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Enterprise IT Drives Solid State Adoption
A new report finds high performance needs are driving early successes for flash SSDs in the enterprise server sector
HP Labs’ Manure-Fuelled Data Centre Creates Stink
Research paper suggesting cow poo could be used to fuel a 1-megawatt data centre has industry watchers wondering what the IT giant may be prepared to shovel
Dell Looks to Tablets After Strong First Quarter
Dell reports net income of $584 million for its first fiscal quarter and considers the tablet PC will create a new purchasing patterns
Google Offers Cloud Storage For Developers
Google Storage for Developers utilises the RESTful API and Google's existing storage and networking infrastructure to store code from cloud-computing projects
EMC Aims For Speedy Dedupe With DD Boost
The product announcements continue to roll out from EMC, after the storage giant launched software designed to accelerate backup integrated with deduplication storage
EMC Launches VPlex As Part Of Virtual Storage Strategy
EMC has launched the first of its VPlex appliances, designed to help businesses transfer petabytes of storage over long distances
Seagate GoFlex Drives Promise Flexibility
In an effort to 'future-proof' data storage, Seagate has launched a new generation of FreeAgent external storage hard drives, with a strong emphasis on connection flexibility
NHS Hospital Could Face ICO Fine For Data Breach
A Scottish hospital could be facing a fine from the ICO, after an NHS worker lost a USB stick containing patients' medical records
How Smart Printing Practices Reduce Environmental Impact
Up to 80 percent of a printer's environmental impact comes from paper consumption. Lexmark's John D. Gagel shares his advice on how to reduce the volume of pages you print
IBM And EMC Continue Storage Deal
EMC announces the extension and expansion of a licensing agreement with IBM
Sony Says Farewell To Floppy
The end of an icon approaches as Sony prepares to end production of the 3.5-inch floppy disk
What’s The Story Behind IBM’s Storage Surge?
IBM’s general manager for storage, Brian Truskowski, tells eWEEK about Big Blue’s momentum in the storage space and how the company is outperforming its competition
IBM Unveils New Tiered Storage System
IBM can now match some of its smaller rivals' features, with a refreshed data storage portfolio
Review: Alfresco’s CMS Is Far From Stale
Alfresco Enterprise Edition runs on a range of software stacks and offers granular management and dashboard-like user interface, as well as being simple to install
EMC Reveals Speedy New Deduplication Storage System
Data Domain has unveiled a new enterprise class storage system, dubbed the Global Deduplication Array, capable of backing up 12.8TB of data per hour
Seagate Offering Hard Drives Pre-Loaded With Movies
Movie-makers and their distributors are exploring new methods of distribution for films including Star Trek
Future Storage Might Be Just Solid State And Tape
Storage technology will change drastically, but the only way to become more efficient is to understand what you have, and what you need, according to an eWEEK Europe panel debate
NoSQL Database Movement Gains Ground
Recent announcements from Twitter and Digg underscore the growing awareness of NoSQL as an alternative to relational database management systems
Hardware Vendors Line Up Storage Offerings
Storage is the uncontrolled part of IT expenditure. That's a temptation that few hardware vendors can resist.
Hospital Data Centre Gets Clean, Flywheel Energy
Old-fashioned flywheel power systems are providing hospital data centres with clean, green backup power using a centuries-old technology
Oracle To Sun Users: Put Away The Red Pen
SPARC servers and Solaris are key to its single-stack approach, says Oracle. But should customers believe it?
IBM Banks on Latest Chip Development For System x
The next generation of IBM System x servers are banking heavily on Intel's Nehalem and IBM chipsets. The plan is to shake up mid-range servers
Sentilla Claims Data Centre Energy Monitoring First
Sentilla's Energy Manager 3.0 claim to be the first to measure the energy of both metered and unmetered assets in the data centre with its inference engine
AMD Dual-Core Processors Debut In MSI Wind Laptops
MSI is introducing two new Wind netbooks, replacing a previous 12-inch version with two models pairing dual-core AMD processors with Bluetooth - a first for the Wind lineup
Fasthosts Debuts Virtual Server Range
Fasthosts targets UK firms’ growing appetites for virtual server solutions, featuring Hyper-V technology and customisable RAM, CPU and disk space
Cloud Storage Provider Upgrades Backup Capabilities
SOS expands functionality of its Universal Backup solution, including unlimited versioning, archiving and global roaming access
Storage Body Endorses Data Centre Code of Conduct
SNIA Europe is backing the EU Code of Conduct for data centres in the hope of strengthening the green credentials of storage vendors
Dell Powers New Laptops, Workstations With Latest Intel Chips
New lineup of Dell Vostro laptops feature Intel Core i7 processors and high-end M4500 workstation is first to combine Nvidia Quadro graphics
Data Centre Management Costs Continue To Grow
Despite increased automation capabilities, IDC points to a range of data centre approaches that are driving higher management spending