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Article | 10/11/2008 How Windows 7 will, and won't, work better with SSDs

The first generation of solid-state drives (SSDs) introduced in PCs last year failed to live up to the hype.

Article | 10/11/2008 Microsoft: Windows 7 will run on SSD netbooks

Netbooks equipped with solid-state drives (SSD) sporting as little as 16GB of storage capacity will be able to comfortably run Windows 7, Microsoft sa...

Article | 7/11/2008 SanDisk claims new SSDs will raise speed, endurance

SanDisk on Wednesday announced a new flash memory management system called ExtremeFFS that it says will dramatically improve two of the main weaknesse...

Article | 31/10/2008 Ozzie points to slimmer future for Windows client

Microsoft is putting the Windows client OS on a diet as a way to bring the PC OS into the age of cloud computing.

Article | 16/10/2008 Intel launches SSD for enterprise market

Intel today launched a high-performance Solid-State Drive [SSD] aimed at server, workstation and storage systems.

Article | 1/10/2008 Toshiba to ship 256GB solid-state drives in October

Toshiba will ship a 256G-byte solid-state drive for laptops next month, likely beating rival Samsung Electronics to market in their race to offer high...

Article | 29/09/2008 IBM offers glimpse at virtualization security products

IBM last week offered a sneak peek at what it says will address security issues in the virtualization world by early next year.

Article | 24/09/2008 Businesses weigh benefits of solid state storage

As solid state storage drive technologies mature and claw their way into enterprise IT systems, businesses will face cost-vs.-benefit decisions over w...

Article | 23/09/2008 Samsung bid for SanDisk fails to stem NAND chip decline

When Samsung Electronics offered to buy SanDisk for US$5.85 billion early last week, some people in the industry hoped news of the possible takeover m...

Article | 23/09/2008 SanDisk and record companies launch flash memory with music

Record companies are scrambling to find new ways to distribute music in the face of declining music sales. The latest is slotMusic, a microSD card con...

Article | 23/09/2008 SNIA to push enterprise use of solid-state storage

As faster and less expensive solid-state storage systems are developed and built, the data storage industry needs to educate enterprise IT about the t...

Article | 17/09/2008 SanDisk says no to Samsung takeover bid

SanDisk has rejected an unsolicited takeover bid from hardware maker Samsung Electronics, saying that it undervalues the maker of flash storage cards.

Article | 10/09/2008 Intel ships solid-state drives for PCs, plans server version

Intel is shipping solid-state drives that are designed for use in desktop and laptop computers, the company said Monday.

Article | 9/09/2008 VMware, MS, others to fight for virtualization edge in Vegas

VMworld 2008, VMware's annual user conference in Las Vegas next week, is expected be crowded with a total of 14,000 attendees, including workers from ...

Article | 20/08/2008 Intel shows off solid-state drive road map

Intel Tuesday outlined the roadmap for its upcoming line of solid-state drives that will use flash-based solid-state memory to store data - and replac...