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Nirvanix: A solution for medical image archives

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Nirvanix: A solution for medical image archives
Medical image archives are growing at an alarming rate and taxing IT with the problem of storing them and allowing healthcare clinicians to access them for review. SSG-NOW research estimates there will be approximately 970 million imaging procedures performed in the United States this year -- and that volume is expected to increase to 1.15 billion by 2014. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Kaseya

How to Launch a Successful IT Automation Initiative
In this paper, we'll look at IT automation from the corporation's perspective, and discuss the steps organizations should take before launching such an initiative. We'll hear from companies that successfully implemented computer automation platforms, what their early steps were and what they would do differently if they could repeat the process. Read now

WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies

Three steps to agile change
Comprehensive IT change configuration and release management (CCRM) continues to confound and frustrate both IT and the business units for which it provides services. But by first instituting the appropriate foundational processes and supporting tools, many enterprises are experiencing renewed CCRM success. Read Now

Iomega releases new 12-bay NAS array
EMC's Iomega subsidiary this week announced a new top-of-the-line network storage array, which ratchets up the power and performance. Read More

What do top CIOs make?
CIOs and CTOs at major companies including GM, Boeing, Home Depot and FedEx took home multimillion-dollar pay packages in 2010. See what each of these senior IT leaders' pay packages is worth, once the salaries, bonuses, stock options and perks are tallied. Read More

Start-up Pure Storage emerges with all-SSD array
Pure Storage, a start-up that just received $30 million venture funding, has announced an all-NAND flash storage array that it said can compete with traditional hard drive-based systems on price. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Dell

Management Madness: How to Manage Mobile Devices
There are six major mobile operating systems in use now and each one offers its own set of security and management challenges. The resources in this Mobility KnowledgeVault will help you keep these devices secure on the corporate network with expert tips on management tools, endpoint security software, increasing application support and more. Read now

Oracle quadruples capacity of virtualization software
Oracle has updated its server virtualization software with greater policy control and more connectors for storage systems, the company announced Tuesday. Read More

HP releases 3Par storage system, federated storage software
As part of its Converged Storage portfolio, Hewlett-Packard (HP) today announced new federated storage software, Peer Motion, which enables admins to transparently move application workloads between disk systems in virtualized and cloud computing environments. Read More

Texas Memory Systems challenges high-end hard drives with new flash product
Texas Memory Systems broke out of its uber-high end mold and introduced a flash-based array that it says will compete with Tier 1 hard drive systems on a price-per-gigabyte basis. Read More


WHITE PAPER: IBM

Delivering better, smarter, faster business decisions
To compete today, organizations need to have key market, consumer or product insights. Through Business Intelligence, forward-looking companies are gaining a competitive edge and succeeding both tactically and operationally. Read the white paper and see how IBM® can provide the strategic platform for you to make more innovative decisions, faster. Read Now

EHR use by doctors will foster personal health record uptake
A lack of electronic medical data from doctors, complicated setup processes and the static nature of personal health records (PHRs) have caused U.S. consumers to shun the products. But PHR use should increase as more doctors use electronic health records (EHRs) and tech vendors develop offerings that are easier to use. Read More

Vendors as partners
Ken Piddington, CIO of Global Partners LP, an $8 billion energy company in the Northeast, recently implemented an innovative vendor partnership program that he hopes will improve the product and services the company gets from suppliers while helping those suppliers more efficiently serve the company and benefit from the relationship. He recently outlined the plan with Network World Editor in Chief John Dix. Read More

Data centers largely unaffected by East Coast quake
Staff were evacuated at several data centers following Tuesday's earthquake but operations at most facilities appear to have been unaffected, according to Twitter posts and other sources. Read More

EnterpriseDB adding new cloud option for PostgreSQL database
Companies looking to move database operations to public and private clouds will soon have another option in the form of Postgres Plus Cloud Server, EnterpriseDB announced Thursday. Read More



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