Network Storage

Western Digital has boosted its line of enterprise drives with the announcement that it is now shipping its 750GB RE2 RAID edition hard drives.

According to new figures from IDC, Sun has taken the lead in the Aussie server market, snatching a 30.9 percent share in terms of revenue thanks to consolidation, virtualisation and green technology trends.

Fueled by its success in the magnetic hard disk market, Seagate Technology has posted an updated projected revenue boost of more then $US 215 million.

The Blu-Ray vs HD DVD battle is raging on, with every week bringing a new development that tips the scales in one or the other direction. This week, Blu-Ray scored another feather in its cap from Acer.

IBM has taken a quantum leap forward when it comes to data storage, announcing that its researchers have discovered how to construct storage devices out of almost atom-sized components.

Dell has just announced its most energy efficient commercial desktop ever, also claiming it to have the “most flexible systems management capabilities in the industry”.

IBM’s Power6 architecture has shined in several Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC) server tests. The results put the Power6 well ahead of its rivals in several market segments.

Microsoft’s (MS) Live network is currently monstrous in size; this expansion is set to continue with the Live network to hit 53 services according to the MS roadmap.

Imation has kicked up the storage capacity of its Odyssey line of removable hard disk cartridges, with the medium now offering up to 160GB of rugged storage for SMBs.

The legal stoush between the file sharing service TorrentSpy and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) took a strange turn this week, with a federal judge not only ordering the BitTorrent site to monitor its users, but also that...

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