Lucas Mearian

Cisco Systems Inc. this week said it has upgraded the software on its multiprotocol storage switches, adding features such as Ficon connectivity for mainframe users and support for routing data between remote storage-area networks.

Some mutual fund companies, such as Legg Mason Inc., are seeing business benefits after installing straight-through processing (STP) technology. But efforts within the financial services industry to promote widespread adoption of automation by investment managers still face big challenges.

Steven Cooper, the new CIO at the Department of Homeland Security, said he has had

Storage-area networks that use the Internet SCSI protocol are gaining acceptance with corporate IT as a supplement to

At the Storage Networking World Fall 2003 conference, vendors such as Hewlett-Packard Co. and Brocade Communications Systems Inc. plan to unveil technology that's designed to support increased interoperability between storage devices.

Hitachi Data Systems Corp. (HDS) Wednesday announced major upgrades to its two highest-end storage arrays, including software that allows the systems to mimic optical disks' write once, read many (WORM) capability. The changes are both an attempt to meet new regulatory requirements in the U.S. and compete with similar functionality offered by rival EMC Corp.

EMC Corp. Wednesday announced two new network-attached storage (NAS) devices that use the company's Clariion array as a back end while offering users a mix of low-cost Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA) disk storage and high-end Fibre Channel disk storage.

When employees at Huntington Bancshares Inc. heard that their beloved paper report