Potential participants include users and producers of systems and components for telecommunications carriers, Internet exchanges, financial markets, data centers, multiple system operators (MSOs) networking systems, high-performance computing, network storage and servers and other individuals interested in future IEEE 802.3 Ethernet wireline standards.

ENGADGET: IEEE pushes for Ethernet standard between 400Gbps and 1Tbps, hopes to head off big data crunch

The two new personal offerings come only weeks after Iomega leaned into the enterprise storage market with a line of network-attached storage servers that are aimed at basic storage and backup applications on corporate networks.

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Mega has a generous level of storage (50GB for free users) and is promising a network of servers around the world to preserve data both from data loss and from the likely legal action. because hovering over Mega is the continued discussion over the court actions around Megaupload.

FORBES: The Three Keys To Making Mega An Acceptable Cloud Storage Service

In past years, these virtualization efforts have been more concentrated on servers, but it is now becoming increasingly common to implement virtualization solutions for network storage and desktops as well.

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Joining the existing network attached storage line up - the BlackArmor(R) NAS 440 and BlackArmor(R) NAS 420 storage servers - these new solutions share the same suite of robust backup applications for business professionals and home office use.

ENGADGET: Seagate unleashes three new BlackArmor storage devices for small business, road warriors, mercenaries