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• Data center start-up expands Gigabit Ethernet switch line

  Arista Networks has unveiled a Gigabit Ethernet data center switch designed to better accommodate increasing traffic loads between the server access and core layers of the network.

• The week in storage

  Last week in storage garnered several announcements from SteelEye, 3PAR, Brocade and Thales.

• Brocade partners with Thales for network-based encryption appliance

  Data storage switch maker Brocade Communications Systems Inc. and Thales e-Security Inc. today announced the integration of the Thales Encryption Manager for Storage (TEMS) with the Brocade encryption SAN switches.

• Sidekick fiasco highlights need for mobile backups

  The loss of personal data that Sidekick users in the U.S. have suffered is a shame, but it also shows how important data stored on mobile phones has become.

• Flash reality sinks in at Diskcon

  Solid-state storage earned a hot technology's badge of honor -- a backlash -- on Wednesday at the Diskcon conference in Santa Clara, California.

• NetApp reveals cloud computing plan, new Data OnTap OS

  NetApp Inc. has unveiled products and services that support cloud computing architectures used in the data centers of its enterprise-class customers.

• CommVault CEO eyes cloud storage future

  Building a storage software company a decade ago was a high-risk venture, but according to CommVault CEO Robert Hammer, the company knew it would succeed if it stuck to its original vision – which now includes data management in the cloud.

• Open source Xen a 1-Stop for transport IT company

  Sydney-based transport industry data interchange and portal provider 1-Stop Connections has migrated most of its core infrastructure to virtual servers and iSCSI SANs to reduce its infrastructure requirements and management complexity.

• Virtualization, cloud computing pose new challenges, opportunities

  Three years ago, Carnegie Mellon University opened the Data Center Observatory – an answer to the ever-rising operational costs in IT. Administrative expenses were spiraling out of control because individual research groups within the university were running their own IT infrastructure, characterized by short periods of heavy use followed by many hours sitting idle and wasting energy.

• Security logs, medical records and missile data discovered in disused hard drives

  A third, or 34 per cent, of disused hard drives still contain confidential data according to a new study, which found missile defence system data and media records on ebay purchases.