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2010 Storage revenue analysis from IDC and Gartner compared
The two most prominent analyst firms, Gartner and IDC, have each published their analysis of storage vendor revenue for 2010. Both have EMC on top, IBM second and NetApp gaining fast. But their league tables then diverge. Feature
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Storage in 2011: The best and worst case scenario
As the year dribbles to its conclusion, SearchStorage ANZ asked leading industry figures to give us their best and worst case scenarios for storage in 2011. Predictions for 2011
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NetApp announces Big Data solutions as market grows
In the quest to manage Big Data, NetApp has announced new solutions to manage the growth in unstructured data in a dynamic market News | 16 Nov 2011
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Storage supplies constrained by Thai floods
Storage prices are on the way up with the recent floods in Thailand resulting in supply chain constraints. News | 15 Nov 2011
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Cloud storage boom as users rush to outsourcers
The Spring 2011 edition of IDC’s Storage User Demand Survey says 40%of enterprise storage users plan to outsource some of their storage needs in the next twelve months, with “an average of over 250TB will be acquired” by each user. News | 30 Oct 2011
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SNIA unveils 'Emerald' power measurement standard
The Storage Networking Industry Association has released a new Power Efficiency Measurement Specification, dubbed SNIA Emerald. News | 10 Oct 2011
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Bad Sectors - Maritime Safety Authority loves Gartner, Blu-Ray for servers
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority will only consider companies appearing in a Gartner magic quadrant for up to $10million of storage. News | 07 Aug 2011
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Dell and EMC "Still get together when the kids are around"
EMC and Dell have reached an "amicable separation rather than a nasty divorce" and still get together when it's important, says EMC's marketing CTO Chuck Hollis. News | 13 Jun 2011
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Seagate, Samsung combine forces for magnetic and solid state disk
Samsung and Seagate have formed a “strategic alliance” that will see Samsung leave the magnetic disk market, but form a tight supply alliance for flash memory with Seagate. News | 19 Apr 2011
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Seagate says MLC flash now reliable enough for enterprise use
Seagate has released a new range of multi-level cell (MLC) solid state disk drives and says the technology is now sufficiently robust for use in the enterprise. The company has also dropped the Barracuda brand from its enterprise offerings and added ... News | 05 Apr 2011
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Isilon strengthens EMC’s hand vs. NetApp: Gartner
Gartner analyst Roger Cox says that 2011 will see fierce competition for the file storage market and predicts the EMC/Dell relationship will continue to deteriorate. News | 21 Mar 2011
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Sectors – Storage news from Seagate, Isilon and StorageCraft
Seagate has debuted 1TB enterprise 2.5” drives, while StorageCraft has launched a flood relief effort News | 17 Jan 2011
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How to choose a NAS
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The future of backup to tape and a look at LTO-5 tape technology
This tip explores some of the reasons why backup to tape is still popular, and takes a look at the latest iteration of LTO tape technology, LTO-5. Tip
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What is cloud storage?
Learn about cloud storage and its possible role for your organisation in this learning guide. Tip
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NetApp announces Big Data solutions as market grows
In the quest to manage Big Data, NetApp has announced new solutions to manage the growth in unstructured data in a dynamic market News
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Storage supplies constrained by Thai floods
Storage prices are on the way up with the recent floods in Thailand resulting in supply chain constraints. News
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How to choose a NAS
Choosing a NAS might be complex but there are a few things you can do to simplify the choice Tip
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Cloud storage boom as users rush to outsourcers
The Spring 2011 edition of IDC’s Storage User Demand Survey says 40%of enterprise storage users plan to outsource some of their storage needs in the next twelve months, with “an average of over 250TB will be acquired” by each user. News
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SNIA unveils 'Emerald' power measurement standard
The Storage Networking Industry Association has released a new Power Efficiency Measurement Specification, dubbed SNIA Emerald. News
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Bad Sectors - Maritime Safety Authority loves Gartner, Blu-Ray for servers
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority will only consider companies appearing in a Gartner magic quadrant for up to $10million of storage. News
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Dell and EMC "Still get together when the kids are around"
EMC and Dell have reached an "amicable separation rather than a nasty divorce" and still get together when it's important, says EMC's marketing CTO Chuck Hollis. News
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Seagate, Samsung combine forces for magnetic and solid state disk
Samsung and Seagate have formed a “strategic alliance” that will see Samsung leave the magnetic disk market, but form a tight supply alliance for flash memory with Seagate. News
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Seagate says MLC flash now reliable enough for enterprise use
Seagate has released a new range of multi-level cell (MLC) solid state disk drives and says the technology is now sufficiently robust for use in the enterprise. The company has also dropped the Barracuda brand from its enterprise offerings and added ... News
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Isilon strengthens EMC’s hand vs. NetApp: Gartner
Gartner analyst Roger Cox says that 2011 will see fierce competition for the file storage market and predicts the EMC/Dell relationship will continue to deteriorate. News
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