In the 1950s, storage hardware was measured in feet — and in tons. Back then, the era’s state-of-the-art computer drive was found in IBM’s RAMAC 305; it consisted of two refrigerator-size boxes that weighed about a ton each. One box held 40 24-inch dual …
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Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft Blog:
Microsoft takes the wraps off Storage Server ‘Breckenridge’ — On November 8, Microsoft took the wraps off a new version of Windows Storage Server, which seems to be the product codenamed “Breckenridge.” — Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials, like its Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 sibling …
Leena Rao / TechCrunchIT:
HP Ups The Ante For 3PAR; Offers $1.8B In Cash For Data Storage Company — This morning, we saw Dell’s announcement that 3PAR had accepted its increased offer to acquire the storage company for $24.30 per share in cash, or approximately $1.6 billion, net of 3PAR’s cash.
It works when users of computer devices choose to access the Internet by the service Symantec is calling Norton DNS. DNS refers to the phrase Domain Name System, which describes the address and naming conventions underpinning the Internet today.
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