Stories by: Sharon Fisher

Network Appliance announced Monday a new storage array model that is intended to compete more directly with the higher end of EMC's midrange arrays.

EMC announced at Storage Networking World this week that it is acquiring data backup and deduplication software vendor Avamar Technologies and is looking to help customers cut their use of tape backup.

Users frustrated by EMC's somewhat disjointed sales and service process may get relief in a new project aimed at streamlining more than a score of businesses the storage giant has acquired in recent years.

IBM and Microsoft have agreed to jointly market an email archiving package for pure Windows installations.

Network Appliance Inc. announced Tuesday three new models of its virtual tape library (VTL) products that offer improved performance through hardware-based data compression.

Companies running virtual servers will soon find them easier to back up as the list of software vendors supporting VMware grows, but the cost to backup could vary significantly depending on whether vendors charge a fee based on virtual or physical servers.

Emulex and Intel will announce Wednesday a family of processors that includes support for multiple storage protocols in one device, which could result in less expensive, more flexible storage devices by the first half of next year.

IBM said last week that it is adding encryption as a standard feature on its enterprise-class tape storage drives.

Tape storage systems maker Exabyte announced Wednesday that it is being purchased by professional storage vendor Tandberg Data for approximately US$28 million.

Riverbed Technology Monday announced a new version of software for its WAN optimization devices. The Riverbed Optimization System, or RiOS software, which entered Version 3.0 Monday, makes it easier for network administrators to get quality-of-service (QOS) data about their networks.