Moving and Storage Business News

The News Review:

- Small Businesses Present Big Storage Challenge
- Digital Gear: Snap It and Get Fit
- Samsung’s Flash of Inspiration
- Music hath charms for some workers ‘” others it annoys

Small Businesses Present Big Storage Challenge
Enterprise Storage Forum – Mar 23, 2006
But it is also a matter of basic economics. “EMC has enjoyed an enviable record of growth year after year” says Larry Zulch vice president and general manager of EMC’s new Insignia SMB program. “Maintaining that level of growth requires moving into adjacent markets. NAS Tops SANs in SMB SpaceThe first step toward solving storage problems is consolidation. Most SMBs appear to have taken that first step at least as far as turning from isolated servers with direct-attached storage (… “They’re still a long way from addressing those problems in this space. However Sigman also points out that data availability is a growing concern for smaller companies that have become increasingly aware of the critical need for uninterrupted access to company data. Breece Hill is a storage company that targets SMB customers. Pat Blakey Breece Hill’s director of marketing sees developments beyond the initial phase of reliable backups. “Before it was just simple backup and recovery” says Blakey. “Now they’re looking at it from a standpoint of ‘How can we manage data based on the time value of it?’”Tony Lock chief analyst at Bloor Research doesn’t necessarily see a direct correlation between company size and storage sophistication. “There are some very small organizations that are beginning to use network storage more effectively beginning to use storage.

Digital Gear: Snap It and Get Fit
PC World – Mar 23, 2006
The camera’s stabilization features keep video images steady and movies can be edited directly on the camera. Still images can be captured during video playback and then cropped resized and rotated directly on the camera according to Samsung. Users can add special effects such as color effects and photo frames and shoot fast-moving objects in a series of images the company says. The camera provides 11 modes for capturing still images including a “text recognition” mode that supports extraction of editable text from images using optical character recognition software that comes with the camera. It also has a voice recording function. The $299 camera is designed for users who want an advanced model with easy-to-use functions Samsung says.

Samsung’s Flash of Inspiration
BusinessWeek – Mar 23, 2006
“Intel was the pacesetter in the PC world but in the mobile and digital consumer era we’ll lead the way” says Hwang Chang Gyu president of Samsung’s semiconductor unit. That’s not to say that Samsung is abandoning the PC market. Instead the company has been busy developing new PC technologies that require lots of what they can provide. One big initiative is using flash as a replacement for hard drives in mobile PCs. 21 in Taipei Samsung introduced a 32-GB flash drive that cuts in half the time it takes to boot up a computer. The drive also uses far less power than a hard disk since it has no moving parts — an advantage that also makes flash drives less noisy and fragile than hard disks… Perhaps more important Intel in November announced a $2. 4 billion joint venture with Micron to make NAND chips. If Intel is serious about moving into the memory business and pours billions into research and cutting-edge production facilities it could well challenge Samsung’s leadership there. Though Intel has said it doesn’t plan to focus on NAND if it changes its mind it would undoubtedly change the landscape of the business.

Music hath charms for some workers ‘” others it annoys
USA Today – Mar 23, 2006
IPods can pose a distraction and may prevent the wearer from hearing warning alarms and bells or warnings shouted by co-workers e-mails Linda Tapp of Crown Safety in Cherry Hill N. MP3 players can prevent wearers from hearing other workplace sounds such as moving forklifts which can lead to serious injury. MP3s can affect the safety of workers in non-industrial settings as well she says by masking the sounds of strangers who are in the area or approaching. •Network security. New digital storage devices can store company information trade secrets or customer data. Employees connect MP3 players to a company’s computers to download and store songs but those same players could be used to download other information as well… MP3s can affect the safety of workers in non-industrial settings as well she says by masking the sounds of strangers who are in the area or approaching. •Network security. New digital storage devices can store company information trade secrets or customer data. Employees connect MP3 players to a company’s computers to download and store songs but those same players could be used to download other information as well. It’s also possible for a player to infect a network with a virus. “It’s a huge security risk” says John Colbert CEO of Guidance Software a Pasadena Calif. -based provider of computer investigations.