HP to acquire storage management vendor AppIQ

All the week's storage news and analysis, 09/19/05
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HP to acquire storage management vendor AppIQ, 09/19/05

HP Monday acquired AppIQ in a deal whose financial terms were
not disclosed. AppIQ is a manufacturer of storage resource
management software, which is OEM'ed by some of the largest
storage/systems vendors.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/091905-hp-appiq.html?nl>

Continuous data protection finds supporters, 09/19/05

Demand for continuous data protection is growing as more
businesses realize they not only need to back up the data on
their networks as changes are made but also be able to recover
that data quickly. Nearly every storage vendor has acknowledged
...
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/091905-cdp.html?nl>

Quantum, ADIC boost backups, 09/19/05

Quantum and ADIC announced separately last week products
designed to let customers use a mix of tape cartridges to
archive data and support information life-cycle management.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstoragealert7260>

Weblog: A real Dell adventure, 09/19/05

I made my annual pilgrimage to Dell last Friday here in my own
backyard, or as Dell would say "You're in OUR own backyard." But
that's Texas for you - a state where even though there is a lot
of venture funding, there aren't a lot of storage companies ...

<http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/storage/009992.html?nl>

Opinion: Portable drives for massive files, 09/19/05

It has been an exciting weekend, as our son had his first club
football game, a convincing win for his team (30 to 8) against
opponents who punched, pinched and played dirty. We took a lot
of photographs ... more than 400, to be precise. Now, how to ...

<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstoragealert7261>

Newsletter: Are you too small for most storage vendors?,
09/15/05

One of the first things many small children learn is that
sharing is a good thing. This makes for nicer people, happy
families and quieter siblings. Many ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstoragealert7262>

Seagate acquires Mirra for storage software, 09/15/05

Hard drive maker Seagate Technology has acquired Mirra, which
develops hardware and software that allows PC users to back up
their data and access it from any PC connected to the Internet,
Seagate announced Wednesday.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstoragealert7263>

ADIC enhances archiving software, 09/14/05

ADIC Wednesday announced that it has enhanced its data archiving
software to support mixed media, as well as the ability to
migrate data between them.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/091405-adic.html?nl>

Newsletter: Factors to consider when weighing iSCSI for storage,
09/13/05

ISCSI is a standard protocol for running block-level SCSI
commands over an IP network. Storage managers can use iSCSI as a
low-cost way of ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstoragealert7264>

Newsletter: Disaster recovery lessons, 09/13/05

In this newsletter last July, I wrote a series of articles on
disaster planning, during the course of which many of your
colleagues pitched in to share some very good ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstoragealert7265>

The top 5: Today's most-read stories

1. McAfee, Omniquad top anti-spyware test
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstoragealert6931>

2. Volunteers rebuild Gulf Coast communications with wireless
nets <http://www.networkworld.com/nlstoragealert7266>

3. Cell phone tossing contests catching attention abroad
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstoragealert7267>

4. Supermarket chain freezes Internet access
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstoragealert6887>

5. The rise of the IT architect
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstoragealert7268>

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FROM THE NETWORK CORE TO THE NETWORK EDGE

Traffic management becomes critical as your network
infrastructure expands to support different types of traffic and
users. Most traffic management solutions have serious
limitations: too expensive, difficult to use, and overly taxing
on bandwidth. However ProCurve Networking by HP addresses these
requirements, overcomes the limitations of other solutions, and
gives you valuable insight into LAN performance. Click here to
download HP's Traffic Management Whitepaper
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=115499
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