| STORAGE Magazine October 2008 - Vol 8, Issue
6 |
RECORDABLE MEDIA |
More and more businesses are
investing in backup systems that
are capable of storing vast
amounts of data - and broadening their
horizons when it comes to pinpointing what
might work best for them.
|
FRAGILE WORLD |
IT managers today find themselves with
the challenging task of maintaining
the delicate balance between ensuring
both information security and availability -
and all at a reasonable cost. |
BEST OF BOTH WORLDS |
| Sometimes called 'virtual tape', Discto-
Disc-to-Tape (D2D2T) takes
advantage of the speed of disk by
providing a short-term buffering or staging
area for backup data, prior to the data
being written to tape. |
TO INFINIBAND AND BEYOND |
| The dilemma facing Mobileye, an
innovative computerised vision and
automotive electronics Israeli company,
was typical for young, aspiring enterprises:
marshalling a high-performance computer
infrastructure, without the financial resources
that are a prerequisite of conventional HPC
installation. |
| ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE ECHO WORKSTATION |
| Acronis has a very strong pedigree
for hard disk imaging and it now
puts its expertise to solving the
knotty problem of workstation backup. |
ATEMPO LIVE BACKUP 3.2 |
| All too often, network backup
strategies focus primarily on
protecting central servers, with
data held on desktops and notebooks
usually getting a lower priority or simply
not being backed up at all. |
SANMELODY SOFTWARE FROM DATACORE |
| Uptake of IP SANs has been enjoying
exponential growth this year as
businesses see the many benefits that
iSCSI has to offer for network storage. |
| STORAGE Magazine
November/December 2007 - Vol 7, Issue
8 |
|
What's Cooking in Backup Media? |
| Selecting the right flavour of backup media
is critical for any business - but where do you start? Brian Wall
puts some of the main solutions on offer to the tape test |
|
The Changing World of Infiniband |
|
infiniband is a low-latency, high-bandwidth cluster interconnect
- and it’s time to shine has come, says LAURA MANNING, PR EXECUTIVE,
HAMMER PLC |
|
San Technology-Finding the Right Gear |
| What critical factors do storage area
networks - or SANs - offer to give businesses that essential edge?
Editor Brian Wall has been delving into its deeper benefits |
|
On the Right Track |
| a London-based agency is minimising the risk
to its business and clients by implementing a business continuity
solution across its entire operations |
|
How to Handle the Data Explosion! |
| Ron Condon, of information management company
EMC, assesses the impact that rocketing data volumes will have on
business and suggests ways to handle the challenge |
|
How to Handle the Data Explosion! |
| Storage Expo 2007 was a showcase for the
latest developments in data storage - and it hit the mark with
visitors and exhibitors alike |
|
3Ware Sidecar |
| The SideCar represents a new direction for
RAID controller maestros 3Ware, as this desktop-appliance aims to
deliver a pile of high-performance direct attached storage to
power-hungry users. |
|
Storagenews |
| EMC has acquired privately-held Voyence |
| STORAGE Magazine
October 2007 - Vol 7, Issue
7 |
|
Undervalued, Poorly Served |
| The I.T. industry has grossly under-served
small and medium-sized business customers in meeting their storage
needs, |
| treasure
trove of Knowledge |
| The British Library has turned to Nexsan
technology to preserve a vital resource for future generations |
| The Path
To True |
| What is the most valuable asset of any
business? |
| Sassy
Moves |
| AMCC has unveiled its new SAS technology - |
| Switching
Channels |
| CNBC makes programming compelling by
providing a daily stream of animation, |
| Rising
Above Risk |
| British Airways has invested in SAN
monitoring software from CA to mitigate DOWNTIME risk to critical
systems |
| Out
of the Shadows ...Into the Light |
| Editor Brian Wall looks at strategies to take
businesses out of the confusing shadows of data retention TO A PLACE
OF GREATER CLARITY |
| Know Your
Enemy |
| The first step towards a data protection
management strategy is to understand your applicable threat risks, |
| How To
Avoid Data Overload? |
| Storage Expo 2007 is where you can find out
about all of the new data storage technologies available for
organisations seeking to cope with the massive data growth they are
now encountering |
| Data
Disaster Looms - Is your business safe? |
| Some 65% of mid-size European enterprises are
not properly prepared for data loss |
|
FalconStor Software CDP |
