SearchStorage.com.AU: Analysis & Commentary

Launchpad6 leverages AWS to build video CMS platform

Anthony Caruana(editor@searchstorage.com.au — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:31:56 EST

Launchpad6 needed to deploy a flexible storage infrastructure to serve video for its customers. AWS answered their storage problems.

Record management standards improved

Anthony Caruana(editor@searchstorage.com.au — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:30:39 EST

New standards by ISO assist with records management and can help you frame a storage strategy

NetApp announces Big Data solutions as market grows

Anthony Caruana(editor@searchstorage.com.au — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:51:25 EST

In the quest to manage Big Data, NetApp has announced new solutions to manage the growth in unstructured data in a dynamic market

Storage supplies constrained by Thai floods

Anthony Caruana(editor@searchstorage.com.au — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:40:50 EST

Storage prices are on the way up with the recent floods in Thailand resulting in supply chain constraints.

Coraid expands ANZ presence

Anthony Caruana(editor@searchstorage.com.au — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:10:42 EST

Ethernet SAN solutions developer has invested $50M towards international expansion and increasing its ANZ presence.

How to choose a NAS

Anthony Caruana(editor@searchstorage.com.au — Tue, 8 Nov 2011 22:22:11 EST

Choosing a NAS might be complex but there are a few things you can do to simplify the choice

Cloud storage boom as users rush to outsourcers

Simon Sharwood(editor@searchstorage.com.au — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 05:38:23 EDT

The Spring 2011 edition of IDC?s Storage User Demand Survey says 40%of enterprise storage users plan to outsource some of their storage needs in the next twelve months, with ?an average of over 250TB will be acquired? by each user.

SNIA unveils 'Emerald' power measurement standard

Simon Sharwood(editor@searchstorage.com.au — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:00:24 EDT

The Storage Networking Industry Association has released a new Power Efficiency Measurement Specification, dubbed SNIA Emerald.

Australian Bureau of Statistics counts on no storage team, HP, for census

Simon Sharwood(editor@searchstorage.com.au — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 06:44:56 EDT

Australia?s recent agricultural and population censuses will be stored on and tabulated using HP SANs, but a dedicated storage team won?t help the count.

Bad Sectors: the latest storage news

Simon Sharwood(editor@searchstorage.com.au — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 01:54:08 EDT

Our regular roundup of storage news sees EMC notch a Canberra win, a couple of agencies announce their plans to buy SANs, Ninefold's sneakernet, a nasty rumour about HP and a new entrant to the local SAN market.

Richard Gere loves EMC, so it probably isn?t worried about NetApp haters

Simon Sharwood(editor@searchstorage.com.au — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 06:46:06 EDT

Our monthly wade through the slime of the storage blogosphere has found an EMC Symmetrix making Richard Gere look animated, and some rather odd Spam in NetApp?s back yard

A sneak peek at Avamar vCloud Protector

Simon Sharwood(editor@searchstorage.com.au — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:48:24 EDT

EMC has used VMware2011 to show off a new backup tool, Avamar vCloud Protector, which offers new and advanced ways to backup virtual machines.

Bad Sectors - Amazon warns on S3 security, UXC and CommVault cuddle

Simon Sharwood(editor@searchstorage.com.au — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 05:59:26 EDT

This week?s roundup of storage news touches on cloud security and a stronger alliance between UXC and CommVault

Maritime museum backs up with HP LeftHand, Microsoft

Simon Sharwood(editor@searchstorage.com.au — Sun, 7 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EDT

The Australian National Maritime Museum has revamped its storage infrastructure, selecting HP LeftHand and Microsoft.

Bad Sectors - Maritime Safety Authority loves Gartner, Blu-Ray for servers

Simon Sharwood(editor@searchstorage.com.au — Sun, 7 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EDT

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority will only consider companies appearing in a Gartner magic quadrant for up to $10million of storage.

VMware, Intel, EMC, NetApp and IBM battle in the blogs

Simon Sharwood(editor@searchstorage.com.au — Sun, 7 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EDT

The storage blogosphere is ablaze with many battles over VMware, XIV, VMAXe and more.

Four ways to reduce cost of storage ownership

Simon Sharwood(editor@searchstorage.com.au — Fri, 5 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EDT

Storage is expensive to acquire and operate, but several techniques offer you ways to keep those costs under control.

Bad sectors ? Storage news from Dell, Zerowait and Waikato District Health Board

Simon Sharwood(editor@searchstorage.com.au — Mon, 1 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EDT

Dell plans to bring its vStart pre-packaged infrastructure stacks to Australia later this year, while ZeroWait has scored an Australian customer for its SimplStor product.

NetApp trials University alliance to tackle skills shortage

Simon Sharwood(editor@searchstorage.com.au — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:00:00 EDT

NetApp will try to introduce certifications in its products to the curricula of nine Australian universities, to address a shortage of people skilled in operating its products.

Bad sectors ? Storage gossip from EMC, Dell, NetApp and Fujitsu

Simon Sharwood(editor@searchstorage.com.au — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:00:00 EDT

A NetApp employee claimed the company had poached all of the VCE alliance?s local staff, but quickly deleted the evidence.