NBA mounts a full-court digital press July 28, 2005, Toronto Globe & Mail The National Basketball Association is betting that an innovative coupling of high-tech digital storage and more than 50 years of on-court action will net big dollars. NBA Entertainment, based in Secaucus, N.J., and Silicon Graphics Inc. of Mountain View, Calif., have teamed up to digitally capture every jump shot, lay-up and block recorded by NBA cameras since the league began filming games, and later videotaping them, in the late 1940s. Since early this year the partners have also digitally captured the action of games and transferred it straight to an SGI data warehouse, bypassing videotape. ... The heart of the system is an SGIR InfiniteStorage NAS 2000, a refrigerator-sized rack with a small server built into it. The SGI equipment is linked to StorageTek storage units and the computers of 17 line editors, plus a non-line editing PC. It also has a system that automatically decides what medium is best suited to store specific material.
For the record July 20, 2005, Electricnews.net O2 Ireland said it had selected StorageTek to "future-proof" its data archiving and business continuity infrastructure. The new relationship includes an order to StorageTek's partner EDS GFS for a StorageTek L700 tape library to be located at O2's Dublin facilities. The new gear will be capable of storing up to 270 terabytes of data. Terms of the deal were not released.
Is remote data protection right for your enterprise? July 19, 2005, Computerworld In the world of data backup, local tape drives and tape libraries have reigned as the solution of choice for decades. The reason is simple: Tape is inexpensive, highly portable and reliable. Companies that use tape backup for their centralized IT infrastructure have long done so because it made fiscal sense. However, this model often breaks down when applied to distributed data. According to a study by Equation Research, in 2004, 58% of companies had mission-critical data stored and used at remote locations.
Breakthrough Performance Differentiate IntelliStore Solutions July 08, 2005, Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Journal StorageTek the world's most trusted partner for storing and managing critical business information, has introduced IntelliStore, the world’s first intelligent archive and compliance solution that delivers ten times the capacity for a lower entry cost than the nearest competitor. With IntelliStore solutions, medium-size and enterprises can easily and affordably capture, manage and re-use their business data ranging from employee e-mail to customer database information, as well as assign that data to the appropriate tape or disk storage system based on their specific performance and cost needs.
StorageTek leaps into electronic vaulting July 05, 2005, Computerworld Storage Technology Corp. has produced a new service to protect distributed information.
ViaRemote provides off-site backup and recovery for remote offices, mobile users and businesses, and comes with "pay as you go" pricing. It also makes StorageTek the first major storage product supplier to offer an electronic vaulting service.
StorageTek, Arsenal Launch Managed Backup June 29, 2005, Systems Management Pipeline Storage Technology Corp. yesterday unveiled a new data protection service that promises "pay-as-you-go" pricing, based on both capacity consumed and numbers of users. ViaRemote offers data protection across branch offices and remote locations using existing network connections, and is intended to help customers minimize downtime, improve business continuity and meet regulatory requirements compliance without capital investment or additional onsite IT staff support.
StorageTek, Arsenal Launch Managed Backup June 28, 2005, Storage Pipeline Storage Technology Corp. yesterday unveiled a new data protection service that promises "pay-as-you-go" pricing, based on on both capacity consumed and numbers of users. ViaRemote offers data protection across branch offices and remote locations using existing network connections, and is intended to help customers minimize downtime, improve business continuity and meet regulatory requirements. compliance without capital investment or additional onsite IT staff support.
StorageTek unveils new product June 27, 2005, Denver Business Journal Making good on its goal to step up delivery service efforts, StorageTek on Monday introduced ViaRemote, a new service designed to protect distributed information. Geared for companies with branch offices and remote locations, ViaRemote is designed to help customers minimize downtime, enhance business continuity and achieve regulatory compliance without capital investment or additional on-site IT staff support.
StorageTek unveils new service June 27, 2005, Denver Business Journal Making good on its goal to step up delivery service efforts, Storage Technology Corp. on Monday introduced ViaRemote, a new service designed to protect distributed information. Geared for companies with branch offices and remote locations, ViaRemote is designed to help customers minimize downtime, enhance business continuity and achieve regulatory compliance without capital investment or additional on-site IT staff support.
StorageTek Debuts ViaRemote June 27, 2005, DSstar "For today's decentralized enterprises, the costs and risks associated with managing and protecting geographically dispersed data can be overwhelming," said Eula Adams, vice president of global services at StorageTek. "With StorageTek's ViaRemote service, we are offering the remote mastery of branch office data recovery and backup. Customers can achieve centralized, company-wide data protection for their distributed operations that matches the consistency and reliability delivered through their primary, onsite backup and recovery solutions -- all of which is backed by one of the world's most trusted brands in information storage management."
StorageTek Unveils New Service June 27, 2005, Yahoo Finance Making good on its goal to step up delivery service efforts, Storage Technology Corp. on Monday introduced ViaRemote, a new service designed to protect distributed information. Geared for companies with branch offices and remote locations, ViaRemote is designed to help customers minimize downtime, enhance business continuity and achieve regulatory compliance without capital investment or additional on-site IT staff support.
Remote backup services get affordable June 27, 2005, SearchStorage StorageTek's service, called ViaRemote, backs up data over a standard Internet connection to StorageTek's remote site in Raleigh-Durham, N.C. It's a subscription service that costs approximately $20 per gigabyte (GB) of stored data, or $20,000 per terabyte, plus additional fees for guaranteed services.
Exiting Martin steered StorageTek to sale June 24, 2005, Denver Business Journal Pat Martin is credited with shaking up StorageTek's management, expanding its overseas markets, shifting its emphasis to services and improving its bottom line -- accomplishments that cleared the way for Sun's acquisition.
StorageTek Launches New Remote Backup Service June 23, 2005, Computer Technology Review StorageTek unveiled a new service designed to protect distributed information. StorageTek’s new ViaRemote service offers customers seamless, easy to use offsite backup and recovery for remote offices, SMB customers, mobile users or even enterprises that have distributed their data. Delivered with 'pay-as-you-go' pricing, ViaRemote provides customers with a low cost approach to protecting distributed data.
StorageTek Offers Arsenal June 22, 2005, Byte & Switch David Kershen, business manager of StorageTek’s remote managed services, says he expects the remote data protection market to grow to $3 billion by 2008. StorageTek picked Arsenal’s ViaRemote service as the best way to attack the market, which consists mostly of SMBs and remote offices of large companies.
Storage Vendors Introduce Alternatives to Tape June 13, 2005, eWEEK As customers abandon existing tape libraries for more efficient disk-based secondary storage options, vendors are responding by upgrading their archival, compliance and data life-cycle management offerings.
Storage Digest: News from StorageTek, Rocksoft, UltraBac, EMC June 10, 2005, eWEEK.com StorageTek's Data Archive Solution Combines Disk, Tape StorageTek of Louisville, Colo., this week announced an intelligent archive and compliance solution for the enterprise. IntelliStore uses disk for access and relies on tape for scalability, treating them as a single pool of storage. The combination of technologies moves data to different tiers of storage as needed.
StorageTek Bulks Up ILM June 10, 2005, CRN The Lousiville, Colo.-based storage vendor last week unveiled a new appliance aimed at easing the archiving for compliance and regulatory purposes. The IntelliStore Intelligent Archive Solution is a Linux-based appliance that captures business data as it is archived and automatically migrates that data based on security, data protection and regulatory requirements, said Brenda Zawatski, vice president and general manager of the company's ILM solutions group.
StorageTek says it's business as usual June 10, 2005, ARNnet In the wake of its $US4.1 billion acquisition by Sun Microsystems, its business as usual for local StorageTek customers, Philip Belcher managing director said at the launch of the company's latest archiving solution yesterday.
Storage growth spins upward June 10, 2005, InfoWorld According to IDC's Worldwide Disk Storage Systems Tracker, factory revenue in the worldwide external disk storage systems market grew 6.7 percent year over year to $3.8 billion in the first quarter of this year. That makes eight consecutive quarters of growth. The total disk storage system market grew at a slightly lower year-over-year rate of 6 percent in the first quarter, according to the report.
StorageTek Unveils Archiving Appliance June 09, 2005, Compliance Pipeline IntelliStore, a Linux-based appliance, captures business data as it is archived or migrated and automatically migrates that data based on security, data protection, and regulatory requirements, said Brenda Zawatski, vice president and general manager of the company's Information Lifecycle Management Solutions group.
StorageTek unveils archiving appliance June 09, 2005, iTNews Australia StorageTek this week unveiled a new storage appliance aimed at easing the archiving for compliance and regulatory purposes. IntelliStore, a Linux-based appliance, captures business data as it is archived or migrated and automatically migrates that data based on security, data protection, and regulatory requirements, said Brenda Zawatski, vice president and general manager of the company's Information Lifecycle Management Solutions group.
StorageTek Ushers In Era Of Data Archive June 09, 2005, CXOtoday "The IntelliStore solution fundamentally changes how businesses can archive their data and how they can then use that data," said Pat Martin, chairman, president and CEO of StorageTek.
Wake Forest Turns to StorageTek FlexLine 600 Series to Protect Data More Reliably and Efficiently June 09, 2005, dBusinessNews Triad Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center is the latest StorageTek customer to deploy the StorageTek FlexLine(TM) 600 Series storage system as a critical piece in its disk-to-disk-to-tape back up solution. Working to shorten backup times, increase reliability of the data restore process, and maximize existing tape resources, Wake Forest selected the FlexLine 600 Series storage system to improve open systems backups from its smaller tape libraries.
StorageTek Introduces A New Era Of Intelligent Data Archive June 09, 2005, Computer Technology Review StorageTek introduced IntelliStore, the world's first intelligent archive and compliance solution that delivers ten times the capacity for a lower entry cost than the nearest competitor. With IntelliStore solutions, medium-size and enterprises can easily and affordably capture, manage and re-use their business data ranging from employee e-mail to customer database information, as well as assign that data to the appropriate tape or disk storage system based on their specific performance and cost needs.
StorageTek wants to fix your content with IntelliStore June 09, 2005, The Register StorageTek wants you to forget about Sun Microsystems for a minute and think about your CAS (content addressable storage) situation. Customers want archiving products that are cheap enough, while still making searching for files easy. IntelliStore, as the world's first intelligent enterprise archive solution, provides an alternative to this great compromise.
StorageTek announces intelligent archive solution June 08, 2005, eChannelLine StorageTek may be about to become part of Sun, but on Wednesday it introduced a solution that will play the same key role going forward as it was slated to if the company had not been acquired. IntelliStore, the company's first product featuring its previously announced Flexline 600, represents its effort to take its large tape install base forward into a next-generation archiving solution that integrates disk and tape.
StorageTek Unveils IntelliStore Platform June 08, 2005, Enterprise IT Planet Recently acquired StorageTek today announced IntelliStore disk-to-tape offerings designed not only to boost the amount of archival data that mid- to large-sized businesses can accommodate, but to do so "intelligently".
StorageTek shoots at Centera June 08, 2005, TechWorld StorageTek has launched its Centera-killer. IntelliStore is content-based disk and tape storage for both Windows and Unix. The software runs on a cut-down Linux kernel on dual Xeon nodes in a meshed network. The content-addressable store (CAS) makes the system more efficient than standard CIFS and NFS access, but supports all three.
