F5 Networks (recently on Business Tech Feed: F5 Networks - A Case of Applications and the Network) has partnered with Data Domain to deliver an intelligent data management solution. Data Domain are best known for their data deplucation systems, and are part of F5’s technology alliance program.
The joint solution targets the data-at-rest problem, by moving static and archive [...]

Two sets of server announcements today…
Rackable Systems has launched its latest 2U rack server, the C2005. The company is a long standing player in the server market, and has constantly pushed the envelope on server density - getting more and more into the data center. Unlike blade servers, these mount in the traditional horizontal way. They are [...]

This week saw Storage Expo at London’s Olympia. There was a broad range of exhibits and news. The usual suspects: data de-duplication, a fair collection of green stuff from the big folks (eg Dell and Cisco), various data security angles, and lots of ‘virtualization’ plays.
Net net? A few points to post on, once I’ve investigated a little more. Generally [...]

Sorry… Not cheaper books, just cheaper storage on-line. From 1st Nov Amazon is smacking their pricing on the head a little, according to the Amazon S3 blog. Using the power of ctrl+c, ctrl+v as my value add from there:

A 1U server, running 24×7, produces more emmisions than a Toyota Camry driving 15,000 miles per year. According to Cisco calculations. Regardless of the maths, most of the industry is getting pretty hot on the environmental issues with IT. Vendors and customers alike have been impacted by regulations like RoHS and WEE, which deal with the cradle and the grave impacts of kit, now the spotlight is on the power that gets used in between.