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GreenBytes Raises $12M for Fast, Green SSD Storage
May 29, 2012 -- The storage startup's green storage tech has caught the attention -- and funding -- of Al Gore's venture capital firm.

Seagate to Buy LaCie for $186M
May 24, 2012 -- With the premium Mac storage specialist on board, the hard drive maker eyes expansion in Europe and Japan.

Greenplum Seeks to Inspire Big Data Innovation
May 23, 2012 -- Among the products unveiled at EMC World was the Greenplum Analytics Workbench, EMC's latest Big Data testbed. The 1,000-node cluster will function as a lab for Big Data development, while EMC use it to test the limits of its own scale-out infrastructure technology and develop new approaches to Big Data analytics.

Cloud and Big Data Blitz at EMC World
May 22, 2012 -- EMC released 42 new products at this week's show. Among them a VMax refresh, updates to its update and recovery offerings Data Domain and Avamar, and the announcement of the EMC Isilon OneFS scale-out NAS OS.

EMC Buys Syncplicity for Enterprise Cloud File Sharing
May 22, 2012 -- As users turn to smartphones and tablets, the startup's platform gives EMC consumer friendly cloud file storage, synching and collaboration with enterprise-grade management and security features.

EMC Takes Aim at Hybrid Clouds with Atmos, VPLEX Updates
May 21, 2012 -- EMC plans to become synonymous with hybrid cloud storage by revamping its ATMOS cloud storage and VPLEX virtual storage platforms.

RunCore Unveils Self-Destructing SSDs
May 18, 2012 -- With RunCore's new SSDs, files goes up in smoke -- literally.

Pure Storage Feeds the Flash Frenzy with All-SSD Arrays
May 16, 2012 -- Flash storage startup launches enterprise-class arrays based on consumer-grade MLC flash.

EMC Chases Cloud Services Providers with VMAX SP
May 15, 2012 -- EMC unveils bundled VMAX packages to take the guesswork out of storage infrastructures for cloud providers.

EMC Buys XtremIO in Feverish Flash Storage Market
May 10, 2012 -- The SSD market is showing no signs of cooling down as EMC snaps up all-flash storage array maker XtremIO.

Symantec's New Backup Appliances Aim for Unified Data Protection
May 7, 2012 -- Symantec tackles piecemeal backup environments with pre-configured backup appliances.

SSD Consolidations Keep Trucking

EMC's acquisition of XtremIO is indicative of the growing trend of SSD market consolidation, a trend that will only continue to accelerate.

Turning Data Into Information

HPC apps are converging with cloud apps, and they're meeting up in data analytics.

IEEE Mass Storage Conference Delivers Lots of Good Info

Among the most informative presentations was one that discussed limits in areal density for various storage technologies as well as the challenges for manufacturing some of these technologies.

Enterprise SATA/SAS 4 TB Drives Arrive

Enterprise SATA/SAS 4 TB drives are here, but is the technology they rely on robust enough to support their true functionality?

What Happens When Disk Drive Volume Returns to Normal?

The flood waters have receded, and disk drive pricing likely will, too. How long will it take for the market to normalize.