StorageTek Touts IntelliStore June 08, 2005, Byte & Switch StorageTek today introduced IntelliStore(TM), the world's first intelligent archive and compliance solution that delivers ten times the capacity for a lower entry cost than the nearest competitor. StorageTek's IntelliStore solution represents the next generation of archive, and is the only truly intelligent enterprise data archive solution on the market today.
StorageTek Rolls Its Own CAS June 08, 2005, Byte and Switch StorageTek today announced IntelliStore, an archiving system developed to compete with EMC Corp.'s Centera and Hewlett-Packard Co.’s Reference Information Storage System (RISS). “It’s a good stepping stone for StorageTek, and so far Sun has not made a dent in this market,” says analyst Brad O’Neill of the Taneja Group. “I would expect them to keep rolling out features, such as increased compression and search.”
StorageTek Unveils Archiving Appliance, Target's EMC's Centera June 08, 2005, CRN StorageTek on Wednesday unveiled a new storage appliance aimed at easing the archiving for compliance and regulatory purposes. IntelliStore, a Linux-based appliance, captures business data as it is archived or migrated and automatically migrates that data based on security, data protection, and regulatory requirements, said Brenda Zawatski, vice president and general manager of the company's Information Lifecycle Management Solutions group.
StorageTek debuts IntelliStore archive June 08, 2005, AuntMinnie.com IntelliStore is based around StorageTek's FlexLine 600 serial ATA disk-based archive, which the company introduced in 2004. It also provides access to tape-based archiving as a lower-cost option for data that doesn't need to be accessed as often.
Sun scoops up StorageTek June 06, 2005, NetworkWorld Sun acquired StorageTek last week for $4.1 billion in a move that surprised analysts, who say that Sun may not preserve StorageTek's traditional attention to data protection. "Although StorageTek was heading in the ILM direction anyway, their historic culture would still make them keep an eagle eye on more traditional data protection…"
Sun Purchases StorageTek June 06, 2005, eWeek Last week, Sun purchased StorageTek in a cash deal for approximately $4.1 billion. StorageTek, of Louisville, Colo., has built its reputation on a distribution model encompassing enterprise and midrange tape drive, tape library and virtual tape products but has recently begun to shift its offerings toward a software- and services-based ILM (information lifecycle management) direction.
Sun acquires StorageTek for $4.1B June 02, 2005, SearchStorage.com Sun Microsystems Inc. announced plans to acquire Storage Technology Corp. (StorageTek) for $4.1 billion, bringing together two struggling giants in the server and storage marketplace. "Sun's technical and financial strength puts us in a great position to act as a consolidator in the IT industry," said Scott McNealy, Sun's chairman and chief executive. "This acquisition is part of an ongoing strategy to respond to customers seeking to rationalize their data center purchases."
Virtualization at StorageTek to Ease Storage Management May 04, 2005, Virtual Strategy Magazine StorageTek, in business since 1969, focuses on solving storage challenges efficiently and cost-effectively to improve business operations.
VSM spoke with Mark Lewis, Senior Product Manager ILMS Group, about the company’s use of virtualization in their storage management tools.
Enterprise Storage Software April 11, 2005, eWeek StorageTek Storability Global Storage Manager 4 is a powerful storage resource management system with the ability to monitor multiple sites. Storability GSM 4's ability to locate unused storage resources at the enterprise scale will allow IT managers to more efficiently use the hardware they already have, possibly precluding the purchase of new hardware to deal with data growth.
Storage industry partnerships abound April 11, 2005, InfoWorld On the product front, StorageTek will introduce at the show a new member of its FLX drive-array line. The FLX380 will include the Brocade 4Gbps switch and include more host-side and drive-side channels. The new system is designed for high-end enterprise datacenters, said Jay Seifert, senior manager of product marketing for ILMS (information lifecycle management solutions) at StorageTek. "We believe the move from 2Gbps switches to 4Gbps switches will be relatively easy, so this product will slide right into a customer's current lineup," he said.
StorageTek Goes 4-Gbps With New SAN Arrays, Switches April 11, 2005, CRN Jay Seifert, senior product marketing manager of the Information Lifecycle Management Solutions group at StorageTek, said the FLX380 offers three times the number of I/Os per second and twice the throughput of his company's current 2-Gbps array, the FLX280.
Four-Gig HBAs on Parade April 08, 2005, Byte and Switch The StorageTek FLX380 includes dual-active controllers and eight 4-Gbit/s host connections. It supports up to 224 Fibre Channel or SATA drives. It will cost around $100,000 for a base system with less than 1 TByte of capacity.
StorageTek Canada Signs With BlueArc April 07, 2005, Byte and Switch BlueArc® Corporation, today announced that StorageTek Canada, a wholly owned subsidiary of StorageTek® (Storage Technology Corp.) the leading provider of enterprise information lifecycle management, has signed an agreement which designates the company as an authorized reseller of BlueArc storage solutions.
Perfect partners? April 06, 2005, SNS Europe Under the terms of the alliance, StorageTek will offer its customers a total storage management and data protection solution that provides an intelligent, network-based approach for implementing enterprise SAN environments.
StorageTek Unveils 4G Enterprise Storage System April 05, 2005, eWeek Storage Technology Corp. has announced a 4G-bps Fibre Channel-based storage-area network solution designed for high-end environments that demand maximum throughput.
And the Winner Is ... April 01, 2005, Medical Imaging StorageTek recently was honored by Frost & Sullivan (New York) as the recipient of its 2004 Best Bang for the Buck Award. Frost & Sullivan presents this award once a year to the company that has provided customers with the solutions or service that delivers the highest ratio of value to cost.
StoreAge And Troika Join TekAlliance March 30, 2005, Computer Technology Review The TekAlliance Partner Program offers mutual customers a wide portfolio of jointly sold and supported storage solutions to better meet their specific information lifecycle management and storage needs.
Troika, StoreAge Join StorageTek Alliance March 30, 2005, Byte and Switch Under the terms of the alliance, StorageTek will offer its customers a total storage management and data protection solution that provides an intelligent, network-based approach for implementing enterprise SAN environments.
Shoring things up, globally March 27, 2005, Denver Post "This is not just an R&D facility," said StorageTek spokesman Anderson Chan. "This is meant to grow our business in that part of the world. India has a lot of potential."
StorageTek to up headcount to 500 March 26, 2005, The Economic Times "We will be hiking our employee strength three times to 80 by the end of this year, and the number can go up to 500 in three years at our India subsidiary," said StorageTek's Asia South Pacific Regional Director, Andy Srinivasan.
StorageTek's office in India to be subsidiary March 26, 2005, Rocky Mountain News Storage Technology Corp. will invest $10 million to upgrade its representative office in India into a wholly owned subsidiary serving Indian customers.
STK targets fixed content, compliance March 24, 2005, InfoStor StorageTek recently expanded its write-once, read-many (WORM) capabilities beyond tape to include disk media with the introduction of its Lifecycle Fixed Content Manager (LFCM) 100, a SATA-based disk system for the long-term storage of fixed content and compliance-related data-in particular, e-mail.
StorageTek sets up India arm March 24, 2005, Business Standard StorageTek, a US-based $2 billion storage solutions provider, has set up its wholly-owned subsidiary in India — StorageTek India. The company plans to invest $10 million in India over the next three years to develop software units in Bangalore and Pune.
Storage appraisal service promises to save £20,000 March 23, 2005, Computer Weekly Tape and disc storage manufacturer StorageTek said it can save companies at least £20,000 on their storage networking costs, with its new three-to-five day appraisal service.
AXS-One Joins StorageTek's TekAlliance Partner Program March 22, 2005, Computer Technology Review AXS-One Inc. a provider of records compliance management software solutions, and StorageTek jointly announced certification of the AXS-One Compliance Platform with StorageTek offerings.
Product Preview March 22, 2005, RT Image StorageTek, Louisville, Colo., introduces Lifecycle Fixed Content Manager 100 to help companies address storage and archival for fixed content.
AXS-One Certified for StorageTek March 21, 2005, Byte and Switch E-mail management drives an enormous amount of storage. Now, through the TekAlliance Partner Program, customers are able to acquire a fully compatible solution including a storage and records compliance management solution.
StorageTek shifting focus March 17, 2005, Denver Business Journal Storage Technology Corp. said it's shifting its focus from storage products to storage services, reflecting changes in the levels of information-technology spending -- and storage spending in particular.
StorageTek Seeks Consulting Partners March 16, 2005, Yahoo News StorageTek grew its services revenue 8.3% to $917m in full-year 2004. Adams said 80% of this figure came from providing break/fix support services around StorageTek kit. Our strategy is to create a better balance, in line with our overall storage strategy around ILM [information lifecycle management], he said
StorageTek Certifies Seven Ten March 15, 2005, Byte and Switch Seven Ten Storage Software, Inc., and StorageTek® have jointly announced certification of Seven Ten’s suite of StorFirst products as interoperable with the StorageTek L180 tape library, the StreamLine™ modular library systems, and FlexLine™ online storage systems.
StorageTek Restructures Services Operation March 14, 2005, Yahoo News Storage vendor StorageTek Corp has restructured its $917m services business into five new practice areas, focused on building its services relationships with global 2,000 organizations.
StorageTek named on Fortune list March 10, 2005, Longmont Daily Times-Call For the fourth consecutive year, Fortune Magazine has rated Louisville-based data storage provider StorageTek No. 1 in the computer peripheral category of its annual ranking of America’s Most Admired Companies.
My heros, March 9 March 09, 2005, Rocky Mountain News Roy Perry, corporate vice president of global supply chain management for StorageTek, has had several heroes in his life: his parents, for example. In his professional life as an engineer, though, only one comes to mind - George Washington Carver.
StorageTek Unveils Services March 09, 2005, Byte and Switch We are singularly focused to help our customers reduce storage costs, manage their information growth and improve their data protection," said Eula Adams, StorageTek vice president, Global Services. "Over the past four years, we've laid a foundation for our alignment, and with the alignment of our new service offerings, we are better able to address the storage infrastructure requirements of the Global 2,000."
StorageSearch News March 09, 2005, Storage Search In related news today StorageTek announced a formal Storage Appraisal service to help customers gain a better understanding of their capacity requirements and cost structures, making it easier to store, manage and archive information on the right device, at the right time.
StorageTek eyes mainframe users March 08, 2005, Search Storage Storage Technology Corp. (StorageTek) is close to signing up Luminex Software Inc. to its technology alliance partner program with a view to supporting mainframe users on its FlexLine family of disk arrays.
StorageTek Unveils New Appraisal Services March 07, 2005, eWeek This week, Storage Technology Corp. unveils its Storage Appraisal Services, which can analyze capacity requirements in often-inefficient heterogeneous storage systems.
StorageTek Alters Global Services Business March 04, 2005, InternetNews.com StorageTek has broken down its global services organization into five practice areas to make the company more nimble at handling the information lifecycle management (ILM) strategies of customers.
Storage Clips: StorageTek steps up services March 03, 2005, SearchStorage StorageTek global services, which accounts for 44% of the company's total revenue, provide everything from planning to implementation of primary storage through archiving. Also, StorageTek announced a formal Storage Appraisal service program to help users better understand their costs and storage capacity requirements.
StorageTek Swears by Services March 02, 2005, Byte and Switch For Storage Technology Corp. (StorageTek) the future holds... services. The world's dominant tape storage supplier is bulking up its services division, looking to trade on its longstanding presence with IT customers.
