Stories by Lucas Mearian

Storage by the rules

Chesapeake Energy, one of the largest independent natural gas companies in the U.S. uses about two-dozen storage management policies. The policies determine what information the firm wants to keep and where it wants to store it.

EMC reports $77M first-quarter loss

Data storage company EMC reported a $US77 million first-quarter loss on revenue that totalled $1 billion less than the same quarter a year ago.

CTO: The not-so-popular, misunderstood title

While used by nearly 10 percent of major companies, the title chief technology officer has yet to develop into a clearly defined role, according to a New York executive management search firm. And if the CTO title ever does gain full acceptance, it will likely take at least 10 years -- the same length of time it took for companies to embrace the CIO title.

Storage vendors ask: 'Why can't we all just get along?'

Chief technology officers from storage giants such as EMC, Quantum, StorageTek and Compaq Computer all agree that standards will be needed to create heterogeneous storage-area networks (SAN) that can be efficiently managed; they just don't agree on how that would happen.

CTO: The not-so-popular, misunderstood title

While used by nearly 10 percent of major companies, the title chief technology officer has yet to develop into a clearly defined role, according to a New York executive management search firm. And if the CTO title ever does gain full acceptance, it will likely take at least 10 years -- the same length of time it took for companies to embrace the CIO title.

Network Appliance focuses on data backup devices

Expanding its product line beyond the realm of primary storage devices, Network Appliance Inc. last week released the first member of a planned family of enterprise-class file servers for use in centrally backing up data from systems at multiple sites.

Network Appliance unveils NAS device

Network Appliance today announced the first of an enterprise-class filer line for centralized, online backup for data from multiple remote site locations.

EMC/Dell partnership to focus on lower costs

EMC announced yesterday that it will use a reseller partnership with Dell Computer to reduce the production costs of its storage products in its battle against IBM Corp., Compaq Computer Corp. and others that have eaten away at its market share over the past year.

Storage, server chargeback software gains popularity

As the economy continues to force IT shops to tighten their belts, some firms are turning to server and storage monitoring software to restrict the amount of space used by business units and to charge those departments for their use of IT and data resources.

Storage, server monitoring software gains popularity

As the economy continues to tighten the belts of IT shops, some companies are turning to server and storage-monitoring software to restrict the amount of space used by business units and charging those departments for their use of IT and data resources.

McData sues Brocade over patent infringement

Storage networking vendor McData is suing rival Brocade Communications Systems for patent infringement, claiming that at least two Brocade products use its technology for measuring data traffic flow on storage area networks.

Analysts: NetApp's earnings growth back on track

Network Appliance reported its first quarter-to-quarter growth in a year this week, a milestone that analysts say points to the storage appliance company's solid install base and advances in software that will lead to more sales at the enterprise level. The sign of resurgence also seems to have heated up NetApp's rivalry with storage leader EMC.

Intel announces iSCSI network interface card

Intel Corp. said yesterday it is manufacturing a SCSI-over-IP (iSCSI) host bus adapter card that one analyst said will go a long way toward building industrywide momentum behind less-expensive and more easily managed storage-area networks (SAN).

Storage vendors boast of wire speed iSCSI SAN

Three storage vendors last week claimed to have cobbled together a SCSI over IP (iSCSI) storage network out of off-the-shelf hardware, beating by a year industry expectations about when the first viable iSCSI storage area networks (SAN) would ship.

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