Storage Virtualization
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Virtualized storage, servers go hand-in-hand
News Real savings in data centers can only be realized by tapping on a combination of server and storage virtualization, says NetApp CEO and Chairman Dan Warmenhoven.
Tags: Storage, Virtualization, Data centers, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, Storage, Server, Symantec Corp., asset, data center
Virtualization moves to the next level
Insight perspective The combination of server and storage virtualization provides enhanced flexibility and agility to the IT infrastructure, says EMC executive.
Tags: Virtualization, Storage, Storage, QoS, Environment, Server, Hardware, SAN, information technology, desktop
Asian data centers turn to virtualization, automation
News Region's data centers focus on initiatives that drive immediate cost reduction, rather than projects that drive longer-term returns on investment, finds new survey.
Tags: Data centers, Server consolidation, savings, Virtualization, Storage, Malaysia, savings, Server, software, Symantec Corp.
HP targets efficiency with virtual storage
News With new hardware and software, the company aims to get more efficiency out of resources.
Tags: Storage, Virtualization, Hewlett-Packard Co., LeftHand Networks, Storage, storage environment, NetApp, HP StorageWorks, HP EVA6400, Environment
IBM 'Quicksilver' flash sets data-speed record
News A project under development from IBM is setting new records for data-transfer speeds using solid-state technology with one million IOPS.
Tags: Storage, Virtualization, Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Storage, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM eServer BladeCenter, performance, I/O, hard drive
Infortrend moves into enterprise storage
News The company is hoping that its five new SAN systems for scale-out storage will pull in medium-sized business customers.
Tags: Storage management, Data Management, Hewlett-Packard Co., Enterprise Storage, SAN, storage virtualization, IBM Corp., Data Management, Storage management, Infortrend
Big Blue claims virtualization breakthrough
News For IT, question boils down to cost and management. IBM says Virtual Storage Optimizer will reduce physical storage requirements associated with storing virtual images.
Tags: Virtualization, Storage, IBM Corp., Virtual Desktop, Storage, Cloud Computing, Environment, Internet, barrier, desktop
Storage virtualization climbs up the confusion scale
Insight comment After several years in relative serenity, storage virtualization became hot last year. It also became a great deal more complex--and confusing.
Tags: Storage area networks (SAN), Network-attached storage (NAS), Storage software
Storage's virtual debate
Techguide The development of storage networking in the last decade tells a familiar story: A technology that started with a simple notion grew more complex, and is now in urgent need of something new to rein in its new-found complexities.
Is Storage Networking Necessary?
Insight If organisations are experiencing rapid but unpredictable storage growth, and they want greater flexibility than internal or DAS storage can provide, then some form of storage network will become necessary.
Enterprise storage: Add more to simplify
Insight comment Want your storage to be simple, effective and smart? Sorry, you'll have to add more--not less--into your current mix.
Tags: Storage area networks (SAN), Storage management
HP agrees to acquire StorageApps
News Hewlett-Packard has agreed to acquire StorageApps for US$350 million, a deal that will reinforce HP's strategy for gathering a company's hodgepodge of storage tools into a vast setup that's easy to manage.
NetApp maintains focus to compete with EMC
News Acquiring companies is not the only way to grow, says NetApp's founder Dave Hitz who strongly believes in staying focused.
Tags: Storage area networks (SAN), Storage management, Storage software
EMC acquires server specialist VMware
News Storage specialist EMC announced plans Monday to acquire VMware, a start-up that sells software to make servers more flexible, for about US$635 million in cash.
Storage's virtual debate
Insight newsmaker Hitachi Data Systems CTO Hubert Yoshida talks about two key issues that will affect the way businesses manage their storage in future: virtualization and compliance.
Tags: Storage area networks (SAN), Storage management, Data centers