StorageTek Takes Control of Data Quality with DataFlux March 01, 2005, DM Review StorageTek is a $2 billion global company that, through its information life cycle management strategy, enables businesses to align the cost of storage with the value of information. The company's innovative storage solutions manage the complexity and growth of information, lower costs, improve efficiency and protect investments.
This just in February 27, 2005, Denver Post Louisville-based StorageTek ranked No. 1 in its industry, the only Colorado company to earn a No. 1 ranking. Fortune named StorageTek the nation's best for innovation, employee talent and long-term investment. StorageTek has claimed the top spot in its industry for four consecutive years.
NSW hospital increases storage capacity for imaging system February 24, 2005, ZD Net The John Hunter hospital in New South Wales has adopted storage solution provider StorageTek's D-series disk products to support its expanding picture archiving and communications system (PACS). The new infrastructure will allow the hospital to expand medical imaging services to regional hospitals, improving services to patients and enhancing physicians' productivity while reducing operating costs.
Joint Decru-StorageTek security solution February 23, 2005, SNS Europe The joint StorageTek-Decru solution provides a turnkey platform for increased security in information lifecycle management, and to help protect data across multiple tiers of storage. Decru DataFort appliances secure stored data on disk and tape using wire-speed AES-256 encryption, access controls, authentication, and secure logging.
StorageTek hits 500th customer for its modular library system February 23, 2005, SNS Europe The SL500 is the perfect solution to meet our evolving data storage needs, which get more complex as we manage and backup the content on the Web sites for our recreational facilities,” said Filippo Costa, IT Manager of Costa Edutainment Spa, which manages public and private facilities dedicated to recreational, cultural and educational activities, as well as scientific research and study.
StorageTek Seals Datamation Product Award February 16, 2005, Datamation In this year's enterprise server category, Datamation readers by a wide margin selected StorageTek Technology Corp.'s StreamLine SL500 Modular Library System as Product of the Year.
SD Worx Implements FalconStor February 16, 2005, Byte and Switch With the implementation of IPStor, the payroll processing company's storage environment has now been streamlined into a single StorageTek D280 Fibre Channel interface disk subsystem connected to two Brocade Silkworm 12000 switches, with the entire storage infrastructure managed by IPStor. FalconStor teamed up with StorageTek Belgium to design and deliver the complete solution to SD WORX.
StorageTek launches new partner program February 16, 2005, ARN StorageTek has taken the wraps off its Total Channel Program, promising resellers greater access to sales incentives, marketing support and training.
Decru Joins StorageTek Program February 15, 2005, Byte and Switch “Requirements for storage and security are converging, and Decru has delivered a true, cross-enterprise storage security platform,” said Kevin Brown, vice president of marketing at Decru. “StorageTek has been a visionary leader in the storage industry for many years, and we are very pleased to deliver seamless, integrated solutions to our joint customers.”
StorageTek Names New VP and General Manager of Information Lifecycle Management Solutions Group February 11, 2005, E-Channel News “We are thrilled to have Brenda join our management team,” Martin said. “As our customers continue to look for ways to drive primary storage efficiency, simplify and automate their backup and recovery processes and create a flexible compliance and archiving architecture, Brenda’s wealth of experience and product management leadership skills will be a major asset. She is ideally suited to strengthen our market focus and align our market resources to accelerate growth.”
Datamation Announces Product of the Year Winners February 08, 2005, CIO Update StorageTek's Streamline SL500 Modular Library System was the big winner in the Enterprise Server category, gaining more than twice the votes of runner-up IBM's p5 Series.
Pharmacies in Proximity February 08, 2005, Rocky Mountain News StorageTek opened an in-house pharmacy at its 2,000-employee Louisville headquarters, and is now saving $110,000 a year.
Lifecycle Fixed Content Manager 100 Series February 04, 2005, Enterprise IT Planet StorageTek's Lifecycle Fixed Content Manager 100 Series is disk-based storage hardware that provides long-term storage and retention capabilities for corporate data and/or messages.
StorageTek's surprising fixed content roadmap February 03, 2005, TechWorld The ILM in the title is a clue, as StorageTek sees fixed content products or, better, functions, as being part of the overall information lifecycle management processes organisations are adopting.
Product Previews January 31, 2005, InfoWorld StorageTek last week introduced Lifecycle Fixed Content Manager 100 to help customers address long-term storage issues and preserve archival data.
StorageTek Tailors Management To The User January 31, 2005, Information Week Storage Technology Corp. Monday unveiled storage-management software tailored to meet the needs of a variety of professionals within a company.
StorageTek system manages archives January 26, 2005, Federal Computer Week StorageTek this week unveiled a new disk-based system designed to manage the storage and long-term archival of electronic content that does not change once it has been created, such as e-mail messages.
StorageTek profits jump January 26, 2005, Rocky Mountain News Storage Technology Corp. posted a 25 percent surge in fourth-quarter profits, roaring past Wall Street estimates.
HBOS to streamline storage in £35m deal January 25, 2005, Computer Weekly Halifax Bank of Scotland has signed a £35m deal with storage supplier StorageTek for storage hardware and datacentre management services. The agreement will help the bank streamline its data using a technique called information lifecycle management (ILM) to reduce its IT costs.
StorageTek Clobbers Estimates January 25, 2005, TheStreet.com Fourth-quarter profit at StorageTek (STK:NYSE) grew by about 25%, beating analysts' per-share estimates by 16 cents.
StorageTek Serves Up Services January 25, 2005, Byte and Switch Martin says services and ILM often go hand-in-hand. “If you're just buying a tape library, you probably don't need professional services," he said on a conference call with analysts. "But if you're going to implement an ILM solution, which is Involves the ATA drives and software and libraries, you engage in professional services.”
StorageTek Taps Permabit's CAS Act January 24, 2005, Byte and Switch While the initial target market for the system is email archiving for mid-sized companies or departments within enterprises, there's more to follow, says StorageTek ILM product manager Mark Lewis. “We’ll have a series of products through 2005, expanding into document management and moving into verticals such as health care.”
Exec a "superhero" to young engineers January 24, 2005, Denver Post Perry is corporate vice president of global supply chain management for Storage Technology Corp. in Louisville. He is being recognized as an engineering "superhero" in the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry's Black Creativity 2005 exhibit.
StorageTek Offers Compliance Help January 21, 2005, SAP INFO Tailored but not limited to financial services companies, the Lifecycle Fixed Content Manager 100 (LFCM) is the first of what will be a series of increasingly advanced compliance systems that help businesses house data and rapidly recall it.
StorageTek expands ILM options January 21, 2005, Computerworld Storage Technology Corp. (StorageTek) is expected to announce next week another step in its information lifecycle management strategy with the introduction of hardware and software for e-mail archiving.
StorageTek to offer fixed-content device January 21, 2005, Government Computer News Storage Technology Corp., of Louisville, Colo., is jumping into the fixed-storage content market with the introduction of its Lifecycle Fixed Content Manager 100, the company will announce this month. The appliance might interest agencies that need to archive e-mail so messages cannot be altered, said Harvey Andruss, product marketing manager for StorageTek.
HBOS inks £35m hardware support deal January 20, 2005, Yahoo UK and Ireland High street bank HBOS has signed a £35m hardware and services deal with StorageTek that will see the vendor providing maintenance and support for the bank's data centres. As part of the three-year deal StorageTek will be responsible for providing tape storage products and 'break/fix' maintenance and support across the various hardware platforms in HBOS' two UK data centres.
StorageTek Readies Compliance Appliance January 20, 2005, InternetNews.com StorageTek released a hardware system to help customers corral and quickly retrieve files to meet government and regulatory compliance rules.
StorageTek Takes Wraps Off E-Mail Archiving Solution January 19, 2005, eWeek In what is intended to be the first of a series of life-cycle storage management products, StorageTek has introduced an e-mail archiving solution that gives organizations better storage and archival features for fixed content.
StorageTek adds Cisco MDS 9000 SAN offering January 17, 2005, VNU Net James said Cisco will be added to its TekSelect partner programme, which he claimed provides customers with a single point of contact and support for integrated storage products.
NAS vendors add enterprise connections January 10, 2005, InfoWorld StorageTek has also formed an alliance with NAS provider ONStor to provide similar capabilities. The key is simplification, said Jon Toor, vice president of marketing at ONStor. “The combination of our SAN filer solution with StorageTek’s FlexLine products offers customers a compelling value proposition to simplify storage management,” he said.
Businesses pitch in with donations January 07, 2005, Denver Post StorageTek in Louisville donated $25,000 and will match employee donations up to an additional $5,000.
StorageTek Hones ILM Strategy with Cisco Deal January 06, 2005, eWeek The move reflects StorageTek's focus on advancing its ILM strategy. By adding Cisco products, which are an important force in the SAN (storage area network) market, Cisco will help StorageTek provide robust SAN consolidation solutions to its customers that reduce the complexities of their SANs and improve total cost of ownership, said Mike Tomky, StorageTek's product marketing manager for ILM-SAN solutions.
StorageTek To Resell Cisco Gear January 05, 2005, CMPnet Asia This agreement is part of StorageTek's strategy layer to give users more options for managing their primary storage resources via network-hosted, intelligent virtualization technology and pushing intelligence into the fabric.
StorageTek resells Cisco storage switches January 04, 2005, Network World Fusion Adding Cisco’s MDS 9000 family to its portfolio lets StorageTek provide a full line of storage options.
StorageTek, Cisco ink MDS 9000, partnering deals January 04, 2005, E-Channel Line News The Cisco offerings are now available to StorageTek customers worldwide as part of StorageTek's advanced portfolio of storage networking solutions and services. In addition, Cisco has been named to StorageTek's TekSelect partner program.
The file is the father to the SAN January 02, 2005, Healthcare Informatics Tier four gets to the archival level, where Wake Forest uses 35-gigabyte 9940B and 9840B fast-access capacity tape drives from StorageTek, Louisville, Colo., which permit one-minute retrieval. Tier five is long-term storage, using StorageTek's 9310 tape silos.
Storage Firms Join Relief Effort December 30, 2004, Byte and Switch StorageTek has donated an initial $25,000 to the Red Cross, and a spokeswoman says executives have encouraged employees to donate as well.
NASA Revamps Its Storage Environment December 27, 2004, Enterprise Storage Forum A further 800 terabytes of existing data managed by Data Migration Facility, SGI's InfiniteStorage data lifecycle management solution. This consists of a storage server and a tape farm composed of StorageTek tape silos.
ONStor Joins StorageTek's TekAlliance Partner Program December 21, 2004, SNS News ONStor and StorageTek have jointly announced certification (1) of the ONStor SF4400 Series SAN filer as interoperable with StorageTek FlexLine systems. This interoperability qualifies ONStor as a new member of the TekAlliance Partner Program at StorageTek. This program offers mutual customers a wide portfolio of jointly sold and supported, interoperable storage solutions to better meet their specific information lifecycle management and storage needs.
CIO Insight Releases its Annual Vendor Value & Reliability Study December 20, 2004, Finance Canada Loyalty and trust is a significant indictor of whether a company has met its commitments and delivered on its promise to fulfill ROI expectations. When asked if they would continue to do business with their vendors if they had a choice, the IT decision-makers tended to award higher scores than when they were asked specific questions about value and reliability. This year, StorageTek and Red Hat join Cisco Systems, Motorola and Dell among the top five companies in this category.