| The uptake of virtual machine technology is
growing massively across a wide range of market sectors as more and
more businesses see the benefits it can offer. |
|
LSI Logic MegaRAID SAS 8888ELP |
| LSI Logic has been a busy company this past
year as along with a number of key acquisitions it's been steadily
building up its RAID controller product lines and now offers one of
the most comprehensive ranges currently on the market. |
| QLogic
Sandbox 9000 |
| nterprise level core fibre channel SAN
switches have traditionally commanded very high price premiums but
QLogic's latest SANbox 9000 Series aims to remedy this with a highly
cost-effective, |
|
Lefthand Networks San/Iq 7 |
| IP SANs have come of age and now offer a more
cost-effective and versatile network storage solution than many FC
SAN products. |
| STORAGE Magazine
September 2007 - Vol 7, Issue 6 |
| Beast
That Roars For Appliance of Science |
| Scientific research is now opening up new
pathways towards a greater understanding of the genetic basis of
many common ailments that have plagued and perplexed humanity for
centuries. Editor Brian Wall reports. |
| "Easy,
Easy, Easy!" |
| the beautiful game is given a Helping Hand as
the Premier League standardises on Document Management from EASY
SOFTWARE |
| NASA
Gets Lift-Off! |
| Mission-critical data at the Dryden Flight
Research Center, NASA's premier flight research and test
organisation, is to be managed by Exanet software |
|
All At Sea ...On a Raft of rules and Regulations |
| Compliance is a tricky issue and there are no
quick fixes, as editor Brian Wall reports |
| Film
Giant Embraces Digital |
| The entertainment industry is in the midst of
what is an historic shift from celluloid to digital, which is
revolutionising the way studios create content, and how they sell
and distribute it |
|
Revolution in The Air |
| IBM'S Project Big Green could see a massive
80% cut in data centre energy consumption. |
| LSI
Logic MegaRAID SAS 82o8ELP |
| The rack server market is driving a strong
demand for low-profile RAID controllers, |
| STORAGE Magazine
August 2007 - Vol 7, Issue 5 |
| Success
Shines Through |
| Truck-Lite, the world's largest commercial
vehicle lighting company, is illuminating its storage through the
use of virtualisation |
| The
Candy Man Can... |
| Jamie Oliver's Sweet As Candy business
enterprise has found just the right ingredients to handle its ever
increasing storage requirements |
| ...More
Than Just Another Acronym |
| Brian Wall looks at ILM best practice in
detail and identifies the next-generation ILM strategies delivering
the technology platforms that are enabling companies to protect,
retain, access, dispose of and prove the integrity of their stored
information |
| The
Heartbeat of Your Strategy |
| Storage needs to deliver the right
information, to the right place, at the right time. |
| STORAGE Magazine
May 2007 - Vol 7, Issue 4 |
| C5
Embraces The Bigger Picture |
| Following a comprehensive review of its
rapidly expanding storage needs, |
|
Double-Take Rises to the Occassion |
| Every business wants to reduce the risk to
the business from server failure. |
| Happy
Feat! |
| The Oscar-winning animated film 'Happy Feet'
has been enchanting audiences everywhere with its heart-warming
storyline and stunning visuals - |
| Imaging
Is Everything |
| Leading-edge imaging equipment is providing
radiologists with ever more detailed images of their patients. |
| Melody
That Proved Sweet Music |
| Volkswagen Financial Services is enjoying a
range of tangible cost benefits that already outweigh the initial
cost of its new SANmelody solution |
| Are
you Connected in the Right Places? |
| NAS is seen in many quarters as an ideal
choice for organisations looking for a simple and cost-effective way
to achieve fast data access for multiple clients at the file level. |
| Have
You Got The Right Protection? |
| As enterprises increasingly seek to include
remote global locations in day-to-day business operations, |
| The
Greening of Business |
| There is growing recognition that our
traditional energy supplies are neither endless, nor secure - |
| STORAGE Magazine
May 2007 - Vol 7, Issue 3 |
| KOP
That! Liverpool FC Continues its winning ways |
| Liverpool Football Club is used to being a
winner and boasts a glorious history, based on great teams and wise
management. |
| Watch
This DSPACE! |
| When one of Germany's most innovative
high-tech companies was looking for a solution to manage its email, |
| Beware of
Pitfalls! |
| What are the potential traps to avoid in
email archiving? |
| The
Business End of Consolidation |
