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Virtual NAS server uses VMware and Amazon cloud

A startup called Nasuni has made software that adds security and performance features to Amazon’s cloud storage

Backup provider offers cloud storage integration

Storage vendor CommVault is letting customers move data from inside the firewall to cloud services such as Amazon's Simple Storage Service, EMC's Atmos, Microsoft Azure and Nirvanix.

IBM, Fujifilm create 35TB magnetic tape drives

Fujifilm and IBM have announced the two companies were able to demonstrate a new particulate that can be used to create magnetic tape cartridges that are 44 times more dense than today's Generation 4 LTO Ultrium's cartridges.

Hundreds of US websites hacked

Hackers have managed to deface several hundred websites hosted by Network Solutions, the company said.

Private health provider encrypts all laptops

Private health provider Care UK is the latest firm to go ‘all encrypted', securing its entire fleet of 500 laptops using Becrypt's whole-disk encryption program.

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Citrix launches Hyper-V-based disaster recovery app

Citrix has developed new disaster recovery software, using Microsoft Hyper-V virtualisation technology to automate and speed the recovery process.

News International inks large virtualisation deal

News International inks large virtualisation deal

News International has signed a five-year, multimillion pound outsourcing deal with Indian outsourcer HCL.

EMC automates data tiering across all arrays

EMC announced automated data tiering across all of its array lines, enabling information lifecycle management through the movement of data between different types of drives, whether solid state, Fibre Channel or SATA.

Microsoft pushes cloud services

Microsoft is finally starting to explain the "plus" in its software-plus-services plan with the first slate of technologies to support integration of the cloud and existing IT resources.

HBOS datacentre goes down, raising business continuity questions

HBOS datacentre goes down, raising business continuity questions

A power failure to a datacentre on Saturday stopped all Halifax and Bank of Scotland branches from being able to provide cash machine, over-the-counter and online services for over six hours.

London Stock Exchange server software glitch halts trading

London Stock Exchange server software glitch halts trading

The London Stock Exchange halted trading in nearly 300 stocks on Monday, after a server software problem affected its TradElect and Infolect platforms.

Personal information of 68,000 people found by US company

Several missing CDs with unencrypted personal data on 68,000 members of the CalOptima managed care plan have been traced to a secure postal facility in Atlanta.

Ballmer: Sidekick outage hurt Microsoft cloud trust

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer called the Sidekick outage "not good", but said he thinks all data will be recovered and that Microsoft will need to repair confidence as it ramps up its hosted services.

Google 'hypocritical' on cloud security, says consumer group

A consumer advocacy group that is opposed to a plan by Los Angeles to adopt Google's hosted email and office applications is accusing Google of a double standard on security issues.

IBM launches cloud storage tool, disk archive system

IBM released a series of new products, including a pre-configured private cloud storage service, a new disk-based archive array that can scale to 300TB.

Security filter software blocks DoS attacks

Researchers have come up with host-based security software that blocks distributed denial-of-service attacks without swamping the memory and CPU of the host machines.

Small businesses need help with disaster recovery, Symantec finds

Small and midsize businesses are confident in their disaster recovery capabilities, but their actual performance preventing outages shows they are "remarkably unprepared," according to survey results released Monday by Symantec.

HP Unix upgrade boosts business continuity

HP this week unveiled updates to its HP-UX Unix OS and Serviceguard high-availability software, offering capabilities in data protection, data privacy, and business continuity.

Microsoft opens mega Dublin data centre

Microsoft has opened up for business its new Dublin data centre, a massive 500,000-square-foot facility dedicated to serving primarily European customers.

Doyenz offers disaster recovery in cloud

Doyenz, which develops cloud platforms for service provider networks, released version 3 of its platform, which is designed for small and midsize businesses looking for disaster recovery services and test environments.

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