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Cisco and RSA have teamed up to develop encryption technology for data-at-rest on tapes and other types of storage media, combined with key management within storage area network infrastructure.
Japanese technology giant Fujitsu has unveiled plans to launch enterprise-grade storage as a service to its Australian customers, although it will cut down the number of hardware vendors it focuses on.
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Cisco Systems has introduced two new switches in its storage area networking portfolio that are designed to make it easier for businesses to connect storage computers across long distances.
The networking giant will soon begin to sell switches that use Big Blue's software for managing and storing huge pools of data.
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