| How exactly do organisations identify, and
deal with, the main issues and challenges around consolidation? |
| The
Thieves Inside the Gates |
| Data theft is on the rise and, while it is
not directly concerned with storage, |
| What
Will Be The Future Of Our Planet? |
| Gone are the days when energy costs, power
availability and their often dire environmental consequences can be
ignored. |
| STORAGE Magazine
March/April 2007 - Vol 7, Issue 2 |
| Wired
for Service |
| Pundits are already singing the praises of
utility computing - |
| X-ray
Visions |
| One of the most ambitious medical
applications of grid computing is the EU-funded MammoGrid project. |
| Beware
the Ticking Clock! |
| The importance of backup has been so widely
documented - indeed screamed from the rooftops - |
| Centre
of the Universe |
| Data centres lie at the
heart of many enterprises smooth operation |
|
Finding the Champion Solutions |
| If you want to ensure you are one of the
success stories when it comes to selecting the best archiving
hardware |
|
Living in the Reel World |
| An historic two-year partnership between HP
and the British Film Institute is proving something of a financial
lifesaver - |
| Only
Connect |
| Safeguarding data in this age of advanced
connectivity has become a highly vexed question. |
|
Widening the Net |
| NetApp recently unveiled a new suite of data
centre offerings - |
| STORAGE Magazine February 2007 - Vol
7, Issue 1 |
| A Word
in Your Ear |
| Ear Productions is something of a 'cause
celebre' in the world of business continuity training - |
| Ironclad
Protection |
| Enterprise Group is committed to continuous
data protection from Iron Mountain and Backup Direct, with
electronic vaulting services protecting internal and client data
against disaster |
| Still
Waters Run Deep |
| Leading stock photography service provider,
Image Source, has turned to ONStor to DELIVER its storage
scalability needs |
|
Continuity or Collapse? The Choice is Yours |
| When it comes to disaster recovery-business
continuity, you are only as safe as the systems put in place to cope
with such an event. |
| Journey
into the Beyond |
| Which will be the hot buttons and drivers
across the storage industry in the next 12 months? |
| New
British Standard Wins Massive Support |
| The close management of Business Continuity
is an imperative that is gaining ever more credence, as editor Brian
Wall reports elsewhere in this issue. |
| Taking
the Sting Out of the Risk |
| Business Continuity - The Risk Management
Expo 2007 is the definitive event on risk, resilience and recovery,
and is set to hit the capital in March. |
| Tape
Backup Launch Targets Growing Businesses |
| Breece Hill has unveiled two new entries in
the market for backup technologies for small and medium-sized
businesses that are poised to take advantage of the need for
high-capacity, low-maintenance data storage |
| STORAGE Magazine December 2006 - Vol 6, Issue
9 |
| Making
All The Right Connexions |
| With constantly expanding volumes of data,
Connexions - a government support service in England specifically
catering for the needs of young people - |
| Back to
Backup Basics... |
| Selecting the right tape backup media for
your organisation and its particular requirements is a major
learning curve, |
| Sane or
Insane? |
| The notion that SANs - Storage Area Networks
- |
| The
Intel on Intel |
| Storage hardware is becoming more cost
effective, while the volume of data that has to be stored is
continually rising. |
|
Virtualization All Wrapped Up |
| Most of the business benefits of
virtualisation can be gained with standard disk arrays or
heterogeneous virtualisation appliances. |
|
Bridgehead Software HT Filestore |
| The days are long gone when network
administrators could simply throw more hardware at their
storage-related problems. |
| Never
Fail SQL Server |
| There is certainly no shortage of server
fault-tolerant solutions on the market, |
| STORAGE Magazine October 2006 - Vol 6, Issue
8 |
| Where
No San Has Gone Before.... |
| NASA Langley Research Center provides
mission-critical data across the aerospace industry. |
| An
Acquired Taste |
| Forget the LURID headlines about whats been
happening in the football transfer market. |
|
Construction Computing 2006 |
| David Chadwick previews this year's event, to
be held at The Barbican, London 22nd-23rd November 2006 |
| Faster,
Better, Cheaper, Smarter |
| According to recent statistics, enterprise
storage needs - |
|
Network Data: Encryption the Right Way |
| Greg Farris of MaXXan reviews the options for
