IT PRO - Storage

Report: Google cloud storage coming soon

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:20:37 PST

A source indicates the release of Google Drive is imminent.

York researchers heat storage to speed up data

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:59:53 PST

Magnetic recording of data is set to be revolutionised, thanks to new research from the University of York.

F-Secure offers iCloud rival to operators

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:06:34 PST

The security firm is hoping operators want to go up against Apple in the content cloud space.

Symantec touts 100 times faster backup

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:50:27 PST

The firm claims its solution will cut backup costs by 80 per cent for both virtual and physical environments.

EMC initiates Project Lightning, Thunder to follow

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:35:10 PST

The storage giant launches its first Project Lightning product, bringing flash to the server.

EMC Isilon unveils Hadoop scale-out NAS

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:57:48 PST

The storage giant integrates the open source analytics platform into its NAS product.

Big Data boosts Acunu

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:39:42 PST

Acunu’s Big Data platform means big business as the Silicon Roundabout firm wings its way to Silicon Valley.

Q&A: Cisco on servers, storage and strategy

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:17:27 PST

We chat with Laurent Blanchard, Cisco's vice president of enterprise, to ask why IT should get excited about what the networking giant can offer.

Oracle ships over one exabyte of tape storage

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:52:15 PST

The Silicon Valley giants reports mammoth sales proving tape storage still has its part to play in the industry.

Amazon offers cloud back up for private data centres

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:52:32 PST

The AWS Storage Gateway will enable business to back up to Amazon’s cloud.

IBM makes magnetic data storage breakthrough

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:12:39 PST

Tiny drives holding decent amounts of data may soon be available thanks to IBM's breakthrough.

Boston Quattro 1332-T review

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 04:35:07 PST

The new Quattro 1332-T showcases Supermicro’s MicroCloud initiative and delivers an impressive processing density in a low profile rack chassis. In this review, Dave Mitchell finds out if Boston’s future looks cloudy.

Seagate predicts healthy quarter ahead

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:30:00 PST

Storage giant Seagate forecasts a strong Q2 and Q3, sending its shares jumping.

2011: The year in news

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PST

We take a look back at a year which saw corporate carnage, industry in-fighting and the passing of an industry legend.

Seagate completes Samsung HDD acquisition

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 03:22:56 PST

The partners close their $1.4 billion deal in the midst of the HDD shortage crisis.

Synology RackStation RS3411xs review

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 10:22:21 PST

Synology's new rack mount NAS appliance makes the move to a Core i3 processor, is 10-Gigabit Ethernet ready and has dual Infiniband ports giving it massive expansion potential. Dave Mitchell takes the RS3411xs for a high-speed test drive on the lab's 10-Gigabit network. Read this review to see how it fared.

Technology: out of stock

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 02:40:00 PST

Inside the enterprise: Manufacturers are only now starting to feel the impact of the Thai floods and Japanese earthquakes. IT costs could rise as a result.

Intel sales affected by hard drive supply issues

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:08:32 PST

The chip giant says sales have been hit by hard drive shortages.

How to recover and restore deleted or damaged files

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 07:18:59 PDT

If you've accidentally deleted a file or you have an office full of corrupted hard disks, there's no need to panic. It may still be possible to recover your lost data using a freeware utility as Jim Martin finds out.

QNap TS-879 Pro TurboNAS review

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 09:08:40 PST

QNap's latest desktop NAS box is its first to use a Core i3 processor and along with SATA3 disk support, it's 10-Gigabit Ethernet ready and packed with storage features. Read this review to see why Dave Mitchell thinks this is the desktop appliance to beat.

Enhance Technology UltraStor RS16 IP-4 review

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 07:08:07 PST

Enhance Technology's latest IP SAN appliance has value, expansion potential and performance high on its agenda. In this exclusive review Dave Mitchell finds out whether these make up for its basic hardware redundancy.

HP targets EMC with new deduplication technology

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 04:29:26 PST

New Federated Deduplication StoreOnce technology is harder, better, faster and stronger says 3Par veteran David Scott.

EC clears Western Digital Hitachi deal

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 03:59:00 PST

Merger approved as good for competition in storage market under the EU merger regulation.

IT Pro Awards 2011

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 02:30:00 PST

IT Pro hosted its inaugural awards ceremony last night, honouring those who've gone above and beyond the call of tech duty in 2011.

Infortrend EonStor ESDS S16S-R2240-4 review

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 08:28:32 PST

InforTrend's latest high-speed DAS appliance provides a simple method of expanding storage for multiple application servers. In this exclusive review, Dave Mitchell hooks it up to the labs' servers to test performance and see how easy it is to deploy.

HP PCs back on the menu with Dellish plans

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 06:17:58 PST

HP will be sticking with its PSG group, as it casts its net far and wide. Can it manage?

HP to attack datacentre market with ARM

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 03:13:07 PDT

ARM chips will be used in HP's new Redstone Server Development Platform.

Dropbox launches team tool for businesses

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 08:53:17 PDT

The online storage giant has unveiled a new tool with corporate users in mind.

Fujitsu Eternus DX90 S2 review

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 02:38:28 PDT

Fujitsu's new DX90 S2 storage array claims to be much faster and more expandable than previous Eternus models. In this exclusive review, Dave Mitchell finds out just how fast it really is and whether it's good value or not.

IBM IOD 2011: Colgate reaps rewards of DB2 implementation

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:24:40 PDT

SAP on DB2 means Colgate can re-invest savings back into the business, the company revealed at IBM's Information on Demand (IOD) conference in Las Vegas.