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Nimbus Delivers Flash Storage for Mission-Critical Infrastructure
January 31, 2012 -- Nimbus Data Systems' E-Class Flash Memory System is a fully redundant multi-protocol solid-state storage system that packs 440 TB into a single rack and is intended for mission-critical enterprise and cloud infrastructure.

HP's Autonomy Debuts End-to-End eDiscovery Solution, Appliance
January 30, 2012 -- Autonomy, acquired by HP in October, brings together its Stratify, Introspect and Investigator & ECA products into a single eDiscovery solution that can be delivered via cloud, on-premise, hybrid and appliance installations.

Recommind Simplifies eDiscovery With End-to-End Management
January 27, 2012 -- Recommind, maker of the Axcelerate eDiscovery Suite, wants to simplify the complexity of the eDiscovery process with a fully integrated platform that manages it from end to end, whether on-premise, in the cloud or both.

Red Hat Taking Gluster from Open Core to Open Source
January 26, 2012 -- New efforts from Red Hat aim to encourage more community and contributions.

Cleversafe Unveils 10 Exabyte Storage System for Big Data
January 26, 2012 -- Building on its object-based dispersed storage technology, Cleversafe announces the availability of a 10 Exabyte storage system.

Amazon Bridges On-Premises Storage and Cloud With Storage Gateway
January 25, 2012 -- Amazon Web Services introduces a beta of a new service that uses an iSCSI interface to give on-premises storage appliances the ability to upload snapshots to the Amazon S3 cloud storage service.

EMC Boasts Record-Breaking Fourth Quarter, Full Year 2011
January 24, 2012 -- The company beat out analysts' estimates to achieve earnings per share of $0.49 for the fourth quarter and $1.51 for the full year.

Symantec Adds Transparent Predictive Coding to eDiscovery Platform
January 23, 2012 -- Symantec aims to reduce the time and cost of eDiscovery document review by the addition of Transparent Predictive Coding to its Clearwell eDiscovery Platform.

RainStor Debuts Native Hadoop Database for Big Data Analytics
January 19, 2012 -- With the ability to use both MapReduce and rapid-response SQL query, RainStor said its database will help customers get more out of their Hadoop environments while achieving better compression than even columnar databases.

Still No Discussion of Parallel I/O

Today's apps require multiple nodes doing more than reading global files. Parallel file systems have attempted to adapt, but the rest of the industry isn't there yet.

Intel Buys QLogic Infiniband, What Now?

Intel's pending acquisition of QLogic's InfiniBand business could well be a game changer for the technology -- InfiniBand's days as a viable interconnect may be numbered.

The Storage Impact of the 'Other' Data

As cold data grows, so too does storage.

ReFS: Too Little, Too Late, Too Few

ReFS may fall short, but its a vast improvement over NTFS. Despite its limitations, Microsoft should release it to everyone -- not just commercial customers.

Microsoft Might Get a Modern Stack

NTFS has a successor, but is ReFS strong enough to withstand the changes the next two decades will likely bring?

Will Storage Software Be the Key Differentiator?

Storage hardware increasingly commoditizes despite what the vendors claim. More and more, the innovation action is in the software.