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VelociRaptor Hard Disk Drives from WD Offer Doubled Capacity
Western Digital, which wants to be known as WD, on April 5 started shipping the fastest, most capacious 2.5-inch SATA hard disk drive it has ever made. At 600GB, the VelociRaptor VR200M doubles the capacity of the original version, which was released in 2008. A 450GB model is also available. >> Click here to read…
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Quantum Extends Tape Reach
Quantum, which just edged out tape market leader HP with its LTO-5 announcement last month, is back with its latest tape automation product. The Quantum Scalar i6000 Tape Library, which will ship later this quarter, offers a significant increase in capacity, high availability and enhanced security over the previous generation, says Ryan Duffy, product marketing…
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NetApp Blitz: Vindication Or Pre-Emptive Strike?
NetApp is celebrating the shipment of more than 150,000 unified storage systems, and some analysts are pushing the company whose stock has risen 5 percent in the last few days. However an alternative view is that this press and blog blitz might have more to do with an anticipated unified storage announcement from the storage…
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Dot Hill Revs Up Channel Portfolio
Having only formally entered the channel in October – and already winning kudos for its channel program – storage vendor Dot Hill Systems is taking its first major step to provide solution providers with a differentiated product set that addresses a number of vertical markets. In fact, the target market is huge and the company…
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Avnet Adds Storage Muscle with Bell Micro Acquisition
Distribution giant Avnet (NYSE:AVT) has announced a definitive agreement to buy storage-centric distributor Bell Microproducts (NASDAQ:BELM), marking the largest acquisition in Avnet’s history and one that will expand the company’s product offerings and geographies. Specifically, Avnet will get Bell Micro’s stronghold—its hard disk drive business—plus a range of other products and geography expansions. Wall Street…