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Cloud News: Cotendo, Joyent, DataDirect
April 15th, 2011 : John Rath
CDN specialist Cotendo announces CloudLet Platform, Joyent announces partnership with Nexenta, DataDirect introduces NAS Scaler, Read More
Roundup: EMC, Riverbed, Dell
April 7th, 2011 : John Rath
EMC hands off Mozy to VMware and acquires NetWitness, Riverbed Technology (TVBD) adds cloud storage partners, Dell beefs up PowerEdge servers with new Intel E7 chip. Read More
Report: Apple Buying Boatloads of Storage
April 6th, 2011 : Rich Miller
Apple has bought storage equipment from Isilon Systems that can support 12 petabytes of scale-out storage, according to a report in a storage industry publication. The report has sparked a new flurry of speculation about Apple's plans for its North Carolina data center. Read More
Fusion-io: Making Apps Faster With Flash Storage
March 29th, 2011 : Rich Miller
Sold state Flash storage has seen strong adoption in consumer devices like the iPad, and is now making its way into the data center. In this video, Gary Orenstein of Fusion-io discusses the benefits of flash storage and provides an overview of the market and some use cases. Read More
Bechtolsheim: Flash Will Drive Performance Gains
March 25th, 2011 : Rich Miller
Servers and networks will soon be considerably faster, enabling companies to crunch more data and improve application performance. That’s the view of Andy Bechtolsheim, who knows a few things about servers and networks Read More
Big Data, and What It Means for the Data Center
March 25th, 2011 : Rich Miller
Wednesday's Structure Big Data explored the world of huge datasets and the technology needed to mine its secrets and convert them into business intelligence. From the data center perspective, storing and processing all that data becomes more important as improved analytics tools unlock value from it. Read More
Facebook’s Appetite for SSD Boosts Fusion-io
March 10th, 2011 : Rich Miller
Facebook's appetite for solid-state storage has made it the largest customer for Fusion-io, which this week announced plans for an initial public offering. Facebook's use of SSD aligns with the company's relentless focus on performance and speed. Read More
Big Data and Data Center Analytics
March 9th, 2011 : John Rath
Although there is a fair amount of hype about the words "big data," it's also clear that there is value in scale and efficiencies of the information factories. Here's a look at some of the big numbers and trends in this area. Read More
Roundup: Western Digital Buys Hitachi GST
March 8th, 2011 : Rich Miller
In a major deal in the storage industry, Western Digital announced Monday that it will acquire Hitachi Global Storage Technologies for about $4.3 billion. Here's a roundup of notable analysis and commentary from around the web. Read More