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Photos: Computer fashions (it was acceptable in the 80s)

While trawling through the dustier recesses of the Computer Weekly archive, some stock shots of technology from the 1980s came to light, demonstrating just how much data processing - to say nothing of haircuts, fashion and gender relations - has changed over just two decades. Continue Reading

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• Computer Weekly Staff

Apollo 11: The story of the moon landing in video

Television was limited at the time of the launch but these original videos show J F Kennedy announcing his intentions through to the successful press conference. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Photos: The story of Apollo 11

As the anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing approaches, we look at how the story unfolded and what the key moments were. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Apollo 11: Computer Weekly July 24 1969 edition

What was happening in the IT world in July 1969 when Apollo 11 achieved its goal of putting a man on the moon? Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Guess that Apollo 11 kit: Are you a lunar-tic quiz!

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, we have put together a quiz to test your lunar knowledge. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Photos: How to upgrade your hard disk

Installing a new hard disk drive is quite sraightforward, as long as you follow a few simple steps. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Photos: HP Mini 5101

HP has introduced the Mini 5101, the company’s latest netbook, which now sports a 10.1 inch screen. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Photos: Nokia N97 launch party

Nokia ran an official launch event for its much anticipated N97 smartphone at the Getty Image Gallery in London. Computer Weekly presents the highlights. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Gadgets for Fathers Day

Technology has mede buying gifts for dads on Farthers' day easy. Choose from this list of geek toys for boys. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Photos: Samsung Jet flies in

Samsung Electronics has launched a mobile phone that it hopes will compete with the iPhone. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Photos: Nokia's E72, 5530 XpressMusic and 3710 fold

Nokia have unveiled three new phones in the E72, 5530 XpressMusic and 3710 fold. We take a closer look. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Photos: Ferrari Monza changes shape at high speed

Designer Iman Maghsoudi has come up with an out-of-this-world concept for a futuristic Ferrari Monza. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Photos: First look at what makes the iPhone 3G S tick

We've all heard about the iPhone 3G S, but what is different and why should we spend our hard earned money on it? We find out. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

New iPhone features?

Rumours are flying all over the place about what the new iPhone will feature. This is a detailed analysis of those rumours to seperate the fact from the fiction. Continue Reading

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• Rebecca Thomson, Computer Weekly

Photos: Nokia N97

See photos of the new Nokia N97 that will be launched in June. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Photos: Mobile phone watches of the future

Watches of the future will link to your mobile via bluetooth and will have all the features current mobiles have now. Here are some available now that can do all this and so much more. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Photos: Digital Summer gadget show 2009

Last week we got to go to the Digital Summer gadget show 2009. Here are some of the best gadgets that were on show. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Photo story: National Museum of Computing opens PC exhibition

The National Museum of Computing opens a special gallery devoted to personal computing at Bletchley Park today (7 May). Continue Reading

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• Ian Grant

Photos: Wacky gadgets from The Gadget Show Live 2009

Missed out on this year's Gadget Show Live? Well, you can relive the experience with our pick of the strangest gadgets on show. Continue Reading

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• Eric Doyle

Photos: Star Trek weapons and gadgets - Engage!

With the new Star trek film released, we look at the gadgets and weapons that have captured the imagination for generations. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Photos: X-Men top ten Gadgets and Weapons

With Wolverine set to hit the cinemas in the next couple of weeks, we've decided to take a look at what weapons and gadgets have hit the big screen so far in the X-Men universe. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Photos: Google Street View car in police drama

This is a full picture story about how a Google Street View car was chased by the police and pulled over for going through a restricted road. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Photos: How to upgrade your old PC to run Windows Vista and Windows 7

Cliff Saran provides a step-by-step guide to updating an ancient Pentium 4 3.2 GHz XP-based machine with 2 GBytes of memory to an AMD Phenom Quad Core PC with 4 Gbytes of memory running Windows Vista. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Competition: Send us your mobile working snaps!

