Worldwide storage services spending will exceed $40 billion in 2003, up from $21 billion last year, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC).
HP has introduced the SureStore AutoBackup family, a range of backup solutions designed to safeguard data residing on mobile computers and networked desktop systems.
Seagate has brought its "storage area network (SAN) in a box" to market locally through Storgate's high-end storage solution division, Smart.
Axiz, distributor of Apricorn solutions in SA, has released the Apricorn EZ Storage drive, a universal serial bus portable hard drive designed for PC, laptop and Macintosh users.
DataCom, a US developer of broadband and fibre optic networks, has selected EMC Enterprise Storage systems and software to form the core of its information infrastructure.
Veritas Software has released Veritas Remote Storage for Exchange (RSE), a space management and optimisation application that moves older message attachments out of Exchange databases and information stores.
EMC has announced new storage subsystems and software, and has expanded its E-Infostructure - which EMC describes as a flexible, centrally managed information infrastructure.
Compaq has announced support for its complete line of SANWorks Enterprise Storage Management Software products on Sun Solaris platforms. It says this move reaffirms its commitment to delivering open SAN.
Siltek Telecoms, a telecommunications distributor, says Freedom, the new call recording system from Dictaphone, is garnering tributes from various industry magazines.
Multimedia Warehouse, a division of Siltek Distribution Dynamics, is offering Creative Lab's new PC-DVD RAM 5.2GB, which offers home users and businesses a cost-effective solution for storing and archiving large amounts of data.
Memtek Component Distribution, sole distributor of Memory Card Technology, has made validated Rambus RIMM modules in densities of 72Mb, 108Mb and 144Mb available for distribution.
Siltek IT Supply Chain company, Intelligent Systems (IS), has negotiated an agreement with US-based Vixel that will see IS extend its portfolio to include Vixel's range of Fibre Channel interconnect products for storage area networks.