E-discovery law a boon for lawyers; Beware of hackers targeting storage systems

Storage News Alert This newsletter is sponsored by Microsoft Make your Linux server talk with a Windows Server! Microsoft is committed to empowering you to build Windows-interoperable software and appliances. As part of this effort, we created a diverse portfolio of intellectual property and documentation around our Windows server protocols that is available for licensing. Server to server protocols - Microsoft Work Group Server Protocol Program ( WSPP) and Server to the client protocols - Microsoft Communication Protocol Program (MCPP). Sign up for an evaluation today! Network World's Storage News Alert, 10/22/07 E-discovery law a boon for lawyers, 10/19/07: New regulations governing the storage and management of electronic data that might be needed in federal court actions has an increasing number of organization turning to outside counsel for help, according to a new study. Backing up clogs enterprise systems, 10/17/07: Backup volumes in many organizations have grown so large they are causing business disruption by tying up systems, storage, and network capacity and hogging valuable IT resources, according to a recent survey commissioned by storage management software vendor BridgeHead Software. Microsoft starts shipping updated backup software, 10/17/07: Microsoft Wednesday announced at the Storage Networking World conference that it has started shipping its System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 software. Storage Trends Explained Learn how IT shops can optimize their current storage systems with new tools and practices in this informative Webcast, Storage Trends and Options. Listen to industry experts explain the latest developments and address the hype surrounding future storage platforms. Click here for more information. Beware of hackers targeting storage systems, 10/16/07: Corporate storage systems and networks are an attractive target for hackers looking to steal sensitive data or launch computer attacks, Alan Lustiger, security architect at TD Ameritrade, told an audience at Computerworld's Storage Networking World user conference in Dallas Monday. Vendors at Storage Networking World show off new wares, 10/18/07: Storage Networking World in Dallas this week is the playground for a bunch of new storage gear and appliances from the likes of EMC, Hitachi, Copan Systems, IBRIX and Mellanox. Fibre Channel over Ethernet demonstrated, 10/18/07: I don't often write about storage networks, but they are becoming an increasingly large part of enterprise networking, a critical piece of your network architecture. Plus, now Ethernet (the technology underneath so much of the networked world) is becoming more prevalent in storage networks as well.

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