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Fibre Channel 32Gbps Standard Completed
The standard for 32Gbps Fibre Channel, an interface for storage area networks, has been officially agreed
Toshiba Saves Bankrupt OCZ With £21m Buyout
Toshiba confirms it has acquired the popular yet unprofitable SSD brand OCZ after it filed for bankruptcy
Apple Buys Into Analytics Business With Topsy Labs Acquisition
Apple has acquired Topsy, which provides real-time analysis of huge data sets from Twitter feeds
Toshiba Offers To Take Over Bankrupt OCZ Business
The popular yet unprofitable SSD brand is likely to survive
Microsoft Tackles Exchange Backup Niggles With Update
An update for Exchange Server 2013 delivers a number of fixes, including a backup restoration solution
Box Acquires Analytics Firm dLoop
Enterprise cloud storage provider Box looks to power its admin tools with its latest acquisition
Kroll Ontrack – Raising Storage From The Dead: Gallery
TechWeekEurope visits the Kroll Ontrack lab in Epsom to explore the dark arts of data recovery
Big Data Strikes The Right Chord With Music Listeners
Mat Young explains the big data magic behind companies like Spotify and Shazam
Which? Says Apple And Others Charge Too Much For Tablet Storage
Manufacturers "fleecing" consumers by charging up to £80 for £6 worth of storage, says watchdog
SMBs Unready For Data Loss And Lack Backup
Small businesses lack backup policies and don't think mobile devices contain much sensitive data, survey reveals
EMC Launches The First XtremIO All-Flash Array
Built with technology acquired last year, EMC’s first entry into the market is out to impress
Extreme Looks To Big Data With Summit X770 Switch
Extreme Networks responds to the big data trend with the launch of a new data centre-oriented switch
Microsoft Integrates SkyDrive For Xbox One Personal Cloud
Microsoft's Xbox One will work seamlessly with SkyDrive to extend the reach of the cloud storage service
Avere Extends NAS Onto Amazon’s Cheap Glacier
Freeze your data in Amazon's cheap cold storage - and still get it back when you want it
Hadoop 2 Pushes Big Data Further Into The Mainstream
The new Apache Hadoop promises a world where Big Data players work together, says Doug Cutting
Quiz Of The Week: Flash Storage
The Flash memory market is growing by the minute. What do you know about this important technology?
Cray Offers Up Tiered Storage Solution
Cray beefs up its enterprise credentials with the arrival of a tiered storage solution for HPC organisations
Western Digital Confirms OS X Mavericks Can Wipe External Hard Drive Data
The issue affects other drive manufacturers, but Apple remains silent
Western Digital Inflates 3.5in HDD Storage To 6TB Using Helium
Helium cuts turbulence, boosts drive capacity to 6TB, and opens the way to liquid cooling
IT Life: The Human Face of Big Data
Senior vice president of EMEA Field Operations at Informatica and MENSA member Charles Race talks about big data, Clive Sinclair and cricket
NetApp And Cisco Enhance FlexPod Storage For Data Centres
The popular FlexPod project has been updated and can now reach out to multiple data centres
SAP Bolsters HANA Database With Five New Apps
SAP reveals new software for its HANA database that includes four “big data” style applications
Rackspace And Hortonworks Launch Managed Hadoop Hosting
New service lowers barriers to entry into Big Data analytics
Hunk Lets Splunk Users Analyse Data In Hadoop
The company unveils its plan for world domination – letting anyone who stores data in Hadoop analyse it with Splunk
Microsoft Brings Hadoop Big Data To Windows Azure
Microsoft makes Hadoop-based HDInsight generally available as part of big data push
SAS Joins Forces With SAP On Big Data
SAS and SAP are to work together on developing in-memory data analysis, allowing administrators to take advantage of real-time big data analytics
IP Expo: Coraid And CommVault Are “Like Fish And Chips”
Peter Godden, vice president for EMEA at Coraid, talks about the partnership with information management company CommVault
Seagate Squeezes 32TB Into 1U With Its First Rackmount Storage Appliance
The company is convinced that small businesses are looking for high storage density
EMC Blames US Government For Slowdown ‘Disappointment’
EMC quarterly results miss expectations, with slowing figures blamed on a US government spending fall