Even though solid state drives aren't as prone to physical damage as conventional hard drives, it's still possible to lose data. Kroll Ontrack says it has developed proprietary techniques to recover more data in less time.

Hitachi GST claims its latest Ultrastar solid state drives are the first enterprise-class SSDs to use 25 nanometre SLC NAND flash memory technology.

The challenges which enterprises are facing in terms of managing ballooning end user data stores, and information stored on virtual servers or in clouds, has prompted CommVault to update its Simpana suite of information management tools, bringing forward the release of some functions originally slated for inclusion in Simpana 10 which isn’t expected to be released before 2013.

ICT services provider, Dimension Data, has appointed a new chief of its Queensland operation as the company sets itself for strong growth in the Queensland market this year.

Cable&Wireless Worldwide is making a multi-million dollar investment in an expansion of its global data hosting capacity in a deal with specialist data centre operator, Infinity.

Storage and data management solutions provider, NetApp has expanded its global partner network through which its cloud services are delivered, claiming a doubling in size over the past six months as 20 new additional partners come onboard.

The latest storage product from WD combines dual drives for capacity or redundancy with Internet access and DLNA compatibility.

Australian cloud computing and public cloud storage company, Ninefold, has boosted its management team with the appointment of Edwin Dawson as Technical Engagement Manager.

The free tier on Amazon Web Services now includes the use of Windows Server, not just Linux.

The rapid adoption of cloud solutions will transform the traditional networking channel landscape in countries of the EMEA region -  Europe, the Middle East and Africa – as the market is fuelled by new technologies, changing customer demands, an alternate vendor landscape, and an uncertain regional economy.