Review: NAS goes outside the box

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	Review: NAS goes outside the box Earlier this year we tested Network Attached Storage (NAS) appliances. Now we're reviewing software-based NAS that you can load onto your own equipment—whether it's a PC, server, virtual machine, or in the cloud. We looked at FreeNAS, Openfiler, Open-E DSS, NexentaStor, and SoftNAS. All offer some sort of free solution or service, with some being fully open sourced. Here are the individual reviews, Read More   WHITE PAPER: Exablox How to Leverage New Storage Strategies This ebook covers some of the key challenges organizations are encountering with storage management, data protection and cost containment. It also shows how IT organizations can effectively address these difficulties while getting the most out of their valuable information assets. Read now! In this Issue With iOS app update, Microsoft wants SkyDrive to displace "camera roll" tools This is how Amazon cleans its servers when customers are done with them Dropbox is winning the storage wars - get used to it NetApp updates flash, hybrid dedicated storage arrays Healthcare Finally Warming to Cloud Technology 10 Cisco partners you should get to know Geek-themed Meme of the Week: NSA/Obamacare Edition Geek-Themed Meme of the Week Archive WHITE PAPER: Exablox Storage Switzerland: Unstructured Data Storage Unstructured data (data that's outside of databases), is growing at an out-of-control pace in organizations of all sizes. Read now! With iOS app update, Microsoft wants SkyDrive to displace "camera roll" tools Microsoft has sharpened the photo management capabilities of its SkyDrive app for iOS, a step intended to make the cloud storage product the de facto "camera roll" tool across users' multiple devices. Read More   This is how Amazon cleans its servers when customers are done with them Every day thousands of customers spin up and down virtual machines and make billions of requests for processes on the storage being held in the Amazon Web Services cloud. But what happens when a customer is done renting that hardware? Read More   WHITE PAPER: Exablox Data Storage: An Interactive eGuide In this eGuide, InfoWorld and sister publication Computerworld examine some of the newer storage approaches that enterprises are taking. Read on to learn about new storage technologies that can help you get a handle on your data. Read now! Dropbox is winning the storage wars - get used to it If you needed more proof that the future of storage lies in cloud-based online services like Dropbox and its competitors, the financial markets have 8 billion reasons for you to consider. At least, $8 billion is the reported valuation of the company in a $250 million funding round it's now putting together. Read More   NetApp updates flash, hybrid dedicated storage arrays NetApp is upgrading its lineup of dedicated storage systems, rolling out a faster all-flash array and improved platforms for branch offices and large enterprises. Read More   WHITE PAPER: AppNeta AppNeta Trace View - Free Trial Download Want to try AppNeta in your own application environment? Install in 5 minutes! Learn More Healthcare Finally Warming to Cloud Technology Ever the risk-averse industry, healthcare is finally beginning to trust cloud for the storage of protected health information. Experts credit better cloud security, dropping costs and the growing need for disparate organizations to share information. What's more, this only appears to be the tip of the healthcare cloud iceberg. Read More   10 Cisco partners you should get to know Everyone's familiar with the typical Cisco partners, such as Network Appliance, VCE and EMC. But here are 10 other companies you should know... Read More   Geek-themed Meme of the Week: NSA/Obamacare Edition No. 23 in our Geek-Themed Meme of the Week series features Skeptical Third World Kid asking a question that has occurred to many an American in recent months. Read More   Geek-Themed Meme of the Week Archive They are inescapable on the Internet. Most are awful. A few are not, so we have started publishing a selection of memes that amuse me. One every week. Here's the archive. Read More
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