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Mobile Client Devices Spur Solid State Storage Growth
Technology advancements, changing dynamics in the PC industry, new enterprise server and storage architectures, and near-term hard disk drive shortages are all combining to propel the worldwide solid state storage market higher from 2011 through 2015, according to research from IT anayltics firm IDC. The worldwide solid state storage industry revenue reached $5 billion in…
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Hitachi Brings Big Storage to Mobile, Small Businesses
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies announced that it has added two new hard drives to its G-Technology series of storage devices. The new drives come in 1TB and 4TB sizes and are incorporated into the G-Technology G-Drive and G-Raid solutions. The new drives bring impressive amounts of storage space to what are considered mobile or small-business…
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Reliability, Cost Influence Storage System Selection: Nexsan
Nexsan, an independent provider of disk-based storage systems, announced a downloadable paper titled, “6 Tips for Selecting HDD and SSD Drives,” a free educational resource that provides guidance on selecting the most appropriate hard disk drive or solid state disk drive technology when configuring a storage system for business applications. There are a number of…
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Box.net Adds Enterprise-Class Security-Access Controls to Cloud Storage
Cloud storage company Box.net unveiled a new set of tools and access controls to secure the data being stored on its servers. The tools include the ability to limit who can view a file or folder, and tracks log-ins from multiple devices and various authentication options, Box.net said Dec. 15. These security options are intended…
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SandForce to Ship SSD Primed for Cloud Systems
Data center hardware continues to become more specialized for cloud deployments. SandForce, which makes solid-state chips that interact with volume flash memory to deploy both primary and I/O-intensive data storage applications, on Dec. 12 released a new multilevel cell (MLC) flash solid-state drive (SSD) that it claims is the first such processor optimized specifically for…
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Zenith RMM Announces Name Change, Intros BDR Offer
Zenith Infotech spin off, Zenith RMM, has rebranded itself with a name change to "Continuum," the company has announced, and has introduced a service that pits it against Zenith Infotech. In a prepared statement the company said the new name "reflects its expanded vision, broader agenda and bolder promise to current and prospectie partners," including…