Consider Intel in microprocessors, Cisco Systems in networking equipment and EMC Corp. in corporate computer data storage.

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Dell provides computer storage and data management technology to many businesses, which are expected to increase spending this year.

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Recognizing that they are behind the curve compared with other countries with developed privacy law regimes, Chinese authorities have now circulated for public comment draft guidelines governing transmission and storage of personal data on computer systems.

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Using a combination of HDD and flash memory in either a hybrid HDD or a dual storage notebook computer, where frequently used data (and possibly the operating system and application software) is kept in the flash memory, while the bulk of user content is kept on the HDD, has been shown to provide about 80% of the performance improvements of a pure SSD-based computer.

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With Ellison behind him Workman has picked quite the fight, taking on the computer storage industry with one little company, Pillar Data Systems .

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IaaS offers basic computing services, from number crunching to data storage, which customers can combine to build highly adaptable computer systems.

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For onboard storage, it uses cheap computer diskettes, which can be easily slipped into any PC for data transfer.

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