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Dell consolidates, plans unified software and all-flash arrays

In the midst of going private, Dell executives said today they've already consolidated their three storage product divisions into one, they are working on merging their system management interfaces, and they have a number of new products coming out over the next year.
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AT&T to sell BlackBerry Z10 for $200 under contract March 22

AT&T says it will begin selling the BlackBerry Z10 touchscreen smartphone on March 22 for $199.99 with a two-year contract.

EMC unveils all-SSD array, one app to manage all flash

EMC today announced its first purpose-built, all-SSD array along new PCIe server flash cards and a new software suite that can offer administrators a single view of all their flash assets across the data center.

Dell beefs up its deduplication appliance line

Dell unveiled upgrades to its deduplication appliance line, the DR-series, whose models can now grow to 81TB and replicate data from up to 32 remote offices to a central node.

IBM gives cloud storage controls to corporate end users

Lost in all the Watson server news this week from IBM was its release of is a self-service software portal that allows end-users to dynamically provision storage within minutes.

HP upgrades converged storage portfolio

Hewlett-Packard Monday released three platform upgrades that include new models of its Converged Storage platform, its StoreAll data archive and StoreOnce backup appliances.

Citrix and NetApp simplify on-premises data sharing

Citrix Systems and NetApp have jointly developed a software and hardware package optimized for Citrix's ShareFile with StorageZones.

Non-volatile memory's future is in software

Specification efforts by the bigwigs of the server, storage and software industry will soon allow operating systems and applications to recognize and take full advantage of new non-volatile memory.

HDS releases converged infrastructure platform

Hitachi Data Systems said that it is offering a pretested architecture that combines storage, servers, networking switches and virtualization software

VMware vSphere 5.1 includes backup, deduplication

VMware announced today that vSphere 5.1 includes backup capability complete with deduplication powered by EMC's Avamar software.

Storage administrators demand simplicity

IT staffers at all levels are now tasked with managing data storage. They demand simplicity (but want power, too). Insider (registration required)

New storage technologies to deal with the data deluge

Enterprise storage demands are reaching a critical point, and vendors are scrambling to develop new products to deal with the data deluge. We look at how these technologies will help manage the major pain points for storage administrators.

Storage systems get supersized

Old storage architectures with general-purpose controllers that service all the new functions along with the normal I/O workload won't be able to scale. Here's why storage systems will need to become full-scale storage computers. Insider (registration required)

Crucial Adrenaline review: SSD cache drive speeds up your PC

The Crucial Adrenaline SSD cache drive will enable you to easily improve your PC's performance for less than $100.

Image gallery: 6 data recovery tools for SD cards, USB drives and more

If you've got a damaged USB thumb drive or memory card, one of these 6 recovery tools could help you save your important data.

6 data recovery tools for SD cards, USB drives and more

If you've got a damaged USB thumb drive or memory card, one of these six recovery tools could help you save your important data.

5 online backup services keep your data safe

Backing up can be easier if you send your data to the cloud. We look at five of the best-known online backup services to see how they compare.

Extreme Storage

At some of the most recognizable institutions and corporate behemoths in the country, handling massive amounts of data requires using some innovative approaches.

7-Zip Compresses Files Efficiently

When people talk about file compression, they usually mean ZIP. In fact, they often make it into a verb--much like we "Google" things on the Internet, we "zip" files before sending them over email. But ZIP is just one compression format, and it isn't necessarily the best. Free, open-source utility 7-Zip supports ZIP, but also the much-improved 7z compression format. It's available in a 32-bit version and a 64-bit version.

Compress Files in Windows

Need to send someone a big batch of files? Don't attach one after another after another to your e-mail. Instead, compress the files into one smaller, easier-to-manage file. In other words, "Zip" them.