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HP Wins Bidding War for 3PAR at $33 a Share
September 2, 2010 -- Technology provider HP put an end to an 18-day bidding war with rival Dell on Thursday to acquire cloud storage provider 3PAR for $33 a share.
IBM Closes Acquisition of Storage Optimization Firm Storwize
August 30, 2010 -- In an effort to bolster its real-time data compression technology, IBM has completed the acquisition of online storage optimization software developer Storwize, whose innovations could help IBM clients improve storage efficiency by reducing storage requirements up to 80 percent.
TurnKey Internet Launches Vault Network Attached Storage
August 27, 2010 -- Web hosting provider TurnKey Internet announced on Wednesday it has launched the TurnKey Vault Network Attached Storage, an enterprise-class cloud‐based backup and storage solution for business customers.
HP Counters Dell's Offer, Raises 3PAR Bid to $1.8B
August 27, 2010 -- Countering Dell's recent bid to acquire storage solutions firm 3PAR, HP announced on Friday it has increased its bid to $27.00 per share in cash, or $1.8 billion.
Dell Beats HP's $1.6B Bid to Acquire 3Par
August 26, 2010 -- In what could be an end of an ongoing bidding war with rival HP, Dell announced on Thursday that data storage firm 3PAR has accepted its increased offer to acquire the storage firm for $24.30 per share in cash, or approximately $1.6 billion.
HP Bids $1.6B for Data Storage Firm 3PAR
August 23, 2010 -- In a bid to accelerate its Converged Infrastructure strategy, Hewlett-Packard has submitted a proposal to buy data storage and information management firm 3PAR for a total of $1.6 billion.
UK Host Fasthosts Adds Business Cloud Storage Solution
August 20, 2010 -- UK Web hosting provider Fasthosts Internet announced on Friday it has launched a new online storage solution designed for archiving valuable business data.
Q&A: Rani Osnat of Storage Hardware firm CTERA
August 19, 2010 -- In an email interview with the WHIR, CTERA VP of marketing Rani Osnat discusses the CloudPlug solution, the company's recent partnership with Mezeo, and how the solution can ultimately benefit CTERA, Mezeo and end users.
Dell Acquires Storage Firm 3Par for $1.15B
August 16, 2010 -- Dell announced on Monday it will acquire data storage provider 3Par for about $1.15 billion.
New Gladinet Solution Provides Businesses with Easy, Multi-Platform Cloud Backup
August 12, 2010 -- Cloud storage access platform company Gladinet has just unveiled Gladinet Cloud Backup, which lets enterprises and SMBs back up their files, databases, and system state, to any cloud storage service.
i365 Expands EVault Remote Disaster Recovery Service For Multi-Platform Cloud Environments
August 10, 2010 -- i365, a division of Seagate that provides data protection solutions, has expanded its EVault Remote Disaster Recovery service, further extending i365’s Cloud-Connected platform across multi-platform environments.
Mezeo Interoperability API Provides Support for Apps Developed for Other Storage Clouds
August 9, 2010 -- Cloud storage firm Mezeo Software has announced the general availability of the Mezeo Cloud Storage Platform 3.0, which includes the Mezeo Interoperability API that promises seamless interoperability of applications developed for Amazon S3, Google and Eucalyptus-based storage clouds.
Mezeo and DDN Partner to Bring Groundbreaking Scalability to Critical Applications
August 3, 2010 -- Cloud storage platform provider Mezeo Software and data infrastructure provider DataDirect Networks have announced a strategic alliance to jointly offer DDN’s Web Object Scaler with the Mezeo Cloud Storage Platform.
Backup Strategies for Reliable Data Protection, with R1Soft
July 20, 2010 -- In the first technology - operations track session of day two at HostingCon 2010, R1Soft VP and founder David Wartell spoke backup and recovery solutions in his presentation, "Backup Strategies for Reliable Data Protection".
NetApp Console Provides Added Visibility and Management Capabilities for VMware Environments
July 15, 2010 -- In support of the new VMware vSphere 4.1 release, storage and data management solutions developer NetApp has added new storage management integration for greater performance and scalability of VMware vSphere environments.
Email Archiving Solutions Firm Smarsh Deploys 3PAR Utility Storage
July 7, 2010 -- Managed email archiving solution provider Smarsh has deployed 3PAR Utility Storage within its secure cloud infrastructure.
Online Backup Provider BackupAgent to Unveil Major Software Update
July 7, 2010 -- Online backup software developer BackupAgent is planning a major release of its award winning online backup software platform, including data storage based on retention policies.
