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Hitachi SMS100
Reviews Hitachi's SMS100 is an excellent mid-range iSCSI storage system that uses RAID6 to maintain fault tolerance even when one disk has failed.
Tags: Hitachi Ltd., Controller, IP, Storage, RAID, subnet, IP Address, Built-in Web Server, RAID 6, HSNM2
HDS: 'Clean up' before hitting cloud
News update Firms moving storage onto cloud must first get their "house in order", or existing problems will be transferred into new business model, urges CTO Hu Yoshida.
Tags: Storage, Investments, Hitachi Ltd., Google Inc., International Data Corp., De-duplication, provisioning, Singapore, Storage, Amazon.com Inc.
Five ways to greener storage
News Companies can make their data centers more energy-efficient or lower power consumption, and it doesn't have to cost an arm or leg, say industry watchers in Asia.
Tags: Storage management, Data centers, Storage software, Data Management, Hardware, Hitachi Ltd., Hewlett-Packard Co., Green IT, Virtualization, Asia-Pacific
Sony points to finger veins for gadget security
News A compact, camera-based system called "Mofiria" uses a CMOS sensor to diagonally capture scattered light inside the finger veins.
Tags: Biometrics, Handhelds, Hitachi Ltd., ATM, Authentication, Security, Authentication Technology, CPU, biometric authentication, biometric authentication technique
Short stay for 3D Networks CEO Avakian
News 3D Networks has lost its chief executive Nick Avakian less than a year after he came on board.
Tags: Networking, Data Management, Mobile platforms/communications, Hitachi Ltd., Nortel Networks Corp., EMC Corp., 3D, CEO, LinkedIn, communications company
Hitachi, Intel sign pact to develop enterprise SSDs
News The partners will work together on delivering solid-state drives for servers, workstations and storage systems.
Tags: Processors, Memory, Servers, Hitachi Ltd., Intel Corp., Manufacturing, Storage, enterprise storage, Serial Attached SCSI, performance
Sony posts first annual profit loss in 14 years
News The electronics giant suffers its first yearly loss in more than a decade, as it struggles with the economic downturn, PlayStation losses, and more.
Tags: Earning reports/forecasts, Hitachi Ltd., Acer Inc., TV, Electronics, Europe, Japan, manufacturer, tax, camera
Aviva insures datacenters with US$988M deal
News Insurance giant Aviva has inked a US$988 million, 10-year deal with EDS to run its U.K. datacenters.
Tags: Data centers, Hitachi Ltd., Virtualization, Aviva Plc., India, Electronic Data Systems Corp., server consolidation, insurance, Silicon.com, U.K.
HDS storage controller gets failover clustering
News High Availability Manager adds clustering capabilities to Universal Storage Platform V controller, with the promise of no downtime for applications or servers.
Tags: Data Management, Storage, Hitachi Ltd., EMC Corp., Storage, Gartner Inc., clustering, Sun Microsystems Inc., high availability, failover
Hitachi's 'green' refrigerator turns out blue
News Hitachi Appliances lied about the level of green in its refrigerators, according to reports.
Tags: Consumer Technology, Hitachi Ltd., Compensation, Sales, sales revenue, Advertisement, Japan, Fair Trade Commission, carbon dioxide, revenue
Soon TVs and PCs may work like the Wii
News Real-world devices with gesture-reading abilities are set to debut next year.
Tags: Home entertainment, Product development and design, Hitachi Ltd., Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Corp., TV, Electronics, Gesture, Nintendo Wii, computer
Panasonic to shed 15,000 jobs
News Half the redundancies are in Japan, with the rest of the cuts being made globally. The company also plans to close 27 factories worldwide
Tags: Layoffs, Hitachi Ltd., Electronics, Sales, Japan, Panasonic, financial, job, U.K., R&D
Toshiba, Fujitsu in talks over disk businesses
News The two hard-drive makers admit they are in joint discussions about their disk-making activities but say no decision has yet been made about future operations.
Tags: Acquisitions, Hitachi Ltd., Seagate Technology LLC, Storage, hard drive, Fujitsu Ltd., disk, merger, manufacturer, Toshiba Corp.
HDS: Archaic storage needs a facelift
News Technology goes as far back as 20 years; fundamental changes are needed to manage new storage demands, says CTO of Hitachi Data Systems.
Tags: Storage, Virtualization, Hitachi Ltd., EMC Corp., Storage, Japan, software, top executive, China, information technology
Relevant retrieval key to future storage
News Ability to extract precise data needed by businesses and individuals will become increasingly important in the face of data growth, says Hitachi executive.
Tags: Storage, Data Management, Hitachi Ltd., Mobile, Database, Storage, Japan, phone, printer, performance
