=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCHSTORAGE.COM | SAN/NAS Update: News March 29, 2002
Weekly news synopsis of the latest SAN/NAS news items and research More SAN/NAS Tips: http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/tips/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ___________________________________________________________________ ******* STORAGE MAGAZINE EDITORIAL HIGHLIGHTS: MARCH ISSUE ******** Here's a preview of our March topics: ** Strategies to manage the explosion of customer data ** Storage pros are hot, the evolution of the storage profession ** How to make NAS work with Microsoft Exchange ** A guide to secure SANS ** Plus how September 11 changed disaster recovery for all of us, and what's been learned about the use of tape, electronic, and disk backup FREE 42-page storage networking special report with your FREE subscription. Subscribe today at: http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;3802118;5058249;h?http://www.storagemagazine.com ___________________________________________________________________ IN THIS ISSUE | Today's Highlights 1. THE TOP STORIES - Unsecure SANs invitation for hackers - Brocade releases API to EMC, Hitachi, Fujitsu - McArthur, Duplessie rate the storage vendors - Scale Eight introduces distributed storage software technology - New Interoperability initiatives floated - SAN management tool shipped - ADIC gives SANs a hand 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Poll/Forums: How do you think the HP/Compaq merger vote will go? - Storage Management 2002 Conference: Up-to-date coverage - Storage Smarts Quiz: How storage smart are you? - Ask the Expert: Looking for SAN file systems? =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= LEAD STORY UNSECURE SANS INVITATION FOR HACKERS | News: SearchStorage It's not only the management of storage area networks (SANs) that make managers cringe. It's also the security implications. According to one security expert, SANs could provide an easy way in for a hacker. For the full story, click: http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid5_gci812240,00.html FOR MORE INFORMATION: Check out this Featured Topic: How safe is your data? at: http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid5_gci800566,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= OTHER STORIES In addition to the headlines below, others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/news/ BROCADE RELEASES API TO EMC, HITACHI, FUJITSU | News: SearchStorage Brocade announces that it will offer its Fabric Access API 2.0 to a number of major companies. EMC says it will integrate the API into its WideSky storage management middleware. The move is an effort to accelerate the adoption of SANs. http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid5_gci811874,00.html MCARTHUR, DUPLESSIE RATE THE STORAGE VENDORS | News: SearchStorage Two leading industry analysts put in their respective two cents on the strengths, weaknesses and direction of some of the storage industry's biggest vendors. http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/qna/0,289202,sid5_gci811797,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ADDITIONAL STORAGE NEWS HEADLINES All headlines above and below are available on our news page >> Full Stories: http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/ - SCALE EIGHT INTRODUCES DSS TECHNOLOGY (Source: Ent. Storage Forum) - NEW INTEROP INITIATIVES FLOATED (Source: Enterprise Storage Forum) - SAN MANAGEMENT TOOL SHIPPED (Source: Network World) - ADIC GIVES SANS A HAND (Source: Byte and Switch) ___________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT FEATURES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE HP/COMPAQ MERGER? | Poll and Forums You now have your chance for five minutes of fame on SearchStorage! Let us know what you think about the HP/Compaq merger votes. Take our poll, then sound off in our forum... >> CLICK to take the poll... http://www.searchstorage.com/poll >> REPLY to our forums post... http://searchstorage.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected]/472!viewtype=convdate&skip=&expand= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= STORAGE MANAGEMENT 2002 CONFERENCE: Up-to-date coverage All the latest coverage from the Storage Management conference inlcuding what EMC's Chairman Michael Ruettgers told an audience of more than 800 storage and IT managers during one session. >>Click for all the latest... http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/specialEvents/1,289653,sid5_gci810129,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= STORAGE SMARTS QUESTION OF THE WEEK! | SearchStorage Do you have what it takes to be a storage guru? Take our quiz and see how much you really know about storage. Quiz #7 This is a compact disc (CD) format that allows repeated recording on a disc. It was introduced by Hewlett-Packard, Mitsubishi, Philips, Ricoh and Sony in a 1997 supplement to Philips and Sony's Orange Book. It is Orange Book III. a. CD-RW b. CD-MO c. CD-R d. CD-i e. Citrus CD Click below to see if you are correct: http://www.searchStorage.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid5_gci810460,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= LOOKING FOR SAN FILE SYSTEMS? | Ask the Expert Expert Marc Farley lists several SAN file system products. Although there are many out there, and good ones too, Marc limits his list to those that he's familiar with. >> CLICK to read the Full Expert Answer... http://www.searchStorage.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid5_cid446483_tax286191,00.html >> CLICK to read more Expert Answers... http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/ateAnswers/0,289620,sid5_tax286191,00.html ___________________________________________________________________ **********************SEARCHSTORAGE CONTACTS*********************** MICHELE HOPE, Senior Site Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Help us drive the direction of SearchStorage. Let us know what you'd like to see. MARK LEWIS, Site Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send me your original articles and best practices. MARYANN TRIPP, Assistant Site Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> What other expert categories would you like to see on the site? ROBYN LORUSSO, Assistant Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send your white papers and Best Web Links. 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