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• Data privacy law compliance ‘not an obstacle’: NetApp lawyer

  Ensuring compliance with data privacy laws is not an obstacle for enterprises, it’s a competitive advantage, claims NetApp’s chief privacy officer Sheila FitzPatrick.

• SDN pioneer Big Switch lands big round, big names

  $48M in funding and Warmenhoven, Morgenthaler on board

• Cisco, EMC consortium debuts new Cloud gear

  <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/article/2163943/lan-wan/cisco--emc-data-center-coalition-feels-on-solid-ground.html">VCE</a>, the converged infrastructure consortium of Cisco and EMC, this week unveiled new and enhanced data center IT systems, including an all-flash memory platform for mixed workloads.

• Disk storage market shows anemic growth

  The total disk storage systems market barely grew in the second quarter at a 0.3 percent year-over-year increase, with a continued drop in high-end storage sales, according to research firm IDC.

• In Pictures: Bloodiest tech industry layoffs of 2014, so far

  Microsoft leads the way, but has plenty of company on jobs cut front

• NetApp Private Storage adds an Azure cloud option

  Microsoft Azure just became the next cloud connection for NetApp Private Storage, which can already link enterprise storage to Amazon Web Services.

• Cisco, NetApp mark progress

  Cisco and NetApp say their FlexPod integrated IT infrastructure reference architecture has generated $US3 billion in joint sales since its launch in 2010. FlexPod unit shipments have grown 81 per cent year-over-year, with demand reaching a $US2 billion annualized run rate.

• NetApp gets serious about all-flash shared storage with FAS8080 EX array

  Growing demand for flash continues to rock enterprise storage, with NetApp becoming the latest big vendor to shape a new product around the high-speed media.

• OpenStack: Still waiting for the users

  OpenStack has an impressive list of corporate backers. Red Hat, Rackspace, HP, IBM and AT&T are contributing thousands of lines of code to the open source project and helping deliver an updated version of the cloud computing platform twice a year to allow for easier installation and better manageability.

• External disk storage market recovers from slump

  The market for external disk storage systems has recovered from a slump, with factory revenues up 2.4 percent to US$6.9 billion in the fourth quarter of 2013, according to an IDC study.

• CIOs are now "brokers of services": NetApp

  NetApp characterises the CIOs of today as “brokers of services”.
  

• Moving to the Cloud will no longer be a tough choice: NetApp

  Tensions within IT on whether and how to move to the Cloud should finally be resolved this year, according to NetApp.
  

• Storage hardware sales hit by lower government spending

  Storage vendors struggled with a decline in spending by the U.S. government and increased investment in public cloud capacity during the third quarter, according to IDC.

• NetApp updates flash, hybrid dedicated storage arrays

  NetApp is upgrading its lineup of dedicated storage systems, rolling out a faster all-flash array and improved platforms for branch offices and large enterprises.

• Cisco takes fight to SDNs with bold Insieme launch

  Game on: Cisco has acquired spin-in Insieme Networks for $863 million and rolled out a family of its switches that are the network giant's strategic answer to the growing software defined network movement.