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HDS Set To Acquire Data Archiving Software Maker

2/5/2007
Hitachi Data Systems is set to announce Tuesday its acquisition of a developer of software for archiving and searching of data for compliance applications.
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HP Moves To Help Consolidate, Secure Data

2/5/2007
Hewlett-Packard upgraded its storage line card with enhancements aimed at storage consolidation and security.
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Adaptec Rolls Out New SAS/SATA Appliance

1/21/2007
Adaptec on Monday added to its Snap Server NAS appliance line, which now includes a range of products for small businesses and all the way up to central offices.
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NetApp To Acquire Replication Vendor Topio

11/8/2006
Topio's software allows customers to replicate, recover, and protect data over a long distance, regardless of which vendor's storage or server devices are used
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HP Expands Storage Options

10/30/2006
The product launch will run the gamut from blade servers to SANs to virtual storage.
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LeftHand Upgrades iSCSI Software, Targets HP ProLiant Servers

10/16/2006
LeftHand just introduced its SAN/iQ 6.6, an enhanced version of its software for building iSCSI-based SANs.
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Iomega, Tandberg Release Tape-Replacing Disks

10/11/2006
Both companies are looking to replace tapes with removable disk drives for backups and restores, but they're offering two different types of technology.
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QLogic Takes On Cisco With InfiniBand Acquisition

10/4/2006
Best known as a manufacturer of Fibre Channel host bus adapters, switches, and blades, QLogic plans to pay about $60 million in cash for SilverStorm.
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Seagate Confirms Dual-Brand Strategy, Sees Price Wars

10/2/2006
Going forward, the Seagate brand, as applied to desktop and mobile PC drives, will be aimed at more of a premium market than the Maxtor brand, a Seagate executive explains.
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HP Targets Gamers With VoodooPC Acquisition

9/28/2006
The company plans to form a separate business unit within its Personal Systems Group focused on the gaming business.
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Storage Gets A Spotlight At Intel Developer Forum

9/27/2006
Intel on Wednesday unveiled a new family of storage processors designed with Emulex that's aimed at customers of all sizes.
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Microsoft Upgrades Data Protection Manager

9/27/2006
Version 2 of DPM, as the software is known, now offers a more granular approach to continuous data protection, as well as increased security for information in Microsoft applications such as Exchange, SQL, and SharePoint, the company promises.
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Adaptec To Ship New Unified NAS/SAN Appliances

9/26/2006
The three new Snap storage devices are the first aimed at the small business market to run on Adaptec's Linux-based operating system, GuardianOS.
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Compellent Gets $15M In Venture Funds, Weighs IPO

9/22/2006
Next month, the vendor of tiered storage systems plans to add remote replication and storage resource management features to its product line.
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EMC Integrating Security Into Its Product Line

9/22/2006
Recent acquisitions put the company in a position to compete with the likes of Cisco and Symantec.
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IBM Offers $1,000 To Switch Blades

9/20/2006
There's some small print: How much the incentive is worth to the customer and how it's paid depends on the terms of the deal.
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Forsythe, HP To Ally On Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery

9/19/2006
The alliance is working toward offering customers a hybrid mix of internal recovery products such as replication, as well as outsourced products such as hotsites.
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Software Tags Data For Automated Security And Information Lifecycle Management

9/19/2006
Abrevity's FileData Classifier 2.1 is said to feature a rich classification capability that recognizes keywords, phrases, patterns, and proximity data.
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Analyst: Hardware Spending To Recover

9/15/2006
While overall IT spending is up 6.2% this year compared to last year, hardware spending is down 1.3%, a GCR report says, although the situation will be better next year.
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SMB Storage Face-Off

9/15/2006
Hewlett-Packard is the latest to offer a $5,000 NAS-iSCSI appliance, with EMC and Network Appliance already in the fray.
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Safe (And Not-So-Safe) Spots For Remote Data Centers

9/13/2006
The results are in for the 50 largest cities in the U.S. regarding their risk from natural disasters, including hurricanes, floods, hail, tornados, and earthquakes.
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Sun, IBM Butt Heads On Tape Encryption

9/12/2006
As the two companies shipped tape drives with built-in encryption, each accused the other of using proprietary technology.
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Gartner: Storage Hardware Sales Up For Top Vendors

9/7/2006
While the top seven vendors saw growth during the quarter, the rest of the vendors, aggregated under the "other" category, saw revenue drop by 5% over the year.
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Tandberg Buys Tape Maker Exabyte

