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Tackling data growth, performance and virtual sprawl

Published in BC/DR Management Software Defined DC & Storage Storage + Servers

Symantec has announced the latest version of its NetBackup solution, bringing new functionality to protect the largest scale VMware-based environments as enterprises move to a software-defined data centre architecture. NetBackup 7.6 is the only backup product designed for enterprise level scale, which can accommodate hundreds of thousands of virtual machines and petabytes of data while giving customers 400x faster virtual machine recovery than a standard restore. IT organisations can now...

SMEs give IT suppliers positive feedback

Nearly 80% of UK small to medium sized (SME) businesses have a positive relationship with their IT suppliers, according to independent research by data centre and communications specialist, Node4. The survey of 250 IT decision makers in companies between 50-500 employees, revealed that 45% of SMEs are working closely together in a strategic relationship with their IT vendor and a further 34% agreed that their supplier totally understands their business and meets its needs.

Published in Flash Management Software Defined DC & Storage Storage + Servers

Dot Hill Systems Corp. has announced a suite of high-performance, ultra-density Ultra48™ AssuredSAN™ storage arrays. Targeted at customers with throughput-intensive applications, the arrays use a patent pending enclosure developed by Dot Hill to maximise storage processing power in a minimal rack footprint. This ultra-density solution delivers twice the performance and twice the capacity per rack unit compared to traditional arrays while maintaining Dot Hill’s proven...

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Brocade has announced the sale of its network adapter business to QLogic, as part of its stated business strategy to focus on meeting the data center networking needs of customers through next-generation fabrics and software defined networking -- the two critical building blocks for modern data centers.

Published in Flash Management Software Defined DC & Storage Storage + Servers

Overland Storage has received the shareholder votes necessary to complete its acquisition of Tandberg Data Holdings S.à r.l., a privately held global leader of data storage and data protection solutions. All proposals subject to a shareholder vote at Overland's special meeting of shareholders held on January 16, 2014 were approved at such meeting.

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ACAL BFi UK Ltd are to stage the first live European demonstration of AppliedMicro’s ARM®v8-64 bit Chip Processor at Data Centre World, Excel, London on 26th and 27th February 2014 stand number E28.