Paul Shread, Author at ServerWatch

PowerShell is Top Attack Vector for Critical Security Threats: Research

Paul Shread — Wed, 19 May 2021 17:14:52 +0000

PowerShell was the source of more than a third of critical security threats detected by Cisco Secure Endpoint in the second half of 2020. Dual-use tool exploitation was the top threat category detected by Cisco, followed by ransomware, fileless malware, and credential dumping, with PowerShell a primary vector in those last two categories also. Ransomware […]

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HP Tackles Power, Security

Paul Shread — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000

HP announced a number of new products today designed to lower power costs and boost security. A slew of new products from the tech giant are designed to lower power costs and boost security. The company said its “green” storage technology can cut storage array power and cooling costs in data centers in half. Introduced […]

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Dell Bypasses Tape With Disk Backup Appliance

Paul Shread — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Dell this week unveiled a new disk-based backup solution, but don’t call it a VTL. Dell’s new disk-based backup appliance is aimed at SMBs and branch offices, but whatever you do, don’t call it a VTL. Dell said its new PowerVault DL2000 is designed to back up data directly to disk without having to first […]

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Server Virtualization Brings Fresh Life to DAS

Paul Shread — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Server virtualization is creating a new market for an old storage technology. Server virtualization is creating a new market for an old storage technology, as evidenced by HP’s latest products. HP this week unveiled a direct-attached storage (DAS) product that works with its server BladeSystem to give smaller businesses a storage solution to match their […]

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Storage Market Slowdown

Paul Shread — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000

The storage market slowed in the second quarter from its strong growth rate, but will likely pick up again in the second half of the year, according to a report by Robert W. Baird & Co. The storage market slowed in the second quarter, according to a Wall Street research report. Are Intel and AMD […]

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FCoE, Security Loom Large at SNW

Paul Shread — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000

You’d never know from the broad range of products debuting at this week’s Storage Networking World show in Dallas that the global economy is teetering on the edge. Fibre Channel over Ethernet product sightings and disk encryption top a long list of product news at this week’s Storage Networking World show. But judging from all […]

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Sun May Surprise Its Critics

Paul Shread — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Much has been made of the precarious position of Sun Microsystems of late, but the company has much more time than its critics would have you believe (see Should EMC Buy Sun? and Can Sun Microsystems Save Itself? ). If you have Sun Microsystems in your 2009 corporate dead pool, you may be disappointed: The […]

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Virtually Speaking: NetApp Ups the Virtual Storage Ante

Paul Shread — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Network Appliance was busy last week, unveiling new storage products for VMware virtualization environments and announcing its quarterly financial results and a reorganization of its small business storage unit. Amid a tough environment for IT spending, Network Appliance is making a play for VMware storage business. NetApp’s latest products are intended to bolster the company’s […]

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