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The storage industry is awash with reports on the disappearing disk drive industry and many are hailing the end of the spinning disk drive. However before we get carried away in the euphoria of an all flash based industry it is worth standing back and taking a pragmatic look at the industry at large, the reason why Flash has become such a hot category and finally, how to best utilize flash technology within a big data environment. By Panasas.

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10 Gigabit Ethernet: 2H12 Results and 2013 Outlook

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Carmarthenshire County Council chooses Trustwave

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Wyre Forest District Council looks to greener pastures

Wyre Forest District Council has selected ShoreTel for its UC platform and disaster recovery solution. The project underpins the consolidation of the council’s four buildings into one to contribute towards £500,000 annual savings and a reduction in CO2 emissions.

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X-IO wins two awards at the annual UK Datacentre Solutions Awards 2013

X-IO, a recognised innovator in the storage industry, has won two awards at this year’s 2013 DCS awards. ‘Data Centre Appliance of the Year‘ for its ISE Storage System and ‘SSD/Flash Product of the Year’ for its Hyper ISE solution.

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