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Symantec NetBackup Upgraded To Tackle VM Sprawl
Symantec upgrades its NetBackup data protection package to tackle the data centre issue of "virtual machine sprawl"
Microsoft Renames SkyDrive: Say Hello To OneDrive
Cloud storage platform officially renamed following Microsoft court loss to BSkyB last year
Pure Storage Touts The Benefits Of All-Flash Infrastructure
There’s no reason not to swap your hard drives for Flash memory, says CEO Scott Dietzen during his visit to London
EVault Touts Backup Service On Windows Azure
Seagate's enterprise cloud storage unit offers a cross-platform backup platform anchored by Azure
Rackspace Brings Managed MongoDB ObjectRocket Service To Europe
The acquisition of ObjectRocket in 2013 is bearing fruit for Rackspace
Big Data: An Interdisciplinary Approach Is Crucial
To win at analytics, you need people versed in maths, technology and behavioural sciences, says Dhiraj Rajiram
Gartner: Businesses Must Rely On Predictive Metrics To Survive
Organisations are increasingly adopting technology that allows them to predict business disruptions using 'leading indicators', according to Gartner
Google Adds Workgroup Features To Drive
Google Drive's new 'activity stream' feature helps groups track file changes
MongoDB Targets Insurance Risk Management
MongoDB's database management system has a growing presence in big data decision making in the insurance industry, according to the company
Sharing Your Healthcare Data Is The Ethical Thing To Do
The NHS wants to share your healthcare data. Gayna Hart tells us that the scheme is safe - and it could be a lifesaver
The Rise Of Scale Out Storage
Virtualisation helped solve It problems, but created more issues, that only scale out architectures can solve, says Stefan Bernbo
Open Source Storage Relaunches With New Platform
OSS has reinvented itself with the Niazi 1.618 Middleware System, which allows organisations to shift to open source IT without losing their proprietary investments
IBM Uses Big Data To Stop Hospital Infections
IBM is using big data techniques in an analytics system designed to help prevent infections spreading within hospitals
Apigee Buys InsightsOne For Big Data Analytics
Apigee has bolstered its big data credentials after adding InsightsOne to its API management capabilities
English GPs To Start Sharing Anonymised Patient Data
The Department of Health hopes the scheme, starting in March, will help inform better choices
Boffins Claim Longer Data Storage With MRAM Innovation
Researchers in Singapore develop MRAM technology to ensure data stays intact, even during a power failure
Samsung DRAM Chip Paves Way For 4GB Smartphones
A new DRAM chip could mean more responsive devices with higher-resolution displays and better battery life, according to Samsung
Seagate Buys Xyratex To Improve Hard Drive Testing
UK-based company has been taking hard drives apart for the past 25 years
DataSift Offers Access To Sina Weibo Data
The new service lets European businesses get an insight into the mind of a Chinese consumer
IBM Acquires Aspera For Fast Data Transfers
IBM is to acquire file-transfer specialist Aspera, to help with faster transfers of big data to the cloud
Avago Buys Storage Chip Maker LSI For $6.6bn
HP spin-off Avago gets into the big league with LSI's network and storage chips
Dell World 2013: Dell Puts Dropbox On All Its Tablets
Dropbox to ship on Dell tablets and to be offered to business customers through partners
The Cloud Will No Longer Be Free
Free storage is going away - and so will other freemum services, says Wayne Rash
Import.io: “We turn any website into a database”
Import.io founder Andrew Fogg was at LeWeb Paris 2013 to talk about the start-up which helps users to turn any websiteinto a database. He also discussed Tim Berners Lee, and his vision of "Linked Data".
Dell World 2013: Dell Announces All-Flash Array And New Networking Switches
Dell claims its new EqualLogic storage products unlock the true power of flash
Samsung Introduces First 1TB Ultra-Thin SSD
Samsung's tiny new high-capacity drives build on the SSD range it introduced in the summer, but fit into ultra-thin laptops using the mSATA interface
IBM Cloud Invention ‘Eliminates Lock-In’
IBM's 'cloud of clouds' invention provides an interface for migrating data across multiple clouds, which the company hopes will spur wider cloud adoption
HP Announces Moonshot Servers For Telecoms, Web And Hosted Desktop
HP's latest Moonshot microservers address Big Data, telecoms and dynamic web applications
VMware Spin-off Pivotal To Invest £100m In Tech City
CEO Paul Maritz plants VMware-backed Big Data venture Pivotal in London's startup-ville