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Carbonite CEO Speaks on the Growing Online Storage Trend

By Chris Preimesberger | Posted: 2008-06-11

David Friend, founder and CEO of Carbonite, is always good for a thoughtful -- and colorful -- analysis of almost anything in the online data storage sector. If you have custom
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Another Example of Why Online Backup Is Important

By Chris Preimesberger | Posted: 2008-06-11

Here's one more good example of why everybody and every business should have his, her or its data backed up somewhere safe online. The Associated Press reported June 10 that
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What Symantec's CEO Would Have Done Differently

By Chris Preimesberger | Posted: 2008-06-10

LAS VEGAS -- Tuesday was Information Technology and Sports Licensing Day at the Venetian resort here in this hot desert city, once home to Howard Hughes, Elvis Presley, Bugsy
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Will the Cloud Eventually Smother All of Our Boxes?

By Chris Preimesberger | Posted: 2008-06-04

The idea of utilizing computing power that's "Somewhere Out There," to borrow the title from the classic Linda Ronstadt-James Ingram song, is certainly not new, and certainly not the
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Why Icahn Should Sit Down and Wise Up

By Chris Preimesberger | Posted: 2008-06-03

Gazillionaire Carl Icahn, a money-hungry shark who has thrust himself into the middle of the Microsoft-Yahoo negotiations, should keep his teeth out of the whole thing and mind his own damn
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Which Next-Gen Storage Company Will IBM Pick?

By Chris Preimesberger | Posted: 2008-05-30

The Station keeps hearing rumors that IBM--which desperately needs to add some second-generation storage and data recovery software to replace its own aging offerings--is looking at a
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Geek Squad's Cure for the 'Sex in the City' Blues

By Chris Preimesberger | Posted: 2008-05-29

The Station gets letters--well, e-mails--all day long. Every few minutes, in fact. Some good, some not. All are read, eventually. Here's one a bit off the beaten path of storage, but
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Sun Pushing Ahead in Tape Library Sales

By Chris Preimesberger | Posted: 2008-05-28

Companies generally play it close to the vest when it comes to talking about numbers of products sold. Market-share reports are one thing, but actual sales figures are not commonly
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Madam Secretary: Um, Why Did You Visit Google?

By Chris Preimesberger | Posted: 2008-05-23

The invitation looked interesting enough: U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was bringing a guest, U.K. Foreign Minister David Miliband, to Silicon Valley to visit Bloom Energy in
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Biggest News at EMC World Didn't Happen

By Chris Preimesberger | Posted: 2008-05-19

LAS VEGAS -- There was a modicum of news May 19 on Day 1 of EMC World here at Mandalay Bay resort: some standard new-products, an OEM announcement and a denial that one of the host company's
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AmeriVault the Latest Online Servicer to Be Swallowed

By Chris Preimesberger | Posted: 2008-05-15

PHNS, a Texas-based IT and business process service provider specializing in the health care industry, on May 13 said it will acquire privately held AmeriVault, a respected
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Sneak Preview of Next Week's EMC World

By Chris Preimesberger | Posted: 2008-05-15

The Station will be heading to Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas next week for EMC World, always one of the biggest and newsiest storage tech conferences of the year. You read it here first: --Cisco
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HP Will Hook Up with EDS in $13B Deal

By Chris Preimesberger | Posted: 2008-05-12

Industry sources have confirmed to eWEEK that Hewlett-Packard will indeed acquire Electronic Data Systems for about $13 billion in a transaction that undoubtedly will make folks at IBM a bit
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Land o' 10K Lakes Becoming an IT Hotbed

By Chris Preimesberger | Posted: 2008-05-07

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- The Station, in town to moderate a panel discussion at the Compellent C-Drive conference, took a tour of the old downtown yesterday. Driving by the corner First Avenue
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Western Digital Making Inroads vs. Japanese Vendors