http://www.3par.com/news/rss/3par_articles.xml Utility Storage Articles Latest news articles regarding 3PAR Inc. en-us webmaster@3par.com (3PAR Webmaster) webmaster@3par.com (3PAR Webmaster) 4 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PST 60 http://www.dciginc.com/2008/06/emc-and-hds-are-chubby-while-3par-is-thin-the.html http://www.dciginc.com/2008/06/emc-and-hds-are-chubby-while-3par-is-thin-the.html "You know things are tough when companies finally stop throwing capacity at their infrastructure problems and start thinking about how they provision and allocate storage." Those are the sentiments that Craig Nunes, 3PAR's VP of Marketing, expressed in a recent conversation I had with him in regards to how the economy is affecting 3PAR's business. 3 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.networkworld.com/supp/2008/ndc3/051908-storage-virtualization-status-report.html http://www.networkworld.com/supp/2008/ndc3/051908-storage-virtualization-status-report.html Storage virtualization is a good first step toward full-out utility storage - if you're willing to tough out rocky architectural, interoperability and management challenges 19 May 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.streetinsider.com/New+Coverage/3PAR+Customer+Hilton+Grand+Vacations+Webcast%3A+Blueprint+for+the+Virtual+Datacenter/3641219.html http://www.streetinsider.com/New+Coverage/3PAR+Customer+Hilton+Grand+Vacations+Webcast%3A+Blueprint+for+the+Virtual+Datacenter/3641219.html 3PAR (NYSE: PAR), the leading global provider of utility storage, announced today a case study Webcast, "Blueprint for the Virtual Datacenter," in which Rich Jackson, Vice President of Technology Operations at Hilton Grand Vacations talks about his implementation of 3cV, an innovative blueprint for the virtual datacenter that has helped his organization reduce overall TCO by up to 50%. 13 May 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.wwpi.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4140&Itemid=128 http://www.wwpi.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4140&Itemid=128 3PAR introduced the 3PAR Replication Adapter for VMware Site Recovery Manager. This software enables 3PAR Remote Copy, 3PAR's remote data replication software for 3PAR InServ Storage Servers, and VMware Site Recovery Manager, a new product for disaster recovery management and automation, to provide end-to-end disaster recovery for utility computing. 12 May 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/05/complete_virtua.html;jsessionid=SHAKS1UITXJJMQSNDLPSKH0CJUNN2JVN http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/05/complete_virtua.html;jsessionid=SHAKS1UITXJJMQSNDLPSKH0CJUNN2JVN As the economy slows down and budgets tighten up, once again IT professionals are being asked to do more with less (does anyone remember when you were allowed to do less with more?). How can you tighten up your storage processes one more time? The first technology that I would count on to help is virtualization. 12 May 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.internetnews.com/storage/article.php/3745841 http://www.internetnews.com/storage/article.php/3745841 Greater efficiency and flexibility will propel new solutions to the forefront among IT buyers, according to a new report. 8 May 2008 00:00:00 PST http://blocksandfiles.com/article/5062 http://blocksandfiles.com/article/5062 3PAR has announced that it's InServe arrays meet the Taneja Group's criteria for next-generation Fibre Channel (FC) storage arrays, sales of which are forecast to grow significantly. 7 May 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/05/greening_primar.html http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/05/greening_primar.html Welcome to the Storage Blog at InformationWeek. As I take over the reins from Terry Sweeney, who has moved on to be editor in chief at TechWeb's Internet Evolution site, the first order of business is a quick introduction. 1 May 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.datastorageconnection.com/article.mvc/3PAR-Supports-Microsoft-Windows-Server-2008-S-0001 http://www.datastorageconnection.com/article.mvc/3PAR-Supports-Microsoft-Windows-Server-2008-S-0001 3PAR , the leading global provider of utility storage, announced recently support for Microsoft's latest server operating system, Windows Server 2008, designed to power the next-generation of networks, applications, and Web services. 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.infostor.com/display_article/325998/23/ARTCL/Display/none/1/The-benefits-of-clustered-block-storage/ http://www.infostor.com/display_article/325998/23/ARTCL/Display/none/1/The-benefits-of-clustered-block-storage/ Today's data centers can add storage capacity to almost incomprehensible levels. However, optimal storage capacity utilization or increased capacity does not necessarily equate to increased or optimal performance. 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.information-age.com/magazine/march-2008/features/313741/thin-provisioning.thtml http://www.information-age.com/magazine/march-2008/features/313741/thin-provisioning.thtml Thin provisioning can radically improve storage utilisation levels by allocating storage resources that do not exist. 14 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.blocksandfiles.com/article/4785 http://www.blocksandfiles.com/article/4785 B&F talked to 3PAR's VP for Marketing, Craig Nunes, and the conversation covered the competition 3PAR was meeting or not meeting as it bid for business with customers, and also looked at thin provisioning, data de-duplication and solid state drives (SSD). 