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According to a forecast from Gartner, external controller-based (ECB) disk storage vendors will see remarkable revenue growth as the external cloud computing market (i.e., third-party cloud providers) continues to develop. In 2010, ECB disk storage revenue worldwide was $267.4 million; this year’s current pace...
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Adobe has delivered a number of announcements at its MAX 2011 conference, including partnerships, acquisitions, and new products. Arguably the most compelling of the bunch is the company’s new Creative Cloud, which is essentially hosted versions of many of its most popular content creation software, including Photoshop, InDesign, and...
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Did you know that there's an actual place in the world called the San Diego Supercomputer Center? Let's just say you just found your next place of employment, huh? It sounds like a pretty awesome venue, and they just announced the launch of what is believed to be the largest academic-based cloud storage system in the U.S., specifically designed...
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Cloud storage company Mozy rolled out a new service that is now available to its MozyPro (for servers) customers in the U.S. The new service, dubbed “Data Shuttle”, is designed to dramatically shorten the initial backups for its cloud storage customers, from weeks or months to mere days. So what magical, disruptive technology enables...
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In today's increasingly connected world, leaving a file "behind" is becoming ever more unacceptable. Can't access it remotely? You're doing it wrong. All kidding aside, Splashtop has made a business of keeping folks within arm's reach of their files regardless of their physical location, and now that same gesture is being delivered to the...
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Cloud storage used to be a far-fetched concept that wasn't used too often outside of the enterprise. Boy, has the world changed in recent years. Now, cloud services are hitting the mainstream, with Amazon Cloud Drive, iTunes in the Cloud and Microsoft's SkyDrive all aiming for average, everyday people. With a growing...
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"The cloud." There's probably no buzzword getting more play in 2011 than that, and for good reason: files are gradually moving to non-localized places, and so long as data caps stay at bay and Internet connections continue to expand into more homes, we're all for it. And so is Western Digital. The storage outfit has...
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Dell’s cloud computing strategy and portfolio of services took a big step forward today with the announcement at VMworld 2011 of its first public cloud offering, Dell Cloud with VMware vCloud Datacenter Services. In partnership with VMware, Dell will offer public, private, and hybrid cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service for mid-sized and...
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Earlier this week, a Sprint executive said the company would offer cloud services for all sizes of businesses. Sprint’s cloud service is expected to be available in the fourth quarter. As part of these cloud offerings, Paget Alves, head of Sprint business markets, said the company will sell its network infrastructure as a service available...
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Just months after Amazon's Cloud Music / Video offerings came online, the Kindle Cloud Reader is following suit. The new service will allow users to read nearly a million Kindle books right on the web browser, with no download or install required. It's entirely built around the HTML5 web standard, and automatically optimizes books for the...
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iCloud, Google Music, Rhapsody -- where to turn? There seems to be a sudden influx in cloud-based music storage and streaming services, and while we aren't complaining about the competition, it's getting tougher to weed through and figure out what's actually worth honing in on. Amazon has just announced a major blow to Apple and Google efforts,...
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Cloud this, cloud that. These days, it's either about tablets or clouds, or both! LaCie has a new external hard drive on offer, but the 100GB box isn't your average drive. It's actually fairly small in size, but what it lacks locally it makes up for on the cloud. Basically, it keeps one copy of your computer back-up on the drive. And then...
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If you've paid any close attention to Cloud Engines over the past few years, you'll probably think "Pogoplug" relates directly to hardware. But actually, there's another side to that story. The company has just released a new build of the software-only Pogoplug, which turns any PC or Mac into a "Personal Cloud," no additional hardware required....
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Ah, the cloud. The wonderful, wonderful cloud. It's so big, so mysterious. And these days, it's a bandwagon that's worth jumping on. Google Music, iCloud, and now, SkyDrive. Granted, SkyDrive as a name has been around longer than those other two, but Microsoft is clearly upping their game in order to keep up with the...
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Like it or not, cloud storage is the go-to thing these days. It's just the buzzword that's buzzing, and PNY / MiMedia are joining forces to bring the cloud to more and more people. Consumers who purchase the specially marked PNY storage products will receive 250 GB of space to stream videos, photos, music or other files from any web-enabled...
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In an effort to help users back up important files, Hitachi recently announced HitachiBackup.com, a cloud storage service that provides anywhere, anytime access to your digital files. With the service, the first 3GB of online storage are free. For $49 per year, you can upgrade to 250GB. With a paid account, you'll also get the Apple iPhone...
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Well, there's no doubt that iCloud is the next hot thing for Apple, but MobileMe is where it all started for Apple's cloud initiatives. MobileMe was always a curious service. Why did it cost $99/year? Why did it do so little? Why were there so many problems? Why was it even an Apple service? Steve Jobs has reportedly been growing increasingly...
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Clouds and streaming seem to be everywhere these days, and in a lot of cases, the two overlap. Liquid Compass may not be a totally familiar name, but with the explosion in growth when it comes to cloud streaming, we're guessing they'll be more well known soon. The company currently provides streaming services to the radio industry, and they've...
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Apple's App Store seems to be exploding with new content, and this week it's gaining yet another notable mention: CloudTalk. As both the cloud and IM become hot topics of conversation, the two are combining in a new social messaging app for iPhone and Android, claiming to "bring voice back" to social interactions. The new version of the CloudTalk...
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According to Reuters, Apple is developing an online music storage service that will let iTunes customers store their songs on a remote server and access them from anywhere they have an Internet connection. As you may recall, Amazon launched a music locker service known as Cloud Player earlier this month. It didn't have any licensing agreements...
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Ever tried Microsoft's Office 365? Now you can! The company's long-awaited cloud productivity suite is now ready to be used, with the service opening up on Sunday night for beta use. Final launch is still slated for sometime later in the year, but this opening is a major step towards that goal. Office 365 is designed to help small, medium...
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Wyse Technology launched the latest version of its mobile virtualization app, PocketCloud for Android. With the new version 1.2, you’ll get a Honeycomb-inspired interface that is designed with the larger screen of tablets in mind. Some of the latest features include new layouts, navigation and user interface elements. The tablet-optimized...
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