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Industry News and Analysis It's not your father's NAS anymore November 20, 2009 -- Traditional NAS approaches often fall short in environments with rapid growth in file-based data. Read more > Managed service offers customized recovery for Data Domain systems November 19, 2009 -- Simply Continuous is set to release a new version of its managed data recovery service with a new software tool that lets customers define their own SLA for data recovery on EMC Data Domain appliances. Read more > Highlights from Supercomputing 09 November 18, 2009 -- A number of storage vendors used this week's Supercomputing 09 conference in Portland to announce new products or partner agreements. Read more > EMC extends dedupe to desktops, laptops November 17, 2009 -- EMC began offering a new version of its Avamar data deduplication software today with several new features, including support for desktop and laptop data deduplication. Read more > ParaScale beefs up cloud storage platform November 16, 2009 -- ParaScale announced a new version of its ParaScale Cloud Storage software (PCS) today with added support for virtual server environments and new API support that streamlines the process of adding applications to the cloud. Read more > More Industry News and Analysis >>		Bits & Bytes Blog by Dave Simpson Editor-in-Chief SSDs: STEC on a roll November 18, 2009 – I don’t invest in storage-specific vendors’ stocks, but if I did I’d be taking a close look at the solid-state disk (SSD) drive arena; in particular, a vendor that seems to be the early leader in this space, at least as measured in... Read More >> by Kevin Komiega Senior Editor What are the market drivers for virtualization and cloud computing? November 18, 2009 -- Everyone is on board the virtualization train and it seems IT vendors are slapping the "cloud" tag on every storage platform and service they come up with, but what drives the end user towards virtualization and cloud storage?Recent... Read More >> Business Briefs Recent announcements from: Axxana, Emulex, Hitachi Data Systems, InQuinox, Paragon Software Group, Riverbed Technology and StorMagic. Read More > More Business Briefs >>

Featured Articles Why you need disaster recovery management DR testing can be a complex and costly proposition, but DRM products can help by automating the test and change management processes. Read More >> Featured Articles Market Prepped for 6Gbps SAS Few doubted that the Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) interface would succeed, but even fewer realized how quickly it would take off. If estimates from market research firm IDC prove accurate, SAS will account for 50% of all enterprise-class disk drive shipments this year. Read More >> Featured Articles Sorting out SSD strengths and weaknesses There are many options available for solid-state disk (SSD) drives, and a number of organizations - including SNIA - are working on standards that will facilitate the evaluation process. Read More >> Featured Articles Options for disk-based backup and recovery There are now a lot of alternatives for disk-to-disk (D2D) backup and recovery, and choosing the right solution depends largely on business requirements. Read More >> Featured Articles How real is cloud computing/storage? The terms cloud computing and cloud storage have been gaining popularity over the past year, becoming the new winners in the marketing buzzword wars. However, obtaining mindshare and headlines is only the first hurdle in becoming a sustainable long-term trend that delivers value. Read More >> Featured Articles Where do SSDs fit: Servers or arrays? Something of a religious war has popped up in the enterprise solid-state disk (SSD) drive space -- where do SSDs belong: In the storage array or in the server as direct-attached storage? Read More >> Featured Articles It's not your father's NAS anymore Traditional NAS approaches often fall short in environments with rapid growth in file-based data. Read More >> 1/7

News from the Wires CA Completes NetQoS Acquisition (Nov 19, 2009) NetApp Announces Results for Second Quarter of Fiscal Year 2010 (Nov 18, 2009) Imation Makes SSD Upgrades as Easy as 1-2-3 (Nov 19, 2009) Fujitsu and NetApp Announce Plans to Expand Their Global Partnership (Nov 18, 2009) IT Executives Reveal Their 2010 Intentions for Spending, Priority Projects, Technology Implementations and Vendor Selection (Nov 18, 2009) Read More Wire News >> White Papers Virtualization, Deduplication, and the Data Protection Connection - Reinventing IT Infrastructure Consolidation with Efficient Data Protection Sponsored By:  Syncsort Incorporated The 5 Critical Planning Steps For An Effective Disaster Recovery Plan Sponsored By:  InMage Systems A Consolidated Approach to Disaster Recovery, Local Backup, and Application Recovery: Sponsored By:  InMage Systems Virtualization Technologies and Their Impact on Disaster Recovery Planning Sponsored By:  Double-Take Software USA Matching Data Deduplication Approaches to Workload Characteristics: The Quantum DXi7500 Sponsored By:  Quantum Corp Long-Term Data Protection and Retention - Finding the Correct Balance Sponsored By:  Quantum Corp Backup and Recovery: The Benefits of Multiple Deduplication Policies Sponsored By:  Quantum Corp The Truth About Tape - Nine Myths to Reconsider Sponsored By:  LTO Ultrium TAPE and DISK Square Off Again - Tape Remains King of the Hill with LTO-4 Sponsored By:  LTO Ultrium Securing Sensitive Information - Key Management and LTO-4 Tape Encryption Sponsored By:  LTO Ultrium More White Papers >>		Webcasts Upcoming Webcasts Storage Performance in a Flash - How Storage Affects Performance in a Virtualized Evironment This Webcast will address how Sun Microsystems’ various storage offerings provide the very latest cutting edge solutions for getting storage performance up ... (Dec 11, 2009 12:00 PM CST / 6:00 PM GMT) Sponsored by:  Sun Partners Expert Server Group On Demand Data Protection for Virtual Environments Join us on this webcast to learn how technology used in Syncsort BEX can dramatically reduce virtual machine backup time and impact, making backup fast, efficient ... Sponsored by:  Syncsort Unified Storage for Virtual Servers: iSCSI SANs and NAS  In particular, the Webcast will explore the benefits of using a combination of iSCSI-based IP SANs and NAS to maximize storage performance and efficiency in ... Sponsored by:  RELDATA ESG Dedupe 2.0: The Benefits of Optimizing Primary and Secondary Storage This session will present an overview of the various solutions for the challenges of Primary and Secondary Storage Optimization and real-world examples of successful ... Sponsored by:  Permabit Technology Corporation Taneja Group Storage Considerations for Desktop Virtualization Join experts from Isilon Systems and Surgient for a 60-minute, free webinar on best practices for defining and managing scalable storage solutions for self-service ... Sponsored by:  Isilon Systems Surgient Six Ways to Reduce Your Backup Window Join virtualization industry experts to learn about best practices, tips and technologies, plus newly available options found in vRanger Pro 4.0 DPP, to improve ... Sponsored by:  Vizioncore Leveraging Capacity Optimization to Reduce Datacenter Footprint and Storage Costs Capacity optimization is becoming a must-have technology for organizations looking to reduce storage costs.... Sponsored by:  Storwize IDC More Webcasts >> Featured Videos IT professionals in the healthcare and broadcast industries explain the benefits of using Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) technology, including performance, reliability, reduced power and cooling requirements, less noise, and space savings.; BlueCross BlueShield of Alabama; Hewlett-Packard; InfoStor; SAS; serial attached SCSI technology; Starz Entertainment Group; Tri-Center Community Schools Testimonial; Customer Testimonial; hp; InfoStor; LSI;

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