10 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.continuitycentral.com/feature0571.htm http://www.continuitycentral.com/feature0571.htm Today, most of us buy fuel for our cars at so-called 'self-service' stations. We pull up to any platform, select whichever variety of fuel we want and securely process our own electronic payments. But as some will remember, it was not always like this. 10 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.wwpi.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3973&Itemid=128 http://www.wwpi.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3973&Itemid=128 3PAR recently introduced a new version of 3PAR System Reporter, a Web-based historical performance and capacity management reporting tool for 3PAR InServ Storage Servers. 9 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PST http://vmblog.com/archive/2008/04/07/tek-tools-to-provide-enterprise-wide-storage-reporting-for-3par-utility-storage.aspx http://vmblog.com/archive/2008/04/07/tek-tools-to-provide-enterprise-wide-storage-reporting-for-3par-utility-storage.aspx Tek-Tools Software, a leading provider of IT resource management software solutions, today announced its alliance with 3PAR®, the leading global provider of utility storage, a category of highly virtualized tiered-storage arrays built for utility computing. 7 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=149147 http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=149147 3PAR® (NYSE Arca: PAR - message board), the leading global provider of utility storage, announced today that Hilton Grand Vacations, the timeshare division of Hilton Hotels Corporation, has implemented 3PAR Utility Storage to support its key mission-critical applications. 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.ciotalkradio.com/archives.html http://www.ciotalkradio.com/archives.html Green IT initiatives are primarily to help improve the global environment rather than our balance sheets. While organizations may join the bandwagon for visibility, do they really care about it given that there is not a significant tangible ROI on related investments? 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 PST http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/0373060.htm http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/0373060.htm 3PAR® (NYSE: PAR), the leading global provider of utility storage, announced today that the 3PAR InServ® Storage Server has been successfully certified with VMware® ESX Server 3.5, a component of VMware Infrastructure 3 that provides increased levels of automation and higher performance. 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/hardware/2008/0803131334.asp?A=STG&S=Storage&O=FPPN http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/hardware/2008/0803131334.asp?A=STG&S=Storage&O=FPPN South African IT services and solutions company SYSDBA and US server software provider 3PAR have teamed up. The companies aim to provide a simpler, more agile and cheaper way of storing and accessing large volumes of data. 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.it-director.com/business/costs/content.php?cid=10304 http://www.it-director.com/business/costs/content.php?cid=10304 As a result of a growing trend towards iSCSI at the expense of fibre channel (FC) connection, together with increasingly high capacity but low cost SATA disks, thin provisioning pioneer 3PAR has spotted a new marketing opportunity—what it calls 'Nearline for Online' capability. 26 Feb 2008 00:00:00 PST http://cio.tekrati.com/research/10116/ http://cio.tekrati.com/research/10116/ The top two pressures that drive companies to adopt green infrastructure solutions in the data center are the rising cost of energy and maintaining the storage infrastructure, according to a benchmark report from Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks company. A benchmark study on green initiatives finds best-in-class IT organizations benefit their companies as well as the environment. 24 Feb 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.processor.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles/P3008/32p08/32p08.asp&guid=D1D1C3F1B78149E1ACDEE5B83BD7F48E http://www.processor.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles/P3008/32p08/32p08.asp&guid=D1D1C3F1B78149E1ACDEE5B83BD7F48E Enterprises are looking past their data centers' infrastructures and to the management of the data itself to find new ways to save energy. According to research firm IDC, for every dollar spent on technology hardware today, another 50 cents is spent on power. 22 Feb 2008 00:00:00 PST http://vmblog.com/archive/2008/02/20/3par-educates-enterprises-on-evaluating-thin-provisioning.aspx http://vmblog.com/archive/2008/02/20/3par-educates-enterprises-on-evaluating-thin-provisioning.aspx 3PAR (NYSE Arca: PAR), the leading global provider of utility storage, today unveiled a five-point checklist to help organizations evaluate the most effective thin provisioning technologies for their storage infrastructure. 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.gridtoday.com/grid/2145887.html http://www.gridtoday.com/grid/2145887.html 3PAR, the leading global provider of utility storage, announced today the introduction of "Nearline for Online," an innovative approach to cost-optimized storage. 19 Feb 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.techworld.com/storage/news/index.cfm?newsID=11471&pagtype=samechan http://www.techworld.com/storage/news/index.cfm?newsID=11471&pagtype=samechan Enterprises can now rely on arrays of SATA hard drives in place of Fibre Channel-only configurations, 3Par has claimed. 