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Click here: http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=84748 _______________________________________________________________ Network World's Data Center News Alert Technology Insider: ILM, 10/11/04 Unfortunately for users, no single vendor can provide a complete ILM solution and the experts are saying that far from being a quick fix, ILM is probably a five- to seven-year project. Still, the benefits are real both in terms of saving money and making the business run more smoothly. In this Technology Insider, we profile users who are on the cutting edge of ILM and describe how ILM can be one of the building blocks of the new data center. <http://www.nwfusion.com/techinsider/2004/1011techinsider.html?nl IBM supersizes storage arrays, 10/11/04 IBM this week is expected to debut its highest-capacity storage arrays, although the products' real differentiator is a mix of management technologies designed to help customers get a better handle on where to store growing volumes of data. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/101104ibmstorage.html?nl> Disk storage wares on tap from StorageTek, 10/11/04 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. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/101104storagetek.html?nl> Back-up protection on tap from storage vendors, 10/11/04 Symantec, EMC and start-up Permabit last week announced software that helps customers with the replication, migration, and backup and recovery of data. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/101104replica.html?nl> BMC rounds out mainframe database family, 10/11/04 BMC Software has added IBM's IMS mainframe database to the platforms its SmartDBA family of products supports. This completes a two-year mission to provide tools for managing all major databases from one Web-based console. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/101104bmc.html?nl> HP rolls out BladeSystem, 10/07/04 HP recently launched the BladeSystem, an environment that uses HP blade servers, services, networking, management software and virtualization tools to deliver automated ... <http://www.nwfusion.com/nldatacenternews691> Fujitsu to announce Nocona-based servers, 10/06/04 Fujitsu Wednesday plans to unveil upgrades to the company's Primergy tower and rack-mounted servers that will use the 64-bit capable version of the Xeon processor, codenamed Nocona. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1006fujittoan.html?nl> _______________________________________________________________ To contact: Network World Staff Contact Online News Editor Jeff Caruso at <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored by Veritas Meta Group Whitepaper Database Infrastructure Performance Challenges: Approaches to Better Manage Application Database and Storage Subsystem Performance Corporate relational databases now manage the majority of business-critical data within the enterprise. 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