ATTO Technology has announced the release of the industry’s first 8-Gb Fibre Channel-to-SAS/SATA RAID storage controller.
FastStream SC 8500 is an independent external RAID Storage Controller that provides 8-Gb Fibre Channel host connectivity to multiple tiers of low-cost, off-the-shelf SAS/SATA disk storage enclosures.
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CA has bought New York-based Orchestria Corporation, a leading provider of data loss prevention (DLP) technology.
The company intends to develop and sell Orchestria’s information-centric DLP product in the rapidly growing DLP market.
EMC is laying off 2,400 workers in a bid to streamline operations in the face of economic recession.
The cuts represent about 7 per cent of its global 41,900 employee workforce.
Despite the move, EMC is expected to post record quarterly revenue growth that will meet fourth-quarter expectations.
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Memory cards provide the greatest revenue of all mobile phone add-ons, according ABI Research.
This is despite cellular handset accessories such as chargers and batteries shipping far more units in what is today a USD $58 billion industry.
The rush to release the first Terabyte SSD continues with Toshiba’s announcement of a 2.5-inch 512GB NAND-based model.
Market analysts expect SSDs will account for 10 per cent of the market for notebook computer storage by 2010, and 25 per cent by 2012.
Western Digital is to cut 2,500 jobs, or about 5 per cent of its global work force, and will reduce executive pay as a result of the global economic situation.
Citing weakening demand for its products, the hard drive maker the company now expects fiscal second-quarter sales of USD $1.7 billion to $1.8 billion, with a "consequent reduction in operating results."
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Pioneer has announced plans for a one terabyte (1TB) Blu-ray disc that could be on the market by 2013.
With a 400GB disc already ready for launch and a half-terabyte disc expected to follow shortly, there may be some questions about how such an abundance of storage can be used.
Jerome Wendt, president and lead analyst of DCIG Inc, an independent storage analyst and consulting firm, outlines 10 criteria for selecting the right enterprise business continuity software.