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Veeam Courts Enterprises With WAN Acceleration

May 20, 2013

Built-in WAN acceleration will enable companies to copy data to off-site locations up to 50 times faster than a regular file copy, the company says.

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Amazon, Microsoft Partner Up for Cloud Management

May 16, 2013

New software lets Microsoft System Center users manage both AWS and Windows Azure cloud services from a single console.

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Iron Mountain Opens Underground Data Center to All

May 14, 2013

The Pennsylvania site will provide data center space and related services, and customers will be able to take advantage of the company's retail colocation offering.

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Knowledge Is Key When Implementing SDN

May 13, 2013

Companies must confront security concerns and vendor hype when planning and adopting software-defined networking.

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Best of Interop 2013 Winners

May 10, 2013

The Best of Interop awards recognize innovative hardware and software that advances the state of the art in IT. Interop’s panel of expert judges poured through 149 submissions in seven categories, including networking, mobility, security and storage. Awards were also presented for Grand Award winner, Best Startup, and Audience Choice. Check out the products that took the prize!

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Best of Interop 2013 Winners Announced

May 07, 2013

The Best of Interop award recognizes innovation in eight tech categories, including networking, cloud, security, mobility and more. Winners include Arista, ExtraHop, Talari Networks and Citrix.

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Silver Peak Boosts WAN Performance with New Products

May 03, 2013

News roundup: Silver Peak speeds up WANs with new hardware and software; Ubuntu Server 13.04 plays nice with VMware; Jeda controller creates storage fabric; Acxoim cloud emphasizes security; Tenable adds reporting features to Nessus.

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