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Symantec Layoffs Rumor Is True
By Chris Preimesberger | Posted: 2008-04-10
The rumors we've been hearing for weeks are true: Data protection provider Symantec, which swallowed storage company Veritas four years ago and has had indigestion ever since, is weeding out its
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New Interactive Library of Congress Site to Debut April 12
By Chris Preimesberger | Posted: 2008-04-03
The Station believes that, in the wake of The Great Chuck Hollis Zero-Capacity Incident of 2008 (see this item directly below), we must now present a real news item in order to assure
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EMC Blogger Pulls Off a Good One
By Chris Preimesberger | Posted: 2008-04-03
Oh, that Chuck Hollis, Vice President of Technology Alliances over at EMC, is a trickster, he is. In his most recent blog item, he spells out a bunch of "potential" upcoming EMC announcements which
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Microsoft Moving Deeper into Data Centers
By Chris Preimesberger | Posted: 2008-04-01
LAS VEGAS -- There are two large IT conferences going on this week in this City of Constant Visitation, held under tranquil blue Nevada skies. Both are international, but they're very
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'Under the Radar' and an Interesting Rumor
By Chris Preimesberger | Posted: 2008-03-20
All right, all right, all right ... We get the message! We can't continue going a week between blog items here. Truthfully, thanks to all of you who've sent e-mails and phoned to ask why The
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Spitzer's Security Problems -- and Lessons Learned
By Chris Preimesberger | Posted: 2008-03-13
The date: March 12, 2008. The scene: the second Data Protection Conference at the Irvine (Calif.) Hilton, right across MacArthur Boulevard from the "Hey there, Pilgrim" airport -- John Wayne
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Why Disk Storage Prices Continue to Drop
By Chris Preimesberger | Posted: 2008-03-07
Prices for disk storage hardware keep slipping downward. Who knows when this trend is going to change?
Samsung's and Seagate's assembly factories in the Far East apparently have become so
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Why We're Starting to Trust Storage in the Cloud
By Chris Preimesberger | Posted: 2008-02-22
News item from Reuters, Feb. 22, 2008: "EMC, the world's largest storage infrastructure company, hired a former Microsoft executive, Paul Maritz, to start a new Cloud Infrastructure
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We're Getting Really Interactive Here at eWEEK
By Chris Preimesberger | Posted: 2008-02-12
The Station is often asked: "Where do you get all the ideas for your articles?" Truth be told -- and the truth is always written here, mind you -- that not all the stories we write are
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Yahoo Guys Absent from Regular Courtside Hoops Seats
By Chris Preimesberger | Posted: 2008-02-10
It could be that some of you don't know The Station's full involvement in daily journalism. In addition to covering storage, the data center, virtualization and other swell
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Big Week of Storage-Type News Coming Up
By Chris Preimesberger | Posted: 2008-02-08
Hope you saw The Station's exclusive interview with Dell CEO Michael Dell (why doesn't anyone ever call him Mike?) and Global Storage Director Praveen Asthana on eWEEK's main section the other day.
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You Learn Something New Every Day Around Here
By Chris Preimesberger | Posted: 2008-02-04
The Station sat down for a conversation with Michael Dell this morning (Feb. 4) before the company unveiled its first Dell EqualLogic storage products -- a mere 85 days after the Round
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Foul Play Undoubtedly Caused Undersea Cable Cuts
By Chris Preimesberger | Posted: 2008-02-01
The Station has been off the storage beat for the last couple of days, covering the mysterious Internet cable outages in the Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf.
No one
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NetApp Promotes Two Toms to High Positions
By Chris Preimesberger | Posted: 2008-01-30
Congratulations to NetApp's new president and chief operating officer, Tom Georgens, who moves up from executive vice president of product operations. Georgens is one of the most
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On the Road in Washington, D.C.
By Chris Preimesberger | Posted: 2008-01-24
"On the road again/just can't wait to get on the road again ..." The Station has indeed been on the road for the last three days, this time in Washington, D.C., encamped at the historic Willard
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