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	World's servers process 9.57ZB of data a year In 2024, the world's business servers will annually process the digital equivalent of a stack of books extending more than 4.37 light-years to Alpha Centauri, according to a study. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: NetApp Transforming IT from cost center to launchpad Suncorp chose a NetApp storage foundation to help cut IT costs by 30% and accelerate the pace of innovation companywide. Watch the story of how IT became the $15 billion conglomerate's most valued strategic asset. Click to continue In this Issue Brocade developing 32-Gigabit Fibre Channel Why my job is still cool S.M.A.R.T. Monitoring Tools OWC offers 480GB SSD for 2010 MacBook Air Brocade gives a reality check on IPv6 Apple's iMac, MacBook Pro lines are SSD friendly WHITE PAPER: Cisco Social Technologies Add Business Value Social technologies are moving from the consumer space into the enterprise, and Enterprise Social Software (ESS) is changing how people work. A white paper based on a Forrester Consulting survey commissioned by Cisco reveals the benefits and inhibitors faced by decision makers and how ESS is transforming business processes. Read the white paper now. Brocade developing 32-Gigabit Fibre Channel Brocade Technologies, which announced 16G bps Fibre Channel products on Monday, is already working on a 32G bps version and expects to have it on the market within three years. Read More Why my job is still cool It's tough to write a 25-year-anniversary column when you haven't been here for 25 years – my time at the helm of the Cool Tools column has only been about 10 years or so now. Instead, I'll reflect on the past 25 years in my own life and how technology (and networking!) has changed not only what I do for work, but within my life as well. Read More S.M.A.R.T. Monitoring Tools This is going to be a short review. Not because the free and open-source S.M.A.R.T. Monitoring Tools aren't useful, but simply because they're, well, simple. Run from the command line, they tell you everything you need to know about your hard drive's health, i.e., the S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) info and you can even instruct them to initiate your drive's S.M.A.R.T. self-test. Read More DOWNLOAD: Hitachi Hitachi IT Operations Analyzer Pinpoint root cause of network issues up to 90% faster. Automated Root Cause Analysis speeds remediation. FREE video and 30-day trial. Download free 30-day trial OWC offers 480GB SSD for 2010 MacBook Air Other World Computing (OWC) has announced the Mercury Aura Pro Express 480GB, which the company says is the largest high performance solid state drive available for the 2010 MacBook Air. Read More Brocade gives a reality check on IPv6 The looming depletion of Internet addresses has split the networking world into "IPv4 diehards" and "IPv6 purists," but the real needs of businesses lie somewhere in between the views of these extremists, a Brocade Communications Systems executive said this week. Read More Apple's iMac, MacBook Pro lines are SSD friendly Apple's latest iMac and MacBook Pro line-ups are optimized to squeeze more performance from solid-state drives. Read More
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