Fujitsu targets ‘online-data-hungry customers’

Fujitsu has announced its plans to deliver new storage appliances providing customers needing instant online access to large data volumes with a new hyper-scale, software-defined storage solution based on Intel® technologies and utilising Ceph open-source software.

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Acronis acquires BackupAgent, strengthening cloud backup offering for service providers

With the acquisition of BackupAgent, Acronis enables service providers to offer the most complete cloud backup solution to customers of any size.

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EMEA server revenue rising fast

International Data Corporation's (IDC) latest EMEA Server Tracker shows that the EMEA server market saw strong growth in both revenues and units shipped in 2Q14 in comparison to the same quarter last year. Revenues increased 3.6% YoY, to $3.2 billion. This growth was also seen in shipments in the EMEA region, with the first positive YoY unit growth in the past 10 quarters — an increase of 2.5% for a total of just over 550,000 units.

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Blue Coat reveals security risks from “One-Day Wonders” websites

Blue Coat Systems, Inc. says that 71 percent of hostnames appeared for just 24 hours. While the majority of these “One-Day Wonders” are the backbone for how Internet content is shared and delivered, the sheer volume provides cover for malicious activity, including communication to infected systems.

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Hammer celebrates first anniversary of Registered Disk Partner Scheme

Distributor launches next promotion including 25 iPad Minis to be won in September, plus adds new element to successful disk programme.

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Technical Discussion: Encryption and Security at High Speed over Distance for IP Storage

Why do so many IP replication solutions lack encryption capabilities, and why is performance an issue when you need to encrypt data inflight? Check out Brocade subject matter experts discussing the challenges of maintaining security while replicating data between data centers at high throughput, including how Brocade addresses this architecturally with IP Extension.

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