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Protocol wars: Can Fibre Channel survive Ethernet’s assault? Although Fibre Channel is seeing single-digit growth rates, Ethernet for storage is exploding “The goal is no longer to deploy and manage each element individually, but to build the optimal (e.g., densest, greenest, simplest) data center,” IDC wrote in its report “Worldwide […]
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This week, top execs at Dell, HP, and Microsoft took turns bashing the Apple iPad. Dell said it was doomed to fail in the enterprise world; HP said its channel partners couldn’t stand Apple’s arrogance; Microsoft called tablets a “fad.” Microsoft also took another shot at Apple’s increasingly unpopular attempt […]