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Storage Sprawl a Catalyst for High-Growth Data Deduplication Market
With analysts putting data growth in the range of 50 percent or more per year, storing duplicated data is just adding insult to injury. According to one source, duplication rates run as high as 30 percent or more among companies that don’t have the appropriate policies and tools in place. This might help explain why…
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Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Released to Manufacturing
Microsoft released the final version of SQL Server 2008 Release 2 (R2) to manufacturing today. According to Microsoft, customers can expect availability in the next few weeks through Microsoft distribution channels. The update features a number of enhancements centered on scalability, analytics, reporting and data management. More than 300,000 users downloaded the database’s technology previews,…
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Apple Quarter Results Strong on iPhone Sales
(Reuters) – Apple Inc’s results blew past Wall Street expectations on the back of record iPhone sales, and the company gave a strong revenue forecast, sending its shares up more than 5 percent to an all-time high. The results and forecast should boost Apple’s stock price, which has charged upward for more than a year…
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Strong Demands Spurs Apple to Add iPad Production Capacity
Apple Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook suggested during the company’s April 20 earnings call that sales of the iPad had exceeded the company’s internal predictions, and that more capacity will be added to deal with demand. Cook also confirmed that the iPad had been priced “aggressively” to help establish a beachhead in the nascent consumer…