Storage management Resources

ZDNet Dictionary Definition

Storage Management: The administration of any or all of backup, archival, disaster recovery and hierarchical storage management HSM procedures within an organization. See storage virtualization, HSM, ESM, SAN and data management.; Full Storage Management Definition >>

ZDNet Resources

Citrix's "Kensho" Open Virtual Format tools will drive hypervisor interoperability, Microsoft Hyper-V: Citrix will ship in the third quarter a technical preview of Open Virtual Machine format tools that will allow developers and IT pros to create virtual, portable application workloads that run on XenServer and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V. Oh, and yes, add VMWare ESX to that list ...; Tags: Interoperability, Hypervisor, Citrix Systems Inc., VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Tool, OVF, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Productivity, Hardware, Storage, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-07-15
Memeo AutoBackup Premium (exe): In only 60 seconds you can set it up and begin protecting your most important files. Backup to external hard drives, another computer on your network, Memeo iDisk Online Storage, USB storage devices, or your iPod simultaneously. No scheduling is required, all backups happen instantly and automatically. And once a...; Tags: Memeo, Storage, Storage Management, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software; Software downloads 2008-07-15
Virtualization in Education: When it comes to desktop computing in Education, flexibility is key. Availability of computers in classrooms, offices, labs, dorm rooms, and throughout campus is expected. Students, faculty and staff want to be able to access their own data, securely, from all of these locations. This white paper discusses how virtualization...; Tags: Education, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage; White papers 2008-07-14
Look who's running VMware now: Former Softie Paul Maritz has a new challenge on his hands: Competing head-to-head with his former employer in the virtualization space. by Mary Jo Foley; Tags: Hypervisor, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-07-08
Microsoft's Hyper-V and Spin Marketing - the Parallels view: Here's another take on Microsoft's announcement of Hyper-V. This time, the comments are coming from Serguei Beloussov, CEO of Parallels. Surguei appears to be taking a rather pragmatic view of the announcement and all of the surrounding hype. Here's what he had to say: ...; Tags: Marketing, Microsoft Corp., Hyper-V, Parallels, Surguei, Serguei, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-07

