iPhone, BlackBerry Storm to Square Off in 2009 [December 23, 2008] New survey says Apple faces market challenge from Research in Motion's touchscreen smartphone. Who will emerge the victor?
Online Shoppers Have Fewer Last Minutes [December 22, 2008] With fewer days from Thanksgiving to Christmas, shortened holiday season sees total spending down from last year despite last-minute shopping surge.
A Year For Smarter Phones, Crowded Clouds [December 19, 2008] There was more than one sea change when it came to handsets, storage and wireless data speeds this year.
Vendors: Let's Make a Storage Deal [December 19, 2008] Storage remains a priority for end users, but in some cases budgets have been cut and vendors are more willing to deal.
Hitachi to Use Intel SSDs For High End Lines [December 15, 2008] Hitachi Data Systems will use solid state drives from a joint partnership between Intel and Hitachi Global Storage Technologies in its high-end storage arrays.
Small Firm, Big Goal: Protect Remote Data [December 12, 2008] Not wanting to compete against established data center names like EMC and Symantec, one storage upstart is looking to protect data in remote and branch offices.
Cisco Hit With Open Source Lawsuit [December 11, 2008] Cisco says it's disappointed by Free Software Foundation Law Suit alleging it broke the rules on open source usage.
Tips on Storage Architecture for E-Discovery [December 1, 2008] E-Discovery systems pose unique challenges for storage architects if they want to keep up with data growth, performance and backup and recovery demands.
Hitachi/Intel Push Solid State Drives Forward [December 2, 2008] The alliance will make SSD drives finally start to live up to their potential, instead of being treated like hard drives.
EMC Retools Backup for Virtualization, Dedupe [November 21, 2008] The company overhauled its backup products to better protect virtual server environments and to capitalize on the fast-growing market for data de-duplication.
Amazon Gets Into Content Delivery Network Biz [November 18, 2008] The e-commerce giant's cloud computing and storage customers now have a cheap way to push out data. But will it rival the giants in content delivery?
SSD's Next Home Could Be Enterprise Storage [November 12, 2008] Notebooks were a logical place for solid state drives, but desktops are not the next stop for the hard disk replacement technology.
Storage Startup Goes All Out With SSD [November 11, 2008] Flash-based storage is still pricier -- but that's not stopping Violin from serenading enterprises with its alternative to disk storage.
Sun Embarks on New Storage 'Road' [November 10, 2008] UPDATED: Company pushes out first open storage appliance on its Open Solaris platform, offering an inexpensive take on network storage.
EMC's Storage System for the Cloud [November 10, 2008] Previously known by the codenames "Maui" and "Hulk," EMC's Atmos global cloud storage offering is nothing if not ambitious.
Are We Ready for the Cloud? [November 7, 2008] Execs from Adobe, Microsoft, Salesforce and VMware discuss the impact of cloud computing.
Intel Sees Gold in Solid-State Storage [November 5, 2008] Solid-state drives have become a big priority at Intel -- enough to get Gordon Moore himself involved.
Storage Technology for Tough Times [November 3, 2008] With their ability to reduce storage needs, storage optimization technologies are gaining favor with end users.
Sun Pushes ZFS Deeper Into Solaris [October 31, 2008] Sun finally extends the file system with its Solaris 10 update -- giving new capabilities to system admins that had already been available elsewhere in the OS.