July 14, 2011 — EMC Corporation announced on Thursday that it has launched its new EMC ProSphere Storage Resource Management solution, designed to meet the needs of cloud computing and virtualized environments. According to the press release, ProSphere delivers an end-to-end view of storage assets no matter the location, allowing single-pane management.

A screen shot of Carroll-Net’s 30-day trial page (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) –- Offsite backup solution provider Carroll-Net ( www.carroll.net ) announced on Wednesday it has introduced a new pricing model that charges only for storage space used, with no additional fees for deleted files. Carroll-Net’s newly revised pricing structure ensures that customers are no longer charged for deleting files, which allows them to upload new files as often as necessary. The company points out in its press release that many backup companies say they only charge for “revisions,” but this often means they are charging for deleted files.

A screen shot of Carroll-Net’s 30-day trial page (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) –- Offsite backup solution provider Carroll-Net ( www.carroll.net ) announced on Wednesday it has introduced a new pricing model that charges only for storage space used, with no additional fees for deleted files. Carroll-Net’s newly revised pricing structure ensures that customers are no longer charged for deleting files, which allows them to upload new files as often as necessary. The company points out in its press release that many backup companies say they only charge for “revisions,” but this often means they are charging for deleted files

A video still from a WHIR interview with Steve Lesem, Mezeo president and CEO (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Cloud storage solutions provider Mezeo Software ( www.mezeo.com ) announced on Tuesday that it has been named one of Gartner’s “Cool Vendors” in the research firms Storage Technologies report. Gartner ( www.gartner.com ) defines a cool vendor as an enterprise that offers technologies or solutions that are innovative, impactful and intriguing and have caught Gartner’s attention over the past six months. According to the press release, Gartner finds that a storage infrastructure that meets service-level agreements is no longer adequate.

A screenshot of Data Storage Corp’s website (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Data protection and business continuity solutions provider Data Storage Corporation ( www.datastoragecorp.com ) announced on Monday that it has expanded its Westbury, New York data center. According to the press release, this expansion has enabled the company to offer its SafeData virtual data recovery solution from its facility.  DSC says additional enhancements made at all four of its data centers will provide its clients with more optimized performance of their data backup and recovery solutions. “We have been able to offer our virtual data recovery services from our other data centers, but are now pleased to be able to provide our New York area clients with the same viable cloud-based data recovery solution,” Chuck Piluso, chairman and CEO of Data Storage Corporation said in a statement.  The company says the key upgrades made to its data centers include network storage platform and firewall security.  “The additional enhancements made to our data centers will shorten the data recovery times for our clients and those managed service providers utilizing our offsite backup facilities,” Matt Grosso, EVP technical operations and engineering stated.

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Hosting Toolbox – MIAMI – Terremark Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ:TMRK), a leading global provider of managed IT infrastructure services, today announced the addition of new levels of support and an innovative new storage pricing model for users of its vCloud Express offering. The company also updated its pricing model for virtual machines leveraging large amounts of memory, processing and storage resources.