Wow! EMC has apparently purchased WysDM Software, maker of a most excellent range of data protection and storage management software. This is a great move for EMC, and if everyone at WysDM is as happy as my old StorageNetworks co-worker, Alan Atkinson, seems to be in this InternetNews article, their offices must be something to […]
Enterprise storage
Key Technical Differences Between Email Archiving Products?
I’m working on a new feature article for Storage Magazine focused on selecting an enterprise email archiving product. This is something I’ve done quite a bit of work around, so I decided to redirect it into a “bride magazine” type “ten things to look for” item. If you too know about the field of email […]
De-Duplication Goes Mainstream
Lotsa people use and love data de-duplication (to hyphen or not – that is the question) technology for backup and archiving, but it looks like this tech is about to bust out for primary, live, real, mainstream, what-you-are-using-to-store-your-stuff storage. Big news! First up was the company now officially called NetApp, which officially blessed the use […]
Microsoft: The A-Rod of Storage
Imagine there was someone many people loved to hate, but grudgingly loved just the same because of their incredible prowess. In Red Sox Nation, that would be Alex Rodriguez, who we follow year after year with a mix of admiration, envy, and anger as he seems to make all the right moves for the wrong […]
The Artist Formerly Known As Network Appliance
Network Appliance is no more. The company that made the second enterprise storage device I ever used, added the terms “filer” and “appliance” to the enterprise IT lexicon, and long suffered from a confusing array of names, is now officially called NetApp. This is probably a good idea. A company needs a single name, and […]