8/30/2006
It's the second recent major merger in the tape industry, following the close last week of Quantum's $770 million acquisition of ADIC.
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Seagate To Keep Maxtor Brand

8/16/2006
Seagate will use the Maxtor brand for desktop and notebook drives.
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Sun Server Customers Qualify For Power Company Rebates

8/15/2006
Buyers of Sun Fire T1000 and T2000 servers with low-power UltraSPARC processors are eligible for rebates of $700 to $1,000 per server from Pacific Gas & Electric.
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Storage Guru Predicts Major Changes In Technology

8/11/2006
One of the newest technologies, RAID 6, will definitely help from a business continuity perspective, an independent consultant said at a recent conference. But it has the side effect of increasing the number of reads and writes for a drive by 50%, which adds to the wear over time.
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Vendors Roll Out New Removable Hard Drives

8/4/2006
Some customers use the new drives to rotate disks off-site for disaster recovery.
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Microsoft Brings Storage Server OS To Custom System Builders

8/2/2006
A Microsoft spokesman says it's easier to make it more broadly available with the release of Longhorn.
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Symantec Moves LiveState Into Backup Exec Family

7/17/2006
LiveState was Symantec's primary storage application before its acquisition of Veritas in late 2004. The software now sports new functionality and a lower price.
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HP: Solution-Centric Approach Works Best

7/6/2006
While solution providers attending Hewlett-Packard's recent Americas Partner Conference and Americas StorageWorks Conference in Las Vegas got hints about upcoming product changes in the vendor's storage line, the stronger message to the channel was solutions.
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EMC Expands BPM Capabilities With Acquisition

6/19/2006
The ProActivity deal adds to EMC's existing business process management lineup the ability to analyze and manage data captured from a variety of sources.
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CA Acquires Records Management Software Company

6/13/2006
The acquisition of MDY for an undisclosed amount follows CA's mid-October acquisition of iLumin Software Services, a developer of technology for e-mail security, archiving, storage management, and data protection.
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EMC Moving Toward Service-Oriented Architecture

6/7/2006
As part of this move, EMC is in the process of adding Smarts mapping and discovery technology to its ControlCenter storage resource management application, CEO Joe Tucci said at a conference this week.
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EMC Acquires NLayers For Application Discovery, Mapping

6/7/2006
NLayers produces an appliance that automatically identifies, maps, and models the relationships and interdependencies between applications, servers, and devices.
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Brief: PGP Unveils Auto Data Encryption Technology

6/5/2006
PGP NetShare automatically encrypts files as they're saved to a specific folder and allows only authorized users to access those files.
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Cisco Invests In File Virtualization Vendor

5/23/2006
NeoPath's products decouple the file system from physical storage devices to allow data to be migrated to lower-cost or higher-performance devices without shutting down the storage devices.
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Veterans' Data Theft Highlights Need To Secure Data On Laptops

5/23/2006
The people handling data, not technology, are the weakest link in data security.
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EMC Beefs Up Services With Acquisition

5/10/2006
EMC has acquired Interlink, an Englewood, Colo.-based professional services firm focusing on the Microsoft space, for an undisclosed amount.
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IBM Unveils New 4 Gbps Fibre Channel Arrays

5/9/2006
IBM plays catch up, following similar introductions from EMC, NetApp, and LSI Logic.
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EMC Unveils Midrange Virtual Tape Library

4/17/2006
The Clariion DL210 is a hard drive-based array configured to act as a virtual tape library. Capacity scales from 4 Tbytes to 24 Tbytes.
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IBM Beefs Up Storage Arrays

3/17/2006
The DR550 arrays, now with twice the performance of the old models, are aimed at storing data in a nonerasable, nonalterable format for compliance purposes.
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Toshiba To Supply Eco-Friendly Notebooks To Wal-Mart

2/22/2006
The notebooks are designed to comply with European regulations restricting the use of certain hazardous substances, such as lead, cadmium and mercury, in the manufacture of electronics products.
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EMC Bolsters ILM, Compliance, IP Storage Offerings

1/26/2006
EMC beefed up its information life-cycle management (ILM) offerings with what it called the world's highest-capacity disk array and unveiled enhancements to its compliance appliance and IP storage products.
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EMC: Strong Year-End Financials, New Products Thursday

1/24/2006
The storage company's reports of double-digit growth will be followed by new file-virtualization technology related to its recent acquisition of Rainfinity, CEO Joe Tucci says.
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AmeriVault Expands Online Storage Business With Acquisition

1/12/2006
Buying Capitalbackup brings an additional 200 online backup customers, giving AmeriVault an active customer base of about 700 companies.
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Storage Vendors Propose New Standard

