Cloud storage vendor CTERA is looking to bring high-speed, easy-to-use, distributed storage to the SMB market with its cloud storage gateway appliances. CTERA is leveraging a concept where storage is provided both locally and replicated out in the cloud to meet multiple business needs. The local appliance provides high-speed access to data and backups, while the cloud-based replicated data offers geographic distribution in case of a loss of facility or other major disaster.
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CTERA Links Cloud Storage With Data Protection
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vSphere License Changes Bring Out Pitchforks
The twitterati have taken up torches and pitchforks against VMware and Netflix for changing their pricing models. With vSphere 5, VMware’s changed from licensing based on processor cores and physical memory to charging for vRAM, the amount of memory actually allocated to VMs across your server cluster.
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Apple iPad, Day 16: Setting Up My iPad Workstation
30 Days With the iPad: Day 16
The size, weight, battery life, and other attributes of the iPad 2 make it a solid choice for computing on the go, but most of the time I am just sitting at my desk. Today I am going to explore how to set the iPad up at my desk to connect with a monitor and keyboard for everyday use.
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Is Flash The New Disk?
Several commentators have started predicting that, in just a few years, flash will totally replace disk in primary storage, making flash the new disk, disk the new tape, tape the old tape or tape as dead as Francisco Franco. While I would love to never again hear the screeching of heads across spinning media, I think these commentators may be just a bit optimistic.
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Cisco Catalyst Update Lowers Cost and Triples Performance Of HP Switch
At its annual customer event, Cisco Live, Cisco said that the latest Catalyst 6500 40Gbit-ready switch features the Supervisor Engine 2T (Sup-2T), a 2-Tbit card that unlocks 80 Gbits per second per slot, 10-Gbit and 10-Gbit Ethernet line cards, IPv4 and IPv6 support from the switch’s hardware platform, network virtualization capabilities, L4 to L7 integrated services modules, and application performance and visibility monitoring through a revamped NetFlow.
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Apple iPad, Day 15: Working With Files on the iPad
30 Days With the iPad: Day 15
In order for the iPad 2 to be functional as a primary computing device, it has to be able to work with files. I need to be able to create files, save files, copy files from other devices, print files, and send files as email attachments. However, the iPad doesn’t have a typical file and folder system for storing data, so for today’s installment of 30 Days With the iPad I am going to try and figure out how to work with files and data on the iPad.
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Cisco Unveils New Security To Thwart ‘Targeted’ Attacks
Cisco Systems, which reported recently that mass spam email attacks on computer users are being replaced with more sophisticated, targeted attacks, has introduced a new security technology to thwart those attacks. At its Cisco Live conference, the company unveiled Cisco IronPort Outbreak Filters, which, when spotting a suspicious email containing what might be a malware link, rewrites the link to direct it to a Cisco security tool that will determine if it is malware and, if so, block it.
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Oracle Places Its Storage Strategy Bets
Key Oracle executives—President Mark Hurd, Executive VP of Systems John Fowler and Senior VP of Storage Phil Bullinger—unveiled the company’s storage strategy a day after the official announcement of Oracle’s acquisition of Pillar Data Systems. Although that deal is noteworthy, it should not distract from Oracle leveraging its traditional product strengths to strengthen its overall storage position.
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New Fluke Networks Time Machine Speeds Up Problem Solving
Fluke Networks’ latest version of its Network Time Machine (version 8) now offers both instant identification of network versus server problems and root-cause analysis of network and application problems. The all-in-one, 100% packet capture appliance reduces finger pointing and enables users to much more quickly identify the source of a problem, which means they can work on resolving it faster, says the company.
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Meraki’s Latest Cloud Rumblings
Regardless of what strength of cloud Kool-Aid you drink, it’s hard to ignore the progress being made by cloud-based wireless solutions providers as they bulk up and spread wings into the wired side of the network. The original of the species in this realm is Meraki, and its unique offerings get ever more polished with its latest hardware and feature sets.
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