FRAMINGHAM (12/30/2003) - A multiyear project by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to upgrade its financial management and supporting IT systems lacks a basic enterprise architecture that would rein in costs and define best practices, according to a U.S. Government Accounting Office report.
FRAMINGHAM (12/19/2003) - Charles Schwab & Co. this week went live with a grid computing system and said it has already improved performance by an order of magnitude on the first investment management application that's running on the new setup.
COLUMBUS, OHIO (11/13/2003) - Steven Cooper, the new CIO at the Department of Homeland Security, said he has had "some pretty candid conversations" with Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer and other company officials about software security concerns.
ORLANDO (10/29/2003) - Users at the Storage Networking World conference in Orlando this week said that while managing their data from creation to deletion using a policy-based engine is a worthy goal, it's a strategy that will require years of development around integration of business applications, various storage management software, and network and hardware systems.
IBM and Cisco Systems announced yesterday that they have combined two products to enable the pooling or "virtualisation" of storage capacity across multiple storage arrays for more efficient use of storage-area network (SAN) infrastructure.
FRAMINGHAM (10/20/2003) - Bob Schultz took over as Hewlett-Packard Co.'s vice president and general manager of network storage solutions in May, and since then several high-profile executives have defected to key competitor EMC Corp. Among those who left are Mark Lewis, head of worldwide marketing and solutions at network storage solutions, and Howard Elias, who was HP's senior vice president of business management and operations for its enterprise systems group.
FRAMINGHAM (10/20/2003) - Los Alamos National Laboratory Monday plans to announce that it's installing a 1,400-node Linux cluster that uses a new object-based file system technology for data storage.
Hitachi Data Systems Corp. (HDS) Wednesday announced major upgrades to its two highest-end storage arrays, including software that allows the systems to mimic optical disks' WORM (write once, read many) capability. The changes are both an attempt to meet new regulatory requirements and compete with similar functionality offered by rival EMC Corp.
FRAMINGHAM (10/03/2003) - EMC Corp. announced this week a pair of network-attached storage (NAS) devices that connect to its midrange Clariion disk arrays for integration with systems on storage-area networks (SAN).
FRAMINGHAM (10/03/2003) - Iron Mountain Inc. this week announced a consulting service aimed at helping financial services firms comply with increasing pressure from regulatory agencies to store internal and external electronic correspondence.
FRAMINGHAM (10/03/2003) - Iron Mountain Inc. this week announced a consulting service aimed at helping financial services firms comply with increasing pressure from regulatory agencies to store internal and external electronic correspondence.
FRAMINGHAM (10/01/2003) - EMC Corp. Wednesday announced two new network-attached storage (NAS) devices that use the company's Clariion array as a back end while offering users a mix of low-cost Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA) disk storage and high-end Fibre Channel disk storage. The new products continue EMC's strategy of targeting the midrange marketplace with low-cost hardware that supports high-end functionality.
FRAMINGHAM (09/26/2003) - Increased litigation among corporations and new regulatory requirements are taxing IT departments, which are being asked for information without having been involved in the business process that produced it, lawyers and analysts say.
FRAMINGHAM (09/22/2003) - Some leading storage vendors are targeting small and midsize businesses with new low-end hardware and software. But the products are also attracting the attention of corporate IT managers who see them as a good fit for business units, workgroups or remote offices.
FRAMINGHAM (09/19/2003) - Information technology managers in the mid-Atlantic region this week double-checked telecommunications lines and activated their disaster recovery plans in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Isabel. And for users like Martin Colburn, the effort paid off.