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Byte and Switch Hottest Recent Stories: EMC Rolls Out Cloud-Optimized Storage Platform - 11/20/2008 3:06:00 PM
The auto-configuring, self-healing Atmos platform can scale to petabytes and let service providers and IT department offer different levels of storage services, EMC says
Byte and Switch Hottest Recent Stories: Cisco Makes SAN Switches More Aware of VMware - 11/20/2008 3:07:00 PM
The upgrade to the MDS switch ties virtual SANs to virtual machines
Byte and Switch News Analysis: Intel Calls Solid-State Drives 'the Future of Storage' - 10/22/2008 10:45:00 AM
SSDs won't replace all hard-disk drives, but the technology will become a major force in IT in the next few years, the company says
Byte and Switch Hottest Recent Stories: Sun Tries to Change Storage Equation With Open-Source Software, SSDs - 11/20/2008 3:08:00 PM
The Amber Road line of appliances is Sun's effort to offer a low-cost, high-performance, and easy-to-manage storage system
Byte and Switch Hottest Recent Stories: HP Launches Network-Based Virtualization Platform - 11/20/2008 3:09:00 PM
HP fills out its virtualization portfolio with a system that turns mid-range storage arrays into a single pool of capacity
Byte and Switch News Analysis: Solid-State Storage Will Transform Enterprise IT, HP Says - 10/24/2008 1:00:00 PM
The deployment rate of solid-state technology will grow once issues of cost and reliability are solved, says HP distinguished technologist Jieming Zhu
Byte and Switch Hottest Recent Stories: NetApp Embraces 8-Gig Fibre Channel, Flash SSDs - 11/20/2008 3:10:00 PM
Company is making new technologies available across its FAS, V-Series product lines
Byte and Switch News Analysis: Dell Promises Common Architecture to Simplify Data De-duplication - 11/3/2008 4:40:00 PM
Working with EMC and Quantum, Dell seeks to reduce confusion in one of the hottest markets in storage
Byte and Switch News Analysis: New Disaster Recovery Options Emerge - 10/27/2008 2:30:00 PM
Do you have a business continuity and disaster recovery plan that will keep your company operating if the worst happens?
Byte and Switch News Analysis: Economic Woes May Slow Storage Spending - 10/28/2008 3:15:00 PM
While quarterly earnings came in strong for many vendors, the future doesn't look bright for spending on storage or IT overall
Byte and Switch News Analysis: Online Storage Poised to Take Off, IDC Predicts - 11/17/2008 2:55:00 PM
Restrictions on IT budgets and staffing are causing more companies to consider online backup, archiving, and replication services
Byte and Switch News Analysis: IBM Launches 'Entry-Level' Mainframe, Storage Systems - 10/21/2008 2:45:00 PM
The System z10 BC, with new storage systems, aims to help companies consolidate hardware systems, cut energy costs
Byte and Switch News Analysis: Egenera Cuts Sales Staff by 40% - 11/6/2008 11:23:00 AM
Economic crisis leads Egenera to lean on its hardware vendor partners for marketing of its virtualization products and services
Byte and Switch News Analysis: Parallel Storage Requires Work, Offers Rewards - 11/7/2008 11:00:00 AM
For those that need peak performance, parallel storage systems may be the answer. But will it find broader appeal?
Byte and Switch News Analysis: Five Opportunities – & Three Rules – for Cloud Storage - 10/21/2008 11:15:00 AM
SaaS vendors are angling for enterprise business, but not all use cases make sense
Byte and Switch News Analysis: E-Discovery: The Importance of Taking Proactive Steps - 11/3/2008 12:20:00 PM
It is important to automate the e-discovery workflow, before your company gets hit with a lawsuit
Byte and Switch News Analysis: Online Backup Is Promising Option for IT Managers - 11/5/2008 1:46:00 PM
Companies are beginning to hand the task of backing up data to third parties
Byte and Switch News Analysis: Cloud Startups Look to Fill a Void - 10/24/2008 10:40:00 AM
ParaScale and Nirvanix fill holes in the cloud storage market
Byte and Switch News Analysis: E-Discovery – Proper Preparation Requires Data Retention Policies - 11/10/2008 11:25:00 AM
Storage managers need to create a well organized data infrastructure, not only for e-discovery but also for resource management, budgetary reasons, and compliance
Byte and Switch News Analysis: NEW! Top 10 Storage Startups to Watch - 7/15/2008 11:10:00 AM
The Byte and Switch staff presents its quarterly list of notable newbies
Byte and Switch News Analysis: People's United Bank Turns to Encryption to Protect Backup Tapes - 10/20/2008 3:04:00 PM
When you have 30,000 backup tapes, it can take time and effort to protect them from loss or theft
Byte and Switch News Analysis: Papa Gino's Pizzeria Adds Encryption to Menu - 11/13/2008 12:39:00 PM
The restaurant chain is prepared for data breach laws, which are increasing in number and complexity
Byte and Switch News Analysis: Data Storage Explodes in Nova Scotia - 11/18/2008 12:43:00 PM
The Canadian province uses storage virtualization to deal with fast growth in data storage requirements
Byte and Switch News Analysis: EMC Facing More Layoffs - 3/26/2002 12:00:00 PM
Slothful sales prompt two more analysts to cut Q1 estimates, more layoffs expected
Byte and Switch News Analysis: Air Force Unit Embraces Storage Virtualization - 10/31/2008 1:40:00 PM
Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment combats unpredictable demand, cost constraints, and the need for flexibility with OnStor's virtual NAS system
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Content-Addressable Storage (CAS)
Appliances (244), Archiving (2379), Backup (2481), Backup (394), Classification & Search (151), Compliance Assessment (39), Content-Addressable Storage (CAS) (71), Data Centers (3646), Disk Arrays (1003), Document Management (129), Email Management (256), Equipment (1663), Fibre Channel (146), High-Speed Interconnects (InfiniBand, etc.) (637), IP (105), IP SAN (302), IP Storage Networking (192), NAS (1595), NAS Management (493), Network File Management (82), Other Disk-Based Backup (566), Partnerships (971), Policy-Based ILM (62), Replication/Mirroring (130), SAN (2143), SAN Extension (41), Services (1446), Software (2198), SRM/SAN Management (1449), Switches (593), Tape Libraries (851), Virtual Tape Libraries (177)

