Tackling data growth, performance and virtual sprawl

Symantec has announced the latest version of its NetBackup solution, bringing new functionality to protect the largest scale VMware-based environments as enterprises move to a software-defined data centre architecture. NetBackup 7.6 is the only backup product designed for enterprise level scale, which can accommodate hundreds of thousands of virtual machines and petabytes of data while giving customers 400x faster virtual machine recovery than a standard restore. IT organisations can now...

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SMEs give IT suppliers positive feedback

Nearly 80% of UK small to medium sized (SME) businesses have a positive relationship with their IT suppliers, according to independent research by data centre and communications specialist, Node4. The survey of 250 IT decision makers in companies between 50-500 employees, revealed that 45% of SMEs are working closely together in a strategic relationship with their IT vendor and a further 34% agreed that their supplier totally understands their business and meets its needs.

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‘Industry-first’ for ultra density storage arrays

Dot Hill Systems Corp. has announced a suite of high-performance, ultra-density Ultra48™ AssuredSAN™ storage arrays. Targeted at customers with throughput-intensive applications, the arrays use a patent pending enclosure developed by Dot Hill to maximise storage processing power in a minimal rack footprint. This ultra-density solution delivers twice the performance and twice the capacity per rack unit compared to traditional arrays while maintaining Dot Hill’s proven...

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Kroll Ontrack launches data recovery relief to UK flood victims

Kroll Ontrack is offering support to UK residents affected by the recent storms across Britain. During the Christmas and the New Year period a series of severe storms, flooding and power cuts have damaged homes and appliances, including personal computers and mobile devices. In response to the crisis, Kroll Ontrack has pledged to provide victims with the following services for data files impacted by the storms:

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Zendesk supports GLOSSYBOX to optimise global customer service

Zendesk and GLOSSYBOX to work together in Europe; with expansion to China, Japan, Korea and USA planned for the future.

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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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