Five Ways to Get the Most Out of Existing Storage

	Small PC makers hiking PC prices on hard-drive shortage | Skip data tiering, go directly to all-SSD storage, Forrester says
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	Five Ways to Get the Most Out of Existing Storage Recent flooding in Thailand has affected many hard drive manufacturers, resulting in price hikes for hard drives of as much as 50 to 100 percent. How long this will last is unclear, but in the meantime, you can postpone new purchases of storage gear by implementing these methods to help reduce unnecessary files, reduce the space used on the system, and allow for expansion with existing systems. Read More SURVEY: IDG Research Take Computerworld's Survey - Chance to Win $250 How have current economic conditions impacted your organization's IT spending? Take our brief survey and enter to win a $250 cash prize. In this Issue Small PC makers hiking PC prices on hard-drive shortage Skip data tiering, go directly to all-SSD storage, Forrester says EC lets WD take over Hitachi hard drive business, with conditions AMD introduces branded memory modules for desktops 7 hot storage startups to watch Sharky: And so this number is useful ... how? Making sure your cloud provider can protect your data as promised Seagate wins $525M from Western Digital in arbitration RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Datawatch Corporation Try Monarch Report Analytics free for 30 days! Download the 30 day Monarch trial at no cost and learn what 500,000 IT and Finance users already know, how to access data regardless of format or source. Monarch enables end users to access data that exists in static documents; including BI, ERP, PDF, green bar reports and other hard to access static data sources. Try Monarch for 30 days today! Small PC makers hiking PC prices on hard-drive shortage The early brunt of a hard-drive shortage resulting from widespread flooding in Thailand is falling on small PC makers, who are raising computer prices to stem losses. Read More Skip data tiering, go directly to all-SSD storage, Forrester says A new class of all-SSD arrays that use compression and deduplication are challenging tiered storage infrastructures with better performance at about the same cost, according to Forrester Research. Read More EC lets WD take over Hitachi hard drive business, with conditions Western Digital will be allowed to take over Hitachi's hard disk drive business, but only if it sells off a 3.5-inch hard disk drive production plant. Read More AMD introduces branded memory modules for desktops Advanced Micro Devices' first branded desktop system memory modules, called AMD Memory, will be available in North America through major retailers, the company said Monday. Read More WHITE PAPER: Quantum 8 Dedupe Features to Avoid When considering adding deduplication software to your existing storage strategy, there needs to be a balancing act between optimizing for performance, optimizing for capacity, and avoiding performance bottlenecks. This independent white paper offers guidance on evaluating deduplication solutions and includes the 8 top dedupe "features" to avoid. Read More 7 hot storage startups to watch From storage for virtual machines to cheap all-flash hardware, here are seven movers and shakers in the network storage market today. Read More Sharky: And so this number is useful ... how? One of the departments in this county government uses an application that routinely sends data updates to a server run by the state -- and something seems to have stopped working. Who's the person to call? Read More Making sure your cloud provider can protect your data as promised Certifications and inspections should be included in your contract. Insider (registration required) Read More Seagate wins $525M from Western Digital in arbitration Seagate has been awarded US$525 million in arbitration in connection with a trade secrets case against Western Digital, which said it would challenge the ruling. Read More
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