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Could MRAM Ultimately Replace DRAM?

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

MRAM is being used in racing cars, planes and storage and networking equipment

Strategies for Pruning Data in the Cloud

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT

In terrestrial systems, you don't think about disk space. In the clouds, you have to, if you don't it will cost you.

Fusion-Io to Buy IO Turbine to Reach Virtualized Servers

Thu, 04 Aug 2011 04:00:00 GMT

Flash storage vendor Fusion-io has agreed to buy IO Turbine for up to US$95 million to extend its on-server cache products to virtualized environments.

IBM Speeds Storage Retrieval with Flash Drives

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 04:00:00 GMT

With an eye toward helping tomorrow's data-deluged organizations, IBM researchers have created a super-fast storage system capable of scanning in 10 billion files in 43 minutes.

VMware, EMC Release New Virtual Storage, Smaller VMAX Array

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 04:00:00 GMT

In conjunction with VMware's release of its vSphere 5 cloud OS, EMC has released virtual storage appliance software and a new, lower-end version of its high-end virtual storage array, VMAX.

Cloud CIO: Are You Making Your Data Centers Cloud-Friendly?

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 04:00:00 GMT

Data center construction is growing ever more complex and expensive as data center facilities expand to meet enterprises' seemingly limitless computing needs.

Sanbolic Introduces Dynamic Data Migration Software

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 04:00:00 GMT

Sanbolic today unveiled an updated version of its data sharing and file management software that now includes dynamic data migration.

NetApp Upgrades Management Software for Cloud Systems

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 04:00:00 GMT

NetApp announced upgrades to its OnCommand management software for storage, which now allows it to plug into most leading cloud management systems.

HP Announces Converged Storage Strategy, Products

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 04:00:00 GMT

Hewlett-Packard announced a series of upgrades to its storage products, including the addition of data snapshots, and a portfolio of pre-configured storage systems.

2011 Marconi Prize Goes to Giants of Cellular Communications, Data Storage

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 04:00:00 GMT

The 2011 Marconi Prize, sometimes described as the Nobel Prize in Information Technology, has been awarded to two major contributors to cellular communications: Qualcomm Co-founder Irwin Jacobs and the late information theorist and professor Jack Wolf.

NetApp Reports $5.1B in 2011 Revenue

Wed, 25 May 2011 04:00:00 GMT

NetApp today reported that it earned more than $5.1 billion in revenue in 2011, more than $1 billion more than in 2010.

EMC Joins Forces with Hadoop Distributor MapR Technologies

Wed, 25 May 2011 04:00:00 GMT

EMC today formally announced a reseller partnership with MapR, which makes a proprietary MapReduce file system based on Apache Hadoop.

Intel Sees Opportunity From Asian Data Center Boom

Mon, 23 May 2011 04:00:00 GMT

Intel’s sale of chips and related products to data centers is growing by over 20 percent year-on-year in Asia-Pacific, on the back of increased data center capacity creation in China, South Korea, and Australia, a company executive said.

Compressed Data Search Tech Goes Mainstream

Wed, 18 May 2011 04:00:00 GMT

WindSpring, which makes data compression and search technology for embedded systems in the auto industry, is now hawking its wares to the general storage market to allow compressed data sets to be searched without a performance hit.

Tata to Beef Up Singapore Data Centers

Thu, 12 May 2011 04:00:00 GMT

Data center operator Tata Communications will invest S$440 million (US$357 million) in Singapore over the next four years to meet a fast-growing regional demand for data center capacity.