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    Storage Virtualization, Data Recovery and Storage Backup, SAN and NAS Storage

    Channel Insider offers the latest storage news and information about data center infrastructure improvements including storage virtualization, data recovery, data backup, SANs, NAS, clustering, systems management, cloud computing and green data center efforts, all with editorial commentary and reviews you can trust, tailored for SMB and VARs.


    Nimbus Launches Big-Scale NAND Flash Storage System

    The E-Class system can support up to 500TB of capacity in one logical pool while consuming as little as 5 watts of electricity per terabyte.

    Cleversafe Releases 10 Exabyte-Capable Storage System

    Enterprises are now routinely storing workloads comprised of terabytes of data, which eventually add up to petabytes of storage. Next stop? Exabytes.

    Is Flash Ready for Enterprise Tier 1 Storage?

    Improvements to flash memory technology may spell the end for spinning media as the primary storage mechanism for enterprise tier 1 storage.

    Storage, Servers, Software Boom for Avnet in Q2

    Value-added distributor Avnet saw strong sales of storage, software and industry-standard servers during the second quarter of its fiscal 2012, driven by vertical solutions and customers looking to leverage IT to be better businesses.

    EMC Rules in Backup Appliance Market: IDC

    NEWS ANALYSIS: Storage giant EMC captures 62 percent of worldwide Purpose Built Backup Appliance (PBBA) market, more than three times the share of its nearest competitor.

    IceWeb, nDataStor Partner on Unified Data Storage Platform

    The flexible unified data storage array supports solid-state drives, ENT SAS and MDL SAS drives, and offers VMware integration.

    Solid-State Disk Storage Costs to Fall in 2012: Nexsan

    Storage specialist Nexsan releases its report predicting the top solid-state drive (SSD) storage trends in 2012.

    QNAP Updates TurboNAS Storage Platform

    The new NAS series, available in 2, 4, 5, 6, or 8-drive versions, is powered by a high performance dual-core Intel Atom processor.

    SSD Revenue Doubles in 2011 over 2010, No Letup in Sight

    Global solid-state storage industry revenue reached a record $5 billion in 2011--a 105 percent increase from the previous record of $2.4 billion in 2010.

    Dell Enters Dedupe Appliance Market with DR4000

    Dell's new backup appliance features deduplication technology, pitting the vendor head-to-head against competitors such as Data Domain and IBM.

    Ingram Micro Intros Data Wipe Service for Retired Hardware

    The move to virtualization and cloud computing has left behind retired and unwanted hardware. Now Ingram Micro has introduced a service, IT Asset Disposition (ITAD), enabling partners to offer secure removal of data from an array of devices.

    Iomega Breaks SMB Storage Price Barrier

    At just $220, Iomega’s new network storage device may be the least expensive way to add a terabyte of storage to a small business network. Could the low price trigger a price war among competitors?

    OCZ Technology Buys Storage Software Provider SANRAD

    SANRAD improves access to stored data in virtualized environments with its NAND flash-optimized software.

    Mobile Client Devices Spur Solid State Storage Growth

    IDC said it expects worldwide SSD shipments to increase at a compound annual growth rate of 51.5 percent from 2010 to 2015.

    Hitachi Brings Big Storage to Mobile, Small Businesses

    The new G-Drive and G-Raid storage products from Hitachi bring data center-scale storage to mobile and small-business users.

    Reliability, Cost Influence Storage System Selection: Nexsan

    The paper cautions businesses not to confuse disk interface type with performance or reliability.

    Box.net Adds Enterprise-Class Security-Access Controls to Cloud Storage

    Box.net has added new security measures, such as smart links, to control who can click on a Box.net link to make the cloud storage platform more acceptable to enterprises.

    Cloud Storage Providers: The Most Reliable

    It can sometimes feel like a leap of faith to put your most mission critical data in the cloud. Is it safe? What if there’s an outage? Well, not all cloud providers are the same, a fact vividly illustrated by a new report out from cloud storage consolidation experts at Nasuni. Nasuni conducted a number of tests on the nation's top 16 cloud service providers and found that only six of them earned a passing grade. Channel insider takes a look at the tests and the elite few who passed. And while Nasuni refused to reveal who failed, we'll take a look at which tests caused these unknown providers the most problems.

    SandForce to Ship SSD Primed for Cloud Systems

    Different workloads have different processing performance requirements, and cloud-related workloads most often require higher performance and endurance than on-site deployments.

    Zenith RMM Announces Name Change, Intros BDR Offer

    Zenith RMM distanced itself from its origins as part of Zenith Infotech with a name change to Continuum and the introduction of a backup and disaster recovery technology and service that pits it against Zenith Infotech.

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