A storage virtualization start-up called Virsto Software has developed a Microsoft Hyper-V add-on that speeds up access to data in …
Google CEO preaches ‘mobile first’
Google CEO Eric Schmidt put mobile devices squarely at the center of the computing universe in his first keynote at …
SSD could ultimately replace hard disk drives, Hitachi CTO says
Thanks to Moore’s Law, the speed of server processors is advancing so fast that they threaten to "“drown" storage systems, …
IDC: Storage Efficiency Demand Drives Deduplication Adoption
According to new survey results from IDC, over 60% of respondents are either in the process of deduplicating or have …
Seagate doubles capacity of data centre hard drive
The Savvio10.4K 2.5-in serial-attached SCSI (SAS) drive, aimed at external storage arrays, also increases meantime before failures (MTBF) by 25% …
Overland Storage releases its first iSCSI SAN
The 2U (3.5-in high) rack mountable system comes in 12TB and 24TB capacities using serial ATA or serial-attached SCSI hard …
Dell looks to buy clustered storage vendor Exanet
According to a Dell spokesman, the company has submitted an offer to purchase Israel-based Exanet’s assets, primarily patents and other …
Intel to release storage-specific processor
Intel mentioned its storage chip’s impending release as part of its announcement Tuesday that it was going to market with …
EMC’s Atmos gains more efficient data protection
Atmos is a hardware and software system, used mostly by service providers, for storing unstructured data across many locations. Atmos …
Mobile traffic helps push up optical demand
Demand for high-speed links to cell sites and homes will rejuvenate sales of optical network equipment this year and help …
HP opens first ever wind-cooled data centre
From the outside, Hewlett-Packard’s newest data center looks like a massive, well-secured loading dock, devoid of logos and surrounded by …
IBM acquires Intelliden to boost network automation
IBM has acquired Intelliden, a network automation software vendor, and will integrate the company’s technology into its Tivoli Software group. …
HP upgrades entry level, mid-range arrays
Hewlett-Packard Co. upgraded to its entry-level modular storage array, and added network failover features to its midrange array via its …
Is Google the new Microsoft?
If you work at Google, your ears are surely burning right now. Google’s introduction of its Buzz social media tool …