Storage Clips December 16, 2004, SearchStorage StorageTek (Storage Technology Corp.) announced certification of BlueArc Corp.'s Titan SiliconServer and ONStor's SF4400 Series SAN filer for use with StorageTek FlexLine online storage systems.
Digital media firm drives down operating costs with ILM December 06, 2004, Computerworld That's why Loudeye found it necessary last year to move beyond its two-tier storage system to a three-tier system based on information life-cycle management (ILM) principles.
The need for that decision-making ability is what led the company to a three-tier system, made possible with the addition of a 100TB StorageTek/LSI Logic SANtricity SAN, which now stores Loudeye's online catalogue of audio files.
Storage Clips December 03, 2004, Search Storage Kasten Chase and Storage Technology Corp. (StorageTek) have jointly announced certification of Kasten Chase's Assurency SecureData data encryption software with StorageTek L-Series tape libraries.
StorageTek takes ILM further with inline storage November 29, 2004, CMP Net Asia StorageTek has upped the ante in the information lifecycle management (ILM) market by delivering high performance tape library systems that it claims will further narrow the gap between online and nearline storage tiers.
Storage Clips November 29, 2004, StorageTek Novant Health Corp. of Charlotte and Winston-Salem, N.C., claims that its StorageTek environment is saving the company $2.1 million per year that would have been spent on film for image storage.
More tape options for Malaysian companies November 23, 2004, Tech Central Storage specialist StorageTek (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd has introduced four new products that it said would help Malaysian IT managers overcome the challenge of managing data growth in their corporations, as well as making data protection and archiving simple, predictable and reliable.
StorageTek Unveils Open Source Framework for Information Lifecycle Management November 22, 2004, E-Channel News With OpenSMS, enterprises can automate information lifecycle management in open systems environments, align the cost of their storage resources more closely with their data accessibility and protection needs, and realize the benefits of information lifecycle management in new ways.
StorageTek Plans Virtualization Device November 19, 2004, Byte and Switch Storage Technology Corp. (StorageTek) (NYSE: STK) could jump into the virtualization appliance game next year, around the time EMC Corp. rolls out its storage router.
StorageTek Wins Army Order November 12, 2004, Byte and Switch "The deployment of the SL8500 into the U.S. Army Research Laboratory will provide unprecedented data storage scalability, density, and robustness in support of the DoD High Performance Computing Modernization Program," said Thomas Kendall, the chief engineer of the ARL Major Shared Resource Center.
Pragati Offset Deploys StorageTek Solution November 10, 2004, CXO Today Pragati Offset Pvt Ltd, a printing and repository solutions provider has deployed StorageTek's solutions for addressing all its storage requirements, keeping cost minimum while at the same time maintaining terabytes of data.
StorageTek boosts storage with CAS November 04, 2004, Computer Weekly Storage Technology (StorageTek) announced it will add content-addressable store technology (CAS) to its range of storage products.
The tape debate … part two October 28, 2004, Continuity Central I don't know what Dr. Smith's experiences with tape have been, but the Fortune 1000, or even 5000 continue to vote with their feet and budgets and invest strongly in tape.
OK in the StorageTek corral October 25, 2004, Computing StorageTek held its annual Forum event in San Antonio, Texas, recently. We talked to chief executive Patrick Martin about how the company intends to use recent acquisitions to its advantage.
Contract Awards October 22, 2004, Medical Imaging StorageTek Corp (Louisville, Colo) has completed a strategic OEM partnership agreement with Sun Microsystems (Santa Clara, Calif). Under the terms of the agreement, Sun will market and sell StorageTek's StreamLine SL8500 and the L-700e and L-180 tape libraries under the StorEdge brand.
StorageTek previews Virtual Storage Manager and FlexLine online storage systems October 20, 2004, E-Channel Line "VSM is designed to give our core customers the ability to protect information more effectively in the open systems space," explained Russ Kennedy, director of software development, StorageTek Automated Tape Solutions. "We've had extensive history in the virtualization market, and have had a mainframe solution in place for some time. Now we're taking it to an open systems solution."
Services Save StorageTek October 19, 2004, Byte & Switch On the strength of strong services, Storage Technology Corp. today reported revenues and income far above expectations last quarter. Considering neither its core tape nor disk revenues were up substantially, StorageTek’s concentration on ILM (information lifecycle management) seems to be paying off because its services drive ILM revenues.
StorageTek Boosts Q3 Income October 19, 2004, Byte & Switch "We were able to maintain our healthy balance of cash while making substantial investments through our repurchase program. Our financial strength is critical in such challenging economic and social times. Customers look to those companies which have both the breadth of technologies and the depth of economic power when they make their purchasing decisions," said Robert Kocol, StorageTek chief financial officer.
StorageTek Expects Channel Growth Amid Softened 3Q Sales October 19, 2004, CRN Kocol said the company expects new product offerings to help boost channel sales. "Our indirect channel sales are gaining strength, and should continue to do so with the new product offerings we're bringing to market," he said.
StorageTek CEO: 'We're not just a tape company' October 18, 2004, Network World Fusion In the past four years, we've brought out 75 new products and positioned ourselves to be the largest independent provider of total storage solutions. We are well on our way to achieving that goal.
StorageTek adds ILM offerings October 18, 2004, InfoStor John Benson, vice-president and general manager automated tape solutions at StorageTek, defined ILM as "putting the right information on the right solution at the right time". Benson said this was why the vendor launched its FlexLine online storage systems for disk-based infrastructure, virtualisation for open systems and a new tape library.
STC: Remember the Alamo! October 17, 2004, E-Channel Line News More than 1,000 StorageTek customers, partners, and storage industry experts descended on the Alamo this week on a mission. Their goal was to tackle issues related to how customers can effectively maximize the productivity of storage solutions to meet critical business needs while driving costs down.
Product Watch: StreamLine SL500 October 14, 2004, Datamation StorageTek's StreamLine series (SL500 / SL8500) are tape library systems for midrange and full-scale enterprise implementations.
StorageTek Intros TekSelect For Integrated Third Party Products October 14, 2004, iTNews Australia Storage vendor StorageTek has outlined plans to ramp up channel sales to 60 percent of its turnover in two years, flagging a possible raft of new local signings from early 2005.
Product Watch: FlexLine FLX210 October 14, 2004, Datamation The FLX210 is an end-to-end 2 Gb storage solution that supports all major Windows and UNIX environments. A scalable solution, the FLX210 integrates up to 14 SATA drives into the controller module and supports up to 28 terabytes in 112 SATA drives. Example implementations include enabling real-time access to video, medical images, E-mail, documents and other digital assets.
Product Watch: FlexLine FLA300 October 14, 2004, Datamation The FLA300 disk array offers access-centric performance and high availability. Point-to-point connections within the array reduce loop latency and speed up the entire system.
Breaking News--StorageTek Unveils Virtual Storage Manager; Flexline Storage Systems October 12, 2004, CRN StorageTek used its annual Forum customer event, held this week in San Antonio, Texas, to unveil a new line of storage arrays. Officials of the Louisville, Colo.-based storage vendor showed its new FlexLine 600-series of arrays. The 600-series, the company's first to use SATA hard drives, is focused on capacity-centric applications, said J.R. Roedel, senior director for ILM solutions.
Storage Vendors Push Decentralization October 11, 2004, InfoWorld This week, StorageTek will also announce the Flexline FLA300, which includes embedded switch technology with point-to-point connections to reduce latency and speed up the system. In addition, StorageTek is rebranding all its disk products under the StorageTek FlexLine name. The existing V-Series disk systems will become the FlexLine V-Series storage systems.
StorageTek to Offer New Disk Systems, Software October 11, 2004, InternetNews.com In a briefing before the event, Jay Seifert, senior manager of product marketing in StorageTek's ILM Solutions Group, said FlexLine provides customers a safe way to store, manage and retrieve files such as e-mail, photos, spreadsheets and other unstructured information.
StorageTek produces new FlexLine arrays, Making big show of ILM credentials October 11, 2004, TechWorld StorageTek is readying a new FlexLine series of online systems, designed to provide customers with primary, business-critical and secondary, archival storage. The FlexLine FLA300 and FLX210 arrays will store transaction-intensive primary data. And the FlexLine 600 will archive data that isn't used often.
Disk Storage Wares on Tap from StorageTek October 11, 2004, Network World Fusion At its annual customer event, StorageTek will introduce the FlexLine online systems, which are designed to provide customers with primary, business-critical and secondary, archival storage.
StorageTek seizes Storability October 11, 2004, The Register The software solutions that StorageTek now possesses, especially around ILM and its strong service delivery capabilities, provides the company a suite of offerings.
Merger a Boon for Both StorageTek, Storability October 06, 2004, eWeek Analysts largely agree that Storability's offerings dovetail well with StorageTek's current products and future strategy, claiming the products StorageTek acquired when it purchased Storability will give the company a platform from which to build even more functionality.
StorageTek Buys Management Company October 04, 2004, Computer World StorageTek is building a comprehensive information life-cycle management (ILM) product set to provide more storage tiers and facilities than any other supplier.
StorageTek Snaps Up Storability October 01, 2004, InternetNews.com StorageTek took another step in filling out its information lifecycle management portfolio this week, acquiring software maker Storability.
STK Grabs Storage Management Vendor September 30, 2004, Information Week Tape storage king StorageTek puts new pressure on the storage-management market with an acquisition.
StorageTek Scoops Up Storability for ILM Portfolio September 30, 2004, eWeek StorageTek will hold its annual FORUM customer conference in San Antonio, Texas, beginning Oct. 12. According to sources, StorageTek will take the covers off of several product updates to its ILM technology at the event.
StorageTek Subtracts for Total September 27, 2004, ITBusiness.ca The Canadian subsidiary of Storage Technology Corp. has launched its first tiered channel program that requires partners to be certified in sales and technical training within the next nine months.
STK enters database archiving market September 24, 2004, InfoStor StorageTek recently jumped into the database archiving market with its Life-Cycle Director software for IBM's DB2 database. LifeCycle Director is designed specifically for mainframe environments and archives inactive data onto cheaper media without impacting applications or the relational connections between tables and indexes in a database.
Product Showcase September 17, 2004, Medical Imaging With its new Backup Resource Monitor (BRM) software, StorageTek (Louisville, Colo) now provides end-to-end backup operations for customers using the StorageTek L and StreamLine series tape libraries.
Lifecycle Director August 24, 2004, Enterprise IT Planet Operating from the principal that the majority of stored data remains either unaccessed by users or very infrequently accessed, Lifecycle Director manages the data such that only the most actively accessed data remains in the actual disk stores, with the remaining less- or inactive data residing solely on storage tapes that can be accessed by DB2 transparently as if it was on disk.
STK takes steps toward ILM portfolio August 24, 2004, InfoStor The company's Backup Resource Monitor (BRM) software gives IT managers a detailed view of their backup infrastructure from the application through the network and into the tape automation components.
Tiered storage has digital music provider singing new tune August 24, 2004, SearchStorage.com Loudeye developed an RFP report and sent it out to vendors including EMC Corp., IBM Corp., Network Appliance (NetApp), Hitachi Data Systems (HDS), Storage Technolgies Inc. (StorageTek), ADIC and Isilon. "It came down to StorageTek and IBM," said Baldini. "StorageTek gave us a more manageable price, plus they had a large local support staff and we had an existing relationship because of the Powderhorns we owned."
