Tag: Storage
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SSDs Gaining Ground on Hard Disk Drives in PCs
(Reuters) – Solid-state drives have struggled to become standard in PCs, but manufacturers could soon follow Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) lead and start using more of them as consumers warm to the benefits of flash storage. Increasingly used in smartphones, NAND flash storage is expensive but market leaders Samsung Electronics (KS:005930), Toshiba Corp (T:6502), SanDisk (NASDAQ:SNDK) and… Read more
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EMC Acquires Isilon in $2.25B Storage Deal
NEW YORK, Nov 15 (Reuters) – EMC Corp (NYSE:EMC), the world’s biggest corporate data storage equipment maker, plans to buy smaller data storage firm Isilon Systems Inc (NASDAQ:ISLN) for about $2.25 billion, the latest in a series of multibillion dollar technology deals. The $33.85-a-share cash offer, announced by both companies on Monday, represents a 29… Read more
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Cloud Storage Vendors Worth a Look
Categories: Cloud ComputingCloud Storage Vendors Worth a Look Google AppsWith online document creation and sharing features, Google Apps has become a major player in the cloud services market for consumers and businesses. Google unveiled its cloud storage service earlier this year as part of its Google Apps business offerings. For $50 per user per month, businesses get… Read more
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Dot Hill Launches AssuredUVS Unified Virtual Storage Appliances
Unified virtual storage and SAN storage solutions provider Dot Hill announced the launch of AssuredUVS Standard and AssuredUVS Datacenter, built on the company’s Assured architecture. The appliances consolidate and virtualize storage across storage protocols, environments and mixed storage platforms to support multiple server applications. The appliances help enable small to medium-size businesses to manage combinations… Read more
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Research Shows Cloud Computing Improves Environment
Researchers are now compiling hard numbers that prove running enterprise applications in the cloud actually does complete a data center triple play by reducing costs, use of electricity and carbon emissions. A new study conducted on behalf of Microsoft, Accenture and WSP Environment & Energy released Nov. 4 shows enterprises running business applications in the… Read more
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EMC, Isilon Acquisition Talk Cools
NEW YORK, Nov 4 (Reuters) – Shares of data storage company Isilon Systems (NASDAQ:ISLN) fell 7.4 percent on Thursday after a Wall Street Journal report said EMC Corp’s (NYSE:EMC) interest in a takeover deal had cooled. The two parties have not been able to agree on price, the Journal reported on its website, citing unnamed… Read more