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LeftHand Networks Inc.'s Virtual SAN Appliance (VSA) today becomes the first software-only storage device named to VMware's hardware compatibility list. The two companies' mutual channel partners will begin selling the VSA packaged with VMware's... More...
Mar 11, 2008
Network Appliance Inc.'s (NetApp) StoreVault division has just added a new iSCSI storage area network (SAN) and network attached storage (NAS) box to its product line, the StoreVault S300, with a starting price of $3,000.

The S300 is a smaller version of the first... More...

Mar 11, 2008
NASHUA, N.H. -- One week after closing its $1.4 billion acquisition of EqualLogic Corp., Dell, Inc. today launched a new SATA disk array and took the first step toward clarifying how it will position its new platform of iSCSI products.

However, it will take more than... More...

Mar 11, 2008
Nexsan Technologies Inc. is planning a version of its SATABeast disk array that has been modified specifically for Apple servers as it tries to tempt loyal Mac users by filling a gap between Apple's storage products.

With the SATABeast Xi, which is... More...

Mar 11, 2008
Hewlett-Packard Co. brushed up its Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) product line with a new model, the EVA 4400, which fits between the recently launched MSA2000 and the rest of the EVA series.

The EVA 4400 product will eventually replace the EVA 4100 disk... More...

Mar 11, 2008
Dell Inc. announced this morning that it intends to acquire iSCSI SAN player EqualLogic Corp. for $1.4 billion, slotting EqualLogic's products into its storage line in an attempt to corner the small and medium-sized business (SMB) iSCSI market.

"EqualLogic... More...

Mar 11, 2008
EMC Corp. announced a smorgasbord of hardware refreshes for its data storage platforms, which include performance updates to the Symmetrix high-end disk array, active-active controllers and new replication support for the Clariion midrange disk... More...
Jul 16, 2007
Infortrend Inc. began shipping a new disk array this week made up of 2.5-inch SAS disks, the first networked version of a subsystem using the smaller SAS form factor to hit the market. Analysts say the small form factor could show up in enterprise SAN arrays... More...
Mar 11, 2008
Hitachi Data Systems' USP-V high-end disk array will now be able to thin-provision volumes on competitors' disk arrays which are attached to its storage virtualization controller as external storage.

The new feature, which users can access by purchasing... More...

Nov 5, 2007
As iSCSI SANs become more popular, many organizations have begun favoring an approach to iSCSI storage that draws not only on the familiar Ethernet protocol but on familiar server hardware as well.

"With growing awareness around iSCSI … there is a... More...

Mar 11, 2008
Network Appliance Inc. (NetApp) has announced a new scaled down addition to its FAS3000 line of midrange storage area network (SAN) and network attached storage (NAS) boxes, and said more moves downmarket will follow as it continues to wrestle with EMC Corp... More...
Mar 11, 2008
The increasing popularity of server virtualization has led to a new wave of migration from DAS to networked storage in enterprise IT. One user who recently moved from DAS to a storage area network (SAN) in support of a Virtual Iron Software Inc. deployment... More...
Mar 11, 2008
As archiving and outsourced storage have become hot markets this year, venture capital is pouring into these market spaces. There's a bumper crop of startups hitting the scene, and companies that have been around for a while before the market got hot are... More...
Mar 11, 2008
Dell Inc. is continuing its small and medium-sized business (SMB) storage push with a set of three prepackaged storage assessment and deployment services. The services focus on storage for server virtualization, backup and recovery, and data management.

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Mar 11, 2008
Dell Inc. is launching an iSCSI SAN for small businesses that can support up to 18 terabytes (TB) of storage in one enclosure. Priced beginning at $7,000 to $10,000, the device, dubbed the MD3000i, will share the shelf with the AX150i that Dell resells from EMC Corp.

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Mar 11, 2008
Network Appliance Inc. (NetApp) and Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) made separate announcements today with a similar theme: new products aimed at midmarket users continuing to experience storage growth, now that high-end enterprise IT spending has slowed.

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Mar 11, 2008
As iSCSI continues to find its niche in storage environments, users have a raft of choices when it comes to methods of deploying iSCSI storage area networks (SAN), from prepackaged offerings by legacy vendors to free downloadable target software. Two... More...
Mar 11, 2008
Isilon Systems Inc. has introduced a smaller model of its clustered network attached storage (NAS) system, at half the price of the original product to attract more "budget constrained" customers, the company hopes.

The IQ 200, shipping today, goes for $39,000... More...

Mar 11, 2008
Email archiving and security Software as a Service (SaaS) vendor LiveOffice LLC today launched the LiveOffice Mail Continuity Service, a free service designed to give small and medium-sized businesses (SMB) high availability for Exchange servers... More...
Sep 29, 2008
Fujitsu Computer Systems Corp. is bolstering its small and medium-sized (SMB) storage platform with the UDS 1000 unified appliance that uses Windows Unified Data Storage Server (WUDSS) for file and block storage.

The UDS 1000 supports up to twenty-four 1 TB... More...

Oct 7, 2008
Overland Storage Inc. today got into the NAS market by acquiring the Snap Server product line, intellectual property and engineering group from Adaptec Inc. for $3.6 million.

The purchase price was far below the $100 million Adaptec paid for privately held... More...

Jun 30, 2008
EMC Corp. and Dell Inc. are taking another crack at luring small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) into the world of networked storage by rolling out a SAS/SATA disk array to replace the Clariion AX150.

EMC calls the new system the AX4, and Dell brands it the... More...

Mar 11, 2008
Technology giant Pioneer announced in July that it had succeeded in developing a 16-layer read-only optical disc with a vast storage capacity of some 400 GB -- or 25 GB per layer. In the past, multilayer optical discs have not always been able to deliver clear... More...
Sep 4, 2008
EMC Corp. finally succeeded in snapping up Iomega Corp. Tuesday, but not before the purchase price was jacked up some $35 million over EMC's initial offer.

The deal, which is expected to close in the second quarter, was finally done for $3.85 per outstanding... More...

Apr 8, 2008
Overland Storage Inc. reported an increase in revenue from disk products, despite another quarter of losing money. CEO Vern LoForti is looking to double disk sales with the acquisition of the Snap Server NAS platform.

Overland's revenue of $28.9 million... More...

Aug 8, 2008
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