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Data Center Refresh Cycle Nudges Storage Market: IDC
Enterprises are beefing up their IT capabilities, spelling good news for vendors that provide newer, cost-cutting storage technologies.

Nimble Takes Aim at Fibre Channel SANs
The addition of Fibre Channel support allows the hybrid array maker to play in a bigger pond.

Dot Hill Launches New Lustre-friendly AssuredSAN Array
Company’s latest HPC storage systems acts as the foundation for a Lustre file service solution developed in partnership with Intel and Mellanox.

Permabit SANBlox Brings ‘Immediate Gratification’ to Enterprise SANs
Company’s first hardware appliance leverages inline compression and deduplication to cut storage capacity requirements without slowing things down.

Cisco Debuts ‘Pay as You Grow’ 16GB FC Switch for SMB SANs
Company’s storage networking refresh includes high-performance switches for starter SANs and new high-end, director-class hardware.

Vaultize Blends Enterprise File Sharing and MDM
Already offering mobile-friendly features, the file sharing and sync company takes the next logical step into mobile device management.

IBM Splits with NetApp in Pursuit of Homegrown Software Defined Storage
The tech giant ends its OEM partnership with NetApp to focus on its own data center storage solutions.

EMC Changes Reflect Storage Industry Changes
Why is EMC focusing so much on software when its roots lie in selling hardware? (Hint: think ‘software defined storage’.)

Kaminario Eyes Midrange Market with 5th Gen Flash Arrays
At a $2 per GB of usable SSD capacity, Kaminario makes a play for the midrange storage market with its latest K2 arrays company.

Silver Peak Offers More WAN-Optimized Data Replication Options
Customers looking to upgrade their VRX software and transfer backup data over wide area networks faster can now take an intermediate step before committing to the company’s high-end product.