encrypting data as an additional line of defence in the network, |
| No Room
at the INN |
| Dave Gingell, VP Marketing EMEA at EMC
Software, |
|
Revolution in the Making |
| As the Internet and related activities
continue to expand, the amount of data that needs to be stored is
equally in growth. |
|
Turbocharged IBM |
| How serious is IBM about storage? |
| The
Tape Backup and Restore Challenge |
| TAPE BACKUP IS A VITAL PART OF THE SOLUTION
ANY BUSINESS NEEDS WHEN STORING DATA. |
| Voyage of
Disco-Very |
| Is disc-to-disc-to-tape (D2D2T) the way
forward for those swamped by their data storage challenges? |
|
Reldata IP Storage Gateway 9200 |
| Whereas many network storage vendors would
like to lock you in to their own solutions, |
| STORAGE Magazine September 2006 - Vol 6, Issue
7 |
| A Sting
in the Tale |
| Leading musician and composer Kipper has
worked with some of the brightest and the best. |
| Brain
Power |
| A state-of-the-art Apple Xserve cluster is
providing the processing punch required by the York Neuroimaging
Centre to conduct 'serious science'
|
|
Delivering the Goods |
| With many independent software vendors now
promising 100% service level agreements, the question that needs to
be resolved is: can they actually deliver on their promise? |
| The
Heart of the Matter |
| Lancaster University is playing a key role in
probing into the very nature of matter more deeply than has ever
been possible before |
| Backup
Hardware: The Right Strategies |
| With an ever-increasing variety of data
protection companies, technologies and techniques coming on to the
market, |
| Rival
Formats: United by Fate! |
| The two emerging superstars of
high-definition digital videodisc are set to do battle - |
| Adic
Scalar I500 |
| First seen in
the Scalar i2000 tape library, ADIC's iPlatform technology offers
enterprises a scalability that few other vendors can match. |
| Disuk
Paranoia2 |
| In the quest for total security, many
businesses only worry about data whilst it is in-house and fail to
spot its vulnerability when it leaves the premises. |
| LSI
Logic MegaRAID SAS 8344ELP |
| LSI Logic has a very strong presence in the
storage adaptor market and it's really no surprise, |
| STORAGE Magazine July/August 2006 - Vol 6, Issue
6 |
|
High-Dee-High! |
| Ask many people what they did for the weekend
and they'll probably say something like, 'shopping', 'pub', 'golf'
or 'put my feet up'. |
| How
High are Your Standards |
| Five of the
industry's most influential solutions providers have joined forces
to launch a coordinated effort designed to bring about what they
describe as the "advance [of] industry-standard storage management"
|
| Right
Place, Right Technology |
| Information
Lifecycle Management - ILM - can bring any organisation enormous
benefits, maximising the value of that data at the lowest cost at
every point of the lifecycle. |
|
Virtual Dreams Come True |
| What
constitutes a well executed virtualisation engine? |
| LSI
Logic MegaRAID SAS 83o8ELP |
| Choices in the
high-performance hard disk arena have been limited to parallel SCSI
for far too long. |
| STORAGE Magazine May 2006 - Vol 6, Issue 4 |
| EMAIL ARCHIVING - THE VITAL LINK |
| When it comes to email archiving, businesses need a system that will store, manage and allow access to all emails over their lifecycle - |
| Quantum set to seize controls at ADIC |
| Storage giant sets its sights on yet another company to expand its increasingly formidable market presence |
| NetApp stakes its claim for leadership |
| Network Appliance - NetApp - has stepped up its bid for dominance in the open systems storage space, with the launch of a new suite of solutions |
| THE GROWING COST OF STORAGE |
| Rapidly mounting costs are causing deep concerns for senior business executives |
| EMAIL - A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD |
| Email is undoubtedly the business application of the Internet |
| CONSOLIDATING YOUR FORCES |
In today's competitive business environment, you can't afford to have a fragmented I.T. environment spread across different regions,
|
STORAGE Magazine April 2006 - Vol 6, Issue 3 |
Maximising disk I/O performance - the benefits of SAS |
| SAS and SATA have revolutionised the speed of storage interconnectivity compared with previous generation systems. |
| WOULD YOU PASS THE ARCHIVING MEDICAL? |
| Just how do you store those large volumes of data that reside right across more and more organisations? |
| AVOIDING CONNECTIVITY MELTDOWN |
| How do you safeguard your data in this age of advanced connectivity? |
| DIGITAL DOWNFALL |
