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Why BYOC Trend Comes With a Ready-Made New Market

Hot on the heels of the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) trend is this one: bring your own cloud (BYOC).Sigh. Another market-speaking acronym aimed to promote a...

WD, LaCie, Buffalo Take NAS Storage Systems to the Next Level

WD, LaCie, Buffalo Take NAS Storage Systems to the Next Level By Nathan Eddy WD My Book Live 3TB Lets You Share Files Create your own personal...

Brocade, EMC Join for Software-Defined Storage Package

Data center network provider Brocade and storage giant EMC are adding some new functionality for systems in which they each play.Brocade's storage-area networking management...

Western Digital My Cloud Storage Service Debuts

Disk drive and storage provider WD on Oct. 3 introduced its My Cloud line of what it calls "personal cloud" desktop storage machines that...

Dell Integrates NetVault Backup Into Disk Backup Appliance

Dell Software, which was Quest Software until last year, said Oct. 1 that its enterprise data protection product, NetVault Backup, now has been fully...

SGI Acquires FileTek, Adds More Big Data Management

Storage provider SGI has joined a long list of IT companies that are taking advantage of the big data analytics trend.The Fremont, Calif.-based company...

Axcient Speeds Up Data Transfer in Cloud Storage

Small-business cloud storage and disaster-recovery provider Axcient on Sept. 26 came out with a proprietary new WAN-optimized cloud sync protocol that accelerates data transfer...

Solid-State Storage Maker Violin Memory Slips in IPO Debut

Solid-state storage hardware maker Violin Memory became a publicly traded company Sept. 27, but its first day on the New York Stock Exchange didn't...

Cloud Vendors Shore Up Security as HIPAA Omnibus Deadline Passes

The deadline for compliance with the new Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Omnibus rule has passed. As of Sept. 23, IT vendors...

Microsoft Intros 200GB SkyDrive Plan Ahead of Windows 8.1, Surface 2

Microsoft launched a new SkyDrive plan weeks ahead of the impending releases of Windows 8.1 and Surface 2 tablets.The cloud storage service now provides...