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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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  Storage strategies for the brave new world

  The enterprise storage picture is changing fast as resources are abstracted through virtualization, new computing options like cloud are embraced, and companies search for ways to extract more value out of the data they already are swimming in, even as more arrives in the guise of big data.

  By Network World staff | 07 March, 2013 17:25

  Tags: Configuration / maintenance, applications, storage, hardware systems, enterprise storage strategies, data mining, software, big data, Data Center, Enterprise Storage, Storage Management

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  EMC unveils all-SSD array, one app to manage all flash

  EMC today announced its first purpose-built, all SSD array along new PCIe server flash cards and a new software suite that can offer administrators a single view of all their flash assets across the data center.

  By Lucas Mearian | 05 March, 2013 11:10

  Tags: SSD, Configuration / maintenance, Drives, storage, storage hardware, None, hardware systems, Data Center, storage software, emc, Storage Management

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  Dell beefs up its deduplication appliance line

  Dell unveiled upgrades to its deduplication appliance line, the DR-series, whose models can now grow to 81TB and replicate data from up to 32 remote offices to a central node.

  By Lucas Mearian | 20 February, 2013 10:38

  Tags: Dell, Data storage, storage, NV, storage hardware, VMware, Compellent, storage software, Storage Management

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  Where to deploy flash-based SSD caching to optimize application acceleration

  Enhancements to server and storage technology created an I/O performance gap in the enterprise storage network that has since been addressed by SSD-based caches and PCIe-based flash cards, but there are different approaches to deploying SSDs. This article compares SSD caching approaches and suggests a new approach that overcomes the individual drawbacks of each approach while combining their relative advantages.

  By Cameron Brett, director of solutions marketing, QLogic Corporation | 12 February, 2013 21:28

  Tags: SSD, Configuration / maintenance, Drives, storage, hardware systems, SSD caching, flash storage, Data Center, Enterprise Storage, server, Storage Management, PCIe

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  VMware buys virtual storage company Virsto

  VMware is rounding out its new "software-defined data center" strategy with the acquisition of virtual storage company Virsto Software.

  By Brandon Butler | 12 February, 2013 14:12

  Tags: Configuration / maintenance, storage, Microsoft, virtual storage, hardware systems, Red Hat, Data Center, VMware, Storage Management

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  Hitachi, EMC and Fujitsu winners as storage market weakens

  Growth in the storage market slowed down during the third quarter, but vendors such as Hitachi, EMC and Fujitsu still had a good three months thanks in part to sales of high-end systems.

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 13 December, 2012 13:26

  Tags: Storage servers, IBM, storage, hitachi, netapp, Fujitsu, Oracle, Hewlett-Packard, Storage Management, emc, Dell, Cisco Systems, Gartner, network-attached storage

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  EMC's Project X may have wide impact on data centers

  EMC plans to sell flash storage for use across data centers and is developing software to tie all those components together.

  By Stephen Lawson | 05 December, 2012 00:36

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

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  STORE: Data storage holiday gift ideas

  If you're gadget fans like we are, all of this digital content creation leads us to need more places to store the stuff we're making.

  By Keith Shaw | 19 November, 2012 14:55

  Tags: Configuration / maintenance, network storage, amazon.com, gift guide, storage, hardware systems, Cool Yule Tools, Data Center, Storage Management

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  Citrix and NetApp simplify on-premises data sharing

  Citrix Systems and NetApp have jointly developed a software and hardware package optimized for Citrix's ShareFile with StorageZones.

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 08 November, 2012 12:10

  Tags: Storage servers, Citrix Systems, storage, netapp, Storage Management

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  Non-volatile memory's future is in software

  Specification efforts by the bigiwgs of the server, storage and software industry will soon allow OSes and applications to recognize and take full advantage of new non-volatile memory.

  By Lucas Mearian | 25 October, 2012 09:56

  Tags: hardware, Data storage, storage networking industry association, IBM, storage, NV, hardware systems, intel, storage software, Storage Management