An international research team, involving Professor Rajeev Ahuja at Uppsala University and researchers in the USA, set out to understand the mechanism behind the catalytic effects of carbon nanomaterials.

Dell today introduced the Dell Storage Simplification Assessments portfolio, a globally-consistent set of offerings designed to simplify the evaluation and selection of storage, backup, recovery and archiving environments.

Dell today announced the availability of the AX4-5, an entry-level storage area network (SAN) solution specifically designed to meet the growing storage needs of small and medium-sized organizations. Detailed technical information can be found at Dell AX4-5.

Network Appliance, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP), a leading provider of storage and data management solutions, today announced its support for Oracle® VM, a powerful and easy-to-use solution that delivers the benefits of server virtualization and enables enterprises to effectively utilize resources to further lower computing costs with industry leading, enterprise-class support for their virtual environments.

StoreVault, a NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) division, today announced that Teavana, a specialty tea retailer, handpicked the StoreVault S500 to efficiently manage its staggering data increase and improve its backup and recovery processes.

Xyratex Ltd., a leading provider of enterprise class data storage subsystems and storage process technology, today announced an OEM agreement with Chinese storage technology provider StorSky, expanding Xyratex’s growing foothold in the Asian market.

Symantec Corp. unveiled a major release of the Veritas CommandCentral 5.0 product family, a key component of the company’s Storage United initiative to help enterprises address their most pressing storage challenges with a unified, software-oriented approach.