12/20/2005
The proposed specification is meant to help move reference information around independent of the specific storage system being used. Reference information is data that, once saved, is not changed, and is an important part of compliance products.
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Sun Unveils Encrypted Tape But Remains Cryptic About Storage Future

11/2/2005
Although the T10000 enterprise tape drive is a follow-on to StorageTek's 9940B tape, Sun did not elaborate further on its storage plans in the wake of its integration of StorageTek.
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Overland Delivering First Primary Storage Array

10/21/2005
The fruit of Overland's acquisition of Zetta Systems, the array features a single storage processor with both iSCSI and Fibre Channel connectivity.
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EMC Jumps Into Continuous Data Protection

10/21/2005
RecoverPoint, EMC's first foray into the market, works in both Unix and Windows environments.
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EMC To Pay $275M For Document Imaging ISV Captiva

10/20/2005
Combining Captiva's technology with Documentum's document management will allow EMC to automate both the input and management of documents, and extend EMC's information lifecycle management strategy.
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IBM, Novell To Offer Licensing For Linux On Blades

10/12/2005
Under the new subscription model, users would pay one price for an entire BladeCenter Chassis, regardless of how many and what type of blades are in it.
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Symantec, Microsoft Duke It Out In Data Protection Arena

9/30/2005
Symantec and Microsoft last week entered a new level in their rivalry with rollouts of their long-awaited, competing data protection software applications.
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Symantec Announces Continuous-Protection Software

9/26/2005
Backup Exec 10d for the first time includes continuous data protection, which immediately backs up data as it's changed so users can recover a deleted, corrupted, or modified file.
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Intel Funds Data-Center Virtualization Upstart

9/26/2005
Virtual Iron's technology addresses all of the elements in a data center, including CPUs, memory, I/O, and storage.
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Intel, Server Vendors Team Up To Push Itanium

9/23/2005
The idea behind this week's alliance announcement: to lure mass-market software vendors to help make Itanium attractive outside of its traditional RISC base.
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FileNet Acquires Yaletown To Bolster Compliance Offering

9/16/2005
FileNet plans to integrate Yaletown Technology Group's records management technology into the FileNet P8 ECM platform.
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Louisiana Technology Park Open For Small Businesses

9/6/2005
To help companies with fewer than 25 employees reestablish the technology base for their businesses, a facility in Baton Rouge is opening its doors.
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IT Industry Rallies For Katrina Relief

9/1/2005
IT companies are rushing to implement a wide range of programs aimed at encouraging donations.
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Sun To Resell VMware Virtualization Software

8/10/2005
Sun Microsystems is now the latest hardware vendor to resell virtualization software from VMware.
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HP, Gateway Tussle Over Intellectual Property

8/9/2005
Hewlett-Packard and Gateway exchanged shots this week in the latest round of an ongoing battle over PC-related intellectual property.
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Virtualization Big At LinuxWorld

8/9/2005
Virtualization is being heard all over the LinuxWorld Expo this week, with several established and startup vendors touting new ways to make the data center more virtual.
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HP Intros Enclosure-based Red Hat Licenses For Blades

8/9/2005
New blade servers from Hewlett-Packard will soon be available with a new enclosure-based licensing option for Linux.
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IBM Gooses Grids With LinuxWorld Package Rollout

8/9/2005
Looking for a quick-and-easy grid infrastructure? Big Blue delivers with a package of blade servers, enterprise Linux distros, and some big brains to help put it all together -- all priced to get grid off the drawing board and into more data centers.
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Storage Takes Spotlight At LinuxWorld

8/8/2005
Several vendors use the show to unveil new initiatives and products for data, video, and other uses.
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IBM To Unveil Grid Computing Bundles At LinuxWorld

8/8/2005
At LinuxWorld, IBM plans to introduce a new bundle of hardware, software and services to help move grid computing into the mainstream.
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HP Endows Storage With Grid Computing Features

8/5/2005
Storage devices will act as intelligent nodes that can be turned off and on for instant scalability and easy management, the company says.
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Storage Management Is Funny? Who Knew?

