EMC, HP blockbuster 'merger' shocker comes a cropper [Wed Sep 24 2014]

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SanDisk Extreme Pro SSD – courting speed freaks and gamers
10-year warranties are the new black
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Micron cackles as it unveils its chameleonic FLYING DISK KILLER
Flashy beastie barely sips at the juice, too
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Wanna keep your data for 1,000 YEARS? No? Hard luck, HDS wants you to
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Combine Blu-ray and M-DISC and you get this monster
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/17/hds_federal_goes_for_1000_year_disc/

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One step at a time
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*** Block Storage ***

HP is giving away FREE* STORAGE to lucky server customers
And you don't even have to buy HP hardware. How about that?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/23/hp_gives_away_swdefined_storage/

EMC, HP blockbuster 'merger' shocker comes a cropper
Stand down, FTC... you can put your feet up for a bit
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/22/emc_hp_merger_talks_stall/


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*** File Storage ***

You - vendor. Pin your ears back, I've got some things to tell you
No, there is no coffee and you may not sit down. Notebooks out
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/19/singing_the_lowest_note/

Who's that at the door, storage box flingers? It's the hard drive
makers. No, they are not smiling
Nice treasure chest ye have there. Shame if it fell overboard
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/19/nas_invaders/

Synology bakes word processor, groupware, into its NAS OS
Faster VM clones, too, for those who don't care for advanced share 'n'
sync
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/18/synology_bakes_word_processor_groupware_into_its_nas_os/


*** Data Protection and Management ***

The object of the game: NetApp 'Amazon-izes' StorageGRID
Web-scale object storage with geo-distributed erasure coding
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/23/netapp_amazonises_storagegrid/

Hey, what's a STORAGE company doing working on Internet-of-Cars?
Boo - it's not a terabyte car, it's just predictive maintenance and
that
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/22/hds_clarion_call_for_internetconnected_cars/

Object Storage Alliance launched. Problem: 3 vendors haven't joined
See here, me IBM mateys, why d'ye languish with these scurvy curs?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/19/great_unifying_object_storage_alliance_started_up/

NetApp's running with the big dogs: All-flash FlashRay hits the street
But it's not yet ready for prime time, strangely
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/17/netapp_flashray_flies_in_limited_single_engined_form/


*** And finally ... ***

Hazelcast trousers cash, poises open-source cutlass against Exadata
belly
Do ya feel Luck-y, punk?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/19/hazelcast_wants_to_eviscerate_exadata/



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