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Solid-State Storage Can Trump Traditional Drives on Cost
When does expensive solid-state storage become less expensive than cheaper rotating disks? Advertising analytics firm Marketing Architects found the crossover happened when its business intelligence reports were taking up to 4 hours to run. That’s when solution provider Clear North proposed a solid-state storage solution that would resolve the bottleneck in Marketing Architects’ CRM and…
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Verizon Business Rolls Out Application Security Program
Verizon Business hopes to cash in on the customer need to shore up insecure applications with a new service introduced on Thursday. The Verizon Business Application Security Program is aimed squarely at the dynamic and sometimes chaotic development environments within U.S. enterprises. "Businesses are often stuck in a Catch-22 situation when it comes to applications,"…
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Sizing Up the ‘What’s Next?’ for EMC, Data Domain
EMC Corp. announced this week that it has stolen rival NetApp’s thunder when it entered into a definitive agreement with Data Domain Inc. to acquire the company in a cash tender offer for $33.50 (US) per share or approximately $2.1 billion. EMC’s all-cash tender offer commenced on June 2 and is scheduled to expire at…
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HP Tailors Video-based Training for Small Business
HP has launched a series of online videos for small businesses that offers information on a variety of things related to their businesses and technology. Being offered through the HP Total Care portfolio, the "Insights from the Experts: Technology Tips for Small Business" video series is a five-part series that features Jim Louderback, CEO of…