Data Doctor Recovery Digital Pictures (exe): Utility recover images restore deleted erased pictures from USB drive, memory stick, thumb drive, pen drive and geek sticks. Digital photos recovery tool retrieve photos from accidentally formatted multimedia memory cards smart media, digital camera mobile cell phone compact flash card SD XD secure card. Software undeletes not detected snaps...; Tags: Card, Multimedia, Data Recovery, Recovery, USB Flash Drive, Photograph, Data Recovery Software, Flash Memory, Storage Management, Storage, Hardware; Software downloads 2008-07-07
Data Doctor Website Monitor (exe): Expert Web master utility monitors servers, TCP/IP services and applications. Network server monitoring software detects Web site uptime downtime monitor IP ping failure. Monitoring Software displays upload download time, host performance and alert by ringing when RTO request time out. It shows response time by pinging route continuously. Version 2.0.1.5...; Tags: Data Recovery, Network Server, Monitoring, Web Site, Data Recovery Software, Network Server Monitoring Software, Web Site Development, Networking, Storage Management, Internet, Storage, Hardware; Software downloads 2008-07-07
Bamboo File Sync and Backup (exe): Bamboo File Sync and Backup Software is an intuitive file synchronization and backup software tool for Microsoft Windows environment. Bamboo automates copy, deletion, and comparison of computer files and backups located in different storage devices like hard disks, flash memory, network drives, and removable. It is designed to simplify and...; Tags: Network, Network Storage, Backup Software, Haxar, Bamboo, Backups, Storage Management, Storage, Hardware; Software downloads 2008-07-07
Hard Disk Drive Data Recovery (exe): Recover retrieve formatted fat 32 16 file system files folders corrupted logically damaged bad sector hard disk drive windows XP 2003 2000 me repair deleted master boot record MBR dos boot record DBR root directory software supports crashed IDE EIDE ATA SATA SCSI laptop desktop pc undelete unformat backup overwritten...; Tags: Hard Drive, Data Recovery, Data Recovery Software, Storage Management, Databases, Storage, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; Software downloads 2008-07-04
VMware: The Hyper-V assault is underway, but the war is a long one: Microsoft's Hyper-V--that long awaited virtualization effort from Redmond--is off and running and the analysis on it falls into three generic buckets: Hyper-V is spin; it's a real virtualization player; and Microsoft is going to crush VMware or be crushed by the incumbent. While those of us in...; Tags: VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Hyper-V, Dan Kusnetzky, Paula Rooney, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-01
Hyper-V: The no-brainer virtualization stack for Windows: Last Thursday, Microsoft released the final version of Hyper-V, the much anticipated built-in hypervisor for Windows Server 2008. Back in February, we had a look at a late beta release, and we were quite impressed with the performance of the system and how easy it was to manage virtual machines....; Tags: Performance, Microsoft Windows Server, Server, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Hyper-V, Paravirtualization Method, Microsoft VMM 2008, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Virtualization, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Operating Systems, Cloud Computing, Open Source, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Software, Hardware, Storage, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-07-01
Debut of Hyper-V, departure of Gates usher in new era for Microsoft: Given the importance of virtualization to the future of the operating system, it seems fitting that Hyper-V shipped on the the same day Bill Gates exited the Windows company. It is truly a new era for Microsoft. Who could have envisioned five years ago that a Microsoft platform would openly...; Tags: Hypervisor, Microsoft Corp., XenSource Inc., Hyper-V, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-06-26
Microsoft finally launches Hyper-V: Analysts have welcomed the release of the hypervisor, but rival VMware claims Hyper-V has been a long time coming and lacks functionality. Microsoft has announced that its Hyper-V hypervisor is finally available, but analysts have questioned whether large enterprises will adopt the product as their sole virtualization...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Hyper-V, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Colin Barker ZDNet.co.uk, hypervisor, Microsoft, VMware, virtualization; News items 2008-06-26
I'm sticking with Windows XP: You've heard it all before -- the bell tolls for Windows XP. The governor isn't calling to give it a reprieve -- Microsoft is officially declaring it end of life for system OEMs on June 30. On April 14, 2009, mainstream support dies. Enterprises with extended support contracts can keep...; Tags: Desktop, OEM, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, Virtualization, Microsoft Windows, Cloud Computing, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Storage Management, Utility Computing, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Storage, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-06-25
Tresys VM Fortress: Tresys recently launched VM Fortress, a product based upon work done at the U.S. government's National Security Agency and has been made available as SELinux.VM Fortress is designed to enhance virtual machine security "by confining virtual machines in a patent-pending sandboxing mechanism. This strong, independent control over system resources strictly...; Tags: Virtual Machine, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Desktop Virtualization, Open Source, Servers, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-06-25
Instant Data Recovery (exe): Recovers a wide variety of file types, including recycled and compressed. List of supported file types images, documents, videos, music, text files, html files, folders, and presentations. With data recovery wizard you can recover files easily. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: HTML, Data Recovery, Shukraware, Storage Management, Databases, Storage, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; Software downloads 2008-06-25
ProxMox: The high-performance virtualization server for the rest of us: What sounds like a cross between a Ferengi mating practice and an OREO cookie clone, but is actually the latest and greatest in Open Source turnkey virtualization servers? It's the ProxMox Virtual Environment, a new open source project that has been flying under the hypervisor radar, but may pose a...; Tags: High-performance, OpenVZ, Server, VMware Inc., Virtual Machine, VM, ProxMox VE, Virtual Machine Setup, Virtualization, Linux, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Open Source, Operating Systems, Hardware, Software, Storage, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-06-24
Lanamark Virtualization Services Software: Mark Angelo, CEO and founder of Lanamark,spoke a while ago about the challenges virtualization technology can pose for providers of IT services. This folks are often known by a number of different names including channel partners, service providers and the like. Virtualization technology, in Mark's view, offers these people a...; Tags: Software, Server, Analysis, Application Workload, Server Resource, Lanamark Explorer, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-06-23
Files Data Recovery (exe): MiMU Files Data Recovery, is a no-risk data recovery utility that assists you in recovering important data which was lost after drive format, virus problems, software corruption, file/directory deletion, file/directory corruption and more! It is an easy to use data recovery utility that examines your hard drive, for damages and...; Tags: Data Recovery, Freaky Burn, Storage Management, Databases, Storage, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; Software downloads 2008-06-22
Copan's approach demonstrates why a good data archiving strategy can translate into energy savings: Back in February, I banged off sort of a Valentine's blog to Nexsan about some of the work it was doing around MAID Massive Array of Idle Disks, which is a concept that's being applied to enterprise storage architectures in order to eek out greater power efficiency. After all, storage...; Tags: Strategy, Copan Systems, Archiving, Enterprise Storage, Copan, MAID, Chris Santilli, Storage, Storage Management, Hardware, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-06-20