19 Feb 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.itreseller.com/pr/18732 http://www.itreseller.com/pr/18732 3PAR®, the leading global provider of utility storage, announced today that the 3PAR InServ® S800 Storage Server was cited most frequently as a "Most Exciting Product in Use" by midsize enterprise storage end users in Wave 10 of the TheInfoPro's™ (TIP) Wave 10 Midsize Enterprise (MSE) Storage Study. 18 Feb 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.infostor.com/news/display_news_story.cfm?Section=WireNews&Category=HOME&NewsID=157560 http://www.infostor.com/news/display_news_story.cfm?Section=WireNews&Category=HOME&NewsID=157560 3PAR announced today that the 3PAR InServ(R) S800 Storage Server was cited most frequently as a "Most Exciting Product in Use" by midsize enterprise storage end users in Wave 10 of the TheInfoPro's(TM) (TIP) Wave 10 Midsize Enterprise (MSE) Storage Study. In addition, 3PAR was cited as the leader in "Customer Fulfilment," and in sustaining the highest level of customer loyalty, with 100% of current 3PAR users indicating they would not consider switching vendors. 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/industries/technology/article/3par-announces-2008-carbon-neutral-storage-initiative_475744_12.html http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/industries/technology/article/3par-announces-2008-carbon-neutral-storage-initiative_475744_12.html 3PAR announced today its 2008 Carbon Neutral Storage Initiative and published results from its 2007 program, which 3PAR estimates to have reduced carbon emissions equivalent to removing 2,300 cars from the road for the entire year. 12 Feb 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.itpro.co.uk/storage/news/166335/carbon-neutral-storage-saves-tons-of-emissions.html http://www.itpro.co.uk/storage/news/166335/carbon-neutral-storage-saves-tons-of-emissions.html 3PAR has claimed emissions savings of 12,000 tons by switching to thin provisioning and buying offsets as part of its green initiative. 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.techworld.com/green-it/news/index.cfm?newsID=11412&pagtype=all http://www.techworld.com/green-it/news/index.cfm?newsID=11412&pagtype=all Storage supplier 3Par's Carbon Neutral Storage Initiative has reduced and offset CO2 emissions equivalent to taking 2,300 cars off the road, the company has claimed. 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.linux-mag.com/id/5078/ http://www.linux-mag.com/id/5078/ VeriStor Systems Inc., an Atlanta-based data storage systems integrator, has been named 2007 North America Channel Partner of the Year by 3PAR. 12 Feb 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.wwpi.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3408&Itemid=128 http://www.wwpi.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3408&Itemid=128 Marketing solutions provider ExactTarget selected 3PAR for utility storage, purchasing multiple 3PAR InServ Storage Servers to support its Microsoft SQL-based application services. For its permission-based, custom email delivery and tracking services, ExactTarget also chose 3PAR Thin Provisioning and 3PAR Dynamic Optimization based on their combined ability to improve capacity utilization over the data lifecycle. 14 Jan 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.it-analysis.com/business/content.php?cid=10172 http://www.it-analysis.com/business/content.php?cid=10172 3PAR has announced 3PAR Virtual Domains, a new virtual machine software for its InServ Storage Servers that enables organizations to deploy customized storage services to multiple users, applications, departments and external customers on a shared infrastructure. 8 Jan 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.thehostingnews.com/news-data-center-virtual-solution-application-released-by-3par-3897.html http://www.thehostingnews.com/news-data-center-virtual-solution-application-released-by-3par-3897.html Utility storage firm, 3PAR, has introduced its 3cV solution, designed as a blueprint for the virtual datacenter, to combine to form a complete utility computing offering that can enable customers to halve server, storage, and operational costs and to gain instant agility. 7 Jan 2008 00:00:00 PST http://tarrysingh.blogspot.com/2008/01/3par-interviewed-storage-virtualization.html http://tarrysingh.blogspot.com/2008/01/3par-interviewed-storage-virtualization.html Finally the Q&As are here. I spoke to Craig Nunes and we had a good talk about the role of storage in the fast changing virtual infrastructure. 4 Jan 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=622BBA8B-1BD8-40A0-8E78-437C92CCAD75 http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=622BBA8B-1BD8-40A0-8E78-437C92CCAD75 Alert Logic, a provider of on-demand IT compliance and security solutions, has chosen 3Par Utility Storage to consolidate and scale its mission-critical hosted software-as-a-service environment. 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 PST http://blogs.forrester.com/it_infrastructure/2007/12/3par-hp-and-vmw.html http://blogs.forrester.com/it_infrastructure/2007/12/3par-hp-and-vmw.html On December 10th, 2007, 3PAR announced a partnership with HP and VMware to promote a high performance infrastructure architecture that a group of large customers developed, implemented, and validated. Customer references include marquee companies Deutsche Bank, Hilton, Savvis, and Ariba. 