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Supercomputer to connect to 400PB of storage via Ethernet

The National Center for Supercomputing Applications has chosen a massive tape library and disk array system to support of Blue Waters, one of the world's largest supercomputers.

Groups launch gigabit-per-second broadband project

An Ohio startup company has raised $200 million to fund gigabit-per-second broadband projects in six university communities across the U.S.

Seagate to buy external drive maker LaCie

Seagate today announced plans to acquire LaCie, a French maker of external consumer hard drive products, in an all-cash deal worth about $186 million.

Pure Storage's next-generation flash array offers high-availability option

Pure Storage today announced the second generation of its all-flash array, which can now be configured for high availability.

Microsoft touts Windows 8's ability to detect, fix hard disk problems

Microsoft has revamped the way Windows 8 monitors hard disk operations and detects problems in an effort to make the diagnostic and repair process less intrusive and disruptive, even as disk capacity continues to balloon.

Whiptail whips up modularly scalable all-flash storage array

Solid-state storage array maker Whiptail announced its first modular, scalable all-flash array with up to 72TB of capacity.

Seagate to demo 12Gbps SAS SSD

On the heels of Western Digitial's release of the industry's first 12Gbps SAS SSD, Seagate this week said it would demo one of its own for the enterprise market.

Feds outline plans for electronic exchange of patient information

Recognizing that health information exchanges will be built by public and private efforts, the U.S. government office in charge of healthcare IT said it wants to promulgate HIE adoption by developing technical standards and offering incentives to healthcare companies.

Protocol wars: Can Fibre Channel survive Ethernet's assault?

Expensive and specialized Fibre Channel SANs have been under assault as companies consolidate data traffic over Ethernet. With Fibre Channel disks already largely eliminated from the market by SAS, can networking gear be far behind?

Dropbox adds photo auto-upload feature for cameras, smartphones

After launching a mobile app in February that can automatically upload photos and videos from Android phones, Dropbox unleashed an upgrade that expands the service to just about any device, including tablets, smartphones and Internet-enabled cameras.

Intel aims for 100 Thunderbolt devices by year's end

About 100 peripherals based on the Thunderbolt connector technology will become available by the end of the year, a big jump from a fraction of the devices available today, if Intel meets its target, a company executive said on Monday.

EMC reportedly in talks to buy flash maker XtremIO

EMC is in talks to buy flash array storage maker XtremIO for bteween $400 million and $450 million and is close to pulling the trigger on the deal, according to an Israeli publication.

Samsung starts manufacturing speedy microSD card

Samsung Electronics has started mass producing a microSD card that uses an Ultra High Speed-1 (UHS-1) interface to improve data transfer speeds, the company said on Wednesday.

Megaupload lawyer says case could affect other storage services

A verdict against Megaupload in the U.S. would mean other cloud storage providers can be held criminally liable for illegal content stored by customers on their networks, an attorney representing the shuttered file-sharing site said on Tuesday.

StorSimple extends portfolio of cloud-connected storage appliances

StorSimple has introduced four cloud-connected storage appliances that offer better performance and more local capacity, the company said on Tuesday.

Asavie launches pay-as-you-go VPN for iPad users

Asavie Technologies launched a cloud-based secure VPN service for iOS devices for corporate workers to access data from anywhere in the world.

LSI launches Nytro application acceleration cards

LSI announced three new PCIe-based NAND flash cards that are aimed at three market segments -- primary storage on an application server, all-in-one application caching and a RAID data protection product.

As 60th anniversary nears, tape reinvents itself

Digital tape media will turn 60 in May, and while tape sales are on the decline, new open file specifications like LTFS and new markets could revive tape for the long term.

Western Digital's new Thunderbolt hard drive now available

Western Digital revealed that its new My Book Thunderbolt Duo, a two-drive desktop RAID array equipped with Thunderbolt connectivity, is available for purchase for $600 (4TB capacity) and $700 (6TB capacity).

ZTE demonstrates next-generation optical network at 1.7Tbps

Chinese vendor ZTE has conducted a field demonstration of optical networking equipment capable of transporting data at 1.7Tbps.