Enter our photo competition and win a Sony Cybershot camera. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Photos: Tesco use Microsoft Surface in the workplace

Computerweekly was invited to have a look at how Microsoft Suface will work in Tesco. Some very impressive stuff. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Photos: Top Ten Gadgets from CeBIT 2009

Gadgets galore at CeBIT this year, here's our top ten. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Photos: The best of CeBIT 2009

Highlights of CeBIT 2009. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Photos: MoD - War, weapons and gadgets

The Ministry of Defence has released pictures of new technology it is developing, or hopes to develop. Continue Reading

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• Rebecca Thomson, Computer Weekly

Photos: Techfest 2009 - A glimpse into the future

Microsoft researchers from around the world have gathered at company headquarters in Redmond, Washington for TechFest 2009 to show off some of the projects they are working on. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Photos: Windows Mobile Phone unveiled at MWC

Yesterday at the Mobile World Congress, Steve Ballmer unveiled the new Windows Mobile Phone operating system. Here are some pictures. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Photos: GSMA Mobile World Congress first smartphones unveiled

The GSMA Mobile World Congress 2009 in Barcelona has kicked off with a bang as all the major mobile phone retailers (Sony, Nokia, Samsung and LG) have unveiled their latest smartphones to compete with the iPhone. Here are some pictures of the phones on show so far. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Free mobile computing connectivity with broadband subscription

In a move that is designed to extend the flexibility and adaptability of firms, especially small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs), BT has launched a broadband package that also provides a free public Wi-Fi hotspot. Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

Photos: The evolution of the PC

Computer Weekly celebrates the birthday of one of Britain’s greatest sons, Charles Darwin, with our version of the evolution of the PC Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Photos: Renault F1 unveil improved aerodynamics using data centre

Formula 1 team ING Renault F1 has updated its data centre to improve the complex aerodynamic modelling needed to create a winning F1 car for the new season that starts on March 29 in Austrailia. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Photos: Sony's sleek and stylish Vaio TT laptop

Doing business on the move has in the past been an excruciating and frustrating experience, but the new Sony Vaio TT is breaking the boundaries of mobile working with it's sleek design, long battery life and light weight. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Photos: Watchmen gadgets and weapons

Can't wait for The Watchmen movie? Neither can we. So we've put together some photos and information to whet your appetite. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Added critical data protection for SMBs

New technology aiming to solve small and medium size businesses’ perennial problems with protecting business critical data Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

Photos: 3000 year old mummy seen using hi-tech scanner

Scientists have used an advanced scanner to get never-before-seen images of a 3000-year-old mummy. Staff at the University of Chicago combined X-rays with advanced computer processing technology to create the images. Continue Reading

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• Rebecca Thomson, Computer Weekly

Photos: LG unveils KM900 Arena

LG unveiled it's flagship smartphone which will officially be unveiled at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Photos: 25 years of the Apple Mac

It has been 25 years since Apple launched the Mac, with its groundbreaking $1.5m Superbowl ad. It has been through its dark year, and is now looking at a bright future. But how did it get here and where is it going next? Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

FC SAN vs. iSCSI SAN Part 1: Reliability and performance

Still undecided when it comes to the Fibre Channel/iSCSI SAN debate? The first part in our guide explains how the two differ in reliability and performance. Continue Reading

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• Brian Peterson, Forsythe

Photos: Sony Vaio P-Series

Sony's Vaio P-Series boasts a clear eight inch screen, weighing 638g XrossMedia Bar (XMB) similar to the PS3 and PSP, 3G and WiFi. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Photos: Palm Pre first look

The Palm Pre looks like it will take Palm back to it's PDA heritage. The big questions are: Will it compete with the iPhone and will it save Palm? Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Photos: 10 years of Apple gadgets at Macworld

This year will be the last time Apple attends Macworld. So, the qustion on everyone's lips is what do they have up their sleeve? We look back at the best of the last ten years. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Mobile broadband demand props up crunched WiMAX

Research predicts global recession to cause enterprises to postpone WiMAX adoption but mobile will lead recovery Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