12 Dec 2007 00:00:00 PST http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/0337646.htm http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/0337646.htm 3PAR, the leading global provider of utility storage, announced today the introduction of 3cV, an innovative blueprint for the virtual datacenter. First coined by Deutsche Bank, a leading global bank, "3cV" stands for the combination of the 3PAR InServ Storage Server, HP BladeSystem c-Class, and VMware Infrastructure. 10 Dec 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.cio-today.com/story.xhtml?story_id=1310049Y0O2M http://www.cio-today.com/story.xhtml?story_id=1310049Y0O2M According to Gartner analyst Robert Passmore, it's important to find the right layer for virtualization, and there is a distinct danger in implementing virtualization in too many places. The challenges related to virtualization are associated with the extra layers of software and potentially extra hardware that threaten to increase cost, he said. 29 Nov 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/110507-storage-array-3par-flexible-partitioning.html http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/110507-storage-array-3par-flexible-partitioning.html 3PAR claims logical storage partitioning has edge over physical partitioning from EMC, others. 05 Nov 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=8555D03B-5D53-414D-B01D-09A827C641CC http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=8555D03B-5D53-414D-B01D-09A827C641CC Mid-range to high-end disk array maker 3PARdata has extended out from disk virtualization in another v-word direction, by adding the ability to slice up the entire array into multiple virtual devices. 05 Nov 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.techworld.com/news/index.cfm?newsID=10397&printerfriendly=1 http://www.techworld.com/news/index.cfm?newsID=10397&printerfriendly=1 Drive array storage provider 3PAR has integrated lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) security features into its storage products' operating systems. This means sysadmins can now manage access control for both server and storage resources through one automated facility. 19 Oct 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2198877,00.asp http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2198877,00.asp The Storage Networking Industry Association is joining a growing number of eco-conscious organizations with the formation of its own green IT program, which will be dedicated to advancing energy efficiency and conservation in all networked storage technologies. 16 Oct 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/10/05/227228/thin-provisioning-the-future-of-storage.htm http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/10/05/227228/thin-provisioning-the-future-of-storage.htm One of the brightest stars in the storage firmament today is thin provisioning. Offering immediate benefits for both IT administrators and CFOs, true thin provisioning can be great news in the datacentre. So how can you identify the "real thing"? 05 Oct 2007 00:00:00 PST http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid5_gci1274240,00.html http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid5_gci1274240,00.html Storage virtualization poses more options and demands more decisions from administrators than VMware-dominated server virtualization, and this week storage administrators spent a lot of time at Storage Decisions discussing the pros and cons of those options. 27 Sep 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=134168 http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=134168 3PAR®, the leading global provider of utility storage, announced today that over the past twelve months it has doubled the size of its European team from 14 to 30 employees to enhance its focus within Europe. 18 Sep 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.snseurope.com/snslink/news/product-breifing-newsfull.php?newsid=7655 http://www.snseurope.com/snslink/news/product-breifing-newsfull.php?newsid=7655 The new 3PAR System Reporter features include fine-grained, threshold-based e-mail notification for proactive, Service Level Agreement (SLA) management and one-click tier views for easy administration of tiered-storage environments. 18 Sep 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/09/17/226844/3par-adds-tiered-storage-management-tool.htm http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/09/17/226844/3par-adds-tiered-storage-management-tool.htm 3PAR announced a new version of 3PAR System Reporter, a web-based historical performance and capacity management reporting tool for its InServ Storage Server high-end disc array. 17 Sep 2007 00:00:00 PST http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070912006051&newsLang=en http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070912006051&newsLang=en An independent team of judges consisting of experts and editors from SearchServerVirtualization.com reviewed and evaluated the products according to innovation, value, performance, reliability and ease of use. 12 Sep 2007 00:00:00 PST http://servervirtualization.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/09/12/storage-comes-on-strong-at-vmworld/?track=NL-651&ad=603766&asrc=EM_NLN_2177095&uid=6023449 http://servervirtualization.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/09/12/storage-comes-on-strong-at-vmworld/?track=NL-651&ad=603766&asrc=EM_NLN_2177095&uid=6023449 TechTarget's Mark Schlack surveys the VMware-friendly storage products scene at VMworld and says it's a good thing. 