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Data analysis drives fund managers to spend double the UK average on technology

  • In Depth
  • Date: 24 October 2006
Business Focus is a weekly column providing at-a-glance statistics and commentary on spending priorities and trends in particular sectors. This week we look at fund managers.

QLogic dives into directors

QLogic will announce its new SanBox 9000 director this week, but it's missing true director-class features and is encroaching on a market already dominated by Brocade and Cisco.

SATA boosts RAID-6 use

High-capacity SATA disks are driving up the use of RAID 6, which has prompted vendors to create new ways of overcoming the performance hit incurred with dual-parity protection.

EMC plays catch-up with Clariion

Clariion arrays now have support for both Fibre Channel and iSCSI in one box, as well as other features that competitors have been using against EMC for some time.

O2 launches discount deal for Spanish travellers

O2 has launched a mobile pricing plan which removes charges when receiving calls abroad.

Xiotech, Pillar scale down, support iSCSI

Xiotech, Pillar introduce entry-level iSCSI arrays; Overland loses Dell deal; EMC and IBM report earnings.

Nokia sees operating profits slump

Nokia has posted a 20% increase in third quarter sales but has been hit by a drop in operating profits.

Novell ships optimised Linux server package for IBM hardware

Novell is shipping a Linux server software bundle optimised for IBM hardware.

Storage caching makes a comeback

A storage caching appliance from Gear6 serves files up to 50 times faster than from disk, but the new device rekindles old arguments over the risks of an in-band device.

Fujitsu launches flash-memory laptops

Fujitsu has launched laptops that use lightweight flash memory – like that used in portable MP3 players - instead of a traditional hard drive.
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