Photos: Offloading your unwanted gifts on eBay

Aunty Maureen got you what she thought was the latest thing in computing, sadly that USB hub she got is a bit passé for your discerning geeky tastes. So what do you do with it? Continue Reading

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• Heidi Foster

Photos: Renault F1 unveils new supercomputer to boost its 2009 championship hopes

Renault's Formula One team have built a new supercomputer, which it believes will help the constructor get back to poll position on the grid. Continue Reading

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• Eric Doyle

Photos: Chic geek gifts for the home and office

Check out our selection of chic geek gifts for the home and office this Christmas - stylish tech-themed presents for the IT professional. Continue Reading

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• Rebecca Froley

Photos: Celebrating the mother of all demos

It was described by as the mother of all demos. On December 9th 1968 Doug Engelbart and a group of researchers from the Augmented Human Intellect (AHI) Research Center at Stanford Research Institute gave a public demonstration of how they saw IT would change the way people work. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Photos: Nokia N97

See our Nokia N97 photo gallery. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Photos: Top ten paid iPhone apps

Apple has announced the top ten paid iphone apps. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Photos: The Retrieva dog collar tracker

According to the Missing Pets Bureau, nearly 2,500 dogs were lost or stolen every week in 2007. The Retrieva collar will help combat this through its instant tracking and alert system linked directly to your mobile phone. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Photos: Logitech notches up one billion mouse sales

The humble computer mouse celebrates its 40th birthday next week on 9 December. It was first invented and demonstrated by Douglas Engelbart and his group of researchers at Stanford University in 1968. Continue Reading

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• James Garner

Photos: Top ten cheap geek gifts for Christmas

Have a Secret Santa but don't know what to get them? Or maybe the credit crunch / recession has taken it 's toll. Either way, have a look at our cheap gifts and gadgets for Christmas. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Photos: Top 10 must have gadgets for IT pros this Christmas

Wondering what gadgets to buy for Christmas? Computer Weekly has teamed up with Firebox to give you the ten best IT gadgets money can buy. Continue Reading

Photos: iPhone 2.2 update – Street view mapping

First shots of the iPhone 2.2 update and street view mapping. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Photos: Nvidia unveils 10,000 dollar supercomputer

Nvidia has unveiled a $10,000 personal supercomputer based on its Tesla, multi-core graphics processing unit. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Photos: Time travelling Google Earth Rome pictures

The Google Earth mapping service is allowing users to relive the splendour of ancient Rome. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Photos: My Retro Consoles

Have a look at my retro console collection. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Photos: Stuff Live Gadget Show

The Stuff Live Gadget Show Excel London 2008, 31 October to the 2 November. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Photos: Top 15 James Bond gadgets

Computer Weekly picks its top 15 James Bond gadgets to celebrate the release of The Quantum of Solace. Continue Reading

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• Eric Doyle

Microsoft and Novell expand Windows/Linux integration deal

Microsoft and Novell are extending their interoperability agreement to tie Windows closer to Novell's SUSE Linux in the enterprise. Continue Reading

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• Antony Savvas

Facing up to security perils of outbound traffic

What about the threat from within and, more specifically, the security issues that arise from outbound traffic risks? Continue Reading

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• Steve Gold

intel part 2

This is a replacement for the existing Intel story by JP with the same intro.

Intel unveils predictions for next gen of processors - by John-Paul Kamath

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• John-Paul Kamath

Norwich Union signs £300m deal with Cable & Wireless

Aviva Insurance Group, which owns Norwich Union, has signed a six-year IT outsourcing contract worth £300m with Cable & Wireless.

The company will...

