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Article | 26/02/2009 Virtualisation's new frontier - the mobile phone

We've had virtual storage, virtual machines and virtual data centres now VMware is looking to the next frontier: the virtual mobile phone.

Article | 26/02/2009 Microsoft readying low-cost Windows Server OS

Microsoft is readying a new low-cost version of Windows Server to give customers a server OS similar to client OSes that run on low-cost PCs.

Article | 20/02/2009 Seagate drops SSD patent lawsuit against STEC

Seagate Technology Thursday said it has dropped its lawsuit and all claims alleging STEC misappropriated its hard disk drive (HDD) technology as it re...

Article | 12/02/2009 Symantec to deliver cloud-based backup service

Symantec will begin offering an online storage service targeted at consumers by the end of next month.

Article | 11/02/2009 SanDisk announces mass production of high-capacity flash

SanDisk Tuesday announced that it will begin mass production of the first high-performance X3 and X4 flash memory, using 32- and 43-nanometer lithogra...

Article | 30/01/2009 Sandisk and Toshiba restructure joint venture

Sandisk on Thursday armed itself with financial flexibility, announcing a deal to restructure its chip-manufacturing joint venture with Toshiba.

Article | 28/01/2009 Startup introduces cloud marketplace

Deutsche Telekom spin-off Zimory has unveiled Public Cloud, a marketplace for companies that want to buy and sell hosted server capacity online.

Article | 15/01/2009 SanDisk, LG show MicroSD locked to carrier

SanDisk and LG Electronics on Wednesday demonstrated a specialized MicroSD card that mobile operators could load with content and bundle with a handse...

Article | 9/01/2009 SanDisk unveils new SSDs for laptops and netbooks

SanDisk unveiled its next-generation solid-state drives (SSDs) at the International CES. One series is aimed at the hot netbook market and the other a...

Article | 7/01/2009 Samsung packs camcorder with SSD for fast start

Solid-state disks, hard-disk drive replacements filled with flash memory chips, have become popular in the laptop computing space and now they're expa...

Article | 7/01/2009 Samsung rolls out 2.5-inch, 100GB solid-state drive

Samsung Electronics announced Tuesday that it has developed a 2.5-in., 100GB solid-state disk (SSD) drive with enhanced performance for use in servers...

Article | 23/12/2008 Intel ships 160GB solid state disk drives

Intel has announced it is expanding its X25-M 2.5-inch and X18-M 1.8-inch SATA solid-state drive (SSD) family with a 160GB drive in a 2.5-inch form fa...

Article | 16/12/2008 Hitachi to ship SSDs with high-end arrays

HDS Monday announced it will offer flash-based solid-state drives (SSDs) for its high-end Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V and VM storage arrays.

Article | 10/12/2008 Microsoft ESP: Virtual reality made cheaper

Microsoft has launched version 2.0 of ESP, a virtual reality platform that aims to revolutionize the way many sectors train workers or plan and test p...

Article | 9/12/2008 Samsung upgrades could lower SSD prices, executives say

Samsung Electronics is upgrading its memory technology and manufacturing processes, which could lead to price drops for solid-state drives (SSDs) that...

Article | 4/12/2008 VMware takes new view of desktop

VMware has introduced View 3, the updated version of its virtual data infrastructure (VDI) offering. The company claimed that the new product would re...

Article | 4/12/2008 VMware releases revamped desktop software

VMware has released VMware View 3, new software aimed at providing desktop virtualization, application virtualization and management of virtual deskto...

Article | 3/12/2008 Hitachi GST, Intel team up for solid-state drives

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies and Intel are teaming up to produce solid-state drives for servers and workstations, the companies said Tuesday.

Article | 27/11/2008 Micron to launch hyper-fast SSD, touts 1GB/sec throughput

Within the next year, Micron technology expects to bring to market a high-end solid-state disk (SSD) drive that could achieve 1GB/sec throughput, acco...

Article | 12/11/2008 SSDs to stick with SATA 'for quite a while'

Intel's next-generation interface for solid-state drives (SSD) promises to make them faster and last longer, but laptops will continue to use the Seri...