Two companies, one an established storage vendor and the other a start-up, are introducing products that let users easily restore data from their storage area networks (SAN) and direct-attached storage.
EMC Corp. and IBM Corp. this week introduced management software that the companies say lets users more easily deploy, reconfigure and optimize utilization of storage-area networks.
Novell Inc.'s announcement this week that it would migrate NetWare file and print, collaboration and security services to Linux could have created a lot more buzz among industry watchers and customers if only it had come sooner.
Brocade Communications Systems Inc. is expected to launch a major upgrade to the software for its Fibre Channel switches that nets users greater availability and reliability for their storage area networks.
Interoperability and manageability of data storage will be the primary focus of products that Network Appliance Inc., Hitachi Data Systems Corp., Cisco Systems Inc. and others introduce next week at Storage Networking World.
Veritas Software Corp. is expected to release an enhanced version of its storage-area networking management software this week that lets storage administrators manage, monitor and control additional multivendor SAN gear.
"Back up to disk, archive to tape." That, says Michael Peterson, a senior analyst with Strategic Research Corp., has become the mantra for storage backup.