http://www.computerworld.com.au Storage Solutions by Computerworld en-us Copyright 2009, IDG Communications, for personal use only, not for redistribution without permission. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:30:01 +1000 60 http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=185264870&rid=-5 The professional division of Thomson Reuters, six months into a massive data center virtualization project using Cisco Systems Inc. gear, has already seen a payback on costs. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:06:00 +1000 http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=138417716&rid=-5 Network components manufacturer Emulex Corp. today said its board of directors will review a new takeover bid by Broadcom Corp., which raised its offer from $US9.25 per share to $11. That would make the deal worth about $US925 million. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:51:00 +1000 http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1963985322&rid=-5 "Cloud" has proliferated as the term for Internet-based computing resources because "everyone can draw one," according to Russ Daniels, the cloud services CTO at Hewlett-Packard, who just added CTO responsibilities at the company's Electronic Data Systems division. Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:03:00 +1000 http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=707293173&rid=-5 Samsung Corp. today released a new solid state disk (SSD) drive aimed at netbook makers that is about 80% smaller than typical 2.5-inch laptop drives, a move that should enable even thinner, higher-performing machines. Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:02:00 +1000 http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1496186669&rid=-5 In an apparent response to user complaints, Apple Inc., today released a firmware upgrade that it said fixes an issue with the drive interface in new MacBook Pros. Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:36:00 +1000 http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=671945244&rid=-5 DreamWorks Animation is releasing all of its films in stereoscopic 3D, more than doubling the amount of data storage capacity required to store its movies. Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:13:00 +1000 http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=540622954&rid=-5 Dennard's Law? It doesn't have quite the ring of Moore's Law, mostly because IBM researcher Robert H. Dennard remains unknown to the general public. Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:36:00 +1000 http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1449512404&rid=-5 SanDisk plans to upgrade this year a flash memory plant that it operates with Toshiba in Japan, it said Friday. Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:27:00 +1000 http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1530216274&rid=-5 Solid-state disk (SSD) drives are all the rage among techies. The drives use non-volatile NAND flash memory, meaning there are no moving parts. Because there is no actuator arm and read/write head that must seek out data on a platter like on a hard disk drive (HDD), they are faster in reading and, in most cases, writing data. Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:57:00 +1000 http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=140007894&rid=-5 A disc array fault left thousands of Barclays customers unable to access their bank accounts online or withdraw money from cash machines in the south of England for three hours yesterday. Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:28:00 +1000