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Automated Storage Provisioning for Windows Using TotalStorage Productivity Center and Tivoli Provisioning Manager

The provisioning of SAN attached storage capacity to a server can be a time consuming and cumbersome process. The task requires skilled storage administrators. However, there is a solution to this through automation. This paper looks at how an automated storage provisioning solution can be realized for a Windows environment...

Tags: IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center, Storage Provisioning, Provisioning, Microsoft Windows, IBM Corp., Storage Capacity, Storage, Hardware

White papers 2007-04-01

Plastic batteries coming soon?

Engineers at Brown University have built a prototype of an hybrid plastic battery that uses a conductive polymer. The system, which marries the power of a capacitor with the storage capacity of a battery, can store and deliver power efficiently. For example, during performance testing, "it delivered more than 100...

Tags: battery

Blog posts 2006-09-15

Photos: Sirius Satellite Radio's Sportster4

The subscription radio service will soon roll out the Sportster4, a radio with enough storage capacity to replay 444 minutes of programming.

Tags: Sportster4, radio, Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., storage capacity, programming, storage

Image galleries 2006-05-23

Photos: Sirius Satellite Radio's Sportster4

The subscription radio service will soon roll out the Sportster4, a radio with enough storage capacity to replay 444 minutes of programming.

Tags: Sportster4, radio, Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., storage capacity, programming, storage

Image galleries 2006-05-23

Photo: USB contents on display

With a built-in LCD, Memorex's latest USB drive shows you how much storage capacity is left.

Tags: Memorex, storage capacity, USB flash drive, LCD, USB, photograph, storage

Image galleries 2005-10-19

Photo: USB contents on display

With a built-in LCD, Memorex's latest USB drive shows you how much storage capacity is left.

Tags: Memorex, storage capacity, USB flash drive, LCD, USB, photograph, storage

Image galleries 2005-10-19

Intelligent Storage Provisioning for UNIX and LINUX Environments

Storage provisioning is the process used to provide appropriate storage capacity to applications. Intelligent Storage Provisioning ISP is a feature of the VERITAS Storage Foundation product family that allows application volumes to be created from disks1 that meet installation-specified criteria. Provisioning block storage capacity involves configuring physical storage devices, ensuring...

Tags: Storage Provisioning, Linux, Unix, Storage Capacity, Intelligent Storage Provisioning, Storage, Hardware

White papers 2005-07-05

Asian-Pacific disk storage revenues up 5.7% in Q3 2004

According to IDC, external disk storage customer revenue in Asia/Pacific excluding Japan APEJ in Q3 2004 grew by 5.7% to $445.0 mln from $421.1 mln recorded in Q2 2004. YTY growth was 9.1% from $407.9 mln recorded in Q3 2003. External storage capacity showed strong growth of 22.9%, at 22,076...

Tags: storage, Q3 2004

Blog posts 2004-12-14

Asian-Pacific disk storage revenues up 5.7% in Q3 2004

According to IDC, external disk storage customer revenue in Asia/Pacific excluding Japan APEJ in Q3 2004 grew by 5.7% to $445.0 mln from $421.1 mln recorded in Q2 2004. YTY growth was 9.1% from $407.9 mln recorded in Q3 2003. External storage capacity showed strong growth of 22.9%, at 22,076...

Tags: Q3 2004, storage

Blog posts 2004-12-14

A sea of bits

A sea of bitsNever enough!Unfortunately, users will never have enough storage capacity.I can remember when we made the swap from double-density to high-density floppy disks.from de Century 100 washing machine looking storage device to the Century 200.When the Quantum Bigfoot was the greatest of the Greatest. (1.2 Gb, that was...

Tags: Backups, backup, storage, storage capacity, backup system

Discussion threads 2004-10-25

Additional Resources

Revisiting the Motorola Droid on Verizon [Q&A]

Why the hate for drag and drop?Almost every review I have read faults the Droid because you can't auto-sync music:"(You can dump your music on a microSD card and pop it in, but it?s a copy-paste files affair, not a ?load my music? integrated experience.)"The Droid ships with a 16...

