Paul Shread

Paul Shread has covered nearly every aspect of enterprise technology in his 20+ years in IT journalism, including an award-winning series on software-defined data centers. He wrote a column on small business technology for Time.com, and covered financial markets for 10 years, from the dot-com boom and bust to the 2007-2009 financial crisis. He holds a market analyst certification.

EMC Talks Storage Network Future

EMC (NYSE: EMC) is working on massive, global storage networking technology that the company claims moves well beyond its Atmos cloud storage platform. In a presentation by EMC...

Data Storage Vendors Poised for Virtualization Gains

The growing popularity of server virtualization means big sales for data storage vendors, and EMC (NYSE: EMC) and NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) are the companies best positioned to...

Data Storage Market Sees Green Shoots

It's been a tough year for the data storage industry, but several analysts have reported hopeful signs for the sector in recent weeks. "We are hearing from our...

EMC May Soon Debut ‘Tigon’

EMC (NYSE: EMC) has been taking out ads and sending e-mails to promote an April 14 online event cryptically titled, "Overtake the Future." "Only one approach can take...

Virtually Speaking: NetApp Ups the Virtual Storage Ante

Network Appliance was busy last week, unveiling new storage products for VMware virtualization environments and announcing its quarterly financial results and a reorganization of its small business...

NetApp Sues Sun

Network Appliance has sued Sun Microsystems, claiming Sun's ZFS file system technology infringes on seven NetApp patents. In the suit filed in the U.S. District Court for...

Call/Recall Pushes Optical Limits

Call/Recall hopes to put optical storage on the enterprise map with new technology that squeezes 1TB on a single disk and offers transfer rates that compete with...

Imation Moves Backup Online

Imation hopes to capitalize on the growing market for online backup services — and its half-century of expertise in storage media — with a new offering launched...

Startup Makes Disaster Recovery Work

Continuity Software claims it can help disaster recovery work better — and the company won't charge prospective customers a dime if it can't help them. The Israel-based disaster...

Xiotech Wants You to Comply

Xiotech has unveiled an appliance that the company says gives corporations an easy answer to compliance and e-discovery demands. Xiotech's CEMS, or Corporate Evidence Management System, can...

NetApp Paces Storage Market

The storage market continued to grow in the mid-single digits in the first quarter, continuing a slowdownthat began in the fourth quarter of 2006, according to Gartner,...

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