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New Feature In Google Drive Improves Interoperability with Microsoft Office

Jaikumar Vijayan | February 07, 2018

Google's new feature in Drive allows users to make comments directly on Microsoft Office files without requiring Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat Reader local applications or end-use licenses.

Consider Renewing Instead of Replacing Your Company’s Laptops

Wayne Rash | February 03, 2018

NEWS ANALYSIS: The normal practice in most companies is to plan for a three to four year lifespan when budgeting for replacement computers, but suppose you don’t need to replace them?

Cloud Native Computing Foundation Expands With Rook Storage Project

Sean Michael Kerner | January 30, 2018

The Cloud Native Computing Foundation announces its first new project for 2018, bringing in storage orchestration capabilities.

Synology Adds Intelligence to New Storage Packages

Chris Preimesberger | January 18, 2018

This is a new-age storage file system. For example, deep-learning analytics automatically identifies people, places and objects in photos and sorts them into albums accordingly.

Box Offers New-Gen Compliance Monitoring, Validation for Life Sciences

Chris Preimesberger | January 18, 2018

The company has partnered with USDM Life Sciences, a risk management, technological innovation and business process optimization firm for the life sciences and healthcare industries, to provide the software for the project.

Startup Komprise Getting Traction in Tough-to-Crack Storage Market

Chris Preimesberger | January 12, 2018

By using analytics, Komprise identifies the data best suited for the cloud, then transparently archives and replicates the data.

Dropbox, Spotify Expected to Lead IT IPOs in 2018

Chris Preimesberger | January 12, 2018

Dropbox's goal is to list on an exchange in the first half of 2018, with the listing to be led by Goldman Sachs Group and JPMorgan Chase & Co.

SoftNAS, Veeam Team Up for Alternative Cloud Backup

Chris Preimesberger | January 11, 2018

For IT managers looking for a new cloud backup provider, SoftNAS's Cloud Essentials v3.7, optimized for use alongside Veeam’s Availability Suite, becomes available later this month.

IT Science Case Study: Helping the Sheriff Get the Job Done

Chris Preimesberger | January 09, 2018

The County of San Mateo’s aging server infrastructure and lack of physical space made it difficult to support operations and take on new IT projects. Here’s how it handled the problem.

WD Patches Backdoor Security Flaw in My Cloud NAS Devices

Sean Michael Kerner | January 08, 2018

A security researcher discloses full details on multiple software vulnerabilities in Western Digital's My Cloud network-attached storage devices that have now been patched.

Microsoft to Acquire Avere Systems for Cloud HPC Storage

Pedro Hernandez | January 03, 2018

Avere Systems, already a Microsoft partner, may help Azure's reach into the burgeoning market for cloud-based HPC solutions.

CES Preview: OWC Launches Fast New Storage Drives for Macs

Chris Preimesberger | December 21, 2017

New Thunderbolt external and mobile drives, dock and display adapters will be introduced at CES next month.

Upbound Raises $9M for Multi-Cloud Enablement

VIDEO: At KubeCon and CloudNativeCon EU 2018, Bassam Tabbara, CEO of Upbound, discusses the Cloud Native Computing Foundation's Rook cloud storage orchestration project and the multi-cloud future...

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Intel Processors, Storage Set New Dell Servers Apart

Dell’s latest Intel-based PowerEdge servers bring new levels of operational efficiency and flexibility while extending industry-leading reliability and uptime.