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Symantec announces new NetBackup and BackupExec

Symantec announced new versions of its flagship backup applications for SMBs and the enterprise adding more support for virtual machines, a cloud storage offering and integration of snapshot and backup management.
Quantum launches enterprise data deduplication

Quantum today announced a deduplication appliance for enterprise class data centres that it says is faster than EMC's Data Domain box for disk-to-disk backup.
EMC launches midrange deduplication array

EMC announced a new midrange deduplication array that scales to 76TB of raw data capacity, as well as a new deduplication engine for its disk library for mainframes and a new disk library series.
Iomega unveils new StorCenter ix12-300 for small business

EMC's Iomega unveiled a rack-mountable storage array, the StorCenter ix12-300r, aimed at small to mid-sized businesses with a starting price of $5,000 for 4TB of capacity.
Quantum ships backup module for virtual servers

With virtualisation being increasingly rolled out across many data centres and server rooms, Quantum has this week begun shipping a module that will allow for the backup and restoration of VMware ESX virtual servers on its DXi-Series of disk backup systems.
NetApp to acquire dedupe specialist

Storage vendor NetApp is to acquire Data Domain, a maker of disk-based backup products.
Quantum enhances Vision's de-dupe capabilities

Quantum has rebranded its storage management software, and at the same boosted its de-duplication capabilities, the company has announced. It has also added a low-end 9TB version of its DXi7500 enterprise disk backup device.
DataCore virtualises NAS & SAN storage

DataCore Software has celebrated its ten-year anniversary by announcing a number of new storage virtualisation offerings ready to run on VMware virtual machines.
CentricStor combines disk and tape backup

Fujitsu Siemens Computers (FSC) has overhauled its CentricStor virtual tape appliance and now offers backup to either disk or tape with the product. It is the only product to combine automated tape and disk backup in one offering.
Asigra introduces agentless VM backup

Televaulting supplier Asigra has a new way of backing up virtual servers without the need for agent software on each server. Entire sets of virtual machines - individual ones, or files - can be restored.

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Time to stop treating removable disks like tape drives

Disks do more - they blend archiving, online backup and CDP, argues Tandberg Data, as it gives Backup Exec the push from its RDX line in favour of Yosemite's Filekeeper.
Exanet CEO Rami Schwartz answers questions

Exanet CEO Rami Schwartz answers questions about de-duplicaton, encryption, unified storage, what VMware's rise means for storage, Exanet and Sun, Acopia, Ibrix and Isilon, and green issues. Good answers too.
Sun tape library market share loss report wrong

Sun did NOT lose tape automation market share in 2006. IDC data directly counters Freeman Reports data.
When and why you should roll out 10Gbit Ethernet

Ten gig Ethernet may well change storage networking comprehensively - when it becomes commoditised
Overland: Another question mark over its future

Overland's third quarter looks set to replicate the year-ago Q3; revenue $10 million down and a repeated loss. What can the firm do?
Yosemite offers continuous data protection

Yosemite Technologies to offer continuous data protection and a single-instance filestore.
A sixth major version of DataCore's SANsymphony coming

The sixth major release of SANsymphony is being prepared and it looks a terrific product.
Quantum moving beyond tape

Quantum is focused on backup, recovery and archive (BRA) but hasn?t got all the pieces it needs to cover this broader-than-backup market yet
Sony sticks to its AIT knitting

Sony still sees a good market for AIT and questions whether disk-to-disk backup actually delivers shorter backup windows.
Super NAS for home users

Microsoft to deliver NAS for the home with automatic backup and a virtualised logical pool of storage.

How-tos

Case Study: Giant steps are what you take

Case Study: Five MAIDs on the spine

Case Study: NHS gets a 91 percent de-dupe ratio

Case Study: Liverpool football club rules tape offside

Case Study: D2D backup for Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets

Case Study: Baptist Memorial Health Care

Case Study: Xserve it right

Case Study: WHSmith builds 3-tier ILM all-EMC set-up

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Featured White Papers

Deploying HP StorageWorks D2D Backup Systems

WAA needed to replace the outdated backup facilities at two sites to safeguard mission-critical data and simplify the management of their backup process. They took the approach of reviewing the market for a modern tape backup system, decided that their current solution was not cost-effective and approach Softcat, an HP Gold Preferred Partner, for advice.
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Speed up backup and recovery with D2D technologies

This ESG Lab Validation Report examines HP?s family of backup and recovery solutions.
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How to improve disaster recovery for the enterprise

Examining the business and technology trends that complicate and increase the cost of enterprise-wide DR planning and the proven benefits of disk-to-disk backup and replication technologies.
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Data de-duplication and disk-to-disk backup systems

Minimise the disk and/or the bandwidth capacities required to store and move data used for protection purposes.
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Disk based data protection with NetVault: Backup and Data Domain

Disk to disk backup provides enhanced performance and reliability, and when used in conjunction with tape-based backup, provides a comprehensive data protection capability.
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