By Elliot King, 06/26/2006
Recent studies by IDC and Gartner prove that enterprise storage hardware and software markets continue to grow briskly.
By Elliot King, 06/12/2006
Hard drives are holding their own in the storage industry, thanks in part to new HDDs that use perpendicular-recording technology to increase capacity.
By Elliot King, 05/22/2006
IBM recorded a new world record in magnetic-tape data density. IBM researchers were able to cram data onto a tape at a density of 6.67 billion bits per square inch, or more than ...
By Elliot King, 05/08/2006
Data-management technology providers are increasingly including storage-management functionality in their products.
By Elliot King, 04/24/2006
Microsoft recently made two key storage-related announcements, both of which emphasize a two-pronged storage approach that addresses companies' needs for centralized and ...
By Elliot King, 04/07/2006
WAFS technology becomes more prominent as companies continue to expand through additional offsite offices.
By Elliot King, 03/27/2006
Continuing data growth spawns increased sales of external disk storage systems.
By Elliot King, 03/13/2006
A recent research report confirms that IT pros want to speed up their backup and recovery operations and make archiving more reliable.
By Elliot King, 02/27/2006
SMBs should consider developing an Integrated Lifecycle Management (ILM) strategy suited to their data-retention needs.
By Elliot King, 02/06/2006
Open-source storage technology promises to unify heterogeneous storage environments, but some major storage vendors are taking a wait-and-see approach to the concept.
By Elliot King, 01/23/2006
IT pros need to start taking threats to stored data seriously and devise plans to protect such data.
By Elliot King, 12/19/2005
Revenues for all the major storage vendors continued to climb in third quarter 2005, with the most phenomenal gains in the iSCSI SAN market.
By Elliot King, 12/05/2005
Companies that use NAS devices are eagerly adopting storage virtualization, but SAN users seem less enthusiastic about the technology.
By Elliot King, 11/21/2005
Continuous data protection (CDP) technology accommodates companies' growing demand for backing up more data in less time than ever.
By Elliot King, 11/07/2005
New technologies--such as Quantum's recently released DLT4 drives--could rekindle SMBs' interest in tape-backup products.
By Elliot King, 10/24/2005
The growing use of flash memory will have a major impact on companies' storage plans in the next few years
By Elliot King, 10/10/2005
Recent studies suggest that IT pros still haven't mastered essential data-protection strategies, such as effective tape backup practices and data archiving.
By Elliot King, 09/26/2005
Are you paying enough attention to business continuity planning, email-related compliance issues, and the data-theft risks of USB devices?
By Elliot King, 09/12/2005
All segments of the storage industry report healthy growth, which is also good news for IT pros who purchase storage systems.
By Elliot King, 08/22/2005
Cost and complexity of solutions might be holding SMBs back from pursuing email-archiving strategies--but they ignore email retention at their own risk.