12 Sep 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.bizjournals.com/eastbay/stories/2007/09/03/daily6.html http://www.bizjournals.com/eastbay/stories/2007/09/03/daily6.html 3Par Inc. has launched 3Par Government Systems Inc., a subsidiary focusing on the government and based in Burtonsville, Md., just outside of Washington, D.C. 04 Sep 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.infostor.com/display_article/305514/80/ARTCL/none/none/The-business-benefits-of-thin-provisioning/ http://www.infostor.com/display_article/305514/80/ARTCL/none/none/The-business-benefits-of-thin-provisioning/ Originally designed to increase efficiency by addressing capacity under-utilisation and over-allocation, thin technologies are doing more than just lowering the total cost of storage. They may even be sparking a movement towards "green storage." 01 Sep 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.gcn.com/print/26_22/44926-1.html http://www.gcn.com/print/26_22/44926-1.html We spoke with Ford to find out a bit more about how virtualization - and other cutting-edge technologies, such as thin provisioning and the Business Process Execution Language - could help large organizations. 27 Aug 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.supercomputingonline.com/article.php?sid=14298 http://www.supercomputingonline.com/article.php?sid=14298 3PAR, the leading global provider of utility storage, announced today support for Oracle Database 11g, the latest release of Oracle's popular database. 27 Aug 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=132073 http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=132073 3PAR announced the appointment of RJ Weigel as regional vice president of North American commercial sales. 21 Aug 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.wwpi.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2338&Itemid=44 http://www.wwpi.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2338&Itemid=44 A highly virtualized, utility-based approach to storage is transforming datacenters and the way that IT organizations look at storage. These revolutionary utility storage technologies, including thin provisioning and related thin-copy applications, are collectively known as "thin" technologies. 16 Jul 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.processor.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles/P2925/21p25/21p25.asp&guid= http://www.processor.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles/P2925/21p25/21p25.asp&guid= Power needs are continually at the top of every data center manager's list of discussion topics because high-level equipment such as blade servers have significantly increased power consumption, and even client PCs can be an energy drain. 22 Jun 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.enterprisestorageforum.com/hardware/features/article.php/3683396 http://www.enterprisestorageforum.com/hardware/features/article.php/3683396 When a business depends on its ability to manage inventory, being limited by I/O is a bad place to be. So about a year ago, online bookseller Alibris set out to replace its storage infrastructure with one that could meet the high performance needs of the business while providing scalability and ease of management. 14 Jun 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.computing.co.uk/itweek/news/2191523/netapp-3par-alliance-tread-emc http://www.computing.co.uk/itweek/news/2191523/netapp-3par-alliance-tread-emc 3PAR has teamed up with NetApp to jointly market a new storage consolidation solution that combines 3PAR's InServ Storage Server arrays with NetApp's V-Series storage manage and virtualisation platform. 06 Jun 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2142118,00.asp http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2142118,00.asp Utility storage vendor 3PAR and NetApp announced June 5 a partnership to build a storage package that unites 3PAR's InServ Storage Server with NetApp V-Series systems. 06 Jun 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/06/netapp_and_3par_connect/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/06/netapp_and_3par_connect/ 3PAR and Network Appliance have signed an agreement to consolidate their block and file storage services into a single SAN/NAS pool. 06 Jun 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=125671&WT.svl=news1_1 http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=125671&WT.svl=news1_1 3PAR has inked a deal with Network Appliance whereby the two will offer joint support agreements to customers who prefer to use 3PAR as the back end to NetApp's filers. 05 Jun 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.computerwire.com/industries/research/?pid=7E43376B%2D41F5%2D4027%2D9DCF%2D7FBCA8F1D4DA http://www.computerwire.com/industries/research/?pid=7E43376B%2D41F5%2D4027%2D9DCF%2D7FBCA8F1D4DA 3PARdata has become only the second supplier outside of the big three high-end disk vendors to whose boxes have been qualified by Network Appliance for use behind its virtualizing V-series devices. 05 Jun 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.itbusinessedge.com/blogs/dcc/?p=145 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/blogs/dcc/?p=145 Block storage and file storage have long had a symbiotic, if largely parallel, relationship in the data center. That is, they both perform useful functions when dealing with mass quantities of data, but they require their own hardware and software silos that must be maintained and upgraded separately. 