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How prepared are SMBs for disaster?

  That’s the question Symantec aimed to find the answer for in their latest global 2012 Disaster Preparedness Survey. Symantec looked at probably the three biggest mega trends in IT today – Virtualization, Cloud, and Mobility – and how Small to Medium Sized Businesses (SMB)…

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SMB cloud benefits? There’s an IBM app for that too…

What better way to help educate small to medium sized businesses (SMB) on the cloud than an app? At least that is what IBM has done. In a post on Smarter Technology (sponsored by IBM), Rebecca Kutzer-Rice describes an new app for the iPad that aims to help SMBs understand if the cloud is right for [...]

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A few minutes on solid state hybrid drive technology with Jansen Ng of DailyTech

This Tuesday, December 6, Seagate’s hosting a webcast about Solid State Hybrid Drives (SSHD), called “Maximizing Performance and Reliability: Fusing the Advantages of SSD and HDD.” DailyTech’s senior editor Jansen Ng will talk about flash trends, “Instant-On,” and changes in the computing lifestyle, along with Seagate’s Jeff Burke and John Moon. (Bonus: one lucky attendee [...]

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Live Event! Enterprise vs. Client SSDs: What’s the Difference and Why Should You Care?

The topic has been blogged about here previously, but now’s your chance to take part in a live ChannelCast webinar, listen to the experts, and ask questions. SSDs are fast, but not all of them are created equally. Choosing the right SSD and using it properly in servers and storage systems can increase application performance [...]

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How flash memory is strengthening the market for hard disk drives

You’ve probably heard or read about marketers and vendors who have predicted the demise of hard disk drives (HDDs). Here’s something that digs into the story and reveals exactly why that’s not going to happen. The Wall Street Journal’s AllThingsD site recently published an article about how tablets – which use flash memory for storage [...]

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“My hard drives get no respect!” – Tales of SeaTools and Seagate support

To paraphrase the late Rodney Dangerfield, “Hard drives get no respect. No respect I tell ya!” And this may actually be a fact, as drives tend to be the first to be blamed when a PC starts acting erratically. Interesting fact, though, is after testing more than 20 percent of the drives returned to Seagate for warranty replacement [...]

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Learning to use Iometer to test your system

CRN provides a great how-to video on Iometer, the standard system performance benchmarking tool that measures any Windows, Linux or NetWare-based machine. Originally developed by Intel over a decade ago, Iometer continues being updated and is now available to download for free via an open source license at iometer.org. Check out the CRN video to [...]

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Comcast adds backup to your “utility” bill

Today, Comcast announced online backup services (Secure Backup & Share)  for Comcast high speed internet subscribers. Powered by Mozy, Comcast services offer 2GB of backup Free with your Comcast subscription, $4.99/month for 50GB, and $9.99/month for 200GB. Many of us look at our monthly high speed internet as a utility like gas, electricity, phone, so [...]

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IT’s version of Audi’s Green Police

One of the best Super Bowl commercials this year was Audi’s Green Police ad for the A3 TDI. It’s stirring some controversy according to a USA Today article. One area where “green” has been getting some traction (no pun intended) is in IT.  Companies are paying more attention to Green IT, not exclusively for environmental [...]

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Technology refresh needed at SMH(ospitals)

HIMSS Analytics together with Dell surveyed healthcare IT executives and found that small to medium sized hospitals are expected to experience a 25 to 50% increase in  demand on their data centers over the next 2 years. What’s contributing to this increase: Electronic Health Records Digital Imaging Health Information Exchange Business Intelligence Data security According [...]

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