Network Storage

Isilon has announced the sixth generation of its OneFS scale-out storage operating system, and two new data management software applications, SmartPools and InsightIQ.

The Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative (VLSCI) has commissioned a SGI Altix XE1300 cluster for high performance computing (HPC) in its $A100 million (AUD) Parkville Precinct facility.

Oracle has announced its next-generation Sun Fire x86 Clustered Systems, including rackmount servers, blades and a 10 GbE cluster fabric.

StoreOnce is a new generation of data deduplication software from HP that can be deployed at multiple points in a converged infrastructure, reducing the number of times data has to be deduplicated. HP says this will enable more efficient management and control of data growth.

Lexar Media is launching flash-based, backup drives, the Lexar Echo SE and Lexar Echo ZE, designed to protect netbook and notebook computers.

Symantec has announced a set of four new security products designed to deal with network and email threats, data loss prevention and IT management.

NetApp has unveiled new storage solutions for SharePoint 2010, including NetApp SnapManager 6.0 due out in August 2010 to provide policy-based management of data.

The widespread uptake of self-encrypted drives and growth of virtual machines is delivering new challenges to digital evidence, according to Wave Systems Chief Scientist Robert Thibadeau, PhD.

Azaleos Corporation has announced the newest version of its remotely managed service for SharePoint Server, Azaleos Managed SharePoint 2010 Services.

Communications and storage chip maker PMC-Sierra has acquired Adaptec’s RAID storage product line for about $US34 million.

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