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As IBM sales suffer, now's the time to buy a new mainframe

Despite the Cost, SSDs Are a Great Value; Flash storage should be among top data center priorities, Gartner says
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As IBM sales suffer, now's the time to buy a new mainframe

Mainframe customers haven't always had much leverage to negotiate with Big Blue, but now may be the perfect time to strike a new contract with IBM. Read full story

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Despite the Cost, SSDs Are a Great Value
Solid-state drives recently hit the 1-terabyte mark with the release of the $3,300 OCZ Colossus 1TB SSD. Obviously, drives at this price point are not aimed at masses. Yet, from a historical perspective the Colossus is remarkably cheap. It's easy to forget that just a few short years ago, neither mainstream SSDs nor 1TB drives existed at any price. It's also important to remember that smaller, affordable SSDs are available today and represent an incredible value.

Flash storage should be among top data center priorities, Gartner says
Flash is 25 to 30 times more expensive than hard disk drives, but the price is worth it, Gartner says.

Extreme unveils switching blueprint for virtual data centers
Extreme Networks this week unveiled a blueprint for migrating data centers from the physical world to virtualization, and then ultimately to cloud computing.

Blades are server market's bright spot, says IDC
IDC reported that blade server revenue rose in the third quarter, the first server category to show increased year-over-year sales in a year.

Data center start-up expands Gigabit Ethernet switch line
Arista Networks has unveiled a Gigabit Ethernet data center switch designed to better accommodate increasing traffic loads between the server access and core layers of the network.

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