Storage Loves Linux August 17, 2004, Byte and Switch Meanwhile, database archiving remains a storage priority. According to Ted Battreall, database archiving product manager at Storage Technology Corp. (StorageTek) (NYSE: STK - message board), 50 percent to 75 percent of enterprise storage consists of files residing on databases. At the same time, with Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) and utility computing picking up, people are looking for new ways to deal with archiving.
StorageTek Adds ILM To Mainframes August 17, 2004, Yahoo News StorageTek unveiled on Monday its Lifecycle Director software for DB2 database archiving that the vendor says will bring information lifecycle management principles to the mainframe world.
T-Series tees off August 16, 2004, VNUNet.com Annie Rickard, marketing director at storage VAR TriSys, said with a 1TB tape drive, resellers will be able to offer huge storage capabilities at a much lower cost than is possible now.
StorageTek introduces Lifecycle Director for DB2 August 13, 2004, Database Journal Lifecycle Director extends StorageTek's ASM data movement technology that has been in the mainframe for a number of years by interfacing the data mover with DB2. This revolutionary approach interfaces in such a way that it archive-enables any DB2 application without the need to make changes to the application code.
Storage Tek’s Happy birthday August 12, 2004, Longmont Daily Times-Call “I just met a new employee who just started today, and I told him — I won’t be around — but I told him I wanted to see him here in 35 years, because the company will still be around,” Martin said.
StorageTek takes another step in the life cycle August 11, 2004, SearchStorage.com According to StorageTek, Lifecycle Director allows DB2 administrators to reduce costs by moving inactive data from expensive disk to lower-cost storage, thereby freeing up space and cutting down maintenance windows. It also facilitates compliance regulations by moving data to disk or tape based on data retention policies.
StorageTek to Archive DB2 Data on Mainframes August 10, 2004, InternetNews.com With Lifecycle Director software, DB2 managers in enterprise legacy IBM OS/390 or IBM z/OS environments can automate the movement of older or less frequently accessed files from expensive disk storage systems to lower cost storage media, such as tape, while maintaining speedy data recall.
StorageTek promises 1TB tape drive by 2007 August 04, 2004, VNU Net StorageTek has promised to develop tape drives that will provide 1TB of native data storage on a single media cartridge by 2007.
StorageTek SL500 Aims For Midrange July 30, 2004, CRN StorageTek last month unveiled a midrange version of its latest enterprise-class tape library. The SL500 is a rack-mount, modular tape library that can be easily expanded for additional slots and drives, said Gerry Fitzpatrick, business line manager for the Louisville, Colo.-based vendor's automated tape solutions unit.
Most Valuable Products Awards July 29, 2004, InfoStor InfoStor recently co-sponsored the Most Valuable Products awards. Members of the ASNP as well as industry analysts narrowed a field of hundreds of product submissions down to five finalists in each of six categories, and InfoStor's end-user readers and the ASNP membership (all end users) voted on the winners in each category.
Backup Hardware: WINNER: StorageTek: L700 tape library
STK takes steps toward ILM portfolio July 28, 2004, InfoStor "The reliability of backup has been dismal in the tape world," says Arun Taneja, an analyst and founder of the Taneja Group consulting firm. "StorageTek has taken a step that improves tape backup."
StorageTek Offers Gresham July 28, 2004, Byte and Switch "Customer satisfaction has always been StorageTek's top priority and we have followed that example. We enhance our products based on the customers' needs and it has proven to be a successful strategy for everyone."
StorageTek streamlines the modular library July 26, 2004, Asia Computer Weekly The SL8500 is the first offering in StorageTek’s next-generation StreamLine family of enterprise information lifecycle management solutions.
Awards honor local innovators July 23, 2004, Daily Camera The Boulder County Business Report on Thursday announced the winners of the 2004 IQ (Innovation Quotient) Awards, its fifth annual awards and networking event designed to recognize local innovation.
Winners of the 2004 IQ Awards in each category are:
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Storage Technology Q2 net rises July 21, 2004, Daily Camera Storage Technology Corp., a maker of tape and disk drives that manage computer data, said second-quarter profit rose 18 percent because of higher income from investments and lower taxes.
Storagetek Announces Q2 July 20, 2004, Byte and Switch The SL500 modular library system is scalable, rack mounted, tape automation solution that starts at 30 LTO (Linear Tape Open, a standard tape format developed by HP, IBM, and Seagate) cartridge slots, and is scalable to over 500 LTO cartridge slots, storing over 100Tb of uncompressed data and supporting up to 18 tape drives with throughput rates of over 2Tb/hour.
StorageTek Retains Leasing Partner July 19, 2004, Byte and Switch By offering an in-house customer finance solution, StorageTek provides business customers with convenient and customized financing, tax benefits, upgrade flexibility and improved asset management.
StorageTek unveils modular tape library system, Sun partnership July 19, 2004, eChannel Line The SL500 mid-range library system launch follows consultations with more than 600 StorageTek customers, and reflects new developments in the use of tape for storage, according to Martin Payne, director of SMB automation at StorageTek.
STK's Martin Talks Up Tape, ILM July 12, 2004, VAR Business Martin: Tape is absolutely the cornerstone of an ILM strategy. Even recently our friends at EMC recognized you need to have tape as part of your offering. We think it is the bedrock of an ILM strategy.
StorageTek racks up success July 12, 2004, InfoStor Executives at StorageTek one of the top storage tape library makers in the world, had reason to smile last month when EMC announced it will partner with tape library maker ADIC.
StorageTek Exec Sees Bright Future For Tape July 12, 2004, Enterprise Storage Forum Jon Benson, vice president and general manager of Automated Tape Solutions at StorageTek, believes it can be more, and predicts that the majority of companies' storage will eventually move to tape.
Jon Benson, VP and GM, StorageTek July 09, 2004, InternetNews.com Executives at StorageTek, one of the top storage tape library makers in the world, had reason to smile last month when EMC announced it will partner with tape library maker ADIC.
StorageTek Launches Modular Library System July 02, 2004, CXO Today The SL500 leverages technology from the previous model – the Sl8500, to offer scalability, storage density and data center class reliability to the mid-tier market.
R.J. Reynolds Elevates Data Protection July 01, 2004, Integrated Solutions In 2001, RJRT looked for a way to get its tape backup problem under control. The company selected StorageTek's Virtual Storage Manager (VSM) system . . . According to Dickson, the VSM has made a difference in RJRT's tape usage for application files by approximately 150 to 1.
StorageTek Eyes Channel For New Midrange Tape Library June 30, 2004, CRN StorageTek this week unveiled a midrange version of its latest enterprise-class tape library--but this time, the target market is mainly served by solution providers.
StorageTek Explores Grid Computing June 30, 2004, Enterprise IT Planet StorageTek is exploring Grid computing technology through a partnership with the Gridbus Project at the University of Melbourne, Australia.
Storage company doubles tape rack capacity June 30, 2004, Computer Weekly Storage Technology has produced a new 100TByte tape library that slots into a standard rack size but provides twice as much capacity as competing products.
StorageTek pitches simpler tape library June 30, 2004, IT Week Hot on the heels of its SL8500 tape library system, StorageTek has launched a mid-range, rack-mounted system that it claims will be ideal for Information Lifecycle Management applications.
StorageTek and Sun tighten the knot June 29, 2004, SearchStorage.com StorageTek Corp. has reinvigorated its OEM partnership with Sun Microsystems Inc. and announced a new tape library for small businesses.
StorageTek Pads ILM Strategy June 29, 2004, InternetNews.com But unlike EMC, which recently embraced tape storage through a partnership with ADIC, StorageTek has long been a believer that tape storage is an important piece of the ILM puzzle, which also includes a smattering of disk-based storage, software, hardware and services to make a complete portfolio.
StorageTek's Got Your Backup Covered June 29, 2004, Yahoo News Storage Technology Corp. is taking full advantage of the Storage World Conference underway this week in Long Beach, Calif.
On Wednesday, the vendor is introducing a midrange tape library, backup software and a new OEM relationship with Sun Microsystems.
StorageTek extends tape library leadership June 23, 2004, Network Times According to Freeman Reports' 2004 Tape Library Outlook report, StorageTek continues to retain the largest share of the automated tape library market, enjoying a 39% share of the overall market in 2003 - a 20% margin over the next closest ranked vendor.
StorageTek Adds Tape Drive Connectivity June 16, 2004, Byte and Switch A perfect complement to the Streamline(TM) SL8500 modular library system, a cornerstone of StorageTek's world class information lifecycle management solutions, the T9940B can be employed as part of an overall tape storage solution that delivers unparalleled value, performance and protection.
Mobius And StorageTek to Deliver Combined Solution June 15, 2004, IT Toolbox The combined solution will feature tape-based write-once-read-many storage technology from StorageTek together with content repository features from Mobius. This will prevent data that has been placed on a tape from being modified or deleted.
The challenges of data protection: tape automation and TCO June 12, 2004, Computer Technology Review "Many enterprise data centers today report that they are faced with the same challenge: Proliferating amounts of data to protect with flat or often declining budgets and headcount. It is rapidly becoming every data center manager's predicament, how to do more with less."
EMC adds ADIC ware to range June 11, 2004, Computer Weekly "With this announcement, EMC recognises that tape is an essential element to this strategy, and sophisticated customers will consider StorageTek for their tape libraries
StorageTek ships PowderHorn replacement June 10, 2004, SearchStorage Wultich said the SL8500 can save users money by allowing them to consolidate multiple libraries into one system. "By consolidating multiple libraries into a larger library, you can save on maintenance efficiencies and floor space. It's easier to manage one library than it is to manage several, and costs much less in terms of operator labor requirements," he said.
StorageTek Streamlines Tape Library June 09, 2004, Byte and Switch StorageTek® (Storage Technology Corporation, NYSE:STK), the data storage solutions expert, extended its leadership in the data storage industry today by announcing the worldwide availability of the StorageTek StreamLine(TM) SL8500 modular library system.
Teams take Corporate Challenge seriously May 30, 2004, Daily Camera The campus at StorageTek includes a 42,000-square foot wellness center complete with gym, swimming pool, weight room and indoor track. A soccer field and track are available outside, as well.
Rebus resurfaces as StorageTek Canada GM May 18, 2004, ITBusiness.ca Nine months after leaving his post as a vice-president of Cisco System's operations here, Brent Rebus has emerged as the new head of StorageTek Canada, determined to increase the number of the company's partners.
StorageTek and Veritas join forces May 17, 2004, ICT World "The combination of Veritas NetBackup and Data Lifecycle Manager software with the StorageTek StreamLine SL8500 Modular Library System will provide our customers with a winning hardware and software platform, to address their information lifecycle management challenges," says Tim Knowles, CEO of StorTech.
StorageTek Extends Tape Library Leadership May 07, 2004, Control Engineering In a statement today, Storage Tek, the data storage solutions expert, has cited continued market penetration for its premier automated tape library solutions, following a recent report from a leading independent analyst firm.
LSI, StorageTek Extend Alliance May 04, 2004, Byte and Switch LSI Logic Storage Systems, Inc., a leader in delivering technology that enables high performance, highly scalable storage for the open enterprise, today announced the company has entered into a new multi-year agreement to provide products to StorageTek (Storage Technology Corp.)(NYSE: STK - News). This alliance is an extension of a relationship the companies first entered into in January 2002.
