Symantec acquires LiveOffice cloud-based archiving company

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	Symantec acquires LiveOffice cloud-based archiving company Symantec has acquired LiveOffice, a provider of cloud-based data archiving and storage, for US$115 million [m], the companies announced Monday. Read More WHITE PAPER: NetApp Market Overview: Midrange Storage, Q3 2011 Infrastructure and operations execs know that to achieve cloud flexibility and economics, the storage architectures in place needed to change. This document will walk you through key drivers for storage, the criteria that should be considered and a summary of the top solutions in the space. Read now! In this Issue IBM smashes Moore's Law, cuts bit size to 12 atoms Dell launches dedupe appliance, VMware integration Can you trust data-recovery service providers? Real headline: 'Salmon Testes Spawn Data Storage Device' 5 reasons Linux Mint is better than Ubuntu WHITE PAPER: NetApp Market Overview: Midrange Storage, Q3 2011 Infrastructure and operations execs know that to achieve cloud flexibility and economics, the storage architectures in place needed to change. This document will walk you through key drivers for storage, the criteria that should be considered and a summary of the top solutions in the space. Read now! IBM smashes Moore's Law, cuts bit size to 12 atoms IBM researchers have discovered a way to create a bit of data using only 12 iron atoms, which compares to today's magnetic data storage technology requiring about one million atoms for a single bit. Read More WHITE PAPER: NetGear Server Virtualization - A Game-Changer For SMB Customers The switching infrastructure on a physical external network must be fast enough to handle virtualization's increase in network traffic. Learn how to get: • 10GE connection and link aggregation for higher throughput/performance • Failover port configuration for reliability • VLANs to help separate backup, NAS of SAN traffic Read Now Dell launches dedupe appliance, VMware integration Dell today announced its first deduplication appliance, along with an upgrade to its Compellent Storage Center management software that includes tighter integration with VMware. Read More WHITE PAPER: Aruba Networks Integrate iPads with Ease Enterprise adoption of the iPad is growing at a rapid rate. Learn how to address the top five WLAN challenges of a high-density iPad deployment and see lab test results that demonstrate how to deliver scalable performance for all Wi-Fi clients, strong security, permit cross-IP mobility with ease, and conserve iPad battery life. Read now! Can you trust data-recovery service providers? Data-recovery service providers are supposed to be saving important data for you when something goes wrong -- a drive crashes or storage device is dropped, and no backup is available. But do you trust them with the important data you let them recover or could they actually be a source for a data breach? Read More Real headline: 'Salmon Testes Spawn Data Storage Device' The author of this story in Wired, Eric Smalley, is having way more fun than journalists are ordinarily allowed to have: Your next data storage device could be a fish. Read More 5 reasons Linux Mint is better than Ubuntu Read More
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