Iomega ships 250GB Camo drive
Iomega's new Camo drives ship in a woodland camouflage-patterned curved chassis. The 2.5-inch drive offers 250GB capacity and draws power over USB - no power supply is required. Read more...

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

HP brings storage, servers into one rack

Nexsan seeks $80.5M in IPO

Rackspace unveils cloud storage service

Forrester: IT must prove need for disaster recovery tools

Military computer contractor pleads guilty to ID theft

Sun plans job cuts, blames weak Q3 results on U.S. economy

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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.

Opinion: The IT ballet -- redundancy, efficiency, recoverability
In striving for efficiency, it is important to also take steps to ensure that we do not inadvertently increase risk by eliminating redundancy.

Beyond Film
By replacing film-based images with an online system, FirstHealth reduced costs and improved patient care.

Michael Israel
The Six Flags CIO talks about running a seasonal, outdoor business that literally moves, keeping the lines short and paying the roller coaster's electric bill.

Network storage for home and office
Networked homes are more and more common, and more and more devices can connect with computers and with network-attached storage (TiVos stream music, game consoles can read video files -- the list goes on).

Opinion: The downsides to server virtualization
Software licensing, complexity and single points of failure are all typical speed bumps you may experience when virtualizing your server infrastructure. Here's why.

Five software tools to speed up your day
From supercharging Excel to a tool that syncs documents among multiple PCs, these timesavers can make you more productive immediately.

Opinion: Promise for protecting laptops
Dealing with laptop protection is arguably the least favorite job for IT managers, and indications are that laptop sales will surpass desktop sales, so the situation is likely to only worsen. But upcoming chip-level antitheft technology and remote outsourced backup services promise relief.

Ubuntu 8.04 is a popular Linux distribution that offers some updated features along with its usual easy-to-use interface and solid support. Forget "Format c:" or any of those silly software programs that promise to remove data from hard drives. Get physical — really physical. Was it the receptionist, the salesman or the building manager? Here's how to find and stop the leaks. Now you can get cell phones customized with services specific to your religion. Columnist Mike Elgan picks the three best devices.

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

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PRIMEQUEST Overview (Source: Fujitsu) Learn how PRIMEQUEST servers meet the needs of business-critical platforms built around open standards. 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 Case Study: St. Clare's Hospital VMware and 3PAR: Using VMware Infrastructure 3 with 3PAR Utility Storage in Datacenter Deployments IDC Report: Major Considerations for Deploying a Thinly Provisioned Storage Solution Taneja Group Report: Next Generation Fibre Channel Storage Systems Market ESG Report: 3PAR Company Profile Storage virtualization and the HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array Edison Group Compares Virtual Arrays The Power of Pen Taneja Group Report: Must-Have Storage Requirements for VMware Deployments Aberdeen Group Report: Lowering Costs and Increasing Efficiency in the Data Center Business Continuity: Symantec Intelligent Application Recovery Solutions Guide The Fast Track to Data Center Optimization When The BI You Know Isn't The BI You Need Transferring Best Practice Analytics from Experts to Everyone Gaining Insights Through Analytics License Optimization: Get to One Version of the Truth Butler Technology Audit Report More White Papers

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