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Week of 14 May 2012 EMC confirms XtremIO acquisition (14 May 2012)
Headlines: EMC confirms that it acquired flash array startup XtremIO, and Israeli publication Globes pegs the deal at $430 million.
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Week of 07 May 2012 EMC readies new VMAX storage, will unveil VMAX 40K at EMC World 2012 (07 May 2012)
Headlines: EMC’s latest VMAX storage is the VMAX 40K; the vendor will officially launch its highest-end enterprise array and Enginuity software at EMC World 2012.
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Week of 30 Apr 2012 Hitachi Data Systems moves into unified storage architecture with HUS (30 Apr 2012)
Headlines: Hitachi Data Systems combines BlueArc’s SiliconFS with block storage for its first unified storage architecture.
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Week of 23 Apr 2012 Bocada offers backup reporting software for virtual, physical reports (SearchDataBackup.com | 24 Apr 2012)
Bocada’s vpConnect combines Prism and Vision backup reporting software modules to bring backup reporting for physical and virtual machines under one monitoring tool.
Storage Guardian integrates cloud backup with ConnectWise PSA software (24 Apr 2012)
In our channel news roundup, Storage Guardian integrates its cloud backup with ConnectWise, and Ctera launches a mobile app for cloud file access.
EMC says new VMAX and Thunder coming soon, HDD price hikes staying (23 Apr 2012)
Headlines: EMC announced that the price increase for HDDs put into place last year will continue and to watch out for a new high-end Symmetrix VMAX storage system and the “Project Thunder” flash...
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Week of 16 Apr 2012 SGI adopts hybrid storage for clustered NAS (16 Apr 2012)
Headlines: SGI NAS uses hybrid storage with DRAM, solid-state drives and hard drives, ZFS, and SGI caching and management software in scale-out clusters.
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Week of 09 Apr 2012 EMC Vspex reference architecture stacks storage, networking, compute (12 Apr 2012)
EMC’s Vspex reference architecture gives channel partners a preconfigured bundle of storage, networking, compute and software; partners include Brocade, Cisco, VMware, Microsoft.
Storage world gets close-up look at a disaster (09 Apr 2012)
The Storage Networking World conference got disrupted last week for a couple of hours when a tornado hit the Dallas-Fort Worth area in Texas.
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Week of 02 Apr 2012 Datto adds ConnectWise integration for its backup, DR solutions (03 Apr 2012)
Vendor briefs: Datto integrates backup, DR with ConnectWise; Promark offers Starboard storage; Gladinet launches Cloud Version 4.0.
DataDirect adds ‘mini’ array for ‘big data’ (02 Apr 2012)
Headlines: DataDirect Networks deploys two storage systems for people who want to start small in their approach to “big data.”
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Week of 26 Mar 2012 Cloud aggregator Modular DPS launches program for turnkey cloud backup services (27 Mar 2012)
Cloud aggregator Modular DPS is offering a cloud backup services package for VARs and MSPs, combining resources from Intel’s Hybrid Cloud Program, 6fusion and MSPexcellence.
EMC gets in the cloud-building game (26 Mar 2012)
Headlines: EMC wants to build your cloud and has put together cloud-building services going beyond storage. The services target cloud infrastructure, applications and desktop computing.
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Week of 12 Mar 2012 Cloud storage prices drop, but experts and users say hidden fees remain (14 Mar 2012)
Headlines: Amazon, Google and Microsoft have announced drops in public cloud pricing, but users and experts agree that hidden costs do exist.
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Week of 27 Feb 2012 Hard disk drive shortage takes aim at enterprise SAS, SATA in 2012 (29 Feb 2012)
Headlines: Analysts and vendors expect the hard disk drive shortage caused by Thailand floods to curtail availability of enterprise SAS and SATA drives until at least the second half of 2012.
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Week of 20 Feb 2012 Symantec goes after Veeam, Acronis for patent infringement (22 Feb 2012)
Headlines: Symantec charge Veeam Software and Acronis with patent infringement in separate lawsuits; says smaller rivals’ software use Symantec’s technology.
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Week of 06 Feb 2012 Fusion-io braces for competition from EMC's VFCache server SSD product (08 Feb 2012)
Headlines: Fusion-io’s early lock on the server SSD market is in jeopardy now that EMC is shipping its VFCache product and planning a flash appliance.
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Week of 30 Jan 2012 AWS Storage Gateway creates 'co-opetition' with cloud appliances (01 Feb 2012)
Headlines: Amazon’s AWS Storage Gateway may be creating 'co-opetition' with other cloud appliances, but appears to be lacking in enterprise features.