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• VCE CEO says EMC, Cisco, VMware partnership unshaken by NetApp incursion

  VCE said its partnership with Cisco has been unaffected by Cisco's strengthening a reseller agreement with NetApp to sell cloud architectures.

• IBM to sell global data migration engine, NAS/iSCSI SAN

  ORLANDO - IBM next week plans to unveil software that will allow data to be automatically migrated between storage tiers on an array and between arrays -- no matter where they are in the world.

• Micron unveils its first entry-level SSD for blade servers

  Micron today released its first entry-level solid state drive (SSD) aimed at being used as a boot drive in servers or for I/O intensive read applications, such as video streaming in cloud computing environments.

• NYSE Euronext boosts network bandwidth with 10GbE throughout

  NYSE Euronext has rolled out 10GbE throughout its data centers, and with the new networking technology the stock exchange boasts 2.4Tbps aggregate bandwidth or a sub-75 microsecond round trip for network messages.

• Start-up releases all-in-one VMware server, storage appliance

  Start-up Nutanix today launched its first product, a slim, virtualized server that is clustered together with solid state and hard drive storage that can be managed under a single GUI.

• HP announces converged storage strategy, products

  Hewlett-Packard today announced a series of upgrades to its storage products, including the addition of data snapshots and a portfolio of pre-configured storage systems.

• EMC unveils real-time data replication over thousands of miles

  LAS VEGAS - EMC announced at its annual trade show today an upgrade to its data-caching appliance that allows storage arrays to replicate data between applications over distances greater than 2,000 miles.

• Fortune 1000 firms shun public cloud storage

  Fewer than 10% of enterprise-class corporations are considering the public cloud as a place to store even their lowest tier of data for archive purposes, a new survey of 247 Fortune 1000 corporations shows.

• Carnival Cruise Lines sails with iSCSI

  Like many enterprise IT shops, Carnival Cruise Lines relied on Fibre Channel-based <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/topic/19/Storage">storage</a> area networks (SANs) over the past 20 years to support its 43,000 employees and dozens of ships. But, when it came time to refresh its technology, the cruise line skipped the traditional forklift upgrade of monolithic boxes in favor of an Ethernet-based, modular architecture.

• 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.

• HP upgrades SANs, management software

  Hewlett-Packard today announced several product upgrades for its small and mid-sized customers, including a new version of its modular storage array with 10Gbit/sec. Ethernet ports.

• HP to take networked storage to SMEs

  Hewlett-Packard will launch a family of networked storage products in September to compete with EMC for small and medium-sized customers.