Paul Shread

Seagate Technology is moving into online backup with the $185 million acquisition of EVault. The company will become part of the Seagate Services group, which includes data recovery, online backup/recovery and archiving for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs). “Today’s announcement highlights a strategic next step into services, which is a natural extension of Seagate’s core […]

IBM on Friday announced plans to make its continuous data protection (CDP) software available through online retailers. The move will give CDP technology exposure to a broader market making it more accessible to small businesses. IBM’s agreement with Digital River will make Tivoli Continuous Data Protection for Files available for online purchase and download through […]

Small business is big business. Just ask EMC how important small business is to its bottom line. The company recently announced a new line of storage products for SMBs because it wants to compete in the fastest-growing segment of the storage market. The new products initiative, dubbed the EMC Insignia line, has been in development […]

Intel recently unveiled a new storage platform aimed at making it easier for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) to improve their disaster recovery and backup capabilities. Hans Geyer, vice president and general manager of Intel’s Storage Group, called the new offerings “a simple, affordable solution based on a flexible set of standards-based building blocks that […]

Many small businesses rely on tape to backup and restore their data. But with the amount of data that requires saving rapidly increasing, the window for performing those backups is shrinking. That’s why backing up to hard disk holds so much appeal — it’s a whole lot faster. In an effort to bridge the gap, […]

QLogic is making a bold play to attract small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to Fibre Channel SANs with a new line of low-cost software, HBAs and switches. The new SAN Express line is designed for QLogic channel partners to migrate SMBs from direct attached storage (DAS) to SANs. The product line features SANbox Express 1400 switches, […]

The recent well-publicized backup tape losses at the likes of Bank of America and Ameritrade appear to be pushing some companies to consider alternative storage technologies such as virtual tape and online backup solutions. Lasso Logic, for one, claims to have signed more than 40 partners, with another 40 pending, in the month since it […]

HP has unveiled a program aimed at helping small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) safeguard their data from a range of security and disaster threats. The HP Business Protection portfolio offers business continuity for SMBs through security, data protection and features that ensure your high-priority applications and services will be available when you need them. To […]

Don’t know your Fibre Channel from your iSCSI? You’re not alone. Until recently, these sophisticated storage technologies have been the domain of large enterprises. However, the combination of increasing storage demands among small and mid-size businesses and market saturation among at big businesses has storage vendors to pushing Fibre Channel for SMBs. (Fibre channel is […]

Last week’s massive power outage in the Northeast, Midwest and Canada drove home what most corporate IT departments already know: disaster recovery preparation pays. “The fact that we haven’t heard too much about this topic, other than Fidelity shutting down after hours trading, suggests that everything went smoothly,” reports Steve Kenniston, technology analyst at Enterprise […]