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• Cisco invests in cloud chip maker

  Cisco has invested in Tilera, a developer of multicore processors for cloud computing and communications, as part of the chip maker's $45 million round announced this week.

• Public cloud services can provide useful tools for criminals

  Buying public cloud services passwords as demonstrated this week at the Black Hat D.C. conference is not the only malicious use these computational and storage resources might offer, according to one security expert.

• EMC combines Clariion, Celerra line in VNX, revamps entire storage line

  EMC on Tuesday announced a slew of products, including upgrades to its high-end VMAX Symmetrix array, the introduction of clustered NAS from its recent acquisition of Isilon Systems, and a product line that combines its midrange Clariion SAN and Celerra NAS systems.

• Symantec unveils backup and storage appliances

  Symantec today introduced its NetBackup and FileStore appliances with an eye toward offering customers choices in whether they want to mix and match software- and hardware-based backup and storage products according to business needs.

• Gartner's Magic Quadrant disses Amazon cloud

  Gartner's Magic Quadrant report has placed Amazon's cloud computing service in one of its lower tiers, saying that for all of Amazon's commercial success it is "visionary" but "unproven."

• HP exec hints at larger role for webOS

  A recent CNBC interview with an HP executive is focusing attention on the company's expected webOS device news, including a possible tablet, on Feb. 9 in San Francisco.

• Survey on PCI: How it's impacting network security

  A survey of 500 information technology professionals with responsibility to assure compliance with the Payment Card Industry (PCI) security standard shows just over half find it "burdensome but necessary" in their organizations and about a third see it impacting their virtualized network environments in particular in the future.

• Alacritech re-emerges with NAS acceleration appliance

  Alacritech, best known for its TCP/IP offload network interface cards, today released its first network-attached storage (NAS) acceleration appliance, which boasts the ability to increase file transfer performance by three or more times.

• IBM snares 5,896 patents, Apple debuts among top 50 patent winners

  IBM earned more U.S. patents in 2010 than any other company, topping the list of patent winners for the 18th year in a row.

• Netflix reveals challenges in the Cloud

  Technology managers at video distributor Netflix Inc., which last year took a big plunge into the public cloud, have started a remarkably candid blog about their experiences with mission-critical cloud computing.

• Cisco unveils Internet TV and more at CES

  Cisco this week unveiled a suite of video products designed to combine digital TV, online content, social media and other communications applications into an all-inclusive home and mobile video session.

• iPad competitors face rocky market, says Forrester

  While the iPad was a runaway hit for consumers in 2010, Forrester analyst Ted Schadler says its competitors should temper expectations if they expect rapid adoption in the enterprise market.

• Microsoft bashes Apple at CES while previewing next-gen Windows

  Microsoft Windows president Steven Sinofsky took a shot at Apple while previewing the next generation of Windows during CES in Las Vegas, saying users are being inconvenienced because there is no convergence across the iPhone, iPad, iPod and MacBook.

• Steve Ballmer at CES: Can he solve Microsoft's tablet problem?

  Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will take center stage at CES Wednesday, delivering a highly anticipated keynote at 6:30 Pacific Time in Las Vegas.

• Samsung releases MLC-based SSDs for data centers

  Samsung on Tuesday released its first solid state drive (SSD) built with consumer-class NAND flash but targeted for use in enterprise-class storage systems.