Disk And Tape: The New Best Friends May 01, 2004, Business Solutions As a VAR, no one has to tell you that storage backup causes considerable discomfort for end users. Martin Payne, director of product development for StorageTek Corp. (Louisville, CO), has heard that complaint numerous times.
Tapes sales up as IT spending improves April 22, 2004, SearchStorage Tape products are flying off the shelves these days as companies free up IT budgets and begin to fall in line with new regulations governing record retention.
StorageTek shows net income, revenue increases April 21, 2004, Denver Business Journal Louisville-based Storage Technology Corp. (NYSE:STK), better known as StorageTek, announced net income and revenue increases for the first quarter of 2004.
StorageTek boosts earnings again April 21, 2004, Daily Camera Storage Technology Corp. bested itself again. The Louisville-based data storage company announced Tuesday that it had a first-quarter 2004 net income of $23.3 million, or 21 cents diluted earnings per share — a 42 percent boost from first quarter last year's $16.5 million, 15 cents per diluted share. Sales were $515 million, a 7 percent increase from $480 million the year before.
Storage Takes The Stage At NAB April 20, 2004, Yahoo News StorageTek and Rorke Data announced they are working together on a digital media archive for broadcasters and media production companies. enterprises to increase revenue, while achieving affordable, high-performance digital media management.
Marketing wins a naming tussle April 18, 2004, Denver Post "StreamLine" works because it means an easing of burdens, Weir said. It also echoes how StorageTek teaches clients about "information life cycle management."
StorageTek streamlines tape-data revolution April 18, 2004, Denver Post It changed how the world banks, seeks medical treatment, hunts terrorists - anything that demands fast access to lots of information.
StorageTek to donate $90,000 to CU medical programs April 13, 2004, Denver Business Journal Louisville-based tape storage giant StorageTek announced its chairman, president and CEO Pat Martin will present a $90,000 check to two University of Colorado entities on April 14.
StorageTek Advances Solution Interoperability to Simplify Storage Management Complexity April 07, 2004, E-Channel News StorageTek today announced that its advanced D-Series(TM) and BladeStore/B-Series(TM) disk storage systems have been certified for conformance with the Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) interface standard (v1.0.2).
StorageTek Spices Up Its Lifecycle April 05, 2004, vnunet.com Rief added that the company's strategy will appeal equally well to large and medium-sized businesses as it will to its channel, because data volume growth and compliance pressures have highlighted the value of up-to-date storage services.
StorageTek a Fortune most admired company April 01, 2004, eBiz StorageTek (Storage Technology Corporation, NYSE:STK), the storage services and solutions expert, has been ranked No. 1 for the third year in a row in the computer peripheral category on Fortune's 2004 'America's Most Admired Companies' list.
StorageTek Puts Trust in Tape With New Library March 30, 2004, Computer World Storage Technology Corp. (StorageTek) has produced a midrange tape library based on its StreamLine technology.
Digital revolution ushers in new security player StorageTek March 29, 2004, Security Systems News Data storage company StorageTek has officially entered the physical security market, providing systems integrators with the ability to store large amounts of digital information and provide access to multiple users.
StorageTek unveils mid-range tape library March 26, 2004, Computer Weekly "With the 9840/9940 it just picks up the cartridge and slams it into the drive; the tape is that robust. It handles LTO cartridges more gently. We've tailored the robotics for different formats," said Todd Rief, StorageTek director of operational strategy.
SITA Wins With Migration March 23, 2004, Light Reading To ensure a smooth relocation process, SITA turned to storage solutions and services company Storage Technology Corp. to provide program and project management for the entire data center relocation plan.
New Tape Drive Available Now from StorageTek March 22, 2004, IT Toolbox A spokesperson for StorageTek said the new tape drive solution will enable companies to manage their data growth while also lowering costs and enhancing the efficiency of their storage operations.
Backward compatibility key to new tape drive buys March 17, 2004, SearchStorage Storage Technology Corp. (StorageTek), Louisville, Colo., plans to roll out FICON support for its new "fast access" T9840C tape drive this week. And as the industry's main supplier of native FICON and ESCON tape drives for IBM zSeries environments, StorageTek expects T9840 users will adopt the new drives in order to take advantage of higher speeds and capacities for their current T9840 media.
StorageTek Resells McData Switch March 17, 2004, Byte and Switch "McDATA's storage networking products are key enablers to StorageTek's information lifecycle management solutions as they help lower costs and complexity for customers and assist in the integration of disparate technologies across the data center," said Mark Ward, vice president and general manager of StorageTek's Information Lifecycle Management Solutions Group.
StorageTek intros FICON drives March 15, 2004, Network World Fusion FICON is up to eight times as fast as the older ESCON. FICON has a link rate of 100M bit/sec compared to ESCON's 3M bit/sec. It can span distances of 12 miles compared to 1.8 miles for ESCON.
StorageTek, IXOS to offer ECM solution March 11, 2004, ICT World This combined IXOS-StorageTek solution is expected to enable companies to retain an unalterable archive of e-mail for a fixed period of time, helping them comply with regulatory requirements as mandated by SEC 17a-4, Sarbanes-Oxley and Basel II.
STK finalist in ethics competition March 10, 2004, Datamation Louisville-based Storage Technology Corp. announced Tuesday it was named a finalist in the Colorado Ethics in Business Awards, sponsored by ColoradoBiz Magazine, University of Denver Daniels School of Business and the Samaritan Institute.
StorageTek Enhances Channel Program March 09, 2004, Byte and Switch "Opportunity Registration is another example of listening closely to our partners and cements StorageTek's commitment to revenue opportunities and growth for our channel partners," said George Karabatsos, vice president and general manager of global channels and strategic alliances, StorageTek. "This is the first of a series of channel initiatives committed to our partners' 2004 success."
Let's Protect A Deal March 08, 2004, CRN Joe Fannin, CEO of NetSource, said the deal registration program will boost the Littleton, Colo.-based solution provider's relationship with StorageTek.
Data Overflow March 01, 2004, Healthcare Informatics Carper says that he and his colleagues are busy executing their storage plan now, with the assistance of the hospital's storage vendor, Louisville, Colo.-based Storage Technology Corp. (StorageTek)
Front Porch, StorageTek Do TV February 26, 2004, Byte and Switch "We made extensive evaluations and testing of near-line storage products, and for storage management, DIVArchive and StorageTek's L5500 best met all our needs for reliability, flexibility and accessibility," said Alejandro Magos, CIO at TV Azteca.
HDS, StorageTek Get Ficon for Brocade February 17, 2004, Byte and Switch Qualification of FICON for the Brocade 12000 Director complements the FICON capability of our V2X disk systems and T9840B tape drive, and enhances the capability of Brocade to support StorageTek's Information Lifecycle Management strategy.
StorageTek to open R&D unit in Dublin February 12, 2004, Yahoo News UK & Ireland StorageTek is to open a European research and development unit in Dublin, providing data storage innovations for StorageTek's corporate customer base.
LSI Logic Storage Systems Expands Horizons February 06, 2004, High Performance Computing As the only LSI Logic Storage Systems strategic alliance partner offering this solution, StorageTek (Storage Technology Corp) is delivering the technology to end users as part of its Information Lifecycle Management solutions.
'Rich pickings' to be made February 02, 2004, vnunet.com "We are proud of the successful penetration our value-added distributors [VADs] and VARs are making in the marketplace," said Patrick Martin, chief executive of StorageTek. "Our VAD/VAR revenue has nearly doubled in two years and Q4 was a record quarter."
Can You Afford To Lose Documents? February 01, 2004, Integrated Solutions Not only has the solution enabled TEKsystems to get rid of the filing cabinets for photocopies, but it has also eliminated the need to pay for off-site storage of hard copy originals . . . All data is backed up in real time across two StorageTek tape libraries.
Life stories? February 01, 2004, Infoconomy Kevin Bailey, marketing director in the UK and Ireland for storage systems company Storagetek, estimates the current rate of year-on-year growth of data in UK to be in the order of an exabyte, or a million terabytes.
StorageTek CEO Upbeat on IT Spending January 23, 2004, TheStreet.com Martin said that storage in particular is benefiting from government regulations requiring businesses to keep more electronic records for longer periods of time. "Email used to get dumped after 90 days. Now I hear insurance companies talking about keeping records for 100 years and airlines for 30," he said.
Storage Bigs Brash on Budgets January 23, 2004, Byte and Switch "We are seeing the beginnings of what we hope is a very strong economic recovery," Storage Technology Corp. (StorageTek) (NYSE: STK - message board) CEO Pat Martin told analysts during the company's earnings presentation last night. "We expect that customers will continue to move forward many of their IT projects, and we expect storage will continue to be a priority within that IT spending."
StorageTek Cites Channel In Record Q4 Revenue January 22, 2004, CRN We are proud of the successful penetration our VADs and VARs are making in the marketplace," he said. "Our VAD/VAR revenue has nearly doubled in two years and fourth quarter was a record quarter.
StorageTek: Premium Choice January 16, 2004, Baseline StorageTek has kept up a healthy lead in the category it invented in 1987 (customers started calling those first automated libraries "tape silos"), and has recovered from its financial distress in the late 1990s.
Storage Basics: Information Lifecycle Management January 14, 2004, Enterprise Storage Forum "Because information’s value changes over time," Fuentes contines, "StorageTek created its Information Lifecycle Management approach to help customers more efficiently and cost effectively manage information from its creation to deletion. Implementing this strategy helps customers reduce risk and costs, and puts IT professionals firmly in control of information management."
StorageTek runs higher on revenue boost January 13, 2004, The Register Shares of StorageTek surged higher on Tuesday after the company raised its revenue forecasts based on strong tape sales and services.
StorageTek Shares Jump on Raised Guidance January 12, 2004, TheStreet.com The Louisville, Colo.-based company said sales will be greater than $650 million, compared with $603.07 million, the consensus of analysts polled by Thomson First Call.
Stocks to watch Tuesday January 12, 2004, CNN Money Storagetek said it sees stronger-than-anticipated fourth-quarter results, sending its shares up 16.5 percent from its $27.80 closing price the New York Stock Exchange to $32.40 on Instinet.
StorageTek's Next Move January 07, 2004, VAR Business CEO Pat Martin is moving the $2 billion company away from a purely hardware agenda and adding more software and professional services to the mix. The Louisville, Colo.-based company seems to be in a good position to handle the change. Since the end of 2002, StorageTek has experienced 10 consecutive year-over-year quarterly increases.
Store This!: VARBusiness’ Exclusive Storage Partner Programs Review January 07, 2004, VARBusiness Despite reducing the number of top-line partners, StorageTek aims to boost its channel revenue as a percent of overall sales from roughly 45 percent currently to 65 percent within two years. So far, the plan is working.
Colorado: the Wild West of storage January 06, 2004, Computer World Today StorageTek boasts about 2,000 employees at its Louisville, Colo., corporate headquarters but, like IBM, the company's true effect on the regional economy is best measured by the number of ventures that it has spun off.
StorageTek Tweaks Exec Team January 06, 2004, Byte and Switch StorageTek today announced two key additions to its executive management team and unveiled a new organization to enhance the current success of its Information Lifecycle Management(TM) strategy and accelerate the pace of technology innovation for new products and solutions.
