Microsoft pulls Windows Home Server backup feature
Microsoft has yanked parts of a backup feature from a major upgrade to its Windows Home Server software scheduled for release later this year. Read more...

MCE offers 1TB storage for 17-inch MacBook Pro

Report: Time Capsule sales strong, not hurting AirPort

SEC moves toward requiring interactive data filings

Big China quake takes out mobile network in Chengdu

Multiple short outages can add up to major data center problems

Iomega ships 250GB Camo drive

Hitachi unveils 2.5-in. 320GB notebook hard drive

Hitachi unveils 2.5-in. 320GB notebook hard drive

Shuttle Columbia's hard drive data recovered from crash site

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How to improve disaster recovery plans
While disaster planning needs to be high on your to-do list, that doesn't mean you've got to bust your budget. And while virtualization often steals the spotlight, it's just one of the innovative tools now available to CIOs who are rethinking their disaster recovery and business continuity strategies.

Opinion: Choosing the right backup interface
Companies should focus on certain fundamental options, such as selecting a backup appliance with the right interface. Although de-duplication ratios and offsite replication are exciting, do not forget why you wanted disk to begin with -- to ensure successful backups in shorter times.

Review: Buffalo's new MiniStation - a fast 500GB in the pocket
This pocket-size drive (only slightly bigger than a KitKat candy bar) supports Windows and Mac OS X, as well as USB 2.0 and 1.1 standards. Its wraparound USB cord fits into grooves on the drive enclosure's perimeter -- a nice touch.

Review: Iomega Rev 120 -- Kicking the tape out of IT
While the Iomega drive sells for $500 and a five-pack of 120GB cartridges adds $325, cost isn't everything. Do you know of anyone who has a 5-year-old (let alone 30-year-old) external drive that still works?

It's a hard-knock life: 3 rugged notebooks take a beating
Rugged notebooks are designed to stand up to abuse and come back for more. We dropped, drowned and shook these fully ruggedized notebooks to see if they could hold up. Not all survived.

How not to improve backup performance
We all hate false tech advertising. And it's just as prevalent in backup as any other IT category. As good as LTO4 tape is, tape is difficult to keep streaming data to. In most designs, disk should be the initial backup target with tape technology on the back end.

Why we're hard-wired to ignore Moore's Law
Even though you may believe in the idea of ever more powerful computing, how well do you embed it into your planning -- and should you?

6 reasons why Microsoft's container-based approach to data centers won't work
Microsoft's vision for its new Illinois data center — servers inside shipping containers inside that vast building — has piqued the curiosity of a variety of experts. They have questions. Boy, do they have questions.

Opinion: The ugly side of disaster recovery
There are a thousand criteria to account for when selecting a disaster recovery site, but one company found itself falling back on moving its data center in a couple of SUVs every time a hurricane threatened its offices.

Opinion: Admit it. You want to be clustered storage
Clustered storage is decidedly in vogue. Even storage that isn't clustered wants to be. And that's the issue. You may think you know what it is, and then you'll see another "clustered storage" product that is decidedly different from what you thought it would be.

Specialists have retrieved about 99% of the data on a disk drive on board the crashed space shuttle Columbia. Don't miss the photographs of the recovered drive. These big ideas were supposed to revolutionize technology, but they never actually appeared. In a few cases, you'll be glad they didn't. Nearly 20 years after the first Internet worm, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols takes stock of the malware/anti-malware landscape and spotlights how the two sides are approaching the battle. Though some thought it was released too soon, Mac OS X 10.5 has matured into a solid operating system, says reviewer Michael DeAgonia.

Reviews, analyses, how-tos, visual tours, hot issues and predictions about Microsoft's new OS.

More Continuing Coverage After 9/11: Homeland SecurityAsk a Premier 100 IT LeaderBlackBerry Legal BattleData Security BreachesElectronic VotingFirefoxH-1B VisasHP's Boardroom ScandalHandheld DevicesHurricane Katrina AftermathMicrosoft Legal IssuesMicrosoft's VistaOpen SourceRFID TechnologySCO's Linux FightSarbanes-Oxley ActSpamVoice Over IPWi-FiWindows Meta File VulnerabilityWindows XP Service Pack 2

Four years from now, the IT field will be a vastly different place. Will you be ready?

The Missing Piece of Virtualization (Source: Neterion) Server virtualization saves money and increases flexibility.  But it faces some real limits.  Currently, I/O-intensive applications like databases or ERP systems are often excluded from virtualization, due to bottlenecks that are introduced by extra layers of software. I/O virtualization changes the game.  With new industry-standard technologies and 10 Gigabit Ethernet, hardware-based IOV eliminates these bottlenecks, enabling higher numbers of VMs and applications per virtualized system. To uncover new cost saving opportunities, read this new whitepaper and find the missing piece of virtualization. Securing Financial Services Beyond the Perimeter Intercept Spam & Viruses With MessageLabs Meeting PCI Compliance with SonicWALL Global Management System Extended Validation SSL Certificates Certify your Software Integrity with thawte Code Signing Certificates Securing your Online Data Transfer with SSL Discover the Secret to Secure Remote Access: GoToMyPC Corporate Security White Paper Six Support Issues That Keep Execs Awake at Night Spam Spikes: A Real Risk to Your Business The New Foundation of Storage: Xiotech's Intelligent Storage Element Web Security SaaS: The Next Generation of Web Security PRIMEQUEST Overview New Fujitsu High-End Itanium Windows- and Linux-Based PRIMEQUEST Servers Offer the Utmost in High Availability New Fujitsu High-End Itanium-Based PRIMEQUEST Servers Offer Industry-Leading System Management for Linux and Windows Symantec State of the Data Center Report 2007 Aberdeen Group Report: Lowering Costs and Increasing Efficiency in the Data Center Taneja Group Report: Must-Have Storage Requirements for VMware Deployments ESG Report: 3PAR Company Profile Taneja Group Report: Next Generation Fibre Channel Storage Systems Market Storage virtualization and the HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array More White Papers

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