Backblaze Named SIIA Software CODiE Award Finalist for Best Cloud Storage …

SAN MATEO, Calif., April 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – Backblaze, a number one provider of unlimited online backup , today announced that Backblaze Online Backup was named a finalist for the 2013 SIIA Software CODiE Awards for Best Cloud Storage & Back Up Solution.  The SIIA CODiE Awards are the premier award for the software and data industries, and feature been recognizing product excellence for 27 years. The awards have over 75 categories and are organized by industry focus of Content , Education and Software . (Logo: ...

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KineticD Aims Turnkey Microsite for Cloud Storage at SMB Channel

Cloud backup and information recovery supplier KineticD is now working with its channel reseller partners to make it easier for those VARs to get an internet site up and running to market and resell the vendor’s services to their respective customers. A new turnkey microsite for reseller partners was designed by KineticD to aid resellers develop new revenue streams in online backup and recovery. Launched as an enablement program , the turnkey microsite’s purpose is to aid partners market KineticD’s cloud services . All that’s needed for a partner to start is...

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Storage System Trends for 2013 and Beyond

In some earlier pieces in December we checked out storage device trends.  During this piece we shall examine trends in storage systems with some comments at the implications for some storage technologies.  We see significant trends happening which could impact common practices and architectures for digital storage for decades to come back. Storage capacity requirements are growing because of the proliferation of video cameras and sensor networks, user generated content and its use in social networks, content distribution systems in addition to on-line storage to support backups and disaster...

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Box CEO Plan for 2013 Echoes CIO Wish-List

News Editor CIOs want more integration between the cloud-based IT services they use to run their businesses. So does Aaron Levie, the co-founding father of fast growing cloud storage company Box, which says it has 14,000 active businesses as customers, including 92% of the Fortune 500. Levie tells Tech Crunch’s Leena Rao  the company will spend the majority of the year continuing to enhance  its core technologies, and should work on how to integrate Box with other cloud-based technologies – in addition to further expanding the company’s API into the hands of...

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Daily Deals for December 27, 2012

It’s time to avoid wasting of that arduous-earned cash with our Daily Deals, featuring a handy list from Dealnews and our own hand-picked selections that come with some sweet deals on iOS and OS X software (all prices are USD). You also can look into our holiday deals list from last week for much more software sales. Deals from Dealnews BuyDig : [USB Hard Drives] Western Digital 500GB FireWire 800 / USB HDD for $59 + free shipping, 2 for $98. BuyDig : [Networkable Hard Drives (NAS)] Western Digital Sentinel 6TB Small Office NAS Server for $579 + free shipping. Best Buy...

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