Web hosting company WebCentral is investing AU$1 million in new SAN, virtualisation and blade server technology to steel itself for exponential growth in data storage requirements.
Brocade Communications Systems announced on Tuesday that it plans to buy switch maker McData in a stock deal valued at US$713 million.
More than a half-dozen tech titans, including IBM, Cisco Systems and Network Appliance, announced on Tuesday the formation of an open-source group for developing a common platform to manage storage devices.
Former top executives of Brocade Communications Systems will face civil and criminal charges related to allegations of stock option backdating.
Compliance and administration headaches are forcing Asia-Pacific corporations to increasingly relocate remote information back to their data centres, leading storage vendors said.
As data volumes rise and storage systems become networked as a matter of course, it seems almost inevitable that the management tactics needed to control those systems will also become more complex. Yet that doesn't mean that IT managers are happy with that state of affairs.
Data storage equipment maker Brocade Communications Systems said it overstated earnings by as much as US$52 million.
Compliance and administration headaches are forcing Asia-Pacific corporations to increasingly relocate remote information back to their data centres, leading storage vendors said.
The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) has officially formed a base in Sydney to advance its cause in Australia and New Zealand.
IT professionals in Australia and New Zealand can look forward to globally-recognised qualifications aimed at validating their expertise in storage networking systems.
Cisco Systems has introduced two new switches in its storage area networking portfolio that are designed to make it easier for businesses to connect storage computers across long distances.
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