Fusion-io files IPO: Hopes to make hay on SSD market

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	Fusion-io files IPO: Hopes to make hay on SSD market Fusion-io, the maker of solid state adapters and appliances, last week filed its IPO, hoping to raise $150 million. Based in Salt Lake City, Fusion-io partners with IBM, HP and SuperMicro, who are making its products available to companies that want to increase the performance of their applications, while reducing power consumption. Read More WHITE PAPER: Internap An Executive's guide to High-Performance Web Delivery This white paper attempts to simplify the decision tree by outlining the main features and functions of CDNs relative to different types of content. The goal is to help you understand the feature set that is most important to your required functionality so that you can make more informed decisions. Read More In this Issue Storage switches bounce back in 2010, helped by Cisco Google to add offline storage to Apps by year end Symantec to release end-to-end cloud management software New flash specification doubles SSD data transfer speed 12 Cool Things to Do With an Old iPad Microsoft apologizes for using Japan disaster to market Bing WHITE PAPER: Oracle Oracle Office: Open Your Office for the Cloud This white paper covers key trends in office productivity in the 21st century and how customers can benefit from them. These trends include proliferation of open standards, the latest web and mobile innovations, and tighter integration with enterprise applications. Read More Today! Storage switches bounce back in 2010, helped by Cisco The sale of switches and adapters for use in storage area networks (SAN) "rebounded nicely" in 2010, after a drop in 2009, according to data from Infonetics Research. Read More Google to add offline storage to Apps by year end Google is working to restore offline storage capabilities for its Apps productivity software and should have it done by the end of the year, according to a senior company official on Wednesday. Read More WHITE PAPER: Splice Communications The Benefits of Outsourcing Telecom Management Choosing the right network solutions provider (NSP) will help businesses improve network reliability, service quality, operating efficiency, billing accuracy and better allocation of resources – all reducing the total cost of ownership of your network infrastructure. Many companies have realized the benefits of working with an NSP. Read now! Symantec to release end-to-end cloud management software Symantec plans to release a major upgrade to its flagship storage management application, Storage Foundation 6.0, which will allow users to manage a cloud infrastructure from end to end. Read More New flash specification doubles SSD data transfer speed A flash memory working group announced a new interface specification on Tuesday that could speed up data transfers from flash storage products such as solid-state drives inside computers and consumer electronics. Read More WHITE PAPER: Nastel Technologies Control & Automate Application Performance Management. This report by Forrester Research discusses how to handle IT complexity using application performance management converged with Complex Event Processing to produce a closed-loop automation solution for application management. Learn More 12 Cool Things to Do With an Old iPad Thinking of ditching your old iPad for the iPad 2? Before you sell or give away the old device, consider these cool hacks and mods Read More Microsoft apologizes for using Japan disaster to market Bing Tweet tying company contributions to number of retweets causes uproarThe first rule of using social networking as a marketing tool should be: Know when to do it and when not to do it. The aftermath of an unfathomable natural disaster should be Example No. 1 of when not to do it. (2011's 25 Geekiest 25 Anniversaries) Read More
	GOODIES FROM THE SUBNETS Up for grabs from Microsoft Subnet: a Windows 7 Enterprise Technician class for three people. From Cisco Subnet: 15 copies of VMware ESXi books. Enter here. SLIDESHOWS Perks drive up pay for tech CEOs Many tech vendors have shied away from extravagant perks, but there are still plenty worth highlighting. Like a $1.5 million tab for home security. Or how about the $36,619 one company paid to reimburse its CEO for the taxes he had to pay on the $106,589 he gained by using company aircraft for personal flights? Read on to find out which tech CEOs enjoyed the priciest perks in 2010 and which ones went to work perk-free. First look at Google Chrome 10 Google has released the stable version of Chrome 10 and users are now being automatically updated. As always, Chrome's new features focus on security, speed and simplicity, with greater JavaScript performance, sandboxing technology for Adobe Flash, password encryption and an easier-to-use settings interface. Here's a look at the new features. MOST-READ STORIES Cell phones are 'Stalin's dream' Hands-on review: Xoom battles iPad 2 to a draw First look at Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 Microsoft apologizes for using Japan disaster to market Bing Specialty Android apps for business users Cisco stock hit by Japan quake Breaking down carriers '4G' wireless spin 5 things Accenture's CIO has learned about cloud computing Zune, Cisco email, Guitar Hero filling up tech industry graveyard 15 best iPad apps for newbies
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