Karen Schwartz is a freelance technology writer based in the Washington D.C. area. Imagine the effect on a university's network when thousands of students rush to register online for classes as soon ...

WILLIAMSTOWN, N.J.—COPS Monitoring, a provider of alarm monitoring services, has announced a significant six-figure technology investment. The data storage upgrade to NetApp's newer state-of-the-art ...

As the demand for bandwidth grows, so does the reach of networks. Users need to access data globally, from multiple locations around the world, quickly and transparently without breaking budgets. Data ...

Storage area network (SAN) technology has been around since the late 1990s, but historically it was priced far out of the range of small IT departments. Now this option for making more-efficient use ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. SANs had a troubled start, largely because they were based upon technology and standards that ...

Few people will dispute the impact of hard drive storage on video recording. Few technologies can present such a paradigm shift to an industry as did the switch from VHS tapes to digital recording on ...

Before I get into building a system, keep in mind that "cheap" doesn't need to equate to "junk". In fact, you can build a pretty decent system with loads of disk space for relatively little money. Or, ...

At a special event at this week’s NAB 2004, Apple introduced Xsan, a Storage Area Network (SAN) file system priced at US$999 per system. The new file system is aimed at users in video and other ...

The worldwide market for storage systems accessed over a network grew in the second quarter of 2003, despite a drop in storage revenue overall, says the research firm. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET ...

The two bases that form the Air Force's 45th Space Wing are separated by about 25 miles in Florida's 'hurricane alley' The two bases that form the Air Force's 45th Space Wing are separated by about 25 ...