Sony is to begin selling flash memory cards capable of write speeds of 125 Mbps, for high end DSLR cameras
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Big Storage In A Small Package From Hitachi
Hitachi's G-Drive and G-Raid storage products bring large capacity data-centre-scale storage to mobile and small-business users
Apache Releases Stable Hadoop Version 1.0 Framework
The Apache Software Foundation has officially delivered the much-anticipated version 1.0 of the Apache Hadoop framework
Data Management Software Revenue To Grow 21 Percent This Year
The market for customer data management is expected to grow to $644 million in 2012 and exceed $1 billion in 2015, says Gartner
Physical Infrastructure Still A Power Play In Virtualised Worlds
Virtualisation and cloud computing continue to grow but Panduit’s David Palmer-Stevens stresses the importance of the underpinning physical infrastructure
Database And Systems Management Markets Grew In 2011
The global database and systems management markets grew in 2011defspite a weak economy, according to IDC
IBM Takes Its Big Data Analytics To Academia
IBM's programme to spread its business analytics products to universities embraces Scotland and Northern Ireland
Nine Technology’s Deduplication IP Sold To Imation
Imation adds deduplication to its developing scalable storage strategy with the acquisition of Nine Technology's intellectual property
Kapow Cloud-based Analytics Service Update Appears
Katalyst is a self-service analytics tool which businesses can tap into on a subscription basis
Google Boosts Storage For App Engine
Google gives developershigh-availability storage option and HRD Migration tool in latest update
Apple To Make Flash Move With Anobit Buy?
Hard to swallow but Apple could be about to acquire flash memory hardware maker Anobit
Microsoft Rejigs Windows Phone Management Team
Andy Lees will report diectly to Steve Ballmer, while Terry Myerson takes on Windows Phone division
Sandforce Introduces SSD For The Cloud
Sandforce has introduced a multi-level cell flash SSD and claims it is the first optimised for cloud use
Q1 PC Shortfall Expected Due To Thai Floods
There will be a shortfall of 3.8 million PCs shipping in the first-quarter because of the HDD shortage
Greenplum Announces Unified Analytics Platform
EMC Greenplum has announced a more accessible Big Data platform that allows for easy collaboration
Latest MapR Hadoop Adds Win And Mac Support
The v1.2 release puts Hadoop analytics in the hands of more users, with extra languages and platforms
Cisco’s CloudVerse Centralises Cloud Strategy
Cisco is bringing together its products for cloud services under the CloudVerse umbrella
Red Gate Announces Space Flight Finalists
One lucky DBA could be one of the first to experience sub orbital flight
Cryptek Secure USB Stick Offers Over 14m Passwords
Cryptek's new USB stick offers both 256-bit encryption and an exterior locking mechanism
IBM Shows Graphene Technology In Action
Developments in graphene chips, racetrack memory and transistor size will take us beyond Moore’s Law
HP Responds To Oracle Claim Of Itanium Deception
HP and Oracle have accused each other of lying about the future of Intel's Itanium chip
Fusion-io Claims Ability To Process World Debt
Fusion-io showed how its solid state drives could handle a world of credit card transactions on a single server
STEC Extends Data Centre SSD Range
STEC has expanded its solid-state drive range aimed at enterprises deploying heavy-duty workloads
British Newspaper Archive Goes Digital
The British Library has made millions of local and national newspaper pages searchable online
HP: 50 Zettabytes Of Data Created Each Year By 2020
As data explodes HP Labs is showing some ideas on how businesses can cope with it
HP Announces Two New Deduplication Products
HP launches a new wave of dedupe tech to help businesses slim down their storage
EC Clears Western Digital’s Hitachi Acquisition
After selling off some assets, WD's merger goes ahead, reducing the number of HDD suppliers to to three
Swedish Cloud DBaaS Avoids Patriot Privacy Snag
As the Patriot Act drowns Safe Habor concepts, European cloud services find a marketing angle
PostgreSQL Database-as-a-Service From Heroku
Platform-as-a-service provider Heroku launches relational object database service built on Postgres
Companies Urged To Opt For Flash-based Storage
Businesses are being advised to replace their tiered storage with a full SSD-based approach