DataCore’s SANsymphony-V software provides a host of storage features, including auto-tiering, replication, and the ability to remove physical disks without disruption, that can be run on a variety of storage hardware.
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DataCore’s Storage Hypervisor: An Overview
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Enterasys Launches New Devices for High-Density Wi-Fi
Enterasys today announced new access points and controllers designed to support large numbers of WLAN clients in hyper-dense environments.
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NetApp Launches New Mid-Tier Storage Arrays
NetApp has updated its FAS3200 platform, offering more computing power and capacity to small and medium-size companies.
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Brocade Gets Virtual Networking with Vyatta Acquisition
Brocade is buying Vyatta, which makes a software router. The move puts Brocade squarely into the virtual networking space, with implications for its SDN strategy, security and more.
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Crappy VPN support: The one fatal flaw of Windows RT
I’ve been using the Surface RT tablet for a week now, and so far I have found a lot to like about it. In many ways, it is a more functional mobile productivity device out of the box than the iPad or other tablets. However, it has a distinct Achilles heel that will render it useless for many: VPN.
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Apple’s Fusion Drive: An Inside Look
Apple’s Fusion Drive, a hybrid of SSD and hard disk, revs up iMac performance while also providing terabytes of capacity. PC makers should pay attention to this powerful combination.
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Wireless for Beginners Part 2: Avoiding Collisions
Wireless networks must avoid collisions to ensure packets reach their destination. This post reviews CSMA/CA and RTS/CTS techniques that let wireless devices share common airspace without disrupting traffic.
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Savvis Challenges Amazon With On-Demand IaaS
Service provider Savvis is now offering infrastructure as a service, SavvisDirect, that competes with Amazon Web Services. And while it hasn’t done so yet, it may one day soon offer a competitive advantage: daisy-chained data centers that allow systems in one location to automatically fail over to another.
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How To Speak Data Center: kWh to BTUs
IT professionals that want proper power and cooling for their gear need to be comfortable with terms and calculations used by data center facilities pros. Lesson two: how to convert units of power into units of energy.
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Huawei Hits Back At U.S. Security Investigation
The recent U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence report, which concludes that Huawei Technologies and ZTE are a security threat, is a case of “Americans being Americans,” according to Huawei’s VP for Western Europe. (See U.S. vs Huawei/ZTE: The Verdict.)
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