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NetApp, CommVault Parnter on SnapProtect Backup Package
Storage network systems maker NetApp and storage software provider CommVault, whom some might think ought to be competitors because they sell into many of the same markets, announced May 31 that they have signed a new global OEM agreement under which they will cross-pollinate some key products. In fact, California-based NetApp and New Jersey-based CommVault…
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BridgeStor, Symantec Partner on SMB Storage Appliance
Storage specialist BridgeStor announced it has signed an OEM agreement with Symantec to provide small and medium-size businesses with an Application Optimized Storage appliance equipped with Symantec’s Backup Exec 2010 deduplication suite. Designed to bring data reduction technology to the SMB arena, the BridgeStor AOS appliance combines the functionality of a backup server with a…
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SMBs Want Remote Access, On-Premises Backup: Survey
A new survey on storage priorities for small and midsize businesses has found that most SMBs (68 percent of those participating in the survey) have one or fewer persons dedicated to IT, while 99 percent say they will not move 100 percent of their storage to the cloud. In the survey of data storage specialist…
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HP, IBM Lead Worldwide Server Market Demand: IDC Report
Revenue in the worldwide server market increased 12.1 percent year over year to $11.9 billion in the first quarter of 2011 (1Q11), according to IT research firm IDC. This is the fifth consecutive quarter of year-over-year revenue growth, as server market demand continued to improve around the world. The company’s report found server unit shipments…
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Network-Attached Storage for SMBs to Be a $2 Billion Market by 2015
More than seven in 10 SMBs that use cloud-based storage solutions also use networked-attached storage, according to a recent In-Stat survey. While SMB NAS represents a smaller portion of the total NAS market, it is expected to grow at a much faster rate over the forecast period, with revenues reaching $2 billion in 2015, said…