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	VMware rolls out vSphere enhancements, new storage products VMware announced enhancements last week to its VMware vSphere, new versions of vShield 5, vCenter Site Recovery Manager and vCloud Director and a new vSphere Storage Appliance. Read More WHITE PAPER: MSDI 5 Ways to Cash in on Cost Reductions Partnering with independent experts can be the key to IT innovation amidst stringent budgets. This paper discusses: • The quick savings hit from virtualization • How consolidating support and maintenance costs to a 3rd party can yield 40% savings • Reconsiderations for "rip and replace" Read more In this Issue IBM to unveil new version of high-end XIV storage system Can you comply with court orders for data from the cloud? VMware, EMC release new virtual storage, smaller VMAX array Riverbed Whitewater: Data deduplication for cloud storage 20 of the weirdest, wackiest and stupidest sci/tech stories of 2011 (so far!) This data center might be guarded by Mad Max WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel Storage technologies for server virtualization When deployed together, highly virtualized HP 3PAR Utility Storage, powered by Intel® Xeon® processors, and server virtualization from VMware deployed on HP server blades deliver a compelling utility computing solution. Read now IBM to unveil new version of high-end XIV storage system IBM this week plans to announce a new version of its high-end, grid-architecture XIV storage system, which will offer four times the performance of its predecessor. Read More Can you comply with court orders for data from the cloud? The very nature of cloud storage, and one of its selling points, is that the cloud is dynamic. You only use what you need and shut down what you don't. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Case Study: Boston College Read this case study to learn how Boston College has reduced complexity of the backup process for over 1,700 seats by centralizing management. Read now VMware, EMC release new virtual storage, smaller VMAX array In conjunction with VMware's release of its vSphere 5 cloud OS, EMC has released virtual storage appliance software and a new, lower-end version of its high-end virtual storage array, VMAX. Read More Riverbed Whitewater: Data deduplication for cloud storage Strong data deduplication and built-in support for key cloud storage providers reduce online storage needs while maximizing data protection Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks Wide Area Application Architecture and Exchange 2010 Massive consolidation can lead to single points of failure which could interrupt service of critical applications. ESG believes that this risk should be addressed by building applications on a Wide Area Application Architecture (WAAA) foundation, spreading applications across multiple data centers. Learn More! 20 of the weirdest, wackiest and stupidest sci/tech stories of 2011 (so far!) From IT geeks winning millions to Google mush-brain syndrome, 2011 is shaping up to be one wacky year Read More This data center might be guarded by Mad Max The Wall Street Journal this morning has an enlightening look at the ultra-secure SuperNAP data center in Las Vegas that is operated by Switch Communications Group in a manner that might call to mind Fort Knox. Read More
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