EMC Shutters Atmos Online Cloud Storage Service
July 5, 2010 -- Information infrastructure systems, software and services provider EMC is no longer planning to support production usage of its cloud storage service, Atmos Online, discontinuing any and all paid subscription or support for Atmos Online services.
Nirvanix Unveils Hybrid Cloud Storage Service “hNode”
June 29, 2010 -- Enterprise cloud storage service provider Nirvanix has launched hNode, a hybrid cloud storage solution that combines the scalability, ease of management and compelling economics of public cloud storage with the security and control of private cloud storage.
Upgrades to Oracle Oracle Sun Storage 7000 Family Include Built-in Data De-duplication
June 29, 2010 -- Helping customers dramatically reduce the costs of storing, consolidating and managing data, integrated business software and hardware systems developer Oracle has made significant upgrades to its unified storage portfolio with enhancements to the Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System product line.
Hitachi Data Systems Eases Companies into the Cloud with Low-Risk Deployments
June 29, 2010 -- IT solutions provider Hitachi Data Systems Corporation has announced new advancements to help customers safely tap storage resources in the cloud at their own pace with its Hitachi Data Systems for Private File Tiering solution.
Infinitely Virtual Doubles Primary Hosting Space, Adds Secondary Facility
June 24, 2010 -- In its latest physical expansion, virtual hosting provider Infinitely Virtual is doubling the square footage in its primary hosting facility and moving its secondary facility to a SAS 70 Type II-compliant data center in San Diego.
Web Host ServInt Adds Major Storage Capacity Increase to VPS Packages
June 24, 2010 -- Managed hosting provider ServInt announced this week that it is significantly increasing disk space resources for its virtual private server hosting packages. The company says it is the latest in a series of no-charge infrastructure upgrades, and the company’s biggest disk space upgrade ever.
HP Unveils StorageWorks Solutions Designed to Reduce "IT Sprawl"
June 23, 2010 -- Threatening to bring organizations to a standstill, the so-called "IT sprawl" that drives up operations costs and stifles innovation is one of the things HP is hoping to eliminate as part of its "Converged Infrastructure" concept, which provides the blueprint for organizations to eliminate technology silos, simplify the management of their environment and drive integration across the data center.
Hosted Solutions Releases Stratus Cloud Storage
June 22, 2010 -- Web hosting provider Hosted Solutions announced on Tuesday it is now offering Stratus Cloud Storage, a cost-effective product that enables companies to manage and archive data.
HP Unveils New Scale-up Servers for Converged Infrastructure Environments
June 22, 2010 -- Technology provider HP has announced new additions to its G7 ProLiant server portfolio, including seven blade servers and three rack-mount systems, many of which are optimized for scale-up environments, and capable of meeting the demands of some of the most data-intensive workloads.
Verizon Business Launches Cloud Storage
June 15, 2010 -- Telecommunications provider Verizon Business announced on Tuesday it is introducing a new cloud-based offering, Verizon Cloud Storage, and a complementary suite of data-retention IT consulting services.
IBM to Buy Storage Firm Storwize for $140M
June 15, 2010 -- IBM announced on Monday its plans to buy data storage company Storwize for $140 million, according to a report by Reuters.
Virident Systems Launches High-Performance, Reliable SSD Solution
June 15, 2010 -- Storage solutions developer Virident Systems has launched the tachIOn Solid State Disk, a new server-side storage platform that enables customers to tackle data-intensive applications with lower cost, reliability, and higher and more predictable performance.
Infiniti Issues Global Data Center Network Equipment Study
June 11, 2010 -- Market research firm Infiniti Research announced on Friday it has issued the "Global Data Center Network Equipment Market 2009-2013" report, which shows that the global data center industry is growing due to the increase in demand for data processing power and information storage.
NetApp Partner Program Increases Focus on Service Providers
June 9, 2010 -- Storage and data management solution provider NetApp has made key enhancements to its NetApp Partner Program, integrating service providers as part of the broader NetApp partner ecosystem, giving them more ways to differentiate their services, speed time to market, and grow revenues.
Mezeo Opens Developer Center to Provide Resources to ISVs Developing Mezeo Ready Applications
June 8, 2010 -- Cloud storage platform developer Mezeo Software has opened the Mezeo Ready Developer Center, a repository of information and resources for developers using Mezeo APIs to leverage Mezeo Ready solutions from Mezeo Ready hosting providers and solution partners.
