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Say Goodbye to Fast Ethernet

Thu, January 26, 2012 - The Layer 2-3 Ethernet switch market is forecast to approach $28 billion in 2016, with future growth driven primarily by sales of Ethernet switches optimized for larger data center deployments.

5 Things I've Learned

Five Tips for Dealing with Your CFO

Thu, January 26, 2012 - CFOs are increasingly calling the shots, which means CIOs are reporting to them, not the CEO. Do you know how to talk business in a way they'll understand? If you're all about the tech, the answer is no.

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Final Phase of Mass. Data Protection Law Kicks in March 1

Wed, January 25, 2012 - All companies storing personal data on Massachusetts residents have just over a month to ensure that their contractors, suppliers, technology providers and other third parties comply with a provision of a state data breach law that went into effect in March 2010.

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HDD Crunch May Have Far-reaching Effects

Wed, January 25, 2012 - The global supply of hard disk drives may be slow to rebound, with a ripple effect that's threatening small businesses and PC makers. The shortage may also drive demand for SSDs.

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CIA-Backed Cleversafe Announces 10-Exabyte Storage System

Wed, January 25, 2012 - Object-based storage vendor Cleversafe today announced the availability of a storage system that can house up to 10 exabytes (that's 1 billion gigabytes) of data in a single pool of capacity.

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Eye-Fi CEO Yuval Koren Discusses His SDA Complaints

Tue, January 24, 2012 - Last week, Eye-Fi CEO Yuval Koren posted a statement on his company's blog claiming that the SD Association, a standardization body responsible for reviewing and approving storage-card specifications, did not follow its own processes in announcing the new iSDIO spec for Wi-Fi-enabled SD Cards.

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EMC Lays Out Product Roadmap, Warns of Disk Shortages

Tue, January 24, 2012 - During his company's year-end earnings call, EMC CEO Joe Tucci warned that hard disk drive supplies will be an issue through 2012 and said all major products will see refreshes this year.

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EMC's Tucci Changes Mind, to Stay on As CEO Into 2013

Tue, January 24, 2012 - EMC reported record revenues totaling more than $20 billion in 2011, and said that Joe Tucci has changed his mind and will stay on as CEO through 2013.

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Are CFOs Turning Greener?

Fri, January 20, 2012 - Report from GreenBiz, citing survey results from E&Y, point to finance as a factor in environmental steps despite recession.

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Micron to Acquire PCIe Virtualization Vendor Virtensys

Fri, January 20, 2012 - Micron Technology on Friday announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Virtensys Ltd., a U.K.-based provider of PCIe-sharing products. No financial details on the deal were released.

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