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  EMC acquires Syncplicity for cloud file management

  EMC has acquired Syncplicity, an enterprise file-management service provider, for an undisclosed sum.

  By Stephen Lawson | 22 May, 2012 11:10

  Tags: Syncplicity, storage, mergers and acquisitions, internet, EMC, cloud computing, business issues

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  EMC unveils slew of product upgrades, new VMAX array

  At its annual user conference today, EMC announced upgrades across most of its major product lines, including a new high-end Symmetrix VMAX array with up to 4PB capacity and twice the performance of its predecessor.

  By Lucas Mearian | 21 May, 2012 23:11

  Tags: Storage Hardware, storage, EMC

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  Why Israel is a hotbed for flash storage innovation

  At the same time EMC was in Israel trying to strike a deal to buy XtremeIO, NetApp and Dell were also there vying for the flash storage array maker's intellectual property.

  By Lucas Mearian | 17 May, 2012 19:48

  Tags: storage, netapp, Microsoft, IT industry, iSuppli, Intel, IHS, hardware systems, Google, Emerging Technologies, EMC, dell, Apple

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  Up next for the Cloud: Big data analytics?

  In an effort to diversify its Cloud offerings, NaviSite - a Time Warner Cable Cloud computing and managed hosting company - announced plans to offer storage service for customers in what one analyst says could the beginning of service providers looking to offer big data analysis from the Cloud.

  By Brandon Butler | 11 May, 2012 06:31

  Tags: Time Warner Cable, time warner, NaviSite, internet, Intel, hardware systems, EMC, Data Center, Configuration / maintenance, cloud storage, cloud computing, big data analytics

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  EMC buys flash-array start-up XtremIO

  Advancing its roadmap toward increased use of flash storage, EMC today announced that it has purchased start-up all-flash array maker XtremIO.

  By Lucas Mearian | 11 May, 2012 03:14

  Tags: Storage Hardware, storage, EMC

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  Government moves to the cloud, slowly

  A year and a half after the U.S. Office of Management and Budget declared a "cloud first" strategy requiring government organizations to at least consider cloud-based services when launching new applications and IT services, experts say the government is only moving slowly to the cloud, and it has a long way to go.

  By Brandon Butler | 26 April, 2012 07:22

  Tags: cloud computing, EMC, government, government cloud, Government IT, industry verticals, internet, NASA

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  Hitachi announces new unified file, block storage array

  Hitachi Data Systems today announced a new midrange storage line that allows access to both block and file-based data through a single management interface.

  By Lucas Mearian | 24 April, 2012 20:53

  Tags: bluearc, Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, EMC, hardware systems, hitachi, hitachi data systems, netapp, storage, Storage Hardware

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  EMC gives Oracle admins backup control, deduplication

  EMC today announced it has qualified its Data Domain Boost software for use with Oracle Recovery Manager, allowing data deduplication to take place on Oracle backup servers prior to crossing a storage network.

  By Lucas Mearian | 24 April, 2012 20:11

  Tags: data domain, EMC, oracle, storage, Storage Hardware, Storage Management, storage software

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  EMC reportedly in talks to buy flash maker XtremIO

  EMC is in talks to acquire start-up XtremIO, a San Jose-based maker of all-flash arrays, according to a report in the Israeli business publication Globes.

  By Lucas Mearian | 24 April, 2012 02:30

  Tags: EMC, IT industry, network-attached storage, Networked Storage, storage

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  Wall Street Beat: Mixed tech earnings earn tepid reaction

  Some of the biggest names in IT reported mixed results this week for the first quarter, leading to a dip in tech stocks Friday even as some major indexes showed gains for other sectors.

  By Marc Ferranti | 21 April, 2012 07:00

  Tags: Advanced Micro Devices, Apple, business issues, EMC, financial results, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, qualcomm, Yahoo

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  EMC sees ninth quarter of double-digit growth in Q1

  EMC today announced its ninth consecutive quarter of year-over-year double-digit revenue growth with first-quarter consolidated revenue of $5.1 billion. That's an increase of 11% compared with the same quarter in 2011.

  By Lucas Mearian | 20 April, 2012 04:42

  Tags: EMC, IT industry, storage

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  Are IBM, Cisco and Oracle IT platforms really comparable?

  IBM's new PureSystems integrated data center offering is drawing comparisons to Cisco's UCS and other convergence platforms from leading IT vendors.

  By Jim Duffy | 13 April, 2012 22:39

  Tags: Cisco, Configuration / maintenance, converged infrastructure, Data Center, dell, EMC, Gartner, hardware systems, HP, IBM, IDC, netapp, oracle, Puresystems, ucs

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  VMware: Cloud Foundry is like Linux for the cloud

  EMC VMware is likening its Cloud Foundry PaaS (platform as a service) to Linux for the cloud, serving as an application portability layer.

  By Paul Krill | 13 April, 2012 20:09

  Tags: application development, applications, cloud computing, EMC, EMC VMware, internet, open source software, paas, software, VMware

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  EMC to tackle private-cloud complexity with all-in-one VSPEX platform

  EMC on Thursday gave more enterprises a way to build all-in-one private cloud systems, providing an alternative to the VBlock architecture that it developed with Cisco Systems and VMware for customers who need to integrate other vendors' technology.

  By Stephen Lawson | 13 April, 2012 07:19

  Tags: Brocade Communications, Cisco Systems, Citrix Systems, cloud computing, EMC, internet, Microsoft, VMware

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  EMC unveils preconfigured private cloud tools for partners

  EMC today announced a pre-configured private cloud platform created through an alliance with six hardware and software vendors.

  By Lucas Mearian | 12 April, 2012 23:18

  Tags: Arrow Electronics, cloud computing, data domain, EMC, Ingram Micro, Intel, internet, Microsoft, storage, Storage Hardware, VMware