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Rebit, Carbonite Team for Cloud-Based Backup for Desktop Devices
Rebit, which makes what it cheerfully calls “ridiculously simple” backup software for consumers and small busineses, said Dec. 5 that version 5 of its backup software has been integrated into Carbonite’s new Home Premier data protection suite. Rebit, which has created a foothold in the desktop disk backup business in 2008 by building single-purpose plug-and-play…
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HP Launches Enterprise-Scale StoreOnce Backup Systems
Hewlett-Packard made a significant leap ahead in the storage systems market Nov. 29 when it launched a fast-processing, enterprise-scale, disk-based backup system with an advanced data deduplication feature. HP, which calls the new dedupe scheme "Deduplication 2.0," claims that its B6200 StoreOnce Backup System can process and restore data at the breakneck speed of 28TB…
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Western Digital Releases Network Storage Servers for SMBs
Digital storage solutions specialist Western Digital (NYSE: WDC), announced the release of the WD Sentinel DX4000, a network storage solution aimed at small and midsize businesses. The DX4000 includes the Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials operating system software and the Intel D525 Dual Core Atom CPU. The DX4000 offers centralized shared storage and automatic…
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Cloud-Based Data Storage Will Increase in 2012: Drobo
Data storage specialist Drobo has released storage industry predictions for the coming year, based on the company’s interactions with customers, analysts and industry experts, predicting pure cloud adoption will become less common than a hybrid approach that tightly integrates public and private cloud architectures with modern on-premises storage systems a trend the company said will…
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Tape-Based Storage Still a Critical Part of Data Protection Strategy
Overland Storage, a provider of data management and data protection solutions across the data lifecycle recently conducted a nationwide survey of its customers in the United States to learn more about how they use Overland tape libraries. The results of the survey indicate that tape storage remains a critical component of the data center. Half…