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Hitachi Launches Unified Computing System
Hitachi Data Systems has jumped aboard the unified computing system bandwagon currently occupied by Hewlett-Packard, Dell/Brocade and Cisco Systems’ UCS partnership with EMC and VMware. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based subsidiary of Japan’s Hitachi Ltd. announced April 19 that it is launching its own open-standards-based, unified computing platform aimed at cloud computing deployments for ISPs and…
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Cloud Storage Customers Get Another Option from Dell, Microsoft
Seagate cloud storage subsidiary i365 came out April 19 with a new version of its EVault storage appliance optimized for Microsoft’s data protection suite, System Center Data Protection Manager 2010. The collaborative project is indicative of Microsoft’s determination to move deeper into the cloud storage and services sector and of i365 starting to climb to…
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OKI Data Rolls Out Next Generation Printers
OKI Data Americas, which markets its products under the OKI Printing Solutions brand, announces the addition of two series of digital color printers designed for medium and large workgroups with the launch of the C610 Series and the C711 Series. Both series offer HD (high-definition) Color Technology and come in four configurations that deliver a…
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Xiotech Aims to Disrupt Enterprise Storage Market
A privately held company based in Eden Prairie, Minn., Xiotech wants to solve the growing application/storage conflict with what it calls the market’s first and only solution for intelligent application storage. Originally spun off from Seagate, the company believes that storage vendors focusing on adding management software—i.e., Dell, EMC, HDS, HP, IBM and NetApp—don’t understand…
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HP Partners Prep 3Com Arsenal in War Against Cisco
Hewlett-Packard completed its acquisition of 3Com this week, and laid out the overarching plan in terms of the product integration that will take it to war against Cisco’s stronghold in the networking market. And HP’s partners, still waiting for the final word on the integration of HP and 3Com’s channel partner program, say that they…
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CTERA Rolls Out Channel-Friendly Cloud Storage Portal
Hybrid cloud-based storage and data protection vendor CTERA Networks is reaching out to service providers, including MSPs and resellers, with a cloud platform that is a turnkey solution for delivering cloud-based storage and data protection services, from creating service plans to remote maintenance of appliances, including the CloudPlug and C200. Available immediately in SaaS and…