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16th of Feb, 2012 by Admin

SSDs have a 'bleak' future, researchers say

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Computerworld Storage: February 16, 2012 =============================================================== SSDs have a 'bleak' future, researchers say As NAND flash-based, solid-state drives circuitry continues to shrink, the technology may be doomed as performance drops precipitously, according to new research. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859284/869152236/552338/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco Systems~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Converge Your Networks for Flexibility Cisco Unified Fabric offers the industry's largest and first fully interoperable portfolio of Fiber Channel integrating storage and data networking to deliver transparent convergence, massive three-dimensional scalability and sophisticated intelligence. It also reduces your costs up to 45%. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859284/869152236/549950/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IN THIS ISSUE 1. Hard drive prices to remain high through 2014 http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859284/869152236/552339/0/ 2. OCZ launches 16TB flash card http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859284/869152236/552340/0/ 3. In the cloud, a data breach is only as bad as your contract http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859284/869152236/552341/0/ 4. EMC and VMware team with Atos to create European cloud company Canopy http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859284/869152236/552342/0/ 5. Iomega launches desktop, rack-mountable NAS line http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859284/869152236/552343/0/ 6. Robert L. Mitchell: 20 steps to an iron-clad SaaS contract http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859284/869152236/552344/0/ 7. 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The product is aimed at cloud environments by speeding up I/O performance in servers. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859284/869152236/552340/0/ In the cloud, a data breach is only as bad as your contract Use your contract to protect your company's interests before a breach occurs. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859284/869152236/552341/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WEBCAST: Autonomy~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Understand Your Data: The Future of Backup and Archiving Join us to hear the impact of private and public cloud solutions, “big data” and your choices while market evolves. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859284/869152236/552347/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EMC and VMware team with Atos to create European cloud company Canopy EMC and VMware are teaming with French IT services company Atos to create a European cloud infrastructure provider, Canopy, the companies announced Wednesday. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859284/869152236/552342/0/ Iomega launches desktop, rack-mountable NAS line Iomega introduced a new line of arrays that can utilize either high-capacity SATA drives or solid state drives, offers up to 36TB of capacity and has web-based management features. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859284/869152236/552343/0/ Robert L. 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