Cisco, Brocade Communications Systems and McData all compete for corporate spending on data storage, which involves building large storage area networks (SAN) to store backup copies of ...

IBM Corp. and Cisco Systems Inc. in December will begin shipping a new SAN (storage area network) module for Cisco’s MDS 9000 family of switches based on the software from IBM’s SAN Volume ...

Unlike earlier versions of the SAN File System, which supported only IBM products, Version 2.1 will work with storage devices from IBM rivals including EMC, HP and Hitachi Data Systems.

Automating Switches and Servers The agreement also will mean enhancement of IBM’s Tivoli Provisioning Manager to support automated provisioning across the Cisco datacenter network.

Cisco Systems Inc. announced today that IBM will be its first reseller of a new line of switches that marks its foray into the Fibre Channel marketplace.

IBM plans to expand the connectivity of its eServer BladeCenter architecture with a new storage blade based on a Fibre Channel switch from Brocade Communications.

As IBM accelerates its sixth-generation X Series servers with memory-channel flash storage, it’s also offering to boost data-center performance with a new all-flash SAN array.

SAN Volume Controller "virtualizes" storage devices by pooling them so that they can be used more effectively. The software supports storage equipment from Hewlett-Packard and Hitachi Data Systems.

In 2009, more than 800 customers migrated to IBM Power Systems, System x and System z servers and storage solutions, including nearly 550 from Sun and nearly 250 from HP. In the fourth quarter of 2009 ...

IBM also announced enhancements to several of its products, such as it is adding Real-time Compression to IBM Storwize V7000, as well as to IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller (SVC) storage ...

Cisco Systems on Monday announced a significant order for its data storage switches, which the networking king began selling nearly a year ago. The company said Axa Technology Services plans to ...