's technical marketing manager explains the value of Serial ATA in the growing market for network-attached storage. Posted June 30th Poll: Disaster recovery tops storage priorities Disaster recovery emerged as the top driver for storage deployment in a poll of 100 IT professionals by Computerworld Singapore. Posted June 23rd A switching storage world Recently announced Fujitsu Eternus3000 storage array models use Vixel's Inspeed switched internal architecture. Posted June 16th New York University: Scholars archive artifacts in multimedia digital library New York University has expanded its digital library to include myriad content types — from electronic journals to sound and moving images. Posted June 9th Fixed-content storage grabs users' attention Analysts predict fixed-content storage will consume more than half of corporations' storage resources by 2005. Posted June 2nd Startup launches secure storage gear Start-up iReady offers storage adapters that combine IPSec authentication and encryption capability with the iSCSI transport protocol. Posted May 26th SEC holds fast on WORM standard for securities firms The SEC is sticking to its guns in requiring broker-dealers to store electronic communications on WORM technology. Posted May 19th EMC plans Windows-based storage EMC users to store NAS data on mainstream disk array hardware. Posted May 12th Disk arrays gain in use for secondary storage But tapes continue to handle most data for backups and archiving, survey finds. Posted May 5th Three vendors team up for disaster recovery EMC, Nortel Networks and Legato have announced a business continuity plan that would allow disparate data centers to behave as one. Posted April 28th Virtualization on the tech check list Users at the Storage Networking World conference are showing greater interest in virtualization technology as vendors add products to pool storage for easier allocation and management. Posted April 21st IBM targets low-end, midmarket for storage Joining the midmarket fray, IBM is offering competitively priced products, such as the FAST T600 storage server. Posted April 14th New storage switches could alter SANs Vendors are rolling out a new breed of director-level switches that could get companies rethinking their SAN setups. Posted April 7th Nortel, Cisco extend Fibre Channel traffic over SONET Both companies announce new technology allowing their switches to transport block-level data over thousands of miles for disaster recovery and business continuity. Posted March 31st Brocade's new bag The switch vendor's latest strategy shows it isn't joking about fabric application platforms. Posted March 24th Canadian credit union goes wireless to replicate data Steinbach Credit Union in Manitoba has begun using a wireless IP network to replicate information between its primary data center and a disaster recovery site 32 miles away. Posted March 17th Veritas upgrades backup software, looks to diversify After focusing exclusively on storage management tools, Veritas Software is now buying its way into other markets in a bid to expand into other IT management technologies. Posted March 10th All systems down A compelling account of one of the worst healthcare IT crises in history and what CareGroup CIO John Halamka learned from it. Posted March 3rd iSCSI a quick fix for insurance firm When Safeco Corp.'s business insurance division almost ran out of storage, iSCSI technology saved the day. Posted February 24th EMC's new arrays get mixed reviews The storage vendor touts lower costs and a big increase in internal architecture speed. Posted February 17th Courting the CIO with storage: Why it's necessary Does your CIO take storage for granted? These steps recommended by Robert Galletta and Melanie Heintz may draw your senior executive back to the infrastructure. Posted February 10th IP storage standard set to roll The expected approval of the iSCSI standard by the Internet Engineering Task Force means it's time for vendors to support the IP storage specification in their arrays. Posted February 3rd Storage product review: Cisco's storage switch raises the bar The 112-port Multilayer DataCenter Switch 9509 earned the World Class award in this Network World product test. Posted January 27th Feedback: feedback@snwonline.com Questions: questions@snwonline.com Technical difficulties: webmaster@snwonline.com