SearchStorageChannel: Storage Channel Update

Backup and recovery vendors dig into dedupe, aim for cloud; Arkeia takes aim at EMC Avamar

Staff, SearchStorageChannel.com — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:19:44 EST

Headlines: Symantec, CommVault and FalconStor say data deduplication and the cloud drive their data backup roadmaps; Arkeia prepares to challenge EMC's Avamar by acquiring IP and engineering from Kadena Systems.

HP vs. Cisco data center hardware battle heats up

Barb Darrow, Senior News Director — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:19:44 EST

Hewlett-Packard and Cisco Systems go after each other's customers -- and partners -- with new converged data center hardware bundles.

Enterprise data storage industry looks to EMC, Cisco and VMware's alliance with caution

Beth Pariseau, Senior News Writer — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:16:18 EST

EMC, Cisco and VMware disclose alliance to provide private cloud bundles of storage, servers, software and infrastructure, but user are wary of lock-in and seven-figure prices.

Using storage tiering to control customers' data growth

Seiji Shintaku, Contributor — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:54:02 EST

Get one consultant's perspective on how data growth caused headaches for a customer during a data migration project and how to control that data growth with storage tiering.

Licensing problems as Apple halts ZFS development; EMC lays out data archiving and ediscovery plans

Staff, SearchStorageChannel.com — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:34:42 EST

Headlines: A post on an Open Solaris mailing list by a Sun executive indicates licensing issues are behind the discontinuation of a ZFS development project by Apple; File and SharePoint archiving for the SourceOne product line is still waiting in the wings, while EMC positions the Kazeon acquisition to take on Autonomy in ediscovery.

Word to wise VARs: Brand yourselves!

Barb Darrow, Senior News Director — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:34:42 EST

Attendees of the Ingram Micro VTN Fall 2009 conference say the key to profit is promoting VAR brand and value above and beyond vendor affiliations.

Two inroads to cloud data backup services

George Crump, Contributor — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:22:19 EST

Beyond hosting your own cloud data backup services or helping customers implement it, there are two other good ways to get involved in cloud data backup services.

Data deduplication software trends; Hot, warm and cold disaster recovery site options

Staff, SearchStorageChannel.com — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:42:09 EDT

Headlines: Vendors are developing deduplication tools that key in on the latest trends: global dedupe and dedupe and tape; plus, learn about the pros and cons of three disaster recovery site options: hot, warm and cold sites.

How to diagnose and solve customers' storage performance problems

George Crump, Contributor — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:42:09 EDT

While it may seem counterintuitive in a difficult economy, many customers are willing to spend money to solve storage performance problems. Find out how to diagnose and solve those problems with a combination of monitoring tools, SSD and automated storage tiering systems.

Storage certifications: Don't bother unless you're forced to

George Crump, Contributor — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:38:25 EDT

Find out why most storage vendor certification programs don't do much to actually train VARs and systems integrators to do the job they need to do: install and implement a vendor's products.