Deciding to outsource

All the week's storage news and analysis, 10/24/05
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Network World's Storage News Alert

Deciding to outsource, 10/24/05

IT executives tell how they've made their choices.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstoragealert9420>

IT complexity and outsourcing options, 10/24/05

Binod Taterway, founding partner at outsourcing firm Blue
Canopy, identifies four levels of complexity inherent in any IT
organization. Here he explains them and tells why outsourcing
becomes a less practical option as complexity increases.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstoragealert9421>

Test: Storage options abound in SMB-based NAS market, 10/24/05

Options abound in the SMB-based market for network-attached
storage.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstoragealert9422>

Best-of-breed tools for the next-generation data center,
10/24/05

A research analyst identifies the best tools for the
next-generation data center.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstoragealert9423>

EMC enters continuous data protection fray, 10/24/05

RecoverPoint differs from some other products on the market
because it can be used to back up both file and database data to
disk. Other products, such as Symantec's Backup Exec 10d for
Windows Servers and LiveState Recovery 6.0, IBM's Tivoli Data
Protec
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstoragealert9424>

Analysis: Where EMC is and where it's going, 10/24/05

My recent meeting with several EMC managers resulted in some
intriguing information.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstoragealert9425>

CA buys e-mail archiving software, 10/24/05

Computer Associates has made public its acquisition of an e-mail
archiving software vendor whose technology CA says will help
round out its BrightStor storage management suite.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstoragealert9426>

EMC to buy document capture vendor Captiva, 10/20/05

EMC agreed Thursday to acquire Captiva Software, a maker of
software for digitally capturing documents, for about $275
million.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstoragealert9427>

Newsletter: EMC: Where it is and where it's going, Part 2,
10/20/05

Today, more on EMC. First, a non-surprise: Expect EMC to
continue to build out its core product lines, particularly the
Symmetrix DMX and several Clariion ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstoragealert9428>

EMC posts double-digit growth in Q3, 10/19/05

EMC Wednesday reported double-digit growth for the ninth
consecutive quarter. But the storage vendor also said sales of
its midrange Clariion array cooled somewhat, as did sales of its
high-end Symmetrix hardware -- mainly due to cautious customer
...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstoragealert9429>

Newsletter: EMC: Where it is and where it's going, Part 1,
10/18/05

My meeting last week with several managers at EMC resulted in
some interesting information. In the next three newsletters,
I'll share some of what I heard ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstoragealert9430>

The top 5: Today's most-read stories

1. School traps infected PCs in its web
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstoragealert9431>
2. Cartoon of the Week
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstoragealert9432>
3. Cisco bets a billion dollars on India
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstoragealert9433>
4. Cisco finally brings security push to LAN
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstoragealert9434>
5. WiMAX just around the corner
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlstoragealert9435>

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Senior Editor Deni Connor covers storage for Network World.
Reach her at <mailto:dconnor@nww.com>.
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