To learn about all of Iomega's digital storage products and network storage solutions, please go to the Web at www.iomega.com.

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Violin Memory and Pure Storage are flash network storage solutions.

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The transaction would combine two highly complementary product and technology portfolios, adding LaCie's line of premium branded consumer storage solutions, network-attached storage solutions and software offerings to Seagate's array of mainstream consumer storage products.

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All the major vendors now (with only a couple of outliers) offer their own end-to-end compute-storage-network converged infrastructure solutions.

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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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"Continuing our commitment to providing complete network solutions, D-Link's new Cloud Storage 4000 offers the ideal cloud storage solution for any connected home or small business, " said Ken Loyd, director, consumer products, D-Link Systems, Inc.

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The market for mission critical enterprise storage solutions will continue grow as enterprises try to save energy costs and reduce network complexity by moving network traffic to dedicated storage area networks.

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