| A new report reveals major gaps in long-term management of valuable digital assets. |
| KEEPING THE HOLOCAUST MEMORIES ALIVE |
| The face looking out at us from the cover of this month's issue needs little introduction, |
| MEMORIES OF HOLOCAUST VICTIMS ENSHRINED |
| Next-generation storage systems are helping to ensure that the memories of more than six million victims of the Holocaust |
| Imagine THE POSSIBILITIES |
| When looking for a data protection solution, Specialist global reinsurance writer, |
STORAGE Magazine March
2006 - Vol 6, Issue 2 |
THE STRONG ARM OF COMPLIANCE |
| Rumour has it that most I.T. managers and other decision makers in the UK still do not have a proper grasp on their statutory obligations |
| COMPLIANCE AND BACKUP - NOWHERE TO HIDE |
| There's no doubt that the issues around compliance are causing massive headaches for many organisations. |
| BENEFITS OF VTL STRATEGY RAMPED UP |
| etwork Appliance has announced what it describes as "a broad new array of products, |
| SATELLITE CENTRE PLAYS CRUCIAL ROLE IN TIMES OF CRISIS |
| When the Indian Ocean tsunami struck in December 2004, |
| LIFE AT THE COALFACE |
The Coal Authority maintains and manages mining maps, plans, historic photos and documents in the UK, dating back prior to 1872. |
| A CUT ABOVE THE REST |
| The days of a blockbuster movie being edited by cutting up strips of film and gluing them together are long gone. |
| THE UNIVERSE AT YOUR fingertips |
| Astronomers throughout the UK now have a valuable new research tool at their disposal, |
| STORAGE Magazine October
2005 - Vol 5 No 07 |
| DON'T GET BACKED UP INTO
A CORNER! |
| Any backup strategy must ensure essential data is easy to restore
and access, and that original data files and paths are preserved. |
| STORAGE Magazine September
2005 - Vol 5 No 06 |
| ARCHIVING
- THE JEWEL IN YOUR CROWN |
| Many organisations may be storing up huge problems for
themselves by failing to archive data, while others rely on manual
processes to carry out the task. |
STORAGE Magazine March
2005 - Vol 5 No 02 |
| Building an ILM Future |
| Soaring statutory obligations relating to data retention and availability
are putting huge pressures on businesses everywhere. |
| Streets ahead - And saved for
posterity! |
| The Information Please online almanac lists just two inspiring milestones
for 1969. One is Neil Armstrong's first steps on the moon. The other
is ..... |
| Nexsan SATABlade |
| National storage manager Alan Russell outlines Kodak Service & Support's
position in the storage industry in run-up to Storage Expo 2004 |
| Storing up Trouble |
| Simply adding more and more hardware as your data expands may not
be a wise strategy, says research company, THE BUTLER GROUP |
STORAGE Magazine January/February
2005 - Vol 5 No 01 |
| Vaulting Ambition |
| CommVault has made significant strides forward in the lifecycyle
data management stakes with the launch of its second-generation QiNetix
unified data management software suite. Editor Brian Wall takes a
close-up look |
| Falling through the safety net |
| With the focus increasingly on compliance and the appropriate storage
of proliferating data, is enough attention being paid to the backup
and restore sequence? . |
| Intransa IP5500 Storage Solution |
| Fibre channel SANs have traditionally offered the best combination
of storage performance. |
| Racing Certainty |
| The partnership between McLaren Racing and Computer Associates has
entered a dynamic new phase in terms of.... |
STORAGE Magazine November/December
2004 - Vol 4 No 06 |
| It's a Classic! |
| Network attached storage (NAS) has always been a good choice for
capacity expansion at the SMB level, although it is often accused
of being overpriced. The Classic 340 remedies this by ......... |
| The Real Deal |
| With more than 1,200 employees across Europe, leading real estate
services provider Cushman & Wakefield Healey & Baker needed a reliable
IT infrastructure to drive its customer-centric business. It chose
to work in close partnership with Hawke in order to analyse and resolve
the issue. |
| Exabyte VXA-2 PacketLoader 1x10
1U |
| Exabyte's New PacketLoader Release is Loaded with Pluses. |
| On The EXPRESS Route to BACKUP |
| Syncsort has released its newest version of Backup Express, the
enterprise data protection solution, with a significantly enhanced
version of the backup and restore features already built in to the
solution. |
| Formula Won! |
| From Super One Karting to Formula One, the Renault brand is synonymous
with every level of motorsport, both nationally and internationally.
