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	Brocade rolls out converged network switches Brocade is putting flesh on the bones of is Virtual Cluster Switching (VCS) architecture that it announced in June with the release of the VDX family of converged Ethernet switches. Read More WHITE PAPER: Iron Mountain Backing Up Your Servers: Why It's Essential Read this white paper to examine the setbacks of traditional backup, gain a better understanding of online backup, and discover why Iron Mountain's LiveVault solution for automated server backup and recovery won the 2006 award for Best Storage Software Solution from the Software and Information Industry Association. Read now. In this Issue BridgeSTOR unveils data reduction appliance Cloud storage free-for-all: Will other players match SugarSync's 5GB giveaway? Violin releases multi-terabyte NAS acceleration device EU to fund research into cloud storage technologies 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 BridgeSTOR unveils data reduction appliance BridgeSTOR emerged from quiet mode today to unveil its first product, an appliance that performs deduplication and compression while running other third-party backup software. Read More WHITE PAPER: Logitech The Business Benefits of Desktop Video Collaboration At your desktop: Advances in the quality and simplicity of affordable desktop video equipment allow organizations to tap the power of unified communications, which can significantly cut costs, increase efficiency, improve business performance and foster more collaboration, regardless of location. Read More Cloud storage free-for-all: Will other players match SugarSync's 5GB giveaway? There are a slew of services for storing, syncing and sharing files in the cloud, and as vendors try to win over consumers and small businesses, the giveaways keep getting better. Read More WHITE PAPER: Coyote Point ADCs Take Over Where Load Balancers Leave Off Application Delivery Controllers understand applications and optimize server performance - offloading compute-intensive tasks that prevent servers from quickly delivering applications. Learn how ADCs have taken over where load balancers left off. Read now! Violin releases multi-terabyte NAS acceleration device Violin today announced its first NAS caching device for NFS environments, a NAND flash array that it said is capable of boosting data read operations by 10 to 50 times the speed of standard disk drive arrays. Read More EU to fund research into cloud storage technologies The European Union is giving €15.7 million (US$21.4 million) for a research project that will explore new technologies around cloud computing, including data mobility and secure access control. Read More
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