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Article | 23/06/2009 Proxy servers pressed into action to keep Web access in Iran

An inspection of the proxy servers offered up online over the past few days as a way to help Iranians maintain access to unfiltered Web content, shows...

Article | 22/06/2009 DreamWorks: 3D movies to double data storage requirements

DreamWorks Animation is releasing all of its films in stereoscopic 3D, more than doubling the amount of data storage capacity required to store its mo...

Article | 19/06/2009 SanDisk to invest in Japan flash memory plant

SanDisk plans to upgrade this year a flash memory plant that it operates with Toshiba in Japan, it said Friday.

Article | 18/06/2009 Sun reportedly cancels 16-core Rock processors

Sun is reportedly canceling its long-awaited Rock project, a 16-core server chip that was expected to be delivered later this year.

Article | 18/06/2009 Dell diversifies with fixed server offerings

Dell on Wednesday said it would offer pre-configured systems for enterprise customers looking to get server environments up and running quickly.

Article | 17/06/2009 Western Digital launches line of embedded SSDs

Western Digital Corp. today announced that it has begun shipping its first solid-state line of disk drives based on technology it acquired in March wh...

Article | 17/06/2009 Dell announces entry-level iSCSI array line

Dell Inc. today announced the latest in its line of iSCSI storage arrays -- entry-level models aimed at small to medium-sized businesses and enterpris...

Article | 16/06/2009 Bull launches 'green' supercomputer

Bull has launched the bullx, a supercomputer that uses blade servers and water cooling to be green and fast, the company said on Tuesday.

Article | 16/06/2009 Data Domain board rejects EMC's $1.8B offer, recommends NetApp merger

Data Domain's board is asking stockholders to reject EMC's unsolicited offer to purchase the company, and instead approve a merger with NetApp.

Article | 15/06/2009 HP adds line of high-end ProLiant servers

Hewlett-Packard Co. last week introduced a line of x86 servers for companies that operate massive computing facilities, where shaving a few dollars of...

Article | 12/06/2009 Faster SD cards could reach devices next year

Memory cards based on a new specification will boost storage of consumer electronics to as much as 2TB, the SD Association said Thursday.

Article | 12/06/2009 SMBs more interested in cloud than big businesses? Just a myth, Forrester says

Enterprises with at least 1,000 employees are more interested in cloud-based virtual servers than companies with fewer employees, Forrester Research s...

Article | 12/06/2009 HP targets the cloud with new hardware

HP has designed a new portfolio of hardware, software, and services, aimed at reducing costs and saving resource, particularly for businesses involved...

Article | 11/06/2009 Eye-Fi Memory Cards Get RAW

Eye-Fi today added to its popular line of wireless and geo tagging-capable memory cards. Called the Eye-Fi Pro, the newest SDHC wireless memory card ...

Article | 10/06/2009 HP adds seven ProLiant servers to its portfolio

HP announced the addition of several new servers to its HP ProLiant server portfolio that reportedly provide advances in energy efficiency, performanc...

Article | 11/06/2009 Gartner: Netgear leads low-cost NAS market

Gartner has confirmed that Netgear is the worldwide leader in sub-$5,000 business Network-Attached Storage (NAS) systems and that it ranks among the t...

Article | 11/06/2009 Vendors pitch stripped-down servers to giant Web properties

The explosion of giant Web properties has server vendors building a new kind of machine that is stripped down to the bare essentials and optimized for...

Article | 11/06/2009 Yahoo seeks Hadoop boost with release of internal version

To advance the adoption of the Hadoop technology for processing massive data sets, Yahoo will release a version of the software it has perfected to po...

Article | 10/06/2009 Fedora 11 adds virtualization, software management tools

The Fedora Project on Tuesday released version 11 of its Linux open source operating system, adding expanded hardware support, new software management...

Article | 10/06/2009 Western Digital releases monster 4TB hard drive

Western Digital Corp. today released its biggest consumer external hard-disk drive targeted at Mac users with a whopping 4TB of capacity.