Tuesday, January 31, 2012

2012: The year storage becomes a celebrity

Amazon Web Services moves backups to cloud with new appliance | CIA-backed Cleversafe announces 10-exabyte storage system

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2012: The year storage becomes a celebrity
While data storage has always been a necessary building block for technology, it's rarely garnered as much attention as it has in the past two years. The reason: Corporate and retail consumers are being forced to store greater amounts of data and they need to make that data more useful -- and accessible. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Akamai Technologies, Inc.

Protecting Your Online Channels and Web Applications
This whitepaper gives a broad overview of the ways in which Akamai can help organizations bolster the security of their Web-based assets, with capabilities ranging across the application, network, and DNS layers, as well as solutions focused on Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) mitigation and business continuity. Learn more

WEBCAST: HP, Microsoft & Intel

HP Enterprise Database Consolidation Appliance
Optimized for Microsoft® SQL Server 2008 R2, the preinstalled, pretuned HP Enterprise Database Consolidation Appliance simplifies database infrastructure management, improves resource utilization, and reduces costs resulting in exceptional levels of return. Learn more

Amazon Web Services moves backups to cloud with new appliance
Amazon Web Services has launched a public beta test of AWS Storage Gateway, which allows enterprises to back up application data in Amazon's cloud using a software appliance, the company said on Tuesday. Read More

CIA-backed Cleversafe announces 10-exabyte storage system
Object-based storage vendor Cleversafe today unveiled a storage system that can hold 1 billion gigabytes of data under a single domain name. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems

Consolidation Without Compromise
Pay more to get less consolidation? The Iron Age is over. Shift to Citrix NetScaler. 2x consolidation. For less. Get Consolidation Without Compromise now. Learn More

EMC lays out product roadmap, warns of disk shortages
During his company's year-end earnings call, EMC CEO Joe Tucci warned that hard disk drive supplies will be an issue through 2012 and said all major products will see refreshes this year. Read More

EMC's Tucci changes mind, to stay on as CEO into 2013
EMC reported record revenues totaling more than $20 billion in 2011, and said that Joe Tucci has changed his mind and will stay on as CEO through 2013. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Internap

New eBook: Cloud Hosting Buyer's Guide
Organizations are no longer asking "if cloud," but "which cloud?" Whether you've already deployed a cloud solution or you are looking to move to the cloud, you'll find this buyer's guide – complete with cloud configurations, benefits and a vendor scorecard – essential to mapping a cloud strategy that's right for your business. Learn More

15 essential open source tools for Windows admins
Microsoft offers great tools for enhancing your server-side experience, but open source has impressive options as well Read More

Dying Jobs kept letter from Gates at his bedside
Shortly before Steve Jobs died in October, he received a letter from longtime business adversary Bill Gates that moved him so much that he kept it by his bedside, according to the Apple founder's widow, as relayed by Gates to a British interviewer. Read More



SLIDESHOWS

2012's 25 Geekiest 25th Anniversaries
Network World's 6th annual collection of the year's "geekiest anniversaries" this time includes the births of pioneering companies such as UUNet and NEXTEL; technologies like OS/2 and SPARC; television classics topped by "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and the first "Simpsons" shorts; disposable contact lenses; the first naked-eye supernova in four centuries; and, who could possibly forget The Woodstock of Physics?

CISCO SUBNET
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