IBM seeds the clouds with XIV, Storwize, SONAS
Like other large storage vendors, IBM gets criticized for having too many storage platforms and for not making it clear which products are best for certain markets. But IBM is looking to clarify the...
View ArticleIBM brings out new midrange, enterprise storage arrays
IBM launched two new storage systems today. The Storwize V7000 is a brand new midrange array and the DS8800 is an upgrade from its DS8700 high-end enterprise SAN system. IBM will hold a live event and...
View ArticleIBM shares peek at shared-nothing cluster technology
IBM won the Supercomputing 2010 HPC Storage Challenge this week with a technology designed for signifcantly improvement performance of running analytics and queries for large data sets as well as cloud...
View ArticleIBM, STEC seek to make MLC solid state an enterprise play
IBM is bringing STEC multi-level cell (MLC) solid state drives into the enterprise, and the word from STEC is that others will follow soon. SSD supplier STEC today said IBM is using its ZeusIOPS MLC...
View ArticleAre you ready for SSD sprawl?
IBM is talking up the results of a recent survey Zogby International did on its behalf. There are some not-so-surprising results—most of the IT pros are concerned about data growth and are looking for...
View ArticleIBM selects ‘mature’ flash option, buys Texas Memory Systems
IBM’s acquisition of Texas Memory Systems (TMS) today means there is one less independent flash array vendor out there and one more established storage vendor with a concrete solid-state storage...
View ArticleSolid state requires storage re-design
IBM’s acquisition of Texas Memory Systems is the latest salvo in the battle of heavyweights as companies position themselves to offer primary storage based on solid-state technology. It’s important for...
View ArticleIBM delivers new enterprise array powered by Power7
IBM today upgraded its flagship storage system, the DS8870 high-end enterprise array. The big additions are the use of 16-core Power7 controllers and support for 1 TB of usable system cache, which IBM...
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Survey says budgets dipping but interest in flash storage rising
IT budgets are declining on average, and while planned storage spending is dipping, too, it accounts for 13.5% of the overall IT budget. That figure, based on survey data collected by 451 Research’s...
View ArticleIBM says it can put 220 terabytes in the palm of your hand
IBM is working on putting 220 terabytes of storage in a palm-sized tape cartridge. The company has developed breakthrough technology that shrinks the size of bits for magnetic tape and offers ability...
View ArticleIBM’s new Linear-Tape Open Ultrium 7 will hit the market later this month
IBM still hasn’t given up on tape. The company today announced its new 6TB IBM Linear Tape-Open Ultrium 7 (LTO-7) drive that performs at 300 MB per second and has double the capacity of the previous...
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Survey says budgets dipping but interest in flash storage rising
IT budgets are declining on average, and while planned storage spending is dipping, too, it accounts for 13.5% of the overall IT budget. That figure, based on survey data collected by 451 Research’s...
View ArticleIBM says it can put 220 terabytes in the palm of your hand
IBM is working on putting 220 terabytes of storage in a palm-sized tape cartridge. The company has developed breakthrough technology that shrinks the size of bits for magnetic tape and offers ability...
View ArticleIBM’s new Linear-Tape Open Ultrium 7 will hit the market later this month
IBM still hasn’t given up on tape. The company today announced its new 6TB IBM Linear Tape-Open Ultrium 7 (LTO-7) drive that performs at 300 MB per second and has double the capacity of the previous...
View ArticleIBM to package Nutanix HCI software on Power Systems
Nutanix is making its hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) software available on another server platform, this time with the server vendor’s full cooperation. Nutanix and IBM today disclosed an OEM...
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Survey says budgets dipping but interest in flash storage rising
IT budgets are declining on average, and while planned storage spending is dipping, too, it accounts for 13.5% of the overall IT budget. That figure, based on survey data collected by 451 Research’s...
View ArticleIBM says it can put 220 terabytes in the palm of your hand
IBM is working on putting 220 terabytes of storage in a palm-sized tape cartridge. The company has developed breakthrough technology that shrinks the size of bits for magnetic tape and offers ability...
View ArticleIBM’s new Linear-Tape Open Ultrium 7 will hit the market later this month
IBM still hasn’t given up on tape. The company today announced its new 6TB IBM Linear Tape-Open Ultrium 7 (LTO-7) drive that performs at 300 MB per second and has double the capacity of the previous...
View ArticleIBM to package Nutanix HCI software on Power Systems
Nutanix is making its hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) software available on another server platform, this time with the server vendor’s full cooperation. Nutanix and IBM today disclosed an OEM...
View ArticleZerto replication backs IBM Resiliency Orchestration
IBM has enlisted Zerto as the muscle behind physical and virtual data protection. The Zerto replication engine is powering IBM’s Resiliency Orchestration disaster recovery as a service. IBM’s...
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