IBM targets healthcare storage needs; Buffalo hits 3TB

Storage News Alert This newsletter is sponsored by NetApp Deduplication: Reduce storage by 95% Reduce storage costs with NetApp by deduplicating redundant data transparently to users or applications. Cut disk storage for backup by 95%. Cut archival or file storage 50% or more. Deduplicate data safely with proven technology used for years with NetApp Snapshot and FlexClone features. Network World's Storage News Alert, 05/16/07 IBM targets healthcare market with grid computing, 05/16/07:  Hospitals have unique and challenging storage needs, as they are required to store every X-ray and medical record they create, and IBM is reaching out to that market with a system being unveiled Wednesday at a healthcare industry event. Cool Tool Blog: Buffalo hits 3TB:  Buffalo Technology said 3TB versions of its TeraStation Live and TeraStation Pro II network-attached storage boxes are now available. The NAS boxes, which offer high-speed processors with data transfer rates of up to 38Mbps, have an estimated street price of $2,499. EMC, MonoSphere support replication management, virtual environments, 05/15/07:  EMC and capacity-planning vendor MonoSphere on Monday announced enhancements to products to support virtualized environments and long-distance replication. ENTERPRISE NAS - TRENDS, ISSUES & OUTLOOK Watch Network World's Editorial Perspectives webcast on Enterprise NAS for the issues, trends and new developments affecting today's enterprise network storage environment. View to understand the latest thinking on Network Attached Storage (NAS) and its place in today's enterprise. Click here to watch now! NetApp debuts all-file deduplication, 05/15/07:  Network Appliance on Monday introduced deduplication for all types of file data rather than just backup data. Clustered NEC arrays scale from gigabytes to a petabyte, 05/10/07:  Taking a cue from its supercomputing legacy, NEC Corporation of America Wednesday introduced a series of storage arrays that achieve new benchmarks in scalability, performance and availability for the storage vendor by scaling from a terabyte to a petabyte nondisruptively and offering different hard drive classes in the same enclosure.

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