EDITOR'S NOTE

Good morning,

NetApp has been called to task by rival EMC over its storage efficiency guarantee.

It's meant to be a way for NetApp to demonstrate the disk-saving potential of virtualisation technology, but it seems a devil hides in some of the finer print details.

Competitors say the darndest things...

-- Ry Crozier

TODAY ON ITNEWS

By Brett Winterford | March 10, 2009

EMC has dismissed competitor NetApp's 'Storage Efficiency Guarantee' as a shallow marketing stunt, governed by conditions that make it pointless for most organisations.

By Staff Writers | March 10, 2009

Google has agreed to settle an intellectual property claim brought by serial inventor Judah Klausner, who has won settlements in the past from Apple, Skype and LG Electronics, Klausner said on Monday.

By Christiaan Hetzner | March 10, 2009

Engineers at BMW's high tech experimental lab in California are attempting to adapt a thermoelectric system that NASA scientists employ to help power their deep space probes, BMW's director of vehicle integration told Reuters.

By Phil Muncaster | March 10, 2009

The average company could be wasting over US$180,000 a year in lost productivity because of unsolicited email, according to security giant McAfee.

By David Neal | March 10, 2009

Mobile users are increasingly turning to complex multimedia-centric applications, and smartphones will account for 23 per cent of all new handsets sold by 2013, according to Juniper Research.

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