05 Jun 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=124328&print=true http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=124328&print=true With vendors ramping up their thin provisioning strategies, users are starting to discuss the benefits and challenges of the technology. (See EqualLogic to Add Thin Provisioning and Hitachi Bulks Up.) 17 May 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=123454 http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=123454 3PAR, the leading provider of Utility Storage, announced today that Alibris -- the online exchange for sellers of more than 60 million used, new and out-of-print book, music and movie titles worldwide -- has deployed 3PAR Utility Storage to support all mission-critical applications, including its data-intensive product inventory system. 08 May 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/050207-virtualization-storage-management.php http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/050207-virtualization-storage-management.php The convergence of server and storage management is slowly taking place as enterprises look for more automated ways of managing their data center assets. Spurring the trend toward convergence -- which remains somewhat hampered by a lack of available tools -- is virtualization technology. 02 May 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=storage&articleId=9017219 http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=storage&articleId=9017219 Storage virtualization technologies are showing signs of maturity and becoming an appealing option for some large companies looking to make better use of installed physical resources to keep up with escalating storage demands. 19 Apr 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.enterprisestorageforum.com/management/features/article.php/3672966 http://www.enterprisestorageforum.com/management/features/article.php/3672966 The "V" word was everywhere to be heard at this week's Storage Networking World conference in San Diego. Analysts, end users and vendors alike preached the virtualization mantra to the gathered multitudes. Yet its utterance is not viewed as a positive in all quarters. 19 Apr 2007 00:00:00 PST http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid5_gci1252091,00.php?track=NL-52&ad=585859&asrc=EM_NLN_1320472&uid=1460011 http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid5_gci1252091,00.php?track=NL-52&ad=585859&asrc=EM_NLN_1320472&uid=1460011 To say storage virtualization was a part of the discussion at this spring's Storage Networking World (SNW) would be an understatement -- over the course of two days, users were treated to no less than 17 sessions on storage virtualization, including two keynote speeches. 19 Apr 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=122040 http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=122040 3PAR, the leading provider of Utility Storage, announced today that 3PAR Thin Provisioning customers now have a worldwide combined annualized energy savings of approximately $6.6 million. This savings eliminates 48,000 metric tons of CO2 -- carbon emissions equivalent to those given off by more than 9,000 cars over the course of an entire year. 18 Apr 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9017099&intsrc=news_ts_head http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9017099&intsrc=news_ts_head Online dating site eHarmony.com continues to amass scores of data to fuel its online relationship service for 15 million registered users. The company 18 months ago deployed clustered storage systems to handle the photos, images, logs and other content types it has added to the online profiles it stores for its users. 18 Apr 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/node/5387 http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/node/5387 Hey, storage pros! What if you were given a blank slate upon which to create a storage system for a rising, successful dot-com heavily involved in supporting user-generated content? What storage solution would you design? 17 Apr 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=285385 http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=285385 As energy costs surge, customers and vendors are scrambling to store more kilobytes with fewer kilowatts. Rick King helps run a $3.1 billion information services business for The Thomson Corp., and he says it's crucial to get enough power to store the 2.5 petabytes of legal and regulatory data the company provides to its customers. 09 Apr 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.itbcomputing.com/pr/13395 http://www.itbcomputing.com/pr/13395 3PAR, the leading provider of Utility Storage, announced today that The Sunlight Service Group Ltd, the UK's leading supplier of textile rental and laundering services, has consolidated all of its mission-critical Microsoft applications, including its new centralised Microsoft Dynamics AX system, onto 3PAR InServ S400 Storage Servers with 3PAR Thin Provisioning. Sunlight chose 3PAR Utility Storage for its unique combination of high availability, massive scalability and superior performance with unmatched simplicity and efficiency. 04 Apr 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.3par.com/documents/the_wannabe_giant_killer.pdf http://www.3par.com/documents/the_wannabe_giant_killer.pdf It has not yet actually put a company out of business, but 3PAR has already been labelled a giant-killer by some industry analysts. Tim Stammers reports. Since it was founded seven years ago, 3PAR has been pitching itself into direct competition with the juggernauts of the high-end disk storage market: EMC, IBM, Hitachi and Hewlett-Packard. 