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How to modernize your backup infrastructure

The technologies to vastly improve backup and recovery performance and reliability have arrived. Here's how to put them to good use.

| Feature | Software | Storage | 09/02/10 at 11:56 am |


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HP raises 3PAR bid to $33 per share

Hewlett-Packard has raised its offer for virtualized storage vendor 3PAR to US$33 per share, or roughly $2.4 billion, from its previous bid of $30 per share, 3PAR said Thursday. The move tops Dell's latest offer of $32 per share, according to 3PAR.

| News | Business | Storage | 09/02/10 at 10:15 am


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3 Cloud Storage Use Cases Ready For Prime Time: Forrester

Despite the confusion surrounding what cloud storage really means and how it might be used, few advances in storage have been hyped as much as "cloud storage." Understandably, IT professionals are intrigued by the prospect of reducing their reliance on internal capabilities, eliminating capital spending, and improving the overall cost structure of specific parts of their storage environment by moving workloads to the cloud. At the same time, every vendor in the space is painting its products and message with a cloud veneer. To cut through the hype, Forrester defines cloud storage as:

| News | Internet | SaaS | Storage | 09/01/10 at 8:54 pm |


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3Par faces lawsuit as bidding war continues

3Par, which is already the subject of a bidding war between Hewlett-Packard and Dell, is now among a group of companies being sued by Crossroads Systems for patent infringement.

| News | Business | Legal | Storage | 09/01/10 at 7:15 pm


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NetApp, Syncsort team up on data protection

NetApp and Syncsort are bringing storage and data protection together in a single product, NetApp Syncsort Integrated Backup, to offer quick backup and restoration of an enterprise's data.

| News | Small business | Software | Storage | 09/01/10 at 11:16 am |


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The decline and fall of the relational database

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