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  Crucial Adrenaline review: SSD cache drive speeds up your PC

  If you want to speed up your PC but don't want to deal with a new hybrid hard drive, one way is to simply add an SSD cache drive to your PC. These drives aren't meant to be mass storage devices; instead, they cache your most frequent application operations and thereby improve performance.

  By Bill O'Brien | 10 May, 2012 21:03

  Tags: storage software, Storage Management, Storage Hardware, storage

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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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  Diskeeper 12 adds TRIM, new interace and faster boot-ups

  Consudiv (formerly Diskeeper) today announced a new version of its Diskeeper disk defragmentation software for Windows systems and applications that includes TRIM and a new feature to speed up system boots.

  By Lucas Mearian | 23 April, 2012 20:19

  Tags: hardware, hardware systems, rim, storage, Storage Management, storage software

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  What to consider before signing up for Google Drive

  Just as with an Apple product launch, Google has had to do next to nothing to create buzz around its long-awaited Google Drive cloud storage service. The latest: Google Drive will launch next week.

  By Lucas Mearian | 19 April, 2012 20:00

  Tags: Apple, cloud computing, Forrester Research, Google, internet, storage, Storage Management, storage software

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  Druva, TeamDrive update data services

  Cloud file-sharing service provider Druva announced Version 5.0 of its inSync software, which offers unified backup and data access in either an on-premises model or a SaaS model.

  By Lucas Mearian | 29 March, 2012 15:12

  Tags: cloud computing, internet, Macintosh, Mobile and Wireless, security, storage, Storage Management, storage software

• 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: applications, business continuity, data domain, disaster recovery, netapp, network-attached storage, Networked Storage, software, storage, Storage Hardware, Storage Management, storage software

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  CommVault Extends its Data Protection and Information Management Strategy with Simpana 9

  This IDC Insight explores the differentiators of CommVault's Simpana data and information management software and the customer challenges the help address. The focus of this Insight is on the data management and data protection capabilities on Simpana.

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  Five Keys to High ROI for Medium-sized Businesses