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Analysis: Data Domain becomes frontline of storage battle

Analysis: Data Domain becomes frontline of storage battle

Both EMC and NetApp claim to have made superior bids in a torrid war to acquire data de-duplication specialists Data Domain.
Brett Winterford Jun 5 2009 4:10PM Storage
Inside the Commonwealth Bank data centre

Inside the Commonwealth Bank data centre

The Commonwealth Bank wants to see data centre requirements contract in the coming years, potentially using cloud capacity to combat the race for data centre space.
Ry Crozier Jun 4 2009 12:01AM Networking
EMC battles with NetApp to buy Data Domain

EMC battles with NetApp to buy Data Domain

EMC is competing with NetApp for the acquisition of deduplication storage firm Data Domain, after EMC made a US$1.8bn (A$2.2 bn) all-cash offer this week.
Rosalie Marshall Jun 3 2009 2:21AM Storage
EMC Inform: Data centres must remain local, not just in the cloud

EMC Inform: Data centres must remain local, not just in the cloud

Cloud computing is here, but don't say goodbye to locally run data centres just yet, was the message at EMC's Inform event.
Sholto Macpherson Jun 2 2009 3:05PM Storage
IBM to build green data centre

IBM to build green data centre

IBM has signed a deal with Syracuse University and New York State to build a 'green' data centre that will use only 50 per cent of the power usually required for operation.
Iain Thomson Jun 1 2009 3:16PM Storage
Obama unveils US cybersecurity plan

Obama unveils US cybersecurity plan

President Barack Obama has outlined his plan to enhance cyber security protections in the US.
Shaun Nichols Jun 1 2009 1:08PM Security
SATA spec promises faster data transfers and slimmer laptops

SATA spec promises faster data transfers and slimmer laptops

The Serial ATA (SATA) Revision 3.0 specification has been released by the Serial ATA International Organization (Sata-IO) and promises double the data speed across the board to 6Gbit/s.
Iain Thomson May 30 2009 6:50AM Storage
Scientists invent memory storage good for a billion years

Scientists invent memory storage good for a billion years

Scientists are reporting successful tests of a new memory device that could allow terabytes of data to be stored without corruption for millions of years.
Iain Thomson May 27 2009 2:02PM Hardware
IBM pushes solid state drives to Power servers

IBM pushes solid state drives to Power servers

IBM has released solid state drive (SSD) products designed to help firms reduce costs and improve memory response times across its Power hardware platforms.
David Neal May 25 2009 6:10AM Storage
Brisbane data centres unscathed by flood

Brisbane data centres unscathed by flood

Data Centres in Brisbane have come through the worst rainstorm in three decades unscathed, as flooding took its toll on telecommunications lines and other key infrastructure.
Brett Winterford May 22 2009 3:30PM Networking
NetApp buys Data Domain as profit sinks

NetApp buys Data Domain as profit sinks

Storage vendor NetApp has shelled out US$1.5 billion for Data Domain, the American leader in data de-duplication technology.
Brett Winterford May 21 2009 10:21AM Storage
Sun Microsystems touts virtualisation for tape drives

Sun Microsystems touts virtualisation for tape drives

Sun Microsystems has revealed plans to add one of the newest storage technologies into one of the oldest storage methods still in use.
Shaun Nichols May 21 2009 6:24AM Storage
Acure to use Amcom downtime to upgrade power

Acure to use Amcom downtime to upgrade power

Acure has brought forward a major power upgrade in its DC1 data centre to Sunday to coincide with a core network upgrade by Amcom that is expected to cut communications to up to 70 per cent of Acure’s customers.
Ry Crozier May 21 2009 6:00AM Telco/ISP
EMC hungry for acquisitions

EMC hungry for acquisitions

A cashed-up EMC plans to go on an acquisition spree, according to CEO Joe Tucci.
Rosalie Marshall May 19 2009 3:20PM Storage
NAB trials off-grid power and Kyoto cooling in data centre

NAB trials off-grid power and Kyoto cooling in data centre

The National Australia Bank (NAB) is trialling radical power generation and cooling technologies in its data centre after being disappointed with the lack of power savings yielded from server virtualisation.
Brett Winterford May 19 2009 6:01AM Storage
EMC offers sneak peek of EMC World 2009

EMC offers sneak peek of EMC World 2009

EMC is set to add new data deduplication capabilities and virtualisation functionalities to its storage portfolio.
Rosalie Marshall May 18 2009 6:46AM Storage
More than 10,000 former hospital patients may be affected by data theft

More than 10,000 former hospital patients may be affected by data theft

The patient records of more than 10,000 people may have been leaked in an identity fraud scam.
Dan Raywood May 15 2009 10:54AM Security
Colocation stunts data centre tier upgrades

Colocation stunts data centre tier upgrades

Operators of colocation data centres are being prevented in some cases from improving the tier level of facilities because they can’t mandate minimum standards for customer equipment, a Sydney consultancy has said.
Ry Crozier May 15 2009 5:53AM Networking
Mozilla predicts Firefox majority by 2013

Mozilla predicts Firefox majority by 2013

Mozilla is predicting that its Firefox browser will overtake Internet Explorer as the browser of choice by 2013.
Iain Thomson May 14 2009 2:17PM Software
CeBIT09: Federal CIO rules out super data centre

CeBIT09: Federal CIO rules out super data centre

Australian Government CIO Ann Steward has ruled out the possibility of the Federal Government building its own supersized data centre to support all its agencies to meet recommendations in the Gershon Review.
Brett Winterford May 13 2009 10:15AM Storage

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