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  • LaCie Upgrades Ethernet Disk

    LaCie has rolled out a new network attached storage (NAS) device that it says is the most compact, all-in-one rack rack-mounted backup appliance for heterogeneous ecosystems.

  • More Undersea Cables Cut

    For the second time this year, internet connectivity between Europe, the Middle East and the USA has suffered a severe blow, with three out of four primary undersea cables linking Europe to the US being mysteriously damaged.

  • Yahoo! to Clear User Search Records After Three Months

    Much to the approval of privacy advocates everywhere, Yahoo! has moved to cut its search record retention time from 13 to 3 months, at the same time urging Google to lead the way towards a policy of zero retention of search data.

  • Data Protection Still a Priority

    Enterprise data protection specialist Sepaton has released the results of a new IT budget survey, saying that it shows enterprises are planning to maintain or increase data protection budgets in 2009 despite the economic slowdown.

  • Symantec Delays Storage Capacity Upgrades

    In the face of exponentially expanding storage requirements, Symantec is telling its customers to “stop buying storage”, saying that its Veritas CommandCentral storage resource management (SRM) suite can help put off increasing capacity.

  • VoIP Market Unaffected by Economic Downturn

    IP telephony use is on the rise despite, or perhaps because of, the economic crisis, with research firm Infonetics announcing tat IP phone shipments were up 25 percent in Q3, 2008, and doubling since Q2.

  • Compellent Automates Windows Data Storage

    Storage area network (SAN) vendor Compellent has announced the availability of its Storage Centre Command Set for Windows Powershell, automating the management and recovery of data storage in enterprise environments.