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	Texas Memory Systems challenges high-end hard drives with new flash product Texas Memory Systems broke out of its uber-high end mold and introduced a flash-based array that it says will compete with Tier 1 hard drive systems on a price-per-gigabyte basis. Read More WHITE PAPER: Quantum 7 Questions to Ask before You Dedupe Deploying data deduplication in a midrange data center requires careful consideration. This paper will guide you through key questions, from estimating benefits in backup speeds and reducing failed backups. Read More In this Issue Start-up Pure Storage emerges with all-SSD array Ben Golub: Big data SMAQ-down NYSE Euronext boosts network bandwidth with 10GbE throughout IT Blogwatch: Windows 8 and tablets: More details and iPad 3 rivals HP releases 3Par storage system, federated storage software Jonny Evans: How Apple's iPad is changing the computer world Microsoft throws support behind USB 3.0 with Windows 8 Sharky: Why we love vendor tech support Iomega releases new 12-bay NAS array WHITE PAPER: IBM Effective Storage and Data Protection for Cloud Computing Reduces the complexity of managing cloud environments with automated solutions for managing data and storage infrastructure, enabling better efficiency for business resiliency, and helping to reduce costs and improve security, all while increasing visibility, control and automation of the cloud storage infrastructure. Read now Start-up Pure Storage emerges with all-SSD array Pure Storage, a start-up that just received $30 million venture funding, has announced an all-NAND flash storage array that it said can compete with traditional hard drive-based systems on price. Read More Ben Golub: Big data SMAQ-down The term "big data," is getting thrown around a lot these days, and in certain circles it is threatening to overtake "cloud" as the most overused and misused term in IT. Interestingly, some of the large, traditional storage vendors are embracing the term big data, using it as an umbrella term for all large collections of data and hence an umbrella term for all of their offerings. A more nuanced understanding of big data actually shows it to be antithesis of both the technology and the business models of the traditional storage vendors. Read More NYSE Euronext boosts network bandwidth with 10GbE throughout As part of an enterprisewide upgrade and data center consolidation, NYSE Euronext has rolled out 10Gbps Ethernet throughout its data centers, increasing aggregate throughput for trades from .5Tbps to 2.4Tbps. Read More IT Blogwatch: Windows 8 and tablets: More details and iPad 3 rivals Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is revealing more details about its forthcoming Windows 8 operating system. It's also opened the kimono a little wider on the "post-PC" tablet PCs that will run the OS. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers hope against hope for some decent iPad 3 competition. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Four Steps to Dynamic Workload Management In the beginning, IT ran on one platform - the mainframe. Workloads were predictable and stable, and we could schedule accordingly. But then came Unix, AS/400, Windows and a multitude of other platforms, all with accompanying workloads. Learn More! HP releases 3Par storage system, federated storage software HP today announced a federated software product that allows storage administrators to migrate data without downtime and unveiled a new, highly automated, high-capacity storage array for virtualized and cloud environments. Read More Jonny Evans: How Apple's iPad is changing the computer world With or without Steve Jobs, Apple's iPad will define the next-generation of computing, no matter how long the analysts take to recognize the device as more than the equivalent of a PC. Read More Microsoft throws support behind USB 3.0 with Windows 8 Microsoft is incorporating a software stack in its upcoming Windows 8 OS to natively support devices based on the USB 3.0 interconnect, which is in a battle for adoption with Intel's Thunderbolt. Read More Sharky: Why we love vendor tech support Pilot fish has a server that keeps locking up within ten minutes after he logs in, with an arcane error message that he can't decipher. It's Saturday night, it has to get fixed, fish is alone -- so he calls technical support.   Read More Iomega releases new 12-bay NAS array EMC's Iomega subsidiary this week announced a new top-of-the-line network storage array, which ratchets up the power and performance. Read More
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