Thursday, August 26, 2010

Start-up Actifio unveils data protection applications

  EMC offers upgrades to automated tiering, Clariion and Celerra arrays | 3PAR entertains HP's offer, begins merger talks
 
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Start-up Actifio unveils data protection applications
To hear Actifio CEO and founder Ash Ashutosh tell it, there are too many copies of data made when backing up, replicating and deduplicating information. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Eaton

Is Power Protection Costing You More Than It Should?
This white paper looks at five questions you need to ask before selecting a high- efficiency, multi- mode UPS for your data center. Read More

ARTICLE: Iron Mountain

Affordable, cloud server back up: Free Trial!
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EMC offers upgrades to automated tiering, Clariion and Celerra arrays
EMC announced several upgrades to its Clariion and Celerra storage devices and said it is shipping its Unisphere management software. Read More

3PAR entertains HP's offer, begins merger talks
3PAR will open discussions with Hewlett-Packard following that company's unsolicited $1.6 billion cash bid for the data storage maker, which exceeded an earlier bid from Dell. Read More

Social Security Administration to award massive network deal
The Social Security Administration says it will announce in September a new award for data networking services, jumpstarting a critical IT project that has been delayed for more than a year following a successful -- but secretive -- legal protest of the original awards. Read More


WHITE PAPER: NetApp

Storage ROI: A detailed look
Is the idea of dramatically reducing the number of servers you support, increasing capacity and lowering costs intriguing? Find out how you can reduce your storage costs by up to $300,000 annually and make this idea a reality. The key is selecting a next-generation storage platform. Read More!

Citrix targets laptop security with new virtualization software
Citrix's next version of XenDesktop will automatically encrypt corporate data on employee-owned laptops and include a bare-metal client hypervisor. Read More

Broadband user downloaded 2.7TB in one month
Broadband customers worried about exceeding their 20GB monthly allowance take note: A single customer in Belgium recently downloaded nearly 2.7TB of data in a one month, an ISP has proudly revealed. Read More

LG-Ericsson, Accton team up on data, voice solutions
LG-Ericsson USA will deliver IP PBX systems, digital, IP, Wi-Fi, SIP, soft phones and multimedia terminals to North American SMBs and enterprise businesses. Read More


WEBCAST: Iron Mountain

Secure, automatic protection for all your server data
Your data is valuable—too valuable to risk losing through unreliable backup methods. Iron Mountain's LiveVault offers secure, easy, automated online backup for servers throughout your organization. Watch this webcast to learn how to eliminate the risks of tape-based backup while gaining scalability and fast, reliable recovery. View now

Building a private cloud: Get ready for a bumpy ride
When cloud computing became a topic of discussion a few years ago, public clouds received the bulk of the attention, mostly due to the high-profile nature of public-cloud announcements from some of the industry's biggest names, including Google and Amazon. But now that the talk has turned into implementation, some IT shops have begun steering away from public clouds because of the security risks; data is outside the corporate firewall and is basically out of their control. Read More

Start-up offers free social media analytics service
San Jose-based Viralheat this week announced plans to provide companies with some of the data it collects from social networks about businesses, products and brands. Read More

Browse, copy from Apple device to Windows PCs
iPad File Explorer ($15, free demo with nags) is a Windows application which provides important functionality to your iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch that's missing from iTunes: the ability to browse the folder structure of the device and easily copy files back and forth. You can even create new folders on your device and use them for mass storage, if you wish. Read More

 
 
 

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