Data Security
Compliance Assessment (39), Data Centers (3646), Data Security (488), Hardware/Appliances (322), Security (2017), Security (68), Services (1446), Software (2198), Software (320), Storage Consulting (29)

Grid Computing
Appliances (244), Archiving (2379), Backup (2481), Backup (394), Classification & Search (151), Clustering (136), Data Centers (3646), Disaster Recovery (262), Disk Arrays (1003), Document Management (129), Email Management (256), Enterprise (66), Equipment (1663), Fibre Channel (146), Grid Computing (342), Hardware/Appliances (322), HBAs (856), High-Performance Computing (HPC) (364), High-Speed Interconnects (InfiniBand, etc.) (637), IP (105), Network File Management (82), Online Backup (114), Optical (46), Other Disk-Based Backup (566), Other Storage Services (479), Replication/Mirroring (130), SAN (2143), SAN Extension (41), SAN Management (53), Security (68), Security (2017), Server (245), Services (1446), Software (320), Software (2198), SRM/SAN Management (1449), Switch/Storage (137), Switches (593), Tape Libraries (851), Virtualization (1125), WAFS (123), WAN Optimizers (349), WAN Storage (29)

Information Lifecycle Management (ILM)
Appliances (244), Archiving (2379), Backup (394), Backup (2481), Classification & Search (151), Clustering (136), Compliance (1410), Compliance Assessment (39), Data Centers (3646), Disaster Recovery (262), Disk Arrays (1003), Document Management (129), Email Management (256), Equipment (1663), Fibre Channel (146), Hardware/Appliances (322), HBAs (856), High-Performance Computing (HPC) (364), High-Speed Interconnects (InfiniBand, etc.) (637), Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) (554), IP (105), IP SAN (302), IP Storage Networking (192), Monitoring (12), Multi-Tier Storage (29), NAS (1595), NAS Management (493), Network File Management (82), Online Backup (114), Other Disk-Based Backup (566), Other Storage Services (479), Policy-Based ILM (62), Replication/Mirroring (130), SAN (2143), SAN Extension (41), SAN Management (53), Security (68), Security (2017), Server (245), Services (1446), Software (320), Software (2198), SRM/SAN Management (1449), Storage Consulting (29), Switch/Storage (137), Switches (593), Tape Libraries (851), Virtual Tape Libraries (177), Virtualization (1125), WAFS (123), WAN Optimizers (349), WAN Storage (29)

ISCSI
Appliances (244), Backup (394), Disk Arrays (1003), Equipment (1663), IP (105), IP SAN (302), IP Storage Networking (192), iSCSI (1588), NAS Management (493), Software (2198), SRM/SAN Management (1449)

Storage Virtualization
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Thin provisioning
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Virtual Tape (VTLs)
Archiving (2379), Backup (2481), Backup (394), Classification & Search (151), Data Centers (3646), Email Management (256), Equipment (1663), Hardware/Appliances (322), Network File Management (82), Policy-Based ILM (62), Replication/Mirroring (130), Security (2017), Software (2198), Switch/Storage (137), Tape Libraries (851), Virtual Tape Libraries (177), Virtualization (1125)

WAN Optimization/WAFS
Appliances (244), Backup (394), Data Centers (3646), Disk Arrays (1003), Equipment (1663), Hardware/Appliances (322), High-Performance Computing (HPC) (364), High-Speed Interconnects (InfiniBand, etc.) (637), IP (105), Metro Storage (7), Online Backup (114), Other Disk-Based Backup (566), Other Storage Services (479), SAN Extension (41), SAN Management (53), Security (2017), Services (1446), Software (320), SRM/SAN Management (1449), Switches (593), Tape Libraries (851), WAFS (123), WAN Optimizers (349), WAN Storage (29)

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