02 Apr 2007 00:00:00 PST http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/magazineFeature/0,296894,sid5_gci1258011,00.php http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/magazineFeature/0,296894,sid5_gci1258011,00.php Darwinian forces are at work in the storage industry, and users stand to benefit the most. Last month, I explained why the storage business works the way it does. This month, I'll talk about who's benefiting from the evolutionary changes that have occurred in this space. 01 Apr 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.wwpi.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1970 http://www.wwpi.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1970 Utility Storage provider, 3PARdata Inc. has partnered with Incipient Inc., a provider of storage virtualization software for SAN (storage area network) environments, to deliver non-disruptive data migration and utility computing solutions to their mutual customers. 29 Mar 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.channelinsider.com/article/3Par+Offers+HighEnd+Storage+at+Low+Price/202981_1.aspx http://www.channelinsider.com/article/3Par+Offers+HighEnd+Storage+at+Low+Price/202981_1.aspx 3PAR Data's midrange InServ E200 augments the company's existing lineup of efficient, high-performance storage systems with affordable scalability for branch office and departmental environments. 13 Mar 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.3par.com/documents/computerwire.pdf http://www.3par.com/documents/computerwire.pdf 3PAR has been shipping its mid-range to high-end disk arrays for over four years. Winning share in a tough market dominated by the trio of EMC Corp, Hitachi Ltd, and IBM Corp, it has pulled off an impressive feat. 07 Mar 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.itbsoftware.com/pr/12824 http://www.itbsoftware.com/pr/12824 3PAR, the leading provider of Utility Storage, announced today the appointment of Mark Jung, the former Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Fox Interactive Media, to 3PAR's Board of Directors. Jung has joined 3PAR as an independent outside board member and will head the board's nominating and governance committee. 01 Mar 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=AED378FF-BB7F-41AB-BF43-C76D761E10D8 http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=AED378FF-BB7F-41AB-BF43-C76D761E10D8 Riverbed's Steelhead appliances combine WAFS, WAN optimization and application acceleration functions. But 3PAR said that the principal aim of the deal is to cover the use of Steelheads as WAN optimization devices to lower bandwidth consumption for customers replicating data between 3PAR boxes in different locations. 21 Feb 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.enterpriseitplanet.com/storage/features/article.php/3660801 http://www.enterpriseitplanet.com/storage/features/article.php/3660801 Utility computing goes by many names -- on-demand, adaptive enterprise, N1, and others. The basic idea is that computing, including storage, operates like services provided by utilities such as water and power -- you plug it in, it's immediately available, and you use as much as you want. 20 Feb 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.serverwatch.com/tutorials/article.php/3659986 http://www.serverwatch.com/tutorials/article.php/3659986 With data growing exponentially and storage consuming an ever-larger portion of data center budgets, storage area networks (SANs) have become a critical part of corporate IT infrastructures. 14 Feb 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.baselinemag.com/article2/0,1540,2090764,00.asp http://www.baselinemag.com/article2/0,1540,2090764,00.asp Thin provisioning is a relatively new way of assigning the physical disk capacity of a network storage system to logical volumes and specific applications. The goal is more efficient and cost-effective use of storage. 07 Feb 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2089052,00.asp http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2089052,00.asp Utility storage vendor 3PAR announced Jan. 31 that new support has been added to its InServ Storage Server to enable IBM High Availability Cluster Multi-Processing for AIX, enabling a lower-cost, high-performance storage alternative to Big Blue's high-end line of arrays. 31 Jan 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.vnunet.com/crn/analysis/2173769/change-store-market http://www.vnunet.com/crn/analysis/2173769/change-store-market Traditional storage vendors have been maintaining the status quo, much to the channel's disadvantage, for a long time; resellers have lost. sales because vendors are pushing technologies that alienate prospects through high-costs. But end-users are now waking up to storage myths. 29 Jan 2007 00:00:00 PST http://blogs.eweek.com/vizard/content/storage/thin_is_in_for_storage.php http://blogs.eweek.com/vizard/content/storage/thin_is_in_for_storage.php Although storage continues to be one of those stubborn areas that is resistant to cost cutting because of low utilization rates and ever-increasing demand for space, enterprise customers might want to start looking toward some of the folks running large-scale Web operations for strategies that can help keep a lid on storage costs. 