7/21/2005
In humor-laced presentations, attendees at Nth Generation's annual Summer Symposium heard tips on how to remain innovative without falling for the latest technology fads.
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Sun To Open-Source Web Authentication, Single Sign-On

7/13/2005
Sun Microsystems plans to open-source its Web site authentication and single sign-on technology.
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HDS Mini Tagma Cuts Storage Cost

7/8/2005
Hitachi Data Systems this week is planning a major move into the midrange market with a lower-cost version of its TagmaStore storage virtualization array and replacements for most of its Thunder line of modular storage arrays.
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Silicon Graphics Looks Downmarket To Broaden Reach

7/8/2005
Vendor offers a $7,000 server to attract new customers.
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Unitrends Enables Hot Backups Of System Images For Bare-Metal Restores

7/5/2005
Unitrends on Tuesday unveiled a new version of its bare-metal restore software that allows the creation of system images while the server is working.
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Gateway Adds BTX Systems To Business Desktop Line

6/30/2005
Gateway on Thursday unveiled a full range of BTX-format machines based on Intel dual-core processors.
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Q&A: Acer Chief Sets Careful Digital Course

6/30/2005
Acer Group Chairman and CEO J.T. Wang sheds light on how the Taiwan computer and electronics giant aims to attack the digital convergence market.
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Dell, NetApp Increase External Controller-Based Storage Sales; Sun Slips

6/29/2005
In the external controller-based storage race, Dell and Network Appliance are pulling ahead, while Sun is dragging.
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IBM Acquires Meiosys In Utility Computing Play

6/23/2005
IBM Thursday said it has acquired Meiosys, a developer of software that allows applications to be moved dynamically from one server to another without disruption.
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StorageTek Unveils Archiving Appliance, Targets EMC's Centera

6/8/2005
StorageTek on Wednesday unveiled a new storage appliance aimed at easing the archiving for compliance and regulatory purposes.
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NetApp, Decru Secure Storage Of Credit Card, Payment Data

6/7/2005
Network Appliance is integrating credit-card and Payment Card Industry (PCI) modules from Decru into its data-protection and regulatory-compliance data management solutions.
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Lenovo, HP Unveil Dual-Core PCs, Workstations

5/26/2005
Lenovo and Hewlett-Packard on Thursday were among the first system vendors to introduce PCs and workstations based on Intel's new Pentium dual-core processor.
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Mimosa Exits Stealth Mode With E-Mail Archiving Appliance

5/23/2005
Mimosa Systems is looking for solution providers to help sell its appliance for archiving Microsoft Exchange data.
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Vendors Aim To Replace Tape As Main Backup Tool

5/20/2005
Several vendors last week introduced products positioned to replace tape in whole or in part as the backup medium of choice for small and midsize clients.
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EMC Melds ECM, ILM, Virtualization Into A Single Storage Strategy

5/17/2005
EMC managed to bring the storage industry's two top buzzwords--ILM and virtualization--together as part of a single industry trend at this week's conference in New Orleans.
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EMC Makes The Cut With Centera

5/6/2005
EMC is looking to expand its share of the long-term archive storage market and compete against new offerings from rival Veritas Software with this week's introduction of a lower-cost version of its Centera line of content-addressable storage appliances.
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Microsoft Unveils Public Beta of Data Protection Manager Software

4/13/2005
Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled the public beta of its upcoming Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager application, which is aimed at integrating disk-to-disk and near-continual data protection into its server platforms.
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Sun Gives Midrange Storage Array More Enterprise Punch

4/11/2005
Sun Microsystems is enhancing its StorEdge 6920 array with new software designed to ease the implementation of high-end replication and mirroring capabilities in midrange data centers.
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IBM Automates Backup Of DB2 Files

3/7/2005
IBM on Tuesday introduced software that enables a specific bundle of hardware, applications and services to do policy-based automation of DB2 backups.
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LCD TV Sales Booming

2/28/2005
A lot more of the world is watching television through LCD displays, according to a new report from research firm DisplaySearch.
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IBM Bolsters ILM Arsenal

2/17/2005
IBM Thursday enhanced its ILM offerings with new hardware and software aimed at better managing information from the time it is created to when it is disposed.
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Enterprise SATA-II Controller To Debut At LinuxWorld

2/10/2005
LSI Logic next week plans to unveil what it said is the industry's first enterprise-class SATA-II RAID controller.
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Storage Strikes A Chord At CES

1/7/2005
Several vendors used CES to unveil storage devices for home and small-business networks, including products that can serve stored data across wireless networks.
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LCD Sales Rise, Custom Units Fade As Prices Fall

12/30/2004
The continuing fall of LCD monitor prices has been good news for custom-system builders as they watch customers flock to the technology and away from CRT monitors. But the price drop is causing some builders to stop production of custom monitors.
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Cisco Launches Storage Networking Specialization

6/29/2004
Cisco formally launches storage networking specialization program to channel.
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