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  Getting the most out of flash storage

  As powerful and beneficial as flash storage can be, many organizations are overspending on capacity they don't need, deploying flash in the wrong places, and inefficiently spending on flash applications that are not appropriate for their real business objectives.

  By Mohit Bhatnagar, senior director, flash product strategy, NetApp | 08 May, 2013 15:25

  Tags: flash storage cost, Configuration / maintenance, data management software, applications, storage, hardware systems, software, flash storage, Data Center, Data management, Storage Management, flash based SSD

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  Dell consolidates, plans unified software and all-flash arrays

  In the midst of going private, Dell executives said today they've already consolidated their three storage product divisions into one, they are working on merging their system management interfaces, and they have a number of new products coming out over the next year.

  By Lucas Mearian | 29 March, 2013 14:48

  Tags: Dell, Data storage, storage, equallogic, storage hardware, Compellent, storage software, Storage Management

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  QLogic promises speed, simplicity with first Mt. Rainier cache-on-adapter products

  QLogic's technology for clustered cache storage on SAN adapters will hit the market this month in the form of adapters with integrated 200GB or 400GB flash cards.

  By Stephen Lawson | 21 March, 2013 14:07

  Tags: SSD, Drives, storage, QLogic, Storage Management

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  AT&T to sell BlackBerry Z10 for $200 under contract March 22

  AT&T will sell the BlackBerry Z10 touchscreen smartphone on March 22 for $199.99 with a two-year contract, the carrier confirmed.

  By Matt Hamblen | 11 March, 2013 16:13

  Tags: Mobile/Wireless, storage, at&t, Networking, wireless, smartphones, mobile, storage software, Storage Management, Blackberry, consumer electronics

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  Huawei leans on SAP to give enterprise push a boost

  Huawei Technologies' enterprise division is ramping up its European presence, helped by the announcement this week that SAP has certified the company's servers to run its HANA in-memory platform. Such deals with SAP and other big software vendors will be key for Huawei to succeed in the enterprise.

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 08 March, 2013 14:18

  Tags: Huawei Technologies, Storage servers, servers, storage, Networking, wireless, hardware systems, LAN, Huawei Enterprise, WLANs / Wi-Fi, Storage Management, network-attached storage, cebit

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  New storage technologies to deal with the data deluge

  Enterprise storage demands are reaching a critical point, and vendors are scrambling to develop new products to deal with the data deluge. We look at how these technologies will help manage the major pain points for storage administrators.

  By Robert L. Scheier | 25 March, 2013 10:17

  Tags: Line, Data storage, storage, storage hardware, CIO, Storage Management, storage software

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  Burning questions: Virtualisation

  Virtualizing x86 infrastructure isn't just a one-step process -- as servers change, the whole data center must change as well. While server hypervisors such as VMware's ESX, Microsoft's Hyper-V and Xen can make IT more efficient and cost-effective, many of the virtualization advantages can be canceled out when data centers rely on technology and processes that haven't been updated for the virtualization age.

  By Jon Brodkin | 26 October, 2010 00:52

  Tags: Configuration / maintenance, storage, Microsoft, security, hardware systems, Data Center, VMware, server, Storage Management, virtualization, Server Virtualization

• NASs for the masses

  Either because server disks are full or because virtualization is a natural growth path, organizations large and small are moving toward shared storage. For large enterprises, high-capacity storage-area networks make sense, but what about small or mid-sized enterprises new to shared storage?

  By David Newman | 27 September, 2010 15:05

  Tags: network storage, Configuration / maintenance, network-attached storage, storage, netgear, hardware systems, nas, Data Center, Storage Management

• Nimble's all-in-one storage combines primary and backup in one box

  Start-up Nimble Storage came out of the development stage this week with its first product -- an array that combines solid state drives (SSD) with high-capacity, cost and performance serial ATA (SATA) hard drives, acts as primary and backup storage and replicates offsite for disaster recovery.

  By Lucas Mearian | 17 July, 2010 05:41

  Tags: disaster recovery, applications, storage, storage hardware, software, Business Continuity, netapp, data domain, storage software, Storage Management, network-attached storage, Networked Storage

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