Around the Storage Block

» The Right Write Stuff

-by Warren Smith

The Storage Networking Industry Association Executive Director, Leo Leger, announced last week that the most recent individual to gain elite recognition in the storage association’s Achievement Hall of Fame is HP’s John Wilkes. John is just the 2^nd storage professional to be so honored. And we at HP are obviously proud of John and his many contributions to the storage industry and to SNIA. John Wilkes’ contributions included his key role in formulating the Shared Storage Model, long before many people shared storage amongst hosts, and preserving with the SMI-S management interface standard.

» RSA2008 Conference

- by Carlos Martinez

With 17,000 attendees and over 350 exhibitors the RSA2008 Conference can be an intimidating experience for IT storage professionals who are investigating privacy solutions for data-at-rest. HP is a comforting and familiar face for these storage professionals because they know HP is committed to both storage and security with the power of our Secure Advantage portfolio. HP addresses security holistically from the desktop to the data center to protect resources, data and provide validation for audits.