Symantec makes major update to Enterprise
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26 Jan 2007 |
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Symantec makes major update to Enterprise
Vault
Symantec Corp. announced Version 7.0 of its Enterprise
Vault archiving tool, which can now archive instant messages as well
as email and files, due to new integration with software it bought
with IMlogic Inc. a year ago. The updated product also performs
automated data classification (but retains an option for end users
to do their own classification using a pop-up feature); contains
plugins with major records management software products, including
EMC's Documentum; adds support for Microsoft Exchange 2007, Windows
Desktop Search (WDS) and Rights Management Server; more reporting
features; and will now archive files from EMC's Celerra NAS boxes.
The product has also been integrated with Symantec's Information
Foundation 2007, a product from the security side of the house that
enforces policies on classified data from access-control rules to
retention and deletion. The two products will now work together, but
have yet to be brought under a single management console. Symantec
is also expected to announce a backup reporting product next week.
The company is still recovering
from falling short of Wall Street forecasts in the fourth quarter of
2006, which it said was due to poor storage software sales. The
company announced that in response, it will cut up to 5% of its
workforce to save $200 million in expenses.
EMC reports profits up
EMC Corp. announced this week
that its profits were more than doubled in the fourth quarter of
2006, as compared to the fourth quarter of 2005. In the final
quarter of 2006, EMC posted revenues of $3.21 billion, with $389
million in profit. In 2005, profit was $148 million on revenues of
$2.71 billion. Storage revenue grew 9% to $2.67 billion.
In contrast, Sun Microsystems Inc. also announced that its
storage sales were weak in the last quarter of 2006, falling 7% to
$626 million. The shortfall was attributed to continued fallout from
the StorageTek acquisition.
HP reorganizes storage group
Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP)
shook up its storage group this week, creating a new business unit
in its Enterprise Storage and Server (ESS) group that will focus
specifically on software. The ESS Software unit will incorporate
HP's Storage Essentials and Server Essentials software, HP Virtual
Server and new products coming in the automation area. However,
storage software integrated with the arrays, such as Business Copy
and Continuous Access, will remain in the storage hardware group.
Bob Schultz has been appointed senior vice president and general
manager of the unit, stepping down from his role running HP's
storage business. The company is actively looking for a replacement.
Brocade, McData merger expected to close Monday
Brocade
Communications Systems Inc. announced that the Federal Trade
Commission (FTC) has closed its antitrust review of Brocade
Communications Systems Inc.'s pending acquisition of McData Corp.
and that shareholders have voted to approve the $713 million deal.
The acquisition is expected to officially close Monday -- almost a
full month behind schedule due to extra scrutiny from the FTC.
SNIA: SMI-S ISO certified
The Storage Networking
Industry Association (SNIA) today announced that its Storage
Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) has been designated an
International Standard by the International Organization for
Standardization (ISO) and International Electrotechnical Commission
(IEC). SNIA also said that Version 1.1 of the specification is in a
secondary stage of review by the American National Standards
Institute (ANSI) and should become available this year in the U.S.
Version 1.1 adds support for NAS and iSCSI storage systems; Version
1.2, which divides the 1,000-page specification into condensed
manuals for specific functions, like data migration between tiers of
storage, is expected to follow closely behind version 1.1.
HDS boosts performance in midrange storage
system
Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) announced a chip upgrade in
its midrange storage system, the Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage
model AMS1000, which it claims boosts the system's performance by
20%. Aside from the addition of what the company terms "new
multiprocessing technologies" to the AMS1000, the system also adds 4
Gbps Fibre Channel, support for RAID-6, multiprotocol support for
iSCSI, NAS and Fibre Channel and the ability to intermix Fibre
Channel and SATA drives.
CA updates SRM tool
CA Inc. announced BrightStor
Storage Resource Manager (SRM) r11.6, which expands its centralized
management, automated monitoring and reporting interfaces, and adds
new support for IBM Lotus Domino and DB2 UDB systems.
WebEx virtualizes with Acopia
Acopia Networks Inc.
announced that Web-based collaboration company WebEx Communications
Inc. has deployed Acopia ARX file virtualization systems to support
tiered storage. The ARX systems are being used by WebEx to move less
active data from Tier-1 storage to a less expensive Tier-2 platform.
Japanese ISP deploys Brocade fabric
Brocade announced
that Nifty Corp., one of Japan's Internet services providers (ISP),
has expanded its use of Brocade to include directors, as well as
switches and multiprotocol routers, in its SAN environment. Prior to
this project, Nifty had been a Brocade customer for more than three
years.
Adaptec scales up with Snap Server
Adaptec Inc.
announced its latest Snap Server model, the 650, which is aimed at a
higher end user than previous Adaptec NAS boxes. The 650 scales from
a base capacity of 1.2 terabytes (TB) with SAS drives to a maximum
of 64.2 TB and comes with a software package that includes
antivirus, backup and recovery, and data replication. Built on the
AMD Opteron architecture, the Snap Server 650 also includes
available memory that is scalable from 2 GB to 4 GB. Pricing for the
Snap Server 650 (1.2 TB SAS) starts at $15,695. Expansion for the
Snap Server 650 is available through the SANbloc S50 JBOD, which
starts at $4,431.
AXS-One announces integration with IBM DR550
AXS-One
Inc. announced that the AXS-One Compliance Platform archiving and
electronic records management software will support the IBM System
Storage DR550 and IBM System Storage DR550 Express. The two
companies worked together on the integration and launched the
combined product, meant as an archiving platform for IBM's Lotus
Notes email system, at Lotusphere 2007, held in Orlando, Fla., this
week.
Zetera, Double-Take partner
Zetera Corp. and
Double-Take Software Inc. announced a joint marketing alliance to
market remote replication products. The new partnership will enable
Double-Take Software channel partners and Zetera licensees using
Zetera's Z-SAN SoIP storage systems to offer Double-Take's disaster
recovery and high-availability software.
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