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The external disk storage market in Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (CEMA) recorded a 16.9% year-on-year increase in terms of value in the first quarter of 2011 to total $366.8 million. International market research company IDC has recorded the capacity sold at 163.1 petabytes, which was double the figure reported in the same period last year. Fiber channel SAN-attached storage continued to hold the largest value share at 62.1%. However, the category grew only a modest 5.5% year-on-year, far behind the rapidly expanding NAS and iSCSI storage systems.
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Oracle continued grow its portfolio with acquisition tech companies and after picking up Web management company FatWire Software earlier this month, it announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Pillar Data Systems, a leading provider of innovative and highly scalable SAN Block I/O storage systems that provide exceptional performance scaling characteristics with patented Quality of Service. Pillar Data Systems is a privately-held company based in San Jose, California that boasts nearly 600 customers across 24 countries. Read More…

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HP appointed Alaa Al Shimy as the Director of Enterprise, Storage, Servers and Networking (ESSN) Director for the Middle East. In his new role, Alaa is responsible for managing growth and cost control for the ESSN revenue streams in Middle East focusing on the end to end business and operational management in the region. Prior to this role, Alaa was the Regional Director for HP Networking for the Middle East, Mediterranean and Africa (MEMA) region, and grew the networking business by over four times in the last two years.Read More…

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Aptec recently concluded the launch of Dell Storage forum in Dubai on a high note with 30 top resellers from around Middle East attending and get trained and familiarized with latest technology in Dell Storage arena. The Storage forum showcased growing Dell Storage portfolio—Dell EqualLogic, Dell Compellent and Dell PowerVault products. Dell believes data is the new growth driver for businesses and organizations, and its Fluid Data architecture can help deliver the efficiency, agility and resiliency to support that growth. From the desktop to the data center to the cloud, Dell Storage provides the foundation for today’s virtualized environments. Read More…

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To help customers improve the speed, efficiency, and simplicity of their backup and recovery operations, CommVault has entered into a global OEM agreement with NetApp under which NetApp will integrate elements of CommVault’s Simpana 9 software with NetApp SnapShot and replication technology, under the NetApp SnapProtect brand. NetApp SnapProtect software is based on an OEM version of Simpana software and close integration with NetApp SnapVault and SnapMirror transforms how companies can efficiently protect, manage and access enterprise data across all tiers of storage.
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Fujitsu today announced that it is providing PRIMERGY server and ETERNUS storage customers with enhanced access to the market-leading data protection suite Backup Exec from Symantec, making it easier to back up and protect vital business data. Fujitsu is offering Backup Exec as an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) product, providing the software together with its high-performance and reliable ETERNUS storage systems and PRIMERGY x86 servers
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Western Digital today announced the acquisition Hitachi Global Storage Technologies and the new entity will result in a customer-focused storage company, with significant operating scale, strong global talent and the industry’s broadest product lineup backed by a rich technology portfolio. WD expects the transaction to be immediately accretive to its earnings per share on a non-GAAP basis, excluding acquisition-related expenses, restructuring charges and amortization of intangibles.

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HP continued its bying spree and recently brought over a leading global provider of utility storage 3PAR Inc.

Now combining 3PAR’s leading-edge utility storage products with HP’s existing storage solutions will strengthen HP’s impressive storage, server and networking portfolio.Read More…