News (79)

  • EMC boss postpones Australia visit

    Joe Tucci, chairman, president and chief executive officer of storage and security giant EMC, has postponed a planned visit to Australia at the last minute due to "unforseen circumstances"

  • Top 10 stories: 1TB iPod, Airbus 380, Telstra and more

    What were the hottest stories last month? Check out the 10 most popular articles on ZDNet Australia during October 2007.

  • APEC roadshow ready to move into Sydney

    Besides the 5,000 leaders, politicians, media and delegates expected to roll in to Sydney for the APEC 2007 Leaders' Summit in September, the APEC Taskforce will be literally bringing in its own IT infrastructure.

  • Storage groups to grow in Sydney, Melbourne

    America's storagenetworking.org is to expand its user groups into Sydney and Melbourne following a visit to Sydney this week.

  • NetApp's Green expands portfolio

    Networked storage solutions maker Network Appliance managing director Simon Green is set to assume a broader set of duties beyond Australia and New Zealand.

Blogs (7)

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    What can you do with 400TB of mail?

    The issue of how best to handle large email inboxes is a perennial topic here at Snorage, and it doesn't only affect enterprise customers.

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    How do you deal with 250,000 tapes?

    I'm standing in a room with roughly a quarter of a million backup tapes. No, this isn't where the FuelWatch guys hid the evidence, it's the Perth storage area for Spectrum Data, which specialises in storing ageing backup media and helping companies retrieve data from long-forgotten archives.

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    What would Dr Who do?

    There's only one thing better than a convenient scorecard for measuring your performance as a storage manager: a convenient scorecard for measuring your performance as a storage manager that also lets you think about Billie Piper or John Barrowman a lot.

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    Burning down the warehouse

    Getting executive sponsorship for any kind of data clean-up project isn't easy. If careful reasoning, detailed budget plans and a touch of blackmail don't work, then there may be a simpler solution: arson.

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    Why sex scandals are good for data management

    Convincing people of the importance of regular backups and a proper data management plan is a bit like persuading them of the necessity of regular visits to the dentist no-one bothers until they wake up in the morning screaming with pain. But if you can't persuade them with pain, sex often works a treat.

Features and Case Studies (50)

  • How IT is saving Pilbara's Aboriginal languages

    Creating and cataloguing recordings of indigenous languages is a challenging enough technology task, but the Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre had some additional barriers to overcome: creaky IT systems, a depleting base of native speakers and the ever-present threat of cyclones.

  • NetApp's Green expands portfolio

    Networked storage solutions maker Network Appliance managing director Simon Green is set to assume a broader set of duties beyond Australia and New Zealand.

  • Backup headaches eased at Genesis Energy

    On any list of businesses that can't afford downtime or system failure, power companies have to be close to the top. So when New Zealand electricity and gas generator and retailer Genesis Energy experienced a series of flaws in its backup and recovery systems, it had to act.

  • Sainsbury's: Devil no longer in retail

    case study How the UK's third-largest grocery chain transformed its business by employing proper intelligence about customer buying patterns.

  • McData: Outsourced backup just got easier

    Storage area networking over vast distances is becoming a reality -- and may even open up a market for outsourced remote backup of data.

Reviews (39)

  • Netgear ReadyNAS Duo

    The ReadyNAS range is a perfect addition to a household that needs not just storage, but control over that storage. Now if only Netgear could do something about the price.

  • Storage over IP: what is it good for?

    We've been hearing for a long time about storage over IP, particularly with the iSCSI protocol. We take a look at the technology, its applications, and the devices you can use.

  • WinZip 9.0

    WinZip 9.0 is the easiest-to-use and most powerful compression program available. No PC should be without it.

  • This space is reserved

    The traditional option for sharing files and data with colleagues has always been to use removable media or email. Online file storage offers shared access to files, as well as the chance to back up data to a remote, secure system.

  • Gigabits and pieces: Speed up your network

    There's no question data volumes are growing; how long will it be before 100 megabits isn't enough? ZDNet Australia evaluates the performance benefits and cost effectiveness of gigabit Ethernet over copper and fibre.

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