The Reg Storage: Has Cisco made a $415 MILLION mistake with the Whiptail buyout? [ Wed Feb 5 2014]

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*** Data Storage Hardware ***

MIT scientists craft a storage system fit for THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE
BlueDBM tackles storage network gremlins with FPGAs
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/01/31/bluedbm_fpga_storage/

Quantum: OK, we're not flogging as much as hoped, but at least we only
lost $2.4m this time
Things can only get better, says storage firm
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/01/31/quantum_q3_fy2013/

Reg snaps moment when Facebook turned air Blu: 1PB box for unloved pics
What the *&^%! 10,000-disc sarcophagus for old photos and likes
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/01/29/facebook_blu_ray_system/


*** Block Storage ***

Buyout... WHAT buyout? Violin Memory appoints new CEO
Former angel investor picks up the Violin bow
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/03/violin_memory_appoints_new_ceo/

Cisco execs blindside themselves with flash-splash Invicta UCS array
Pity the poor techie who had to explain it to them
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/03/cisco_invicta_flash_array_problem/

Symantec: WA-HEY... profits. But security firm's sales won't budge
Salesforce and channel reorg pays off
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/01/30/symantec_revenues_flattish/

Has Cisco made a $415 MILLION mistake with the Whiptail buyout?
Impulse buy could turn sour from unexpected consequences
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/01/30/has_cisco_made_a_415_million_mistake_whiptail/


*** File Storage ***

Storage overlord EMC announces growth, plans to slash 1,000 jobs
Layoffs 'driven by new architectures based on cloud, flash, white-box
solutions'
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/01/30/emc_blows_rivals_away/

Violin investor: Broken-stringed firm has had FIVE buyout offers
Report: Sez bolshy investor pushing for sale
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/01/30/brokenstringed_violin_for_sale_maybe/


*** Data Protection and Management ***

EMC's ViPR coils itself ever tighter around firm's storage arrays
Forms one über-array to rule them all, according to Advanced Software
div's prez
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/04/sw_flood_submerging_emc_storage/

Duracell powers into cloud storage market
Promises service '250-1000 times faster' than rivals, unlimited cloud
capacity
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/04/duracell_powers_into_cloud_storage_market/

NetApp to fling out new FAS array BUSINESS BEAST – source
Firm won't comment on 'FAS8000'
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/03/new_netapp_enterprise_array/

Just how far did storage and compute converge in 2013?
Come together...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/01/29/come_together_storage_and_compute/


*** And finally ... ***

EMC puts on an 'appy face to box Box, Dropbox
Syncplicity apps upgrade also offers Android, iOS back door for
Microsoft Office
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/01/30/emc_puts_on_an_appy_face_to_box_box_dropbox/



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