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• Rakon taps Pure Storage and partner Datacom for a storage overhaul

  Auckland-based component maker Rakon has modernised its local IT infrastructure and prepared for growth using Pure Storage's technology.

• Storage systems are weakest link in IT infrastructure security

  Storage systems have a significantly weaker security posture than the other two layers of IT infrastructure — compute and network equipment.

• Barfoot & Thompson taps Pure Storage and Cisco to drive transformation

  ​With more than 78 branches across New Zealand and business booming, real estate agency Barfoot & Thompson could not afford to be slowed down by technology.

• How businesses should right-size edge storage

  Enterprise customers need to consider capacity, power and connectivity when choosing storage options for edge computing deployments.

• The next data storage breakthrough? DNA

  ​Microsoft is digging into the building blocks of life to encode and store humanity’s digital future, with the vendor flagging what it claims is the first fully automated system to store and retrieve data in DNA.

• ​EMC keeps Hewlett Packard Enterprise at bay, but enterprise storage market slides

  “The enterprise storage market closed out 2015 on a slight downturn, as spending on traditional external arrays continues to decline."

• ​Cloud deployments rise as IT infrastructure spend grows

  The overall share of Cloud IT infrastructure sales climbed to 33.8 per cent in 3Q15, up from 28.7 per cent a year ago.

• ​How to cut cost and complexity out of storage infrastructure

  Total worldwide enterprise storage systems factory revenue grew 2.1 percent year over year to US$8.8 billion during the second quarter of 2015.

• Storage slide continues as Cloud competition intensifies

  “The personal and entry-level storage market has been showing seasonality since 2013."

• Back-up market off to “strong start” as EMC leads Symantec

  “The worldwide PBBA market got off to a strong start in 2015 with solid year-over-year revenue growth in the historically slower first quarter."

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