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East Sussex seeks significant private investment for broadband rollout

East Sussex County Council has revealed details of its plans to roll-out superfast broadband across the region, where it has said it will require ?significant private sector investment? from its chosen partner.
Storage monster does it over Ethernet

Coraid has introduced a free-standing tower of shared Ethernet storage, using a low-level protocol that avoids the need for Fibre Channel or iSCSI.
Morton outlines new Linux kernel plans

Development phase of kernel 2.6.21 kicks off.
Compatibility compendium for Linux launched
Novell takes new approach on Linux drivers
Netgear and Zetera slash cost of SANs
The fastest NAS on the planet

And other stories in the storage news round-up.
SCO releases new products to market confusion
Want to know how Gmail works - and whether it will work?

We take a look at the much-hyped Google email service

Latest Features

The complete guide to running Windows on a Mac

Mac OS X is a great operating system for most tasks, but some enterprise software just won't run on anything but Windows. This guide will show you how to get Windows 7 running on your Mac. And since Windows 8 Developer Preview was just released a few weeks ago, it made sense to include this as well to spare you the early adopter pains I had.
Ten of the best free hard drive utilities

Most users are satisfied with the hard drive utilities that ship with Windows, especially the more powerful partitioning and defragging tools found in Windows Vista and 7. Since you're reading this, though, you're obviously not a "most" type of user.
Little blooming marvels

Perp' recording and increased board real estate space means 2.5 inch disks can do more, much more.
ATA-over-Ethernet protocol

ATA-over-Ethernet protocol is a road to very cheap SANs. It's coming from the Linux market and a Windows driver is becoming available from Coriad.
The reality of virtual servers

Although it may seem like magic, server virtualisation is real, and it's giving admins unprecedented control over enterprise data centres.
Google's storage strategy

There is not a NAS or SAN in sight. Google has no great disk arrays, no high-speed storage grids, just PC servers with internal disks.
Lassy's terror bite?

LaCie says it is going to introduce the first terabyte 'disk'. It is for consumer use. Why not business? Why aren't Seagate et al, introducing terabyte drives?
Serial ATA - putting on a fine performance

Where will SATA drives find their niche? We discover the answer in part 3 of our series on serial ATA disk drives.
What does the future hold for tape technology?

Newer technologies are challenging the primacy of tape in the back-up world. How have manufacturers adapted to these new initiatives and how will the medium be used in the future.

How-tos

How to install an old laptop hard drive in your desktop

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ARM targets servers and smartphones with first 64-bit processors

Radio Spectrum Policy Programme approved by European Parliament

Nokia Siemens and Qualcomm show multiflow bandwidth multiplier

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