NetApp's Tom Georgens: How we got big, stayed nimble, and view storage today

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	NetApp's Tom Georgens: How we got big, stayed nimble, and view storage today In an exclusive interview, NetApp CEO Tom Georgens talks about virtualization, the private cloud, and how his company defines big data Read More WHITE PAPER: NetApp Market Overview: Midrange Storage, Q3 2011 Infrastructure and operations execs know that to achieve cloud flexibility and economics, the storage architectures in place needed to change. This document will walk you through key drivers for storage, the criteria that should be considered and a summary of the top solutions in the space. Read now! In this Issue 2012's 25 Geekiest 25th Anniversaries Intel agrees to buy Qlogic InfiniBand assets for $125M FileSonic disables file sharing after MegaUpload arrests Review: Encrypted solid state drives protect laptop data EU's data protection proposals likely to include 24-hour breach notification WHITE PAPER: NetGear Server Virtualization - A Game-Changer For SMB Customers The switching infrastructure on a physical external network must be fast enough to handle virtualization's increase in network traffic. Learn how to get: • 10GE connection and link aggregation for higher throughput/performance • Failover port configuration for reliability • VLANs to help separate backup, NAS of SAN traffic Read Now 2012's 25 Geekiest 25th Anniversaries A look back at the most memorable events and products from 1987 Read More WHITE PAPER: NetGear Server Virtualization - A Game-Changer For SMB Customers The switching infrastructure on a physical external network must be fast enough to handle virtualization's increase in network traffic. Learn how to get: • 10GE connection and link aggregation for higher throughput/performance • Failover port configuration for reliability • VLANs to help separate backup, NAS of SAN traffic Read Now Intel agrees to buy Qlogic InfiniBand assets for $125M Intel on Monday announced that it had agreed to buy parts of Qlogic's InfiniBand business as the chip maker looks to provide storage and server bandwidth that will allow systems to achieve exaflop computing. Read More WHITE PAPER: Diskeeper Get a 35% Virtual System Speed Boost Virtual infrastructures must be dynamic, efficient and above all else, fast because they process the most critical company data. But underlying resource use must be optimized or the platform can slow to a crawl. V-locity 3 brings an unprecedented depth of resource awareness and new technology for peak performance in any virtual environment. Download Now! FileSonic disables file sharing after MegaUpload arrests An online storage service, FileSonic, has disabled file sharing between users following the takedown of the MegaUpload service for alleged copyright infringement violations. Read More Review: Encrypted solid state drives protect laptop data Vendors are touting solid state replacement drives as a way to protect corporate data in the event of a laptop being lost or stolen, and to boost performance at the same time. Read More EU's data protection proposals likely to include 24-hour breach notification After weeks of controversy, lobbying and concessions, the European Commission looks set to unveil its new data-protection proposals on Wednesday. Read More
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