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Upstream speeds are frequently the bottlenecks for cloud storage: an entire company might be held back waiting for that last presentation video to go online before the big meeting. Box wants much more parity through Accelerator, a custom infrastructure that should make uploads hum. It uses Amazon’s EC2 for help, but the real magic comes through a mix of Box’s own network and special prioritization. Accelerator goes beyond just location to factor in the browser, OS and other criteria that could affect a data packet’s journey. The company claims through outside studies that its average 7MB/s speeds make it the upload king by a wide margin, to the tune of 2.7 times its fastest worldwide rival and 3.1 times any of its American counterparts. Peak speeds are up to 10 times faster than before, if you go by the company’s word. Most of the focus is on corporate customers and speeding up access near the provider’s ten global access points, but Box is planning both to ramp up performance in more areas and bring Accelerator to the company’s syncing platforms in the near future — an obvious lure for would-be Dropbox customers.

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Looking to save some coin on your tech purchases? Of course you are! In this round-up, we’ll run down a list of the freshest frugal buys, hand-picked with the help of the folks at Slickdeals. You’ll want to act fast, though, as many of these offerings won’t stick around long.

Still need to make some improvements to a machine you’ve got lying around after last week’s group of component offerings? If so, here’s another handful of discounted tech ready to meet your eager mouse clicks. For those not looking to alter their current setup, a 30-inch HP display gets quite the handsome price reduction as well. Don’t get too comfortable, because these bad boys will be gone before you know it. Head on past the break to get started but just remember to include the requisite rebate forms should you need ’em.

Continue reading Slickdeals’ best in tech for September 17th: 30-inch HP monitor, motherboard combo and SSDs

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Slickdeals’ best in tech for September 17th: 30-inch HP monitor, motherboard combo and SSDs originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 17 Sep 2012 13:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Monster is a company that is probably best known for very expensive cables for home theater and car audio systems. That’s not all Monster has in its repertoire though. The company also has a line of audio product such as headphones that have proven to be very popular. You may or may not have heard of Monster Digital, which is the storage and memory card arm of Monster.

Monster Digital has announced a new solid-state drive aimed at laptops, ultrabooks, and desktop computers. The new SSDs have a 2.5-inch form factor and are called the Daytona Series. Monster Digital claims that the SSDs are rated at 550 MB/s read and 515 MB/s write speeds with 60k IOPS.

The company said that the drives are over provisioned for extended reliability as well. The SSDs are 7 mm thick making them universal fit and are packaged inside a stainless steel case. The Daytona series comes as bare drives with capacities of 90 GB, 120 GB, 240 GB, and 480 GB. Pricing for the drives is $99.99, $109.99, $229.99, and $479.99 respectively.

Three of the new Daytona Series SSDs are available in a DIY computer upgrade kit. The 120 GB, 240 GB, and 480 GB versions of the drive can be had with an Easy Installation Kit. This kit contains everything you need to upgrade a PC with the new SSD, including a SATA3/USB 3.0 adapter, 2.5-inch drive bay adapter, and a quick-start guide. The kit also comes with an installation video and a small screwdriver to round out everything you need to install the drive. The upgrade kits are priced at $134.99 for the 120 GB version, $234.99 for the 240 GB version, and $484.99 for the 480 GB version.

Monster Digital unveils Daytona Series SSD drives is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Here comes a new line of USB 3.0 SLC flash drives from Mