Amplidata enters the object storage space

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	Amplidata enters the object storage space At Storage Networking World last week in Santa Clara, Calif., startup Amplidata rolled out an object storage platform targeted at archive data, online-media applications and storage clouds. The AmpliStor Optimized Object Storage (OOS) system scales into the tens of petabyte range. The company's first appliance, the AS20, has 20TB of capacity in 1U of space and uses only seven watts of power per terabyte. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel Xeon Processors HP Power Advisor utility This technology brief identifies factors affecting power requirements, explains how the Power Advisor works, and provides an example of how it can be used. Read now In this Issue Report: Iron Mountain to shutter cloud storage service Dell's new servers come preloaded with hundreds of virtual machines Dell to invest $1 billion to boost data storage products Most IT managers plan to adopt cloud storage SNIA puts storage networking tutorials online WHITE PAPER: HP Analysis of HP D2D Product Line The HP D2D product line was first announced in early 2007, providing both disk to disk and VTL backup. In June 2010, the product line was updated to include StoreOnce powered by Intel Xeon ®processor 5500 series, HP Labs developed inline data deduplication, along with a number of other enhancements. Read More Today! Report: Iron Mountain to shutter cloud storage service After only two years, Iron Mountain said it will close its public cloud storage service due in part to profitability pressures. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA CIOs Feel the Pressure to Optimize the Online Experience In this exclusive survey, CIOs weigh in on the business impact of application performance. This white paper presents the survey results and offers guidance on building a business case to optimize the customer experience with consistently excellent application performance. Learn More Dell's new servers come preloaded with hundreds of virtual machines Dell on Thursday served up a new choice for buying its servers: plug-and-play configurations that include up to 200 VMware virtual machines along with the networking and storage needed to run them. Read More WHITE PAPER: Sophos How to implement a data loss prevention strategy The workplace is becoming increasingly mobile with users accessing corporate data from anywhere at any time. This paper guides IT professionals through the steps necessary to implement a practical data loss prevention (DLP) strategy. Learn more. Dell to invest $1 billion to boost data storage products Dell plans to invest US$1 billion over the next three years to bolster its data storage products to business customers, with the money going toward the research of technology like cloud computing and virtualization, along with the development on new data centers. Read More Most IT managers plan to adopt cloud storage Fifty-seven percent of CIOs and storage administrators plan to adopt cloud storage -- first for email, then front office applications and finally for backup data -- according to a survey released this week. Read More SNIA puts storage networking tutorials online SNIA plans to add up to six times the number of online video tutorials for storage IT administrators, and it has partnered with CompTIA to distribute its online IT certification courses internationally. Read More
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