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Storage Roundup: IBM brings data deduplication to System z mainframe
IBM adds ProtecTier data deduplication gateway for mainframe systems; Dot Hill launches FC/iSCSI SANs; Bus-Tech upgrades mainframe virtual tape library (VTL); and more. Article | 25 Feb 2010
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Fibre Channel switch port shipments expected to spike after 2009 drop, then decline over long term
Fibre Channel switch port shipments are expected to increase after first-time decline in 2009, but long-term outlook calls for eventual decline as Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) picks up steam. Article | 18 Feb 2010
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EMC: No plans to kill Clariion
EMC denies widespread speculation in the enterprise data storage industry that it's planning to phase out Clariion SAN systems in favor of Celerra multiprotocol storage. Article | 05 Feb 2010
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Cisco consolidates data storage services; launches data migration appliance
With an eye on consolidation and storage integrators, Cisco places I/O acceleration, encryption, data erasure and SAN extension on one card and launches data migration appliance. Article | 14 Jan 2010
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Compellent Storage Center 5 adds portable volume option for replication
Compellent's Storage Center SAN will update a portable hard drive for customers with limited replication bandwidth; also adds virtual ports, SAS, RAID 6, and consistency groups. Article | 11 Jan 2010
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Brocade CEO Mike Klayko: We're not for sale
Brocade Communications CEO Mike Klayko denies the company has been for sale, says new Acadia venture between EMC-Cisco won't hurt and looks ahead to Fibre Channel (FC) technology upgrades. Article | 24 Nov 2009
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SAN sales boosted by need for storage efficiency
Compellent sales increased last quarter thanks to a storage efficiency message in a down economy. Now analysts are looking toward the midrange SAN vendor's next act. Article | 29 Oct 2009
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Compellent says smaller businesses can dodge forklift upgrades with QuickStart Fibre Channel SAN
Compellent adds a QuickStart bundle of hardware and software available to small enterprises through the channel, and claims it can be nondisruptively upgraded to the enterprise version. Article | 30 Sep 2009
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The University of Arizona consolidates networks with Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
University reduces Ethernet cabling and saves FC switch ports by consolidating with Cisco Nexus FCoE switches, but end-to-end FCoE to storage arrays remains a long way off. Article | 29 Sep 2009
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Dataram enters solid-state storage market with XcelaSAN
Memory controller vendor Dataram wades into the current Flash-as-cache vs. Flash-as-disk debate with its new XcelaSAN storage acceleration device. Article | 28 Sep 2009