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• John-Paul Kamath

Career management: How to get headhunted

Following my interview with Microsoft COO Kevin Turner about how IT staff can reach the top and earn more, we've had a couple of e-mails on how to get headhunted. If there is a single watchword for ... Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

EDITORIAL: It's time for a Net Neutrality debate

Australia should sort out its position on Net Neutrality before the National Broadband Network is built, not afterwards, writes TechTarget ANZ Editor Simon Sharwood. Continue Reading

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• Simon Sharwood

Integrating San and Nas

Sas and Nas systems are very different types of storage, with different features that serve different business needs. Here are eight best practices for integrating San and Nas. Continue Reading

Users leaving Fibre Channel for iSCSI Sans find pros, cons

Users who recently updated aging Fibre Channel equipment with new iSCSI San products have found ease of use can be a double-edged sword. Continue Reading

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• Beth Pariseau, Senior News Writer

Adaptec reports losses

Adaptec's revenue was down year over year, as well as sequentially; DataDirect says the InfiniBand business is booming. Continue Reading

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• SearchStorage.com Staff

ISCSI storage gets performance makeover

Suppliers, including Ibrix, Mellanox, Alacritech and EqualLogic, are offering juiced-up new iSCSI configurations, while 3PAR, CipherMax and NeoScale boost data security products. Continue Reading

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• SearchStorage.com Staff

NPfIT went ahead after prime minister had 10-minute briefing

A former Whitehall official has revealed that he and his colleagues were given 10 minutes to make the case to the prime minister over what became the world's biggest civil IT-based modernisation programme. Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

EMC's Tucci vows to keep up with new features

EMC CEO says storage giant is widening its technology net to match innovations of smaller competitors. Continue Reading

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• Dave Raffo

NetApp releases $3K iSCSI SAN

NetApp pushes further down-market with the release of the S300, the latest SMB iSCSI SAN in its StoreVault line. Continue Reading

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• Beth Pariseau, Senior News Writer

Product Roundup: ISCSI

Here's a look at some of the vendors and products that make up the iSCSI market. Continue Reading

Tackling the backup and recovery challenges of tomorrow

Your data backup and data recovery challenges never stop changing. In this videocast, an EMC executive and a storage analyst discuss the new approaches you'll need to solve tomorrow's backup and recovery challenges. Continue Reading

Fibre Channel over Ethernet takes its next step

At Storage Networking World, QLogic, NetApp and startup Nuova demo Fibre Channel over Ethernet, but the race to 10 Gigabit Ethernet is far from over. Continue Reading

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• Dave Raffo

Data storage hardware quiz

Storage hardware, also known as primary storage, is a critical aspect in running your storage shop. How does your knowledge of storage hardware stack up? Take our quick quiz and find out today! Continue Reading

SNW Preview: Data protection makes a stand

Led by EMC's integration of data deduplication and CDP into its backup software, data protection products are prominent at Storage Networking World. Continue Reading

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• Dave Raffo, News Director; Beth Pariseau, News Writer

LSI moves to iSCSI arrays

All of LSI's products will support iSCSI connectivity, but its higher end arrays will have to wait for native support. Continue Reading

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• Beth Pariseau, Senior News Writer

Checklist for purchasing hardware-based encryption

Encryption appliances sit inline on a network and use specially designed electronics to encrypt data at line speeds, essentially eliminating the performance penalty imposed by encryption software running on a general server. While software-based encryption is typically handled as a specific event or process (e.g., encrypting data during a backup process), appliance-based encryption normally can handle any quantity of data in flight. Continue Reading

Switch upgrades and replacements

In this chapter of our guide to SAN expansion best practices, you'll learn about the physical limitations of switches, how to architect the switching infrastructure and how to find opportunities to deploy ISCSI. Continue Reading

Dot Hill plots iSCSI, RAID 6 and midrange SANs

Money-losing vendor chases new OEM business with plans for IP SANS, better data protection and new midrange system. Continue Reading

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• Dave Raffo

San availability and reliability

This chapter outlines some of the techniques and tactics used to achieve high availability and redundancy in a San (FC or iSCSI). These can include port aggregation, trunking, and failover. Continue Reading

Storage Basics Part 1: What is Fibre Channel?

