Tuesday, January 27, 2009

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Thinking outside the storage box
By Joanne Cummings
Unbridled growth in storage and the rise in Web 2.0 applications are forcing a storage rethink. Is this the end of the SAN as we know it? Read full story

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01/27/09

Today's most-read stories:

  1. Downadup/Conflicker worm: When will the next shoe fall?
  2. iPhone to get global flat-fee voice service
  3. Windows 7: the untold story of how the enterprise gets snubbed
  4. Open source identity: Linux founder Linus Torvalds
  5. FAQ: How to protect your PC against the Downadup worm
  6. Brocade's new CTO takes aim at Cisco
  7. Heartland tries to rally industry in wake of data breach
  8. IBM confirms layoffs
  9. Apple puts iPhone Nano and Netbook rumors to rest
  10. Microsoft 'can't imagine' PS3 catching up to Xbox 360


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