Tags: Smart phones, Motorola Droid, Droid, Apple iPhone, Revisiting, music, Verizon Communications Inc., Motorola Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

News to know: Intel; Microsoft layoffs; Motorola, Palm; Oracle-Sun; MSN

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Sam Diaz: New York AG files antitrust charges against Intel; alleges bribery, coercion Mary Jo Foley: Are the Microsoft...

Tags: Layoff, MSN, Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Palm Inc., Andrew Nusca, Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Sam Diaz, Intel Corp., Motorola Inc., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Data Centers, Storage, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Data Management

Blog posts 2009-11-05

Whitepaper:  EqualLogic TCO Analysis by ESG Lab

This ESG Lab report examines the economic excellence of highly scalable EqualLogic iSCSI storage solutions compared to traditional direct attached storage DAS, Fibre Channel storage area network FC SAN, and multi-protocol solutions (defined as systems that provide FC, iSCSI, and NAS connectivity). After testing EqualLogic storage in the lab using...

Tags: EqualLogic, Analysis, Storage, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Hardware

White papers 2009-11-04

Wave disk engines to make hybrid vehicles cheaper, more efficient

RE: Wave disk engines to make hybrid vehicles cheaper, more efficientIt would require an encyclopedia simply to list all the turbine applications developed over the past century. What turbines continue to dislike, however, is speed alterations. Change their speed and you lose much of their efficiency. That's...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, gasoline engine, disk, diesel, combustion, turbine, battery

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

DiscWizard 11.0.8142 (Windows)

DiscWizard provides PC users with an easy, GUI-driven solution for installing, formatting, and partitioning hard disc drives. DiscWizard helps PC users easily add high-capacity ATA and SCSI disc drives for today's exploding audio/visual and Internet applications. Drive installation is more automated than ever, taking the burden off of the user....

Tags: Disc, Microsoft Windows, Seagate Technology LLC, DiscWizard

Software downloads 2009-10-29

Motorola Droid vs. Apple iPhone 3GS vs. Palm Pre [spec shootout]

Specs don't tell everythingis a 1996 chevy with 4 doors and v8 engine better than a 2008 2-door lexus with a v6?Its the whole experience of the device that matters. Can the DroidDont dock itself into 80% of the vehicles currently made? No, you can use an auxiliary input but...

Tags: Smart phones, Motorola Inc., Palm Pre, Apple App Store, Apple Inc., Palm Inc., Apple iPhone, Motorola Droid

Discussion threads 2009-10-28

Enterprise IT's trust level of Google will increase

That pie will increasingly favor Google. Though Google DOES need to support something more like what Amazon does, so you can just rent a Linux box in the cloud that grows and shrinks.Great potential here for Google; p.s. - dont make Yahoo's mistakesThere is great potential for Google from...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Servers, OPEN SOURCE, Enterprise IT, Google AppEngine, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

Earnings flash (memory): SanDisk delivers big quarter

SanDisk CEO Eli Harari said he was encouraged by "improved industry fundamentals." And there's a good reason for that. The company crushed third quarter estimates with a blowout quarter. The flash memory card maker reported net income of $231 million, or 99 cents a share, on revenue...

Tags: SanDisk Corp., Memory, Earnings, Flash Memory, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Pioneer AVIC-Z110BT

At the top of Pioneer's AVIC line of navigation receivers, and indeed its entire line of car audio receivers, sits the AVIC-Z110BT. This grandest of car stereos features just about every bell, whistle, and whizbang that Pioneer has to throw at mobile audio and video. From GPS navigation that can...

Tags: GPS, Digital music, Digital media, receiver, SD card

Product reviews 2009-10-13

IBM XIV® Storage System: Power Consumption Reinvented

Reducing power consumption is one of the most significant challenges of IT centers today. With storage needs on a steep rise, it is increasingly clear that new approaches must be explored. This IBM whitepaper shows how, on average, a traditional storage system...

Tags: Power Consumption, Storage System, IBM Corp., Storage, Storage Management, Hardware

White papers 2009-10-12