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84% of IT managers are yet to make the most of cloud computing

Published in Cloud + MS Colocation/Hosting Data Analytics DC Facilities + Colo Design + Optimisation Infrastructure Platform Security Software Storage + Servers Storage Technology

Abiquo survey reveals alarming statistics on lack of cloud strategy and integration.

IT services market endured a dismal end to 2012

Last year was the worst for IT services contract activity since 2002, according to research from Ovum. Performance in the three months to the end of December 2012 fell well below the levels seen in the same period of 2011, ensuring that annual IT services contract activity fell to its lowest level for 10 years, both in terms of total contract value (TCV) and deal volume.

Published in Device Security Management Security + Compliance Storage + Servers

Dataguise has announced the results of a recent survey on the importance of securing sensitive data in Apache Hadoop environments. The study was conducted at the O’reilly Strata Conference and the RSA Conference where survey participants highlighted the need to secure sensitive information in Hadoop deployments, reducing the risk for non-compliance.

Published in Management Storage + Servers Virtualisation

The latest releases of Oracle Virtual Desktop Infrastructure and Sun Ray Software are now available and include integration with Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c, providing the industry’s first complete, single vendor desktop virtualization solution that spans hardware, software, and enterprise-class management.

Published in Carriers + Service Providers Management Networks + Telecoms Storage + Servers

Ciena’s solutions increase capacity and provide a scalable and programmable OPn network architecture optimized for delivering high performance consumer, enterprise, data center and wholesale services.

Published in Device Security Management Security + Compliance Storage + Servers

InfoWatch Research Center has released its latest annual report on worldwide data leaks reported by the press during 2012. According to InfoWatch analysts, more than 1.8 billion records were compromised in 2012, including those containing financial and personal data. The press reported 934 confidential information leaks, a 16% increase compared with last year. Direct losses – those that were published in open sources – alone amounted to more than 37.8 million dollars.

Tenfold performance increase and 100 percent uptime

Benore Logistic Systems, Inc., a Michigan-based supply-chain solutions company, has replaced its legacy standalone SAN with StorMagic SvSAN to improve performance and add redundancy. With SvSAN, Benore Logistic has maintained 100 percent uptime and realized a tenfold system performance increase compared to its previous solution.

Multi-tier intelligent data storage in the Cloud

Druva has introduced what it says is the industry’s first intelligent, storage tiering system, with support across all layers of AWS storage, including S3, Glacier and Glacier Deep Archive.

Carleton University creates Campus Research Cloud

Carleton Research Cloud offers rapid, self-service POWER compute resources for faster processing of scientific inquiries.

Storage expansion helps with coronoavirus clues

Panasas storage expansion clears way for sequencing massive amounts of genomic data that could hold clues to how coronavirus spreads – and how it could be cured.

HSBC and Quantinuum collaborate on Quantum Computing

Multi-stage project by Quantinuum and HSBC will research several quantum topic areas, including cybersecurity, fraud detection, and natural language processing.

Lightbits Labs named Storage Company of the Year

At the recent SDC Awards gala here, Lightbits Labs took home two prestigious awards, Storage Company of the Year and Hardware Innovation of the Year. Lightbits received the nod for storage company of the year for its software defined storage (SDS) solution that brings hyperscale efficiency to on-premise cloud infrastructure with low-latency composable storage. Lightbits’ SuperSSD NVMe/TCP Storage Server, the World’s First Ultra-High Capacity, High Performance SSD Storage Appliance solution was selected as the most innovative hardware solution.

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