Storage & Clustering Community Blog

As a quick introduction, I am a product manager within the Symantec Information Management Group - specifically responsible for the File System Archiving component of Enterprise Vault.

We are always looking for input from our customers as to what they would like to see us developing next. One area that we've talked about internally for a while is that of Unix Archiving. By Unix Archiving I mean archiving content out of the Unix platform rather than an archiving application running on Unix. We would like to know whether you have demand for such an applicaton and if you do, what are the key features you would be looking for. If you are operating a unix environment, but not necessarily requiring Unix Archiving today, we would still like to hear from you to obtain environmental information.

To help us gather this information, we are conducting a short survey which should take 15-20 minutes to complete. If you do have an interest in this topic, we would very...

The Amazon Kindle is one of the hottest consumer devices on the market today. Indeed, the Amazon Kindle 1 sold out for the Christmas holiday season several months beforehand, and the Amazon Kindle 2--available since late February--is generating similar results.

The CIO Digest editorial team, seeking to make content available to readers in multiple venues, is happy to announce the availability of the January 2009 issue on the Amazon Kindle. The team is currently working on posting the April 2009 issue, which will be available in a few weeks. We welcome your feedback.

Return on Investment is critical when it comes to the investments you make in your data center. We want to hear how Symantec software has helped you quickly free up storage space to allow you to save money in the short term on hardware purchases—and we’re sure others in the community would like to hear your story, too. Win up to 8,000 Connect Points just for telling your story. (That’s enough to start you on your way to earning points for a Hawaiian cruise!) Here’s how the rewards program works:

• For each article submission you will receive 1,000 Reward Points – that’s twice as many as regular submissions!
• For each blog post you will receive 50 Reward Points – that’s twice as many as regular submissions!
• The best article submission* will receive 7,000 Reward Points – enough to start you on your way to earning points for a 7-day...