Stories by: Brian Fonseca

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    Data explosion forcing IT to seek new backup tools 05/08/2008 08:11:08

    The need to control and secure a continuing explosion of data across the corporate world is forcing IT managers to constantly be on the lookout for new equipment that can handle perpetually evolving requirements.
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    NASA launches online historical image gallery 30/07/2008 09:39:37

    NASA last week launched a new interactive Web site, jointly developed with the non-profit Internet Archive, which initially combines some 21 separately stored and managed NASA imagery collections into a single online resource featuring enhanced search, visual and metadata capabilities.
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    Intel unveils embedded chipset 28/07/2008 08:12:29

    Intel has launched its System-on-Chip (SoC) EP8579 integrated processor, which is said to offer lower power and customization capabilities for embedded voice, storage and security applications. The new product family is the first wave of Intel's revamped SoC design, which the company said adds smarter chip intelligence.
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    Hitachi unveils 3.5-in. drives with capacities up to 1TB 10/07/2008 08:29:43

    Hitachi Global Storage Technologies is set Wednesday to unveil a new 3.5-in. hard disk drive family for desktop PCs. The company said the new line includes better data protection capabilities and 43% better idle power consumption than the Deskstar 7K1000 line.
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    HP unveils de-dupe tools for disk-based backup systems 26/06/2008 08:32:04

    Hewlett-Packard this week unveiled de-duplication software designed to speed up and simplify data backup operations in its high-end and midrange of disk-based backup systems.
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    Imation rolls out paperclip-sized USB flash drive 26/06/2008 08:29:30

    Imation Wednesday unveiled the Atom Flash Drive, a 1.5-in. long portable storage device that is no larger than a paperclip and can store up to 8GB of digital files.
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    Storage power costs to approach $2B this year, says IDC 24/06/2008 08:13:38

    Businesses last year spent approximately US$1.3 billion to make sure that spinning hard disk drives did not overheat and kept running despite being squeezed to near-capacity limits, according to IDC.
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    Dell, WD, Hitachi charged with violating patents in PCs, drives 23/06/2008 09:04:47

    Convolve last week filed a federal lawsuit this week charging that Dell, Western Digital and Hitachi Global Storage Technologies have violated its patents for vibration control techniques in hard drives and PCs.
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    HP adding solid-state memory to its servers 19/06/2008 07:21:40

    Hewlett-Packard and startup Fusion-io Wednesday announced plans to jointly enable the latter's solid-state memory technology to run across HP server products.
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    Ultrafast storage fuels movie's battle scenes 16/06/2008 08:29:16

    Hired by Marvel Entertainment to help bring a 9-foot-tall gamma-powered superhero to life on the big screen, officials at the Soho VFX special effects facility needed massive storage availability to help its artists create digitally-rendered fight scenes for the film, The Incredible Hulk, which opens Friday in US theaters.
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    New Sun code transforms x86 servers into storage arrays 13/06/2008 08:48:03

    Sun Microsystems is set to unveil Friday open source software that can repurpose any OpenSolaris-based x86 server into a block-based storage device capable of emulating the physical characteristics of a storage array.
 
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