Nowhere is the action hotter or more exciting than in Formula 1, where
the Renault F1 motor racing team competes in the world championship-the
pinnacle of motor racing. |
STORAGE Magazine September/October
2004 - Vol 4 No 05 |
| Hollyoaks - ADIC - TV star |
| Mersey Television is the innovative programme maker behind mega-hits
'Hollyoaks', 'Grange Hill', 'Brookside' and 'The Courtroom'. To manage
the vast amounts of data associated with TV production, the company
has installed ADIC's Pathlight VX disk-to-tape solution and Scalar
100 tape library. |
| Suite Smell of Success |
| Storage requirements in the enterprise are being driven along at
a tremendous rate, making it essential that administrators manage
their resources effectively to avoid expensive wastage and unnecessary
upgrades, argues Dave Mitchell. |
| KODAK Outlines Winning Strategy |
| National storage manager Alan Russell outlines Kodak Service & Support's
position in the storage industry in run-up to Storage Expo 2004 |
STORAGE Magazine July/August
2004 - Vol 4 No 04 |
| The Storage Industry
Awards (The 'Storries') |
| The Storries took place at the Hotel Russell in London on June 17th.
The aim of the awards was to recognise storage products & companies
who, in the view of Storage Magazine readers, excelled in their particular
field. The event was a big success and plans are already afoot for
next years awards. |
| Practical Magic |
| Hollywood movies are increasingly computer-generated. Big-budget
pictures use effects in every shot, but more modest films have started
using CG imagery as well, to reduce costs. As a result, post-production
houses are under constant pressure to increase capacity while also
keeping up with the very latest technical advances - putting huge
demands on their data storage. |
STORAGE Magazine June
2004 - Vol 4 No 03 |
| Exabyte VXA-2 PacketLoader
1x10 1U |
| The PacketLoader impresses with its very low profile, as this is
the first 1U or 1.75in. high system we've seen. |
| Compliance Part 2 - A
box to tick or a new way of life? |
| In this second part of the feature looking at electronic data storage
compliance, Ray Smyth explores what all this means on the ground.
How should an organisation approach the establishing of compliance
and what are the real objectives? |
| ATA: front-runner or Trojan
Horse? |
| Roger Turner, Director Hardware Marketing, EMEA, Hitachi Data Systems
warns that ATA is a classic case of horses for courses |
STORAGE Magazine April
2004 - Vol 4 No 02 |
| Are your SLA's exposed? |
| With storage as a strategic part of the professional IT mix, what
help is there for the beleaguered IT department? |
| Compliance Part 1 - A
weapon of mass persuasion? |
| In the first of a two-part feature, Ray Smyth examines the issues
surrounding compliance for electronic data storage. |
| Is Your Backup Compliant? |
| By Scott Gordon, Vice President, Marketing, NeoScale Systems, Inc. |
| StorageTek's vision of
the future |
| Todd Rief, StorageTek's Director of Operational Strategy, considers
the way ahead for the storage market in general - and StorageTek in
particular. |
STORAGE Magazine Febuary
2004 - Vol 4 No 01 |
| Sony StorStation SAITe1300 |
| On price it is clear that Sony is pitching the S-AIT format at the
enterprise level as the SAITe1300 compares very favourably with the
alternatives from IBM and StorageTek. |
| Seeing The Light |
| Optical storage developments mean that magneto-optical disks and
CD/DVD are seeing their replacements. Plasmon's UDO and Sony's PDfD
have arrived. Holographic storage may be waiting in the wings. |