23 Jan 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.techworld.com/storage/news/index.cfm?NewsID=7818 http://www.techworld.com/storage/news/index.cfm?NewsID=7818 3Par estimates it will buy four petabytes worth of such carbon offsets, enough to fund clean energy projects that will reduce carbon emissions generated from approximately 700 cars and eight million pounds of CO2 22 Jan 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2085884,00.asp http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2085884,00.asp Storage provider 3PAR on Jan. 19 took the idea of "greening" the data center a step further by announcing that for every terabyte of its Thin Provisioning storage capacity it sells in 2007, 3PAR will purchase the equivalent cost in so-called "carbon credits" to help offset the greenhouse gas emissions of the disk drives required to deliver that capacity. 19 Jan 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.baselinemag.com/article2/0,1540,2082921,00.asp http://www.baselinemag.com/article2/0,1540,2082921,00.asp Booming traffic demands put a constant stress on the social network's computing infrastructure. Yet, MySpace developers have repeatedly redesigned the Web site software, database and storage systems in an attempt to keep pace with exploding growth -- the site now handles almost 40 billion page views a month. 16 Jan 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.supercomputingonline.com/article.php?sid=12784 http://www.supercomputingonline.com/article.php?sid=12784 The U.S. Army has selected 3PAR Utility Storage with 3PAR Thin Provisioning and 3PAR Remote Copy to support its mission-essential Distributed Learning System (DLS) group. 15 Jan 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.thewhir.com/marketwatch/122006_3PAR_PolyServe_Launch_Utility_Tool.cfm http://www.thewhir.com/marketwatch/122006_3PAR_PolyServe_Launch_Utility_Tool.cfm The solution will provide improved server and storage utilization and significant scalability, as well as rapid service level change requests. 20 Dec 2006 00:00:00 PST http://weblog.infoworld.com/virtualization/archives/2006/12/3par_and_polyse.php http://weblog.infoworld.com/virtualization/archives/2006/12/3par_and_polyse.php 3PAR and PolyServe announced an integrated utility computing platform for database and enterprise file serving environments. The companies said the combination would provide rapid service level change requests, improved server and storage utilization and massive scalability. 19 Dec 2006 00:00:00 PST http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=113210 http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=113210 Savvis relies on storage servers and software from 3Par to provide its managed storage service, which is sold to users in 50-Gbyte "chunks." 19 Dec 2006 00:00:00 PST http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2068390,00.asp http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2068390,00.asp 3PAR InServ Storage Servers will support HP Serviceguard, a high-availability software platform from HP that provides automatic failover capabilities for clustered HP-UX servers. 05 Dec 2006 00:00:00 PST http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid5_gci1232063,00.php http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid5_gci1232063,00.php Social networking site MySpace, owned by News Corp., has 130 million subscribers, is adding 250,000 new users per day and currently hosts more than 127 million profile pages. That's an incredible amount of data that has to be stored and instantly available, 24/7. 29 Nov 2006 00:00:00 PST http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/11/22/3par_carphone http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/11/22/3par_carphone The replicated pair of 3PAR InServe S400 disk arrays will provide virtualised storage as part of Carphone's move to a utility data centre. They replace IBM ESS-800 storage boxes and will support critical applications such as Carphone's Oracle-based retail software, Carphone enterprise architect Steve Gall said. 22 Nov 2006 00:00:00 PST http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2006/11/21/220057/carphone-warehouse-cuts-storage-costs-with-pay-as-you-go.htm http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2006/11/21/220057/carphone-warehouse-cuts-storage-costs-with-pay-as-you-go.htm Carphone Warehouse, a retailer of mobile phones and services with 700 stores in the UK and 1,300 in continental Europe, has deployed two 3PAR InServ S400 Storage Servers, as part of a utility computing (pay-as-you-go) IT system 21 Nov 2006 00:00:00 PST http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=110910 http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=110910 Online shopping during the holiday season relieves much of the stress of battling crowds at the mall -- and places that stress on the infrastructure and IT teams at online retail sites. 17 Nov 2006 00:00:00 PST http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=110605 http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=110605 The TIP Storage Networking -- Fortune 1000 End User Study is based on direct customer feedback on the key issues, hot new storage technologies, spending plans, vendor ratings and projects in 2006 and 2007. 14 Nov 2006 00:00:00 PST http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/nov2006/tc20061106_303806.htm http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/nov2006/tc20061106_303806.htm Dec. 18 will be a landmark day at FedEx (FDX). Company computers not only have to process those transactions but they'll also need to handle an expected 1,000 online inquiries per second from gift buyers and recipients at certain periods during the day. 06 Nov 2006 00:00:00 PST