In his keynote speech, Jan Lindelow, CEO of Tivoli, said he believed that in the near future all businesses in the Global 2000 will be using SANs. In addition the company announced Tivoli Storage Manager 4.1, which includes a host of new features...
StorageTek has rolled out Fibre Channel (FC) tape libraries based on its Aegis architecture. It also uses what StorageTek claims are intelligent agents to allow integration via a browser with systems management software including Computer...
Hewlett-Packard (HP) has bought Transoft Networks - a specialist in Fibre Channel-compatible Storage Area Networking (SAN) equipment. The terms of the agreement were not disclosed, but HP said Transoft's technology will give its existing SAN...
Prigmore suggested IBM's Tivoli Storage Manager, Tivoli Storage Resource Manager, SAN Volume Controller and forthcoming SAN File System are appealing to customers. The SAN Volume Controller is aimed at customers who already have SANs, linked...
The single drive 3580 model is priced at $6,200 (£3,873) while the 3584 model tape library starts at $75,000 (£46,850). The Fibre Channel communications standard is faster but requires a separate network.
But through its acquisition of Andiamo, Cisco obtained high-end networking products that can use the Fibre Channel networking standard used in SANs. IBM will sell Cisco's MDS 9000 line of high-end switches, which connect storage systems to servers...
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