Developments in the storage industry in 2008 were shaped by growing amounts of data and demand for efficiency. Here are three industry deals which symbolized storage trends in 2008 and a peak at what the new year holds for these new alliances
For most organizations, merely backing up data is no longer enough. Business needs and corporate governance regulations have made the introduction of archiving and data retrieval technology a must. Here
Data growth and disaster recovery/business continuity (DR/BC) are driving archive planning much more than regulatory compliance. The second annual Bridgehead Software information lifecycle management audit showed that little more than half the respondents -- 58 percent -- see regulatory compliance as the main driver.
Half way between primary storage and backup storage, NearStore from Network Appliance Inc. (NetApp) is nearline storage that solves some of the problems of the two traditional classes of storage and is a complimentary storage solution.
Gunning for its share of the growing market for disaster-recovery storage products and services, StorageTek is negotiating with a number of potential telco partners to delivery a complete IP disaster-recovery offering called StorageTek Lifeline.