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Q&A with Acronis CEO Jason Donahue

CBR talks to the boss of backup and disaster recovery firm Acronis

Toshiba to transfer memory back-end function from Fukuoka to Yokkaichi

Plans to increase current overseas production ratio for memory back-end process to about 80% by year end

Astute Networks updates Edge Storage Foundation Suite

Combines block and file storage access in single blade

Fujitsu, Symantec to extend global strategic partnership

Plan to combine Fujitsu Eternus storage systems and Primergy servers with Symantec’s data management and storage management software products

Addonics unveils new version of NAS Adapter

Claims to provide transfer rate of 15-20MBps when connected to gigabit network

QNAP launches new mid-range Turbo NAS servers

Feature Intel Atom D410 single-core processor, iSCSI and virtualisation capabilities

Chelsio beefs up unified storage offerings

Unified Storage Server offers NAS and SAN capabilities

Samsung launches 2TB EcoGreen F3EG HDD for desktop market

Utilises EcoTriangle technology that provides eco-friendly components, low-power and low-noise operation technology

CommVault rolls out cloud storage connector for Simpana software

Allows customers to move on-premises backup and archive data into and out of private and public cloud storage

Fujitsu Q3 sales up 8.8% to JPY1,146.7bn

Focuses on expanding business in markets outside Japan

Comments & Opinion

Cloudy skies?

Jason Stamper looks beyond the ‘cloud computing’ hype to ask what it really is, and just as crucially, what it is not.

Thought Leaders: running IT as a business

This white paper was written by Professor Paul P Tallon of the Sellinger School of Business and Management, Loyola College, Baltimore, for CBR on behalf of GlassHouse Technologies. It outlines the steps companies can take to treat storage as a service-orientated business, moving IT from being a cost centre to a value centre.

CBR Thought Leaders: IT in a Cold Climate

Is paring IT investment back to the bone the best strategy for surviving the downturn? Dr Richard Williams argues the case against.

Central Station: the rise of the CMDB

Interest in the configuration management database (CMDB) is helping to drive a wave of interest in business service management, or BSM. But is there real value behind the CMDB acronym?

CBR Thought Leaders Series: The Green Light for Green IT

In the first of a new series of articles written by industry thought leaders, Rockwell C. Bonecutter, Accenture’s North America Green IT lead, runs down five ways of making a winning case for green IT.

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