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Data Recovery Platform Selection Depends on Tech Support: Survey
According to respondents of Backup My Info s first IT Consultant survey, which analyzed how IT consultants perceive online data backup and recovery and included IT consultants, VARs, systems integrators and other channel professionals, technical service and support (91 percent) is the most important factor when selecting data backup and recovery vendors. Pricing (73 percent),…
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IBM Report Finds IT Departments Favor Solid-State Storage Technology
IT professionals are embracing high-performance solid-state disks to support growing data storage demands driven by cloud computing and analytics technologies, a survey by technology giant IBM revealed. More than half (57 percent) of the customers surveyed responded that their organizations need to develop a new storage approach to manage future growth. The survey of 250…
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EMC Launches Greenplum Analytics Appliance
EMC took another dive into the "big data" processing pool Sept. 21 when it introduced a new analytics appliance that runs on its Greenplum software. The announcement was made at the O’Reilly Strata Conference in New York City. The data storage provider is positioning the Greenplum Modular Data Computing Appliance as the industry’s first "complete"…
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Hitachi Ships 3.5-inch SSDs for HP 3PAR Arrays
Although the overall trend in enterprise storage IT is clearly moving toward smaller, faster 2.5-inch solid-state drives, plenty of shops still use the older 3.5-inch variety, and Hitachi Global Storage Technologies is determined to keep supplying that market. Hitachi on Sept. 19 said that its 3.5-inch Fibre Channel Ultrastar 400S single-level cell SSDs, co-developed with…
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Seagate Launches 4TB GoFlex Desk External Hard Drive
Storage specialist Seagate announced the shipment of its 4 terabyte GoFlex Desk external hard drive, claiming the highest capacity hard drive in the industry. This latest addition to the GoFlex Family of external hard drives showcases Seagate’s new desktop design, with a streamlined industrial design for a smaller footprint. The new 4TB GoFlex Desk drive…
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Storage Software Revenues Post Seventh Consecutive Quarter of Growth: IDC
The storage software market experienced its seventh consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth during the second quarter of 2011 (2Q11), according to the IT research firm International Data Corporation (IDC) and the company’s Worldwide Storage Software QView. The total market value approached $3.4 billion during the quarter, up 11.3 percent over the same period last year.…