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KineticD Announces Hybrid Cloud Solution for Backup, Disaster Recovery
Online backup and disaster recovery specialist KineticD announced the beta version of its hybrid cloud backup software solution, KineticCloud for Servers. Hybrid cloud backup, also called disk-to-disk-to-cloud, is an alternative to tape as a backup medium for data stored in files and databases. Key KineticCloud for Servers features include global source-side block-level deduplication for faster…
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Axcient Debuts Cloud Continuity Platform
Data backup, business continuity and disaster recovery service provider Axcient announced the launch of Cloud Continuity, a service aimed at small to medium-size businesses that enables companies to launch all of their servers in Axcient’s cloud. When local servers fail, users can run a virtual office on Axcient’s cloud platform, enabling employees to continue working…
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HP to Partner With Calexda on ARM-Based Servers: Reports
Hewlett-Packard reportedly will partner with chip-maker Calxeda to develop data center servers powered by low-power processors designed by ARM Holdings. Quoting unnamed people close to the situation, Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal are reporting that HP will become the first major OEM to adopt ARM-based processors for some of its servers, a move that…
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RIM Launching PlayBook Software Update in February 2012
Research In Motion’s long-awaited software update to the PlayBook isn’t due to arrive until February 2012, according to the company. “We expect to deliver the new BlackBerry PlayBook OS to customers in February 2012,” David Smith, RIM’s senior vice president of BlackBerry PlayBook, wrote in a post published on RIM’s official BlackBerry blog Oct. 25,…
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Cyber-Attack Fears, Data Demand Boost Symantec’s Q2 Results
Fear of cyber-threats and ongoing demand for digital information boosted Symantec’s second-quarter performance as enterprises and consumers continued to buy its security and backup products, the company said. The company reported fiscal second-quarter revenue of $1.68 billion, a 14 percent increase from last year’s revenue of $1.48 billion. Symantec’s net income was $182 million, or…
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LSI Buys Flash Storage Processor Specialist SandForce
LSI, which specializes in networking and storage software and semiconductors, is planning to buy SandForce, which makes flash storage processors for enterprise and client flash solutions and solid-state drives (SSDs). Under the agreement announced Oct. 26, LSI will pay about $322 million, and will assume about $48 million of unvested stock options and restricted shares held by…