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Isilon Quarter Profit Jumps
July 22 (Reuters) – Isilon Systems Inc (NASDAQ:ISLN) posted a quarterly profit that was double Wall Street expectations and raised its full-year revenue growth view, sending shares of the data storage firm to a three-year high. For the second quarter, the company posted net income of $2 million, or 3 cents a share, compared with…
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EMC Quarter Forecast Disappoints Some, But VMware Remains Strong
BOSTON, July 21 (Reuters) – EMC Corp (NYSE:EMC) said it sees "bumps in the road" in the global economic recovery and gave an earnings forecast that disappointed some investors, sending its shares down over 3 percent. Executives at the world’s biggest maker of corporate data storage equipment said on Wednesday that the U.S. federal government…
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Dell Acquires Storage Deduplication Vendor Ocarina Networks
Dell has expanded its storage technology portfolio to include more compression and deduplication with the acquisition of Ocarina Networks. Dell’s move to up its game in this area comes as companies focus on getting more out of their storage, driven by the exponential growth of data retention requirements. Most big technology vendors have a foot…
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Seagate’s FreeAgent GoFlex 3TB Now Shipping
It had to happen sooner or later, and in this case it happened sooner than the industry expected. Hard drive and storage device maker Seagate Technology announced June 29 that has made available the industry’s first 3TB desktop storage device, a new version of its popular FreeAgent GoFlex. Seagate’s FreeAgent GoFlex 3TB, priced at $249,…
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Intel Offers SSDs for Laptops and Desktop Computers at Best Buy
Taking its solid-state drives to the masses, Intel is making its devices available through 800 U.S. Best Buy stores and the online BestBuy.com site, pitching them as a replacement for existing hard drives in laptop and desktop computers or a complement to them. Priced at $130 to $230 depending on capacity, Intel says the drives…
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Technology Partners Join HP Product Blitz
LAS VEGAS – HP’s technology partners, including Brocade, Samsung, Stomasys, Emulex, VMware and Microsoft, used the technology giant’s HP Tech Forum 2010 to launch new initiatives and products. But Cisco was not there, illustrating the philosophical differences that have characterized the recent difficulties with the former HP partner and now data-center rival. Click here for…