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Survey shows the role of IT is changing

KPMG LLP and ServiceNow have announced the results of a joint survey, shedding light on how IT professionals see their role changing across the enterprise as well as how they can improve organisational efficiency by shifting how work gets done.

Published in BC/DR Flash Management Server Technology Software Defined DC & Storage Storage + Servers Storage Technology Virtualisation

Gridstore™ says that Cristie Data Ltd., one of the UK storage industry’s most enduring names that has been solving data storage and protection issues for over 40 years, has joined its industry-leading Accelerate™ Partner Program, marking the latest expansion of the program in EMEA.

Published in Flash Software Defined DC & Storage Storage + Servers

Ground-breaking findings have come to light in the Southern Hemisphere where researchers from New Zealand’s Victoria University of Wellington are studying a rare form of material that could pave the way for memory storage that is faster and more reliable than ever before. Known as rare earth nitrides (RENs), the raw natural material consists of a thin magnetic and semiconducting film that grows in an ultra-high vacuum environment.

Published in Flash Software Defined DC & Storage Storage + Servers

HGST has announced its next-generation of Ultrastar® 12Gb/s SAS solid-state drives (SSDs) with capacities up to 1.6TB. Building upon its award-winning first generation 12Gb/s SAS SSDs, the new Ultrastar SSD800MH.B, Ultrastar SSD1600MM and Ultrastar SSD1600MR are the ideal building blocks for server and storage systems running today’s performance-sensitive enterprise applications.

Published in BC/DR Carriers + Service Providers Cloud + MS DC Facilities + Colo Device Security Flash Infrastructure Infrastructure + Hardware Management Networking Networks + Telecoms Security + Compliance Server Technology Software Defined DC & Storage Storage + Servers Storage Technology Virtualisation Wireless

The growing hype surrounding data lakes is causing substantial confusion in the information management space, according to Gartner, Inc. Several vendors are marketing data lakes as an essential component to capitalise on Big Data opportunities, but there is little alignment between vendors about what comprises a data lake, or how to get value from it.

Published in BC/DR Flash Management Server Technology Software Defined DC & Storage Storage + Servers Storage Technology

Spectra Logic says that a major NHS Foundation, University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay (UHMBT), has successfully implemented a Spectra disk and tape solution across the hospital’s main infrastructure environment making data management easier, faster and more cost effective. Spectra joined forces with CommVault, the world's fastest growing data storage software company, to integrate with their industry-leading Simpana® software to substantially lower the cost of protecting, managing...