Orchestria partners with Voltage Security to protect email
July 24 -- Orchestria Corp., a provider of information protection and control solutions, announced Thursday a partnership with Voltage Security Inc., a global provider of information encryption. Orchestria 6, a comprehensive suite of products for data loss prevention (DLP), provides integration to the email encryption capabilities of Voltage SecureMail.

NetApp teams with Microsoft to realize full potential of Windows Server environments
July 24 -- Network Appliance Inc. (NetApp) announced Wednesday that it is a Microsoft Partner Solutions Center (MPSC) Sponsor Partner and is providing NetApp storage systems and data management solutions to the MPSC located on the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington. These resources, along with NetApp technical professionals, are available to help customers accelerate the design, testing, and implementation of storage solutions for their Windows Server environments.

QLogic validates compatibility of FCoE networks with HP Fibre Channel storage
July 24 -- QLogic Corp., a provider of networking for storage and high performance computing (HPC), announced Wednesday the results of the Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) Test Drive, conducted in June this year, in San Diego. Based on the results, QLogic, along with Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) and 12 other vendors, validated that FCoE networks are compatible with existing Fibre Channel storage, enabling quick adoption by customers.

Bus-Tech completes testing under IBM System Storage Proven Program
July 24 -- Bus-Tech Inc., a provider of virtual tape solutions for attachment to IBM mainframes, announced Tuesday that the Mainframe Data Library (MDL), Mainframe Appliance for Storage (MAS) and zDASD products have completed interoperability testing with IBM's System Storage N series, DS4000, DS3000 and SAN Volume Controller (SVC) products and has been confirmed as IBM System Storage Proven.

Fortressware initiates program to simplify data security for SMBs
July 24 -- Fortressware Inc. announced Tuesday its enterprise class data leakage prevention (DLP) solution for small and medium businesses (SMBs).

WD announces 2.5", 10,000 RPM enterprise SATA hard drive
July 24 -- Western Digital Corp. (WD) announced Wednesday the WD VelociRaptor 10,000 RPM (Revolutions per minute) enterprise SATA (Serial-ATA) hard drives in an enterprise-class 2.5-inch form factor for blade servers and 1U and 2U rack servers.

EMC announces Documentum Enterprise Content Management Suite v6.5
July 24 -- EMC Corp. announced Tuesday EMC Documentum Enterprise Content Management (ECM) Suite version 6.5, a product line that combines the user experience of Web 2.0 and the strength of the enterprise-class Documentum platform to deliver a balance between business agility and IT control.

PGP announces general availability of PGP Endpoint solution
July 24 -- PGP Corp., a global provider of enterprise data protection, announced Monday general availability of PGP Endpoint, a centrally managed data loss prevention (DLP) solution that provides integrated data encryption and device policy enforcement for all removable storage devices like USB (universal serial bus) drives, CDs and DVDs, and mobile data connection technologies like Wi-Fi, FireWire, and Bluetooth, to protect laptops, desktops, mobile devices and ports.

Quantum announces enhancements to disk-based backup system
July 24 -- Quantum Corp., a global provider of backup, recovery and archive solutions, announced Tuesday enhancements to its Vision global management and reporting software. It also announced enhancements to the Quantum DXi7500 enterprise disk backup system featuring data de-duplication and replication. Quantum's Vision software, which offers "single pane of glass" administration for all Quantum disk backup and tape automation systems, has expanded its multi-unit monitoring and reporting features to help further increase the return on investment (ROI) across users' global data protection environments.

ArcMail unveils email archiving appliance with Blu-Ray disks
July 24 -- ArcMail Technology, a provider of email archiving and management technology, announced Tuesday the inclusion of Blu-Ray disks on its ArcMail Defender U380 (8TB), U3120 (12TB) and U3160 (16TB) models. The disks are now optional on other Defender models, as well.