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• Barracuda Intros Cloud LiveBoot For VMware For Speedy Disaster Recovery
  7:12 PM EST Tue. Jun. 18, 2013
  The new Cloud LiveBoot for VMware feature in Barracuda Backup 5.2 gives customers the ability to boot virtual machines after a disaster directly from backed up, compressed and deduped data in the cloud.
• NetApp Clustered Data Ontap 8.2 OS Highlights Software-Defined Storage, Service Quality
  10:30 AM EST Tue. Jun. 11, 2013
  New quality of service, scalability and backup capabilities in NetApp's new Clustered Data Ontap 8.2 storage operating system target making storage a centerpiece of a multitenant IT environment whether hardware-defined or software-defined.
• Dell Compellent: New Twist To Tiered Storage
  12:31 PM EST Wed. Jun. 05, 2013
  Dell Enterprise Forum news includes the ability to automatically tier data between high-performance SLC flash and high-capacity MLC flash storage, along with a new high-density enclosure.
• Avnet Intros Mobile VSPEX Solution For DR, Harsh Environment Deployments
  6:14 PM EST Mon. Jun. 03, 2013
  The Avnet Mobile Data Center Solution for EMC VSPEX solution targets fast deployments after a disaster or in harsh environments, and includes a complete data center based on the EMC VSPEX reference architecture built into a case that moves on its own power.
• TechEd: LSI, Microsoft Team On Low-Cost Clustered Server, Storage Solution
  3:05 PM EST Fri. May. 31, 2013
  At TechEd, LSI and Microsoft will unveil the LSI Syncro CS, a new solution that brings high availability to direct attach storage environments for SMBs and SMEs not looking to invest in expanding external storage networks.
• 10 Hot Tech Startups For May
  12:00 PM EST Fri. May. 31, 2013
  From network virtualization to big data analytics to unified communications hardware, there's no shortage of startups with innovative technologies this month.
• Veeam Backup, Replication Software Adds Built-In WAN Acceleration
  7:57 PM EST Thu. May. 23, 2013
  Veeam has added built-in WAN acceleration and the ability to do full data restores from snapshots in its Veeam Backup & Replication v7 software as a way to improve disaster recovery capabilities for customers with virtualized environments.
• Citrix Is 'Going Mobile,' Opens XenDesktop 7, XenMobile To Any Device
  5:29 PM EST Thu. May. 23, 2013
  The new Citrix XenDesktop 7 and Citrix XenMobile, both of which were demonstrated this week at Citrix Synergy, are targeted at businesses looking to make external and internal apps and data available to their mobile users using any type of mobile device.
• Barracuda Acquires SignNow For Storage Business
  1:15 PM EST Wed. May. 22, 2013
  Cloud-based e-signature firm SignNow enables businesses to digitally sign and back up important documents.
• TwinStrata Updates CloudArray To Target Disaster-Recovery-as-a-Service
  10:22 AM EST Tue. May. 21, 2013
  TwinStrata's new CloudArray DRaaS lets customers take advantage of public storage clouds to get low-cost, on-demand Disaster-Recovery-as-a-Service.
• Hitachi Adds New Specialization Incentives, Partner-Only Accounts To TrueNorth Channel Program
  12:20 PM EST Thu. May. 16, 2013
  HDS is using back-end rebates to incent its TrueNorth channel program partners to get specializations for its Hitachi UCP converged infrastructure solution, and is promising channel-only targeting of customers outside of its named accounts.
• MSPs Cheer As Google Pools Free Cloud Storage
  10:12 AM EST Wed. May. 15, 2013
  Pooling the free cloud storage Google offers its customers as a way to make accessing it more flexible opens the door for MSPs to show how much more they can offer to potential customers.
• 10 Hot Products From EMC World To Hit The Storage Scene
  2:00 PM EST Tue. May. 14, 2013
  Even thought there was nothing like the massive EMC 42-product release seen at the EMC World 2012, there was still enough new storage hardware and software unveiled at EMC World 2013 to make the visit worthwhile.
• HP Tackles SMB Storage Biz With New MSA, StoreEasy NAS Products
  2:35 PM EST Mon. May. 13, 2013
  HP is making a new SMB storage push with a 16-Gbit Fibre channel MSA 2040 array, a new StoreEasy NAS appliance, and its new HP Simply StoreIT channel program.
• Is Software-Defined Storage For Real Or A Lot Of Hot Air?
  10:20 AM EST Mon. May. 13, 2013
  Vendors debate whether software-defined storage will replace legacy storage hardware with commodity hardware.
• EMC Expands On Plans To Replace Velocity With EMC Business Partner Program, But Details Still Lacking
  7:26 PM EST Thu. May. 09, 2013
  EMC's upcoming EMC Business Partner program, scheduled to replace its Velocity program by Jan. 1, is still very much a work in progress, according to some of EMC's top channel executives.
• Dimension Data Joins Amazon, Rackspace With Three-Tiered Cloud Storage
  10:55 AM EST Wed. May. 08, 2013
  A new option for dynamically moving cloud storage between three different tiers based on performance requirements makes Dimension Data the third cloud storage service provider to do so.
• EMC Updates Isilon Storage Platform For Mobility, Cloud, Analytics
  4:02 PM EST Tue. May. 07, 2013
  EMC is adding mobility, cloud and big data analytics capabilities to its EMC Isilon scale-out NAS platform, and it plans to add dedupe and auditing capabilities by year-end.
• Nutanix Seeks Partners To Help With Scale-Out Data Center Vision
  12:43 PM EST Tue. May. 07, 2013
  Nutanix, a fast-growing converged infrastructure startup, is looking to build out its North American partner ranks with partners ready to embrace its scale-out data center philosophy.
• EMC's New Software-Defined Storage Play: Meet ViPR
  2:01 PM EST Mon. May. 06, 2013
  EMC's upcoming ViPR technology grabs the functionality of EMC, third-party and commodity hardware-based storage and presents it to applications to improve storage orchestration and management.
• Lenovo To Drop Iomega Brand On Joint EMC Products
  4:20 PM EST Thu. May. 02, 2013
  Iomega's NAS hardware will soon carry the LenovoEMC name as Lenovo looks to spark channel adoption of the storage products.
• Offering A Complete Solution: Storage VAR Builds Storage Services VAR
  4:20 PM EST Tue. Apr. 30, 2013
  H.A. Services, a new solution provider formed as a storage replications services sister company to H.A. Storage, is investing in NetApp and EMC infrastructures to give customers without the resources to own their replication hardware an offsite solution for disaster recovery and archiving.
• Virtualized Data Center, Services Strength Drive VAR Datalink's Growth
  8:39 PM EST Mon. Apr. 29, 2013
  Datalink, one of the few midrange solution providers to provide quarterly financials, said that its Cisco-NetApp-EMC-centered virtualized data center business and its fast-growing services operations are driving the company's current growth.
• 10 Hot Tech Startups For April
  12:00 PM EST Mon. Apr. 29, 2013
  From predictive analytics to cloud and mobile application performance management to "big data" storage for SMBs, there's no shortage of startups with innovative technologies this month.
• Box Says Its Cloud-Based File Sharing Tech Is HIPAA, HITECH 'Compliant'
  5:28 PM EST Fri. Apr. 26, 2013
  Box said its cloud-based file sharing technology, which is now HIPAA and HITECH compliant, meets the needs of physicians who are increasingly mobile, but a solution provider argues that clients require greater control than a pure cloud offering can provide.