SANs Provide A Data 'Dial Tone' Across The Business January 02, 2004, Insurance Networking News "You have a lot of agents out in the field. They all have personal computers. They all have digital cameras. They're filing lots of claims forms. They're filing lots of digital photos, which are, of course, increasing data capacity tremendously," says Derek Weeks, senior marketing manager for StorageTek, Louisville, Colo.
Storage technologies lay groundwork for expansion December 31, 2003, InfoWorld Especially interesting is the EchoView appliance, which allows you to revert a protected server volume to any point in time before a data corruption — much more effective than using traditional backup applications or volume snapshots.
StorageTek EchoView 400 December 19, 2003, InfoWorld The EchoView disk-based backup appliance breaks new ground in data recovery, combining journaling of volume changes and user-driven granularity, allowing backups as frequently as every 30 seconds.
StorageTek defines ILM strategy December 12, 2003, InfoWorld They are designed to address four major pain points targeted by ILM —managing the complexity of storage, handling primary storage, dealing with backup and recovery, and archiving and compliance.
Get Stored Images Into The Right Hands December 09, 2003, Integrated Solutions The company purchased two new StorageTek Virtual Storage Manager (VSM) solutions, each with 1.6 TB of data cache. With the help of NovaStor's TapeCopy software, it migrated nearly 15,000 data volumes from the VTS to the new VSM solution.
StorageTek helps healthcare industry in compliance arena December 08, 2003, SNS Europe StorageTek, along with its best in class PACS partners, now offers a series of its Information Lifecycle Management(tm) reference architectures and solutions that provide the health care enterprise with powerful image and data archival technology.
StorageTek Resells IBM's TSM December 03, 2003, Byte and Switch StorageTek and IBM are offering customers another weapon in the battle to manage backup and recovery.
Council benefits from enhanced data storage December 03, 2003, ITtoolbox 'The system is so easy to implement. Just point and shoot and the user does not even know there has been a changeover. So we have migrated more than expected by now,' said Warren.
San storage to save council from overload November 26, 2003, vnunet.com The 5TB StorageTek San has helped cut back-up times by 45 per cent, with the main back-up, which previously lasted from Saturday morning to Monday afternoon, now cut to 10 hours.
StorageTek Adds Two to Board November 23, 2003, Byte and Switch StorageTek®, the storage services and solutions expert, today announced that Judy C. Odom and Mercedes Johnson have been elected to the StorageTek board of directors.
StorageTek launches cheaper mirroring app November 21, 2003, Computer Weekly StorageTek has launched an appliance enabling users of expensive discs from the likes of EMC, IBM and Hitachi Data Systems to mirror to its cheaper D Series midrange arrays, or replicate to one of its ATA-based devices.
StorageTek adds SATA to BladeStore family November 18, 2003, eChannelLine The new product is the first in the BladeStore line, designed as the company's rack-mounted secondary storage option (existing between primary storage and tape backups), to support serial ATA drives. It also does so with a much smaller footprint, starting at 1.25 TB compared to its predecessor, the 6TB B250.
ILM: Shape of Future Storage? November 17, 2003, eWeek There was a feeling of optimism in the air at the StorageTek Forum, held last month in San Diego, fueled by the direction the storage market appears to be taking. Companies are now buying different types of storage, which is good news for Storage Technology Corp., the show's sponsor.
Storagetek fleshes out ILM strategy November 17, 2003, Asia Computer Weekly San Diego, US: Storagetek is out to silence critics of information lifecycle management (ILM) with new announcements at the 15th Forum, its annual user conference, held here this year.
StorageTek Signs Tape Media Partners November 14, 2003, Byte and Switch In today's technology marketplace, to be the best, one has to partner with the best. Customers look to StorageTek® for the highest standards of quality, reliability and performance in enterprise tape storage solutions. In turn, StorageTek looks to its valued technology partners for world-class tape media support.
StorageTek peddles lifecycle management strategy November 11, 2003, vnunet.com "We are in a very strong position financially, both in terms of our stock price, despite its recent hiccup, and cash position, with no debt, so we have an awful lot of options," said Chief executive Pat Martin.
Most e-mail is not managed properly! November 11, 2003, SNS Europe StorageTek® is broadening the StorageTek Email Xcelerator series of solutions with the addition of an e-mail archiving software from IXOS, a leading provider of Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solutions.
StorageTek Bets On Midrange Line November 06, 2003, CRN Storage Technology, or StorageTek, is putting extra emphasis on the midrange market and its indirect sales channel.
StorageTek To OEM, Resell IXOS ECM Software November 06, 2003, CRN StorageTek is OEMing the IXOS-eCONserver for Exchange and the IXOS-eCONserver for Lotus, and will sell them as part of StorageTek's Email Xcelerator series of solutions, said Roger Good, director of global services for StorageTek.
Enhanced BladeStore unveiled November 05, 2003, SNS Europe StorageTek has unveiled plans to offer serial ATA (SATA)-based solutions as part of its premier BladeStore disk product family. "In today's business environment, IT managers are challenged to meet their Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and protect their critical data while grappling with significant budget and resource constraints," said Ron Johnson, Senior Partner, Evaluator Group.
StorageTek launches monster tape library October 31, 2003, TechWorld StorageTek's new monster tape library, with a massive 200,000 drive slots, is 50 times bigger than the competition's biggest. With the new StreamLine SL8500 library, StorageTek, well known for its Powerwolf and Timberwolf libraries, aims to steal back its storage library crown.
MirrorStore leads StorageTek ILM upgrades October 30, 2003, vnunet.com An appliance for data replication and mirroring and a new modular tape library have led a series of releases supporting StorageTek's information lifecycle management (ILM) strategy.
StorageTek gives early look at tape library behemoth October 30, 2003, The Register Analysts agreed that the system is top notch.
"The company continues to drive innovation to the tape market with the SL8500," said Dianne McAdam, senior analyst and partner of Data Mobility Group.
StorageTek Plays in Its Own Tape Library League October 29, 2003, Enterprise Storage Forum StorageTek already leads the market in shipments of high-end automated tape systems and drives, but the company sure isn't resting on its laurels.
StorageTek Changes the Face of Tape Automation October 29, 2003, SuperComputing StorageTek reinvented tape with the introduction of tape libraries and on-demand access to massive amounts of data in 1987. Today, StorageTek is once again reinventing tape automation.
StorageTek Outlines ILM Roadmap October 28, 2003, Byte and Switch StorageTek introduced a series of its Information Lifecycle Management(tm) reference architectures as well as several Information Lifecycle Management solutions to reinforce how StorageTek is best equipped to help customers solve their critical information management issues.
Setting the pace - StorageTek named 'fastest growing' public company October 27, 2003, The Denver Business Journal StorageTek tops the Denver Business Journal's Top 100 Fastest-Growing Colorado Public Companies list this year with a net income increase of 6,211 percent over a three-year span.
Email Archiving and Information Lifecycle Management October 24, 2003, Storagesearch.com Improvements to current storage offerings are always being made to meet changing market demands. An example of this is StorageTek's recent partnership with Sun Microsystems to provide a comprehensive tool to help companies tackle and survive email archiving requirements.
Scottish Borders Council – Case Study October 24, 2003, SNS Europe “StorageTek’s L20 open systems solution provided a high-performance tape automation system with scalability and an easy upgrade path for future growth requirements. It met all our key objectives of improved capacity, back up, automation, future proofing and cost efficiency.”
NOAA lab extends supercomputing contract with Raytheon October 10, 2003, Government Computer News The high-performance computing environment includes two 96-processor SGI computers for data analysis and a StorageTek PowderHorn 9310 tape library from Storage Technology Corp. of Louisville, Colo.
Legato Snapshots STK, LSI Disk October 08, 2003, Byte and Switch EGATO Systems, Inc. delivers NetWorker(TM) PowerSnap(TM), a comprehensive, enterprise-class snapshot management solution that works with the SANtricity(TM) Storage Manager Snapshot technology found in StorageTek® D-Series(TM) disk storage subsystems.
Strike Out Inflexible Storage October 01, 2003, Integrated Solutions So, the club decided to upgrade its online storage capabilities. Out went the direct attached server storage; in came a Fibre Channel-attached, RAID (redundant array of independent disks)-based hard disk subsystem: a BladeStore unit from StorageTek (Louisville, CO).
StorageTek October 01, 2003, CMP.net Asia In Asia, StorageTek continues to see an increased need to enable and provide higher levels of data protection in the enterprise.
Escape the desktop September 29, 2003, theage.com.au The D240 disk subsystem is the latest addition to StorageTek's D-Series family of primary disk storage products. Specifically designed for open systems, the D240 provides 2Gbps Fibre Channel connectivity to storage area networks and direct-attached storage and is suited to transaction-intensive applications.
Storage Tek Wins AIB Contract September 24, 2003, Business Plus StorageTek Ireland has won a three year contract from AIB that is worth in excess of E1million.
EarthWhere Improves USGS Delivery of Custom Maps September 16, 2003, Point of Beginning "We had great support from StorageTek in addressing this opportunity. Their ASM solution provided a data storage infrastructure that fit perfectly into the SANZ Tiered Storage Model, yielding an optimzed combination of disk and tape for lowest total cost of data storage for this environment."
Less Is More-Storage Vendors Cut Partners September 10, 2003, VARBusiness StorageTek's president, chairman and CEO Patrick Martin says he wants to increase his company's channel revenue by 25 percent next year.
StorageTek Aims for the Middle September 10, 2003, Byte and Switch StorageTek's president, chairman and CEO Patrick Martin says he wants to increase his company's channel revenue by 25 percent next year.
Overland gets Enlarged September 02, 2003, Byte and Switch Traditionally in the tape automation market, they've been midrange to low end player with smaller libraries. This will put them into competition with companies like StorageTek, which is very strong in high-end markets like that.
Tape Technology Stretches Out September 02, 2003, Computer World To keep up, tape media will evolve to have more than 1,000 tracks and a thickness of 6.9 microns (about as thick as cellophane). And it will also work with drives that write on both sides of the tape, says Jeff Laughlin, director of strategy for the automated tape solutions unit at StorageTek in Louisville, Colo.
Economic Downturn is the time for Supply Chain Improvements August 28, 2003, Computer World StorageTek faced wildly fluctuating inventory levels that produced high debt-to-capitalization levels due to its forecast-based, "push" supply chain business. The solution was to implement a vendor-managed inventory network that would support lean manufacturing.
Video's supporting cast also important August 26, 2003, FCW.Com Storage Technology Corp.'s (StorageTek) Application Storage Manager, can automatically transfer large video files from expensive online disks to lower-cost tape, yet still keep it accessible to users for when they need it.
StorageTek Chooses CorporaTel as CRM Services Partner August 19, 2003, ContactCenterWorld.com A custom solution to address StorageTek’s dynamic business information requirements was created. CorporaTel’s technical team of application developers and integration specialists worked with StorageTek to provide them with web based reporting and database analytics.
GE Access Offers Slew of Services to Solution Providers August 16, 2003, CRN "They can sell the whole story, from up-front services for infrastructure design to implementation," Karabatsos said. "All of a sudden, they have a whole team of StorageTek folks to help them construct the ROI story."
Vendors to combine disk, tape libraries for storage management, backups August 15, 2003, Computerworld Advanced Digital Information Corp. (ADIC), Storage Technology Corp. and Spectra Logic Corp. are each developing products that would use serial ATA disk arrays physically and logically tied to tape libraries to consolidate storage management, speed backups, increase redundancy and guarantee the fast restoration of mission-critical data.
