Enterprise Storage

Government gives thumbs up to ThumbDrive trademark

Appeals board of Patent and Trademark Office reverses original denial

Dell to acquire Compellent

$970 million deal for mid-range storage

IBM chooses MLC-based SSDs for its midrange, high-end arrays

STEC nabs first OEM to use its enterprise MLC technology in high-end storage systems

Toshiba announces its first enterprise-class SSD line

Also debuts two new enterprise-class hard disk drive lines

What’s faster, PCIe or 6Gb SAS?

Seagate releases first 1TB 2.5-in enterprise hard drive

At the same time, Dell unveils first array that includes the new Seagate Constellation drive

If Dell buys Compellent, it loses EMC partnership

Dell will have a difficult time integrating Compellent's technology into its portfolio

F5 expands file virtualization to cloud

New virtual ARX appliance

Feds charge two EMC employees with stealing more than $1M in equipment

The men were also charged with wire fraud and selling stolen property in interstate commerce

Samsung to release ‘3D’ memory modules with 50% greater density

The memory chips are stacked vertically