While not the subject of the showcase, slower SATA interface storage devices will be able in many cases to share the same storage backplane.
For one thing, it gives a framework for observing the ongoing battle for market share in online storage services.
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Going forward, we expect NetApp to continue gaining storage market share as increased adoption of cloud leads to higher demand for virtualized storage infrastructure.
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As EMC targets the unified storage market, among the fastest growing segments in the data storage industry, the firm has the opportunity to further expand its leading share in the external data storage market (in GB).
NetApp is making significant efforts to expand its share in the cloud storage.
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In the past NetApp has significantly gained share in the data storage market driven by its industry leading unified storage offerings.
This free trip-planning software even allows users to create Garmin Adventures- where they can upload their photos for online storage and share with friends, family or fellow explorers.
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We believe, these factors coupled with the fact that NetApp is one of the pioneers in virtualization will help it gain storage market share as more organizations turn to virtualized infrastructure as the preferred way of delivering and running applications going forward.
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Separately, Banc of America Securities moved EMC into the top slot of its tech picks, one spot ahead of IBM, jumping on the current valuation following a 19% drop in the data storage company's share price since March.
Separately, Banc of America Securities moved EMC (nyse: EMC - news - people ) into the top slot of its tech picks, one spot ahead of IBM (nyse: IBM - news - people ), jumping on the current valuation following a 19% drop in the data storage company's share price since March.
This includes broadband Internet connectivity, two VoIP ports, home networking via a four-port, 11n wireless switch, a USB port (to share devices, such as printers and storage).
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While smaller in market share, unified and scale-out storage has been growing at about 15% per year, while block storage lags behind with a 4% growth rate, according to ready.
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Clearly, storage companies are taking advantage of large cash positions and relatively beaten down company valuations to increase their market share but they are also positioning themselves for coming changes in the storage market.
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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.
That is iMac desktops are the hub from which your mobile devices can sync and share information, but the hub provides greater storage and a larger screen for more labor-intensive "processing" such as document or photo album creation.
Additionally, each product comes with 10GB of Wuala online storage so you can securely store and share files online.
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Dell currently is the fourth largest player in the total disk storage systems market and had a revenue share of 11.4% in 1Q11, down from 12.7% during the same period last year.
Dropbox wants you to think that your storage bucket is yours and that you can share it as you like.
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"Connected Data's technology is poised to disrupt the cloud storage market and evolve the way individuals and businesses share and interact with their data, both personally and professionally, " said Mike Maples, Jr.
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The DockStar network adapter also has three additional USB ports, allowing connection of up to four mass storage devices at a time, providing more to share and access whether you're across the room or on the other side of the world.
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Pure Storage has had help from investors in its pursuit of market share.
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With the pre-installed aVia media player app on NeoTV PRIME, you can play, manage and share your videos, music, and photos from any of your digital storage and Google Android devices to your big screen TV.
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And, using the handy SharePort Mobile app for mobile devices, USB and SD card file sharing or expanded device storage, it's easier than ever to record and share a video with friends, send a corporate presentation to people in the audience, or transfer digital photos from a camera's memory card to a computer in the field.
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In cloud computer service and storage operators like EMC, NetApp and Red Hat are big market share winners.
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One winner is Phison Electronics, a fabless flash storage device maker that has used its Taipei base to gain market share worldwide.
Sites like Sgrouples.com, an emerging social media alternative that does all the familiar Facebook things, adds a storage function, and allows users to control their personal information and share more privately, represent a possible next generation in the evolution of social media.
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However, faced with competition from the storage market leader EMC in its core unified storage market, NetApp may find it increasingly hard to gain further market share.
Given that storage software is a higher margin business as compared to storage hardware, NetApp will not want to risk any further loss of market share.
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Even better, the receiver's gigabyte of mass storage flash memory makes it simple to copy stored documents onto the PC or share them with a friend or colleague via good old sneakernet.
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We see opportunities for market share gains (Backup and Recovery, VNXe, Isilon), we believe the networked storage market is one of the most defensible spending areas, and virtualization will continue to add to storage needs.
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