Cisco drops HP

Cisco will not renew its systems integrator contract with HP; meaning HP will no longer be Cisco's certified reseller or service partner after 30 April, reports Computerworld.

HP has expanded a storage switch reseller contract with QLogic, a product area typically filled by Cisco.

Keith Goodwin, senior vice-president of Cisco's Worldwide Partner Organisation, blames the changing IT landscape, the evolving role of the network, and that Cisco's competition with system vendors means it can no longer share partner benefits with HP.

EMC has added new data protection capabilities to its Atmos cloud storage platform, says V3.

Atmos customers manage storage by setting policies, such as levels of staff access, and can tag information according to where they want it to be stored.

The new data protection capabilities will be available in Atmos 1.3 early this year with a capability called GeoProtect which divides a storage object into segments, and automatically distributes content across a company's infrastructure.

Toshiba has rolled out a high-capacity, enterprise-level mobile hard disc drive that's self-encrypting, states Information Week.

The 2.5-inch drive has a top capacity of 600GB and a 6Gbps SAS interface for use in mid-range servers, mainstream storage arrays and blade and rack-mount servers.

Toshiba says that encrypting data within the storage device simplifies deployment and provides an easier path to compliance with regulatory mandates.