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10th May 2010 Archive

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  • Oracle soothes Sun StorageTek tape users

    Don't worry baby

    Oracle is giving a huggy-huggy message to StorageTek tape users, telling them not to worry because Oracle believes in tape. Oracle also knows that if it pisses off StorageTek tape users, mostly larger enterprises and mainframe shops, they will not be well disposed towards Larry's company and its products. Keep their tape …

    Enterprise 10 May 08:02

  • ParaScale brings direct access to the cloud

    Apps run on cloud storage nodes

    Cloud storage software provider ParaScale supports applications running directly on storage nodes - not accessing their data across the cloud. Isn't this contradictory? The idea is that a scale-out cloud file storage architecture is great for storing data, but not good if the applications that need the data are remote, which …

    Enterprise 10 May 09:28

  • No 15K 2.5-inch drives from Western Digital

    Velociraptors don't fly that fast

    Western Digital does not intend to bring out an enterprise 15,000rpm 2.5-inch disk drive despite arch rival Seagate having plans to do so. Seagate announced the introduction of a faster-than-10K small form factor (2.5-inch or SFF) drive last week. Stifel Niklaus analyst Aaron Rakers was told by Western Digital's CFO Tim Leyden …

    Enterprise 10 May 09:32

  • Xsigo scales down server I/O virtualizer

    Attack of the pod people

    The rack is becoming the new chassis for IT infrastructure, despite the best efforts of the major blade server providers to have their own blade enclosures (incompatible with others' tools and form factors) become the unit of control for a bunch of servers and their switches. Which is why upstart server I/O virtualizer Xsigo …

    Enterprise 10 May 10:23

  • EMC tempts storage buyers into its federation

    Gelsinger's ginormous gamble

    EMC is going to federate globally distributed storage arrays into a single system using VPLEX front-end virtualising boxes, and is presenting this as a big step towards private cloud computing. Pat Gelsinger, EMC's chief operating officer and recent high-level and high-profile recruit from Intel, said: "VPLEX is ground- …

    Enterprise 10 May 12:33

  • Managing storage: drivers and solutions

    Regcast Boom or bust?

    Our new webinar Managing storage: drivers and solutions is available on demand (reg req'd). We polled Reg readers to find out what is keeping you occupied in this area. Your top concern is the sheer volume of data you have to support. Tony Lock of Freeform Dynamics and Victoria Koepnick of BlueArc explore Reg reader concerns …

    Enterprise 10 May 13:26

  • Evaporating Adaptec sells RAID business

    PMC-Sierra gets it

    Adaptec is selling its RAID channel storage business to PMC-Sierra for $34m, but will keep its Aristos ASIC technology business as it looks for ways to invest its $400m cash pile. Activist investor Steel Partners gained control of Adaptec a few months ago and is now asset-stripping the business. Adaptec as a RAID adapter …

    Enterprise 10 May 17:44

  • BI benchmark outs HP Superdome 2 details

    Not shipping til October 20

    More details of HP's forthcoming Tukwila Itanium 9300 servers have come to light thanks to TPC-H data warehousing benchmark test results that HP has just published. When HP announced the first of its Itanium 9300 servers three weeks ago, the company's techies gave out some of the salient characteristics of the new blade- …

    Enterprise 10 May 18:31

  • Ubuntu Unity interface flashed for speed freaks

    Windows infiltration inside

    Canonical has unveiled a streamlined Ubuntu-Linux interface for those wanting almost instant web gratification. The Unity desktop targets netbooks and touch-screen devices, re-orientating the Linux distro's interface so that the dock runs down the left-hand-side of the screen, while offering a finger-friendly launch menu for …

    Software & Security 10 May 20:25

  • Cloud to drive a quarter of server sales

    Private parts, public hardware

    The cloudy infrastructure bandwagon is so crammed full of server makers and cloud hosting providers that no one can see where it is heading. And so the box counters at IDC grabbed the reins this morning and gave them a good firm yank. The market researchers have just put together a server cloud computing forecast, called the …

    Enterprise 10 May 22:01

  • Brocade notches up EMC Ethernet win

    FCoE here we come

    EMC aims to supply a converged network product set, featuring Ethernet products from Brocade and Cisco. As announced at EMC World, over the next several months EMC will introduce a full range of Brocade 10Gbit Ethernet switches and selected Cisco Nexus 10Gbit Ethernet switches through the EMC Select program. It will also offer …

    Enterprise 10 May 22:22

  • Code-execution bug found in Apple Safari

    Beware of pop-up Windows

    The latest version of Apple's Safari browser contains a critical bug that allows attackers to install malware on end user machines, security researchers have warned. The flaw in the way Safari handles parent windows can be exploited "to execute arbitrary code when a user visits a specially-crafted webpage and closes opened pop- …

    Software & Security 10 May 23:37

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