EnGenius EAP9550 wireless N multifunctional device
20 December, 2010
The EnGenius EAP9550 wireless N multifunctional access point/universal repeater/WDS device with a smoke detector design is able to blend into various environments, making this model suitable for hotels, schools, cafes, public common areas, as well as enterprise environments and high-throughput and high-distance applications.
Data reduction the answer to storage overload
14 December, 2010
Storage. For those organisations struggling to manage and protect the explosive growth in data, it is a huge issue. Indeed, many companies require 40% more storage each year. However, it is possible to reduce your storage footprint. Reducing your storage impact is a smart step forward in 2011 for any business, regardless of size.
Disaster recovery planning for the IT professional
14 December, 2010
In business, as in life, we regularly learn that the unexpected is a reality. For IT leaders, the cyclone season serves as a reminder to review disaster recovery processes, policies and procedures to prepare their critical technology infrastructure in the face of a natural or human-induced disaster.
Quantum DXi6700 deduplication and replication appliance
25 November, 2010
The DXi6700 deduplication and replication appliance provides up to 3.5 TB/h backup and provides up to 56 TB of usable capacity for Fibre Channel SAN environments.
Symantec NetBackup 5000 scalable deduplication appliance
25 November, 2010
NetBackup 5000, a scalable deduplication appliance, provides fast backup with effective utilisation of bandwidth and storage.
Fluid Data Storage Center 5 solution
25 November, 2010
The Storage Center 5 version of the Fluid Data storage solution integrates a data movement engine, software and modular hardware platform and features portable volume replication kits, scalable SAS, tiered storage with RAID 6 protection, virtual I/O ports and virtual server mapping to automate operations, simplify disaster recovery and enable tiered storage for enterprises of all sizes.
Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Online backup and recovery
25 November, 2010
The Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Online backup and recovery solution provides secondary redundant data storage and can be used to recover files, folders or complete systems.
Quantum RDX removable disk-based data protection system
25 November, 2010
The Quantum RDX removable disk-based data protection system uses data reduction technology to decrease cartridge requirements by up to 20:1. Suitable for small to medium-sized businesses, the system offers removable disk cartridges for on-site and off-site storage to meet data backup, disaster recovery and archiving requirements and can serve as a replacement for low-end tape devices, such as DDS/DAT.
Disaster recovery planning: key to business continuity
12 October, 2010 by Simon Howe*
According to a recent study conducted by Acronis and research house Vanson Bourne, 63% of SMBs would take a day or more to recover from system failure. Imagine how your business would get through a day without access to systems and data.
Best practices for data recovery
10 August, 2010 by Scott Caulfield*
Data is a vital business asset for most organisations. Although high-availability technologies significantly reduce the probability of data loss, events such as technical failure, virus attacks, deliberate sabotage or employee error can still destroy data. Therefore, organisations must plan for data recovery and implement mechanisms for managing the data recovery process, says CA’s Scott Caulfield.
Storage tiering lowers overall IT costs
10 August, 2010 by Simon Sharwood
Hardware, storage management software and document management software all stake a claim for tiering duties claims Simon Sharwood. Storage tiering is a hot theme, and rightly so, because it can lower costs and is an important way to use the speed of solid state disks to your advantage.
Infinite data retention leads to costly mistakes
06 August, 2010
High storage costs, long backup windows, litigation risk and inefficient e-discovery plague companies, survey finds.
Tandberg Data 1 TB RDX cartridge
03 August, 2010
Tandberg Data’s 1 TB RDX cartridge, for use with the company’s RDX QuikStor disk-based removable storage system, is claimed to be a first for this capacity. Other RDX cartridge capacities include 160, 320, 500 and 640 GB.
NetApp supports Intel Ethernet X520 SFP+ 10GbE server adapters
02 August, 2010
NetApp has announced it will support the Intel Ethernet X520 family of SFP+10 gigabit ethernet (10GbE) server adapters, assisting users to transition from a fibre channel infrastructure (FCoE) to a high-performance FCoE infrastructure.
Hewlett-Packard StorageWorks P4800 BladeSystem SAN and EVA Cluster
07 July, 2010
Creating a virtual pool of shared storage resources is a key technology in the evolution to a converged infrastructure. StorageWorks P4800 BladeSystem storage area network (SAN) and the StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) Cluster enable clients to consolidate servers, storage and desktops by creating virtual resource pools of capacity. This enables clients to easily shift resources as the organisation requires.
