Upline experiences downtime

HP's Upline online storage service, launched on 7 April, has been suspended for almost a week due to technical issues with one user's account, says PC World.

HP is working to resolve the issue and the service could be back up this week, said Sheila Watson, an HP spokesperson. The service's Web site appears to be online, but users are unable to purchase the service.

"HP chose to temporarily suspend the Upline service to investigate what we believe is an isolated technical issue. We anticipate that the Upline service will again be available to users this week," Watson said.

Western Digital (WD) unveiled what it is terming the world's fastest SATA hard drive, a 10 000rpm model aimed at the enthusiast PC and professional workstation markets, states ChannelWeb.

The new WD VelociRaptor 2.5-inch hard drive provides up to 300GB capacity, and is based on the company's enterprise-class drive technology.

The drive is enclosed in WDC's IcePack. IcePack is a 3.5-inch mounting frame with a built-in heat sink which the storage vendor said fits in a standard 3.5-inch system bay and provides extra cooling for high-performance desktop PC and workstation applications.

IBM announced the latest company to make its shopping list: Diligent Technologies, a storage de-duplication technology company, says Portal IT News.

The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

IBM has been interested in storage companies in the recent past, with Dilligent being the third such acquisition. Previously, IBM also announced its intentions to purchase the Israeli-based XIV, as well as FilesX.