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Computacenter helps Jaguar supplier deploy IBM SAN

Unipart Logistics, a supply chain service company that delivers parts for Jaguar cars, has been working with Computacenter to implement a new storage solution for the company enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.
Red Hat RHEL 6.2 boosts SME storage capabilities

Red Hat has updated Red Hat Enterprise Linux, its flagship operating system, with new technologies designed to cut the cost and improve performance of enterprise storage, the company announced yesterday.
EMC unveils all-SSD VNX, high bandwidth arrays

EMC has announced the availability of an all-solid state drive midrange VNX array with 10X the performance of previous models, as well as a high bandwidth option for its hard drive VNX models, offering 50% more bandwidth.
HP's new virtualisation servers provide path to cloud

Hewlett-Packard on Monday announced new servers that come pre-configured with Microsoft software to help companies deploy virtualised workloads more quickly.
VMworld conference sees bevy of new products from HP, Dell and EMC

While VMware had no shortage of new and updated products to debut at its VMworld conference, being held this week in Las Vegas, many VMware partners and competitors introduced their own offerings at the show as well.
Dell launches new EqualLogic storage array range

Dell has announced a refresh of its midrange line of EqualLogic storage arrays, which are aimed at small-to-midsize businesses and remote corporate offices.
VMware to launch Cloud Infrastructure Suite for hosted resources

Setting the stage for cloud deployments, VMware will update many of its core products and bundle them into an integrated release, called the Cloud Infrastructure Suite, the company announced.
Broadcom launches adapter chip for Fiber Channel over Ethernet

Broadcom's first processor for FCoE (Fibre Channel over Ethernet) is now coming on the market in network adapters qualified by EMC, backed by claims it is 80 percent faster than any other FCoE component.
NetApp publishes reference architecture for Microsoft cloud

NetApp has published a reference architecture for using its storage equipment for internal Microsoft-based clouds.
EMC's VPLEX enables data replication over long distances

EMC made several announcements around data replication and protection, including the ability to replicate data in real time between storage arrays thousands of miles apart.

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Getting the most out of flash storage

Over the past few years mainstream enterprises have been turning to NAND flash storage to boost speed and decrease latency, but some vendors still produce products that inhibit customers from achieving flash's full potential.
SAN/LAN convergence can pay dividends today

Today's workers want faster computing speeds and more storage, management wants it all under budget, and IT professionals are scrambling to save money and improve productivity. The tools of choice to achieve these goals are typically virtualisation, cloud computing and data centre consolidation, but IT may be overlooking a simple but effective fix: storage area network (SAN) and local area network (LAN) convergence.
Data management, budget constraints top issue for IT managers

IT managers attending Storage Networking World this week revealed in a poll that while corporate data is growing rapidly, their budgets to manage it have remained flat or shrunk.
The move towards the virtual organisation

The benefits of using virtualisation to drive out costs are obvious, and that is why virtualisation is taking hold in a huge way within many organisations. Many have begun using server virtualisation as a way to consolidate infrastructure by collapsing their physical servers into fewer more efficient blade servers. Server virtualisation reduces floor space, power, and cooling requirements, which translates to fewer more efficient virtualised data centres, potentially saving huge amounts of money.
Buy an expensive SAN to save money

The benefits of SANs (storage area networks) sound tantalising: efficient centralized storage, high performance, and rock-solid reliability. But SANs are too expensive if you're a small business. Or are they? Let's do the numbers - you may be surprised.
Will Windows 7 spread desktop virtualisation?

Microsoft is pushing desktop virtualisation as a way of making Windows 7 play nicely with old applications, especially those written for Windows XP. So now that the technology has been "blessed" by Microsoft, can the industry brace for a desktop virtualisation boom? Probably not, most experts agree.
Cisco data centre guru on IPv6, virtualisation and strategy

As a 13 year Cisco veteran, John McCool, senior vice president and General Manager of Cisco's Data Centre Switching and Services Group, has seen a boatload of change.
Will free Citrix upgrades boost virtual desktops?

The set of virtual desktop system enhancements Citrix Systems announced this week is unusual not for its timing or technical acumen, but for focusing on the experience of actual end users.
Cisco and HP gear up for battle in data centre

Cisco's foray into the server market has been talked about for some months now. What has not been so widely discussed is HP's attack on Cisco's territory with a new range of ProCurve switches - it all adds up to a tasty battle.
Brocade's very big switch

Brocade is announcing its largest, fastest and most flexible switch ever, the DCX, today. This new class of product is designed for datacentres chock full of virtual servers with applications needing access to both file and block data stored both locally and remotely.

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Case Study: Unified storage sorts out a Surrey hospital file problem

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Case Study: UK Bank gets SAN eye-opener

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