StorageTek: The Next Disk Titan? August 14, 2003, Byte and Switch While tape continues to be StorageTek's main source of income, the company's disk business – with a special emphasis on its new ATA disk-based backup system, BladeStore – has been growing strong.
Supply-Chain Revamp Boosts StorageTek Bottom Line August 12, 2003, E-Commerce Times Unleashing trapped profitability" may sound like a tall order in this tough economy, but it has become a mantra for executives at storage-systems maker StorageTek.
StorageTek bulks up tape, trims disk August 08, 2003, The Register Flexing its muscle in both tape and disk, StorageTek this week made a pair of moves to round out its storage line-up. In its core tape business, StorageTek has rolled out the latest member of its T9X40 tape drive family - the T9840C. The new drive has double the capacity of previous products at 40GB per cartridge (uncompressed) and boasts a high 30MB/second data transfer rate.
StorageTek Streamlines Channel Partner Base August 08, 2003, CRN StorageTek is reducing its solution provider ranks to develop more in-depth relationships with fewer partners, company executives said last week.
GE Access boss: We can beat IBM, HP on services August 06, 2003, ITBusiness Pat Martin, president and CEO of StorageTek, said VARs should look to the sinformation lifecycle management (ILM) space for market opportunities. "As spending moves from hardware to software and services, the market is shifting to storage management."
GE Access to Resell StorageTek Professional Services August 05, 2003, CRN GE Access plans to resell professional services from StorageTek to solution providers, said executives at both companies. The professional services SKUs can help solution providers fill gaps in their coverage and could be used when developing large storage solutions, said George Karabatsos, vice president of reseller channel sales at StorageTek, at GE Access' New Frontiers Conference in Keystone, Colo.
What the Big Guys Do August 04, 2003, Accounting Technology Managing email is not just a matter of blocking spam and viruses. It also involves preventing messages from eroding a company's storage, according to StorageTek, a Louisville, Colo.-based company that makes a business of storage.
Storage Technology Works With CommVault To Protect Customer Data August 01, 2003, InformationWeek Data recovery is never as easy as some vendors try to paint it. No one source can ensure the recovery of data, so partnerships are a must.Storage Technology Corp., which knows as much about backup and recovery as any other vendor because of its high-end tape library prowess and decades of recovery services, will sign a deal with CommVault Systems Inc. on Monday to improve its capabilities.
EMC Revs Up VAR Program July 30, 2003, VARBusiness Still, some VARs are apprehensive about working with the storage giant. AdviStor, for example, a start-up storage integrator based in Fairport, N.Y., resells EMC products but has had problems with the vendor competing for deals against it. As a result, the solution provider has turned to other vendors, including Hitachi, StorageTek and Nexsan Technologies.
ATA makes inroads to network storage July 28, 2003, Federal Computer Week Advanced Technology Attachment has long been the dominant hard drive technology in the PC world, where it is more commonly known as Integrated Drive Electronics. But ATA is breaking new ground in the enterprise arena, showing up in storage arrays used in direct-attached, storage-area network and network- attached storage settings. The technology has gained the endorsement of such corporate storage players as EMC Corp., Network Appliance Inc. and Storage Technology Corp.
Quantum, others put the 'intelligence' in tape July 23, 2003, ComputerWorld Jeff Laughlin, director of strategy for automated tape solutions at Storage Technology Inc. in Louisville, Colo., said his company will be integrating its BladeStore disk-to-disk backup server with its PowderHorn tape libraries over the next couple of years.
SGI, Legato Crush Tape Backup Records July 21, 2003, Enterprise Storage Forum SGI and Legato, along with StorageTek, LSI Logic and Brocade announced tape backup and restore benchmarks three times faster than the highest previous marks.
Tapes: A Modern History, Trends July 18, 2003, Sys Admin Magazine A more linear improvement in enterprise tape performance has only been available with the release of the StorageTek T9940B and most recently the Ultrium-II drive.
Riding the SATA wave July 18, 2003, InfoWorld In fact, major vendors such as EMC, StorageTek, and Network Appliance are deploying SATA or parallel ATA drives for those types of applications, so why shouldn’t you?
R.L. Polk Revs Up Backups And Business Opportunities With StorageTek July 14, 2003, Storage Online Polk consolidated their four libraries into one ultra-high performance PowderHorn 9310. As the largest of StorageTek’s automated tape libraries, the PowderHorn can scale from 2,000 to 6,000 slots, providing virtually limitless, cost-effective storage that can accommodate rapid data growth. Working seamlessly with the PowderHorn in Polk’s data center are 15 T9940A Fiber Channel tape drives.
In brief: NetPro upgrades eDirectory monitoring July 14, 2003, Network World Fusion NetPro has launched a new version of its Novell eDirectory monitoring and alerting software. DS Expert 4.0 now supports eDirectory management on Windows and Solaris networks and can be managed with Microsoft Operations Manager Management Pack. Several alerts also have been added, including one for Novell's metadirectory product, DirXML. Storage Technology enhanced its mainframe virtual tape last week by increasing capacity and performance.
StorageTek expands virtual storage manager capabilities July 09, 2003, xephon.com StorageTek has announced Version 4 of its Virtual Storage Manager (VSM) application, promising mainframe sites with gains in storage performance, capacity, connectivity, resource utilization, and overall functionality as well as disaster recovery and business continuity features.
Not Just Another Upgrade July 09, 2003, Enterprise Storage Forum StorageTek is overhauling Virtual Storage Manager, its virtual tape storage solution — and is making it clear that this is not just another product upgrade announcement. "We're not talking a minor point upgrade here," a company spokesman says. "It's a major step for VSM."
The Sun in Baltimore lighting up storage network design July 08, 2003, Newspaper & Technology The Sun in Baltimore put the wraps on a storage equipment upgrade that has breathed new life into its storage area network project. The newspaper purchased an L180 digital tape library from Storage Technology Corp. in December 2002 as part of its effort to increase its storage capacity to 5.5 terabytes, enough room to store trillions of words and millions of images.
StorageTek boosts disk and tape July 07, 2003, vnuet.com StorageTek has released two new products which it claims increase disk and tape throughput performance at similar prices to the models they replace.
StorageTek Boosts Tape Storage Efficiency July 07, 2003, Storage Pipeline IT organizations often complain about tape storage because they let the number of drives grow like weeds and rarely know how much capacity is available on any of them. Storage Technology Corp. StorageTek will continue to address that problem with Monday's introduction of Virtual Storage Manager (VSM) 4.
Prescription For Medical Images July 04, 2003, Channel Web Agfa originally set a goal to sell 600 Tbytes of storage capacity to its clients in 2003 as part of its health-care business. It reached that target last month, said George Cervenka, technical marketing manager at the Ridgefield Park, N.J.-based medical systems integrator. The medical imaging business is creating a storage boom as more hospitals embrace the practice of digitally storing patient records and test results, and new rules force them to keep that data longer, say VARs and vendors.
StorageTek enhances tape drive July 02, 2003, Asia Computer Weekly StorageTek has launched the “fast access” T9840B tape drive with native FICON interface for the latest IBM zSeries server channels.
Rolling the tape after years on the outer July 01, 2003, theage.com "Everybody laughed and said, 'Tape is dead,' " says Robert Nieboer, a global services executive at StorageTek, as the PowderHorn's maker is commonly known. Now StorageTek has reason for mirth. As rivals proffering the latest digital-disk technologies have seen their sales head south, data tape data tape has become a relatively hot sector . . ."
You've Got (Too Much) Mail July 01, 2003, Accounting Technology The figurative pile of email messages that once filled Doris Higgins' mailbox with the usual mound of Viagra ads, mortgage offers, and more, had become more than just a nuisance. It was a problem that drained her time and the company's resources.
Focus shifts from backup to recovery July 01, 2003, InfoStor StorageTek's EchoView allows users to take frequent snapshots (every 5 to 10 minutes). These changes are journaled and saved to a separate area on disk. Users can keep a week's (or more) worth of snapshots (or views) online and they can back up to tape off the snapshots with standard backup applications.
Business Briefs July 01, 2003, InfoStor StorageTek and FalconStor are co-developing a StorageTek-branded replication and mirroring appliance that is expected to be available next month. The two have also signed a global reseller agreement that allows StorageTek to sell FalconStor's IPStor suite of products, as well as a professional services agreement that enables STK's Professional Services team to leverage IPStor in data migration projects.
Brave New World of Data Backup July 01, 2003, NewsFactor Network Improving the process of backing up and restoring data has long been a priority of the IT department. So the fact that not much has changed the past few years makes it seems as though innovation has occurred at a snail's pace. Better manageability, availability, and scalability has seemed a far-off prospect.
Comparing disk-to-disk (to tape) backup models June 30, 2003, InfoStor The trouble with backup is that it hasn't kept pace with other growth and expansion trends in information technology.
The Backup Battle Heats Up June 30, 2003, eWeek Is tape dead? in response to eWEEK Labs' recent "Backup Advances" package, several readers offered persuasive arguments that tape has lost its place as a worthwhile backup medium. However, eWEEK Labs is not ready to write the epitaph on tape storage's tombstone. The demand for tape is spurring a new generation of tape backup products
StorageTek Couples With FalconStor June 18, 2003, Byte and Switch Storage Technology Corp. -- looking to edge its way into the storage virtualization game -- is teaming up with FalconStor Software Inc. to create a data replication appliance that works with heterogeneous storage systems.
StorageTek, FalconStor partner in OEM/reseller deal June 18, 2003, eChannelLine Daily News StorageTek and FalconStor Software have entered into a strategic alliance in which StorageTek will resell Falconstor's flagship IPstor suite, and utilize Falconstor's desk replication and mirroring solutions in a StorageTek branded appliance.
StorageTek, FalconStor To Build Mirroring Appliance June 18, 2003, Information Week FalconStor Software, StorageTek say they'll build a data mirroring and replication appliance, and StorageTek will use FalconStor's IPStor for customer data migration projects.
LTO gaining ground in tape market June 18, 2003, InfoStor Despite continued adoption of storage area networks (SANs) and network-attached storage (NAS) last year, unit shipments of tape libraries increased just 3% to 65,400 units, according to the recently published Freeman Report, 2003 Tape Library Outlook.
Quantum seeks selective quality channel approach June 17, 2003, Computer Weekly The latest occupant of the managing director’s chair at tape specialist Quantum has outlined the vendor’s commitment to a selective quality-focused channel.
Planning for scheduled downtime June 16, 2003, FCW.Com When it comes to downtime, customers traditionally have made disaster protection the top priority. "The major focus has always been on the catastrophic event," said David Alvarado, a vice president in the Global Business Continuity Services division at Storage Technology Corp.
Don't let downtime get you down June 16, 2003, FCW.Com Sometimes the hardest problem to identify is the one staring you in the face. And so it goes with business continuity. Information technology organizations gird themselves for all manner of disasters — flood, fire and terrorism to name a few. But a much more commonplace threat exists in the form of backup sessions, hardware/software upgrades and storage capacity changes.
In brief: StorageTek goes native with Fibre Connection June 16, 2003, Network World Fusion StorageTek last week announced native Fibre Connection support for its T9840B tape drive. The T9840 is designed for Enterprise Systems Connection customers who are moving to FICON.