In the first part of a four-day feature, we explain basic storage technologies. Today: Fibre Channel. Continue Reading

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• Stephen J. Bigelow, Senior Technology Editor

Storage session downloads: infrastructure track

This track looks at San and Nas issues, virtualization, distance demands, remote offices and how to build out systems. Continue Reading

NetApp, HDS tout scaled-down disk arrays

New offerings are meant to take advantage of storage growth in the midmarket, but experts say the products will still probably appeal most to existing high-end users. Continue Reading

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• Beth Pariseau, Senior News Writer

Virtual appliance lets users convert DAS to iSCSI San

LeftHand Networks has released an edition of its SaniQ iSCSI San software that will convert locally attached disc to networked storage. Continue Reading

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• Beth Pariseau, Senior News Writer

Learn all about SATA

This handbook offers three related SATA tips which compare SATA to SAS and SCSI and provides advice on striking the right balance between them. Continue Reading

IDC: High-end storage stalls in second quarter

IDC reports a lull in high-end enterprise spending in its quarterly disk tracker, with new growth lower in the market; Seagate plans encrypted 1 TB disk drive for PCs. Continue Reading

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• SearchStorage.com Staff

What is considered best practices in terms of backup vaulting (offsite storage) frequency?

As a consultant, this is something that I run into frequently. There seems to be a belief that if you're a smaller shop or smaller business: You don't have a lot of data, and you don't need to send your data offsite very often. A lot of times, the decision to send tapes offsite is dictated, unfortunately, by the growing capacity of tape media. If you're backing up 100 gigabytes a week, it becomes embarrassing to a lot of folks to send that tape cartridge offsite because it's not full. Continue Reading

IBM back in iSCSI SAN fray

IBM is looking to take on HP's MSA and EMC's AX150, as well as EqualLogic and LeftHand, with a new iSCSI SAN product OEMed from LSI. Continue Reading

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• Beth Pariseau, Senior News Writer

Nokia Intellisync boosts device management

Nokia Intellisync has released updates to its Mobile Suite to enhance remote device support, loss and theft protection, and management capabilities. Continue Reading

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• Andrew R. Hickey, News Editor

3PAR, EqualLogic file for IPOs

The emerging storage companies file S-1 forms with the SEC, though some experts warn they could be headed for a volatile market. Continue Reading

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• Beth Pariseau, Senior News Writer

Firewall deployment options increase for enterprises

With a growing number firewall configuration options, companies need to spend more time and put more effort into determining how to design and deploy firewalls. Continue Reading

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• Paul Korzeniowski

Apple iPhone to provoke complex mobile attacks, expert warns

Mikko Hypponen, director of antivirus research at F-Secure, said he expects mobile malware attacks to escalate thanks to interest in Apple's iPhone. Continue Reading

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• Bill Brenner

EMC cashes in with VMware IPO

EMC officially spins off part of its server virtualization subsidiary to the tune of $1.1B. Analysts are hoping the windfall will lead to deeper storage partnerships. Continue Reading

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• Beth Pariseau, Senior News Writer

Buying Guide for NAS management software

Learn the key evaluation factors for purchasing NAS management software in this Buying Guide. Continue Reading

NAS appliance purchase considerations

NAS appliances are frequently touted for bringing convenience and simplicity to network storage. Appliances include their own dedicated disks for storage and RAID, and most NAS appliances can be upgraded with more or larger disks for additional storage space. However, NAS appliances do pose some disadvantages. Consequently, the choice of NAS appliance requires careful evaluation. Now that you've reviewed the essential issues involved in any NAS product, this guide focuses on specific considerations for dedicated NAS appliances. You'll also find a series of specifications to help make on-the-spot product comparisons between vendors. Continue Reading

NAS appliance specifications

NAS appliances are noted for their convenience, offering dedicated internal storage that is relatively straightforward to identify and manage. The biggest issue for NAS appliances is avoiding network bottlenecks and supporting expansion without having to proliferate additional appliances across the network. The product snapshots in this chapter highlight key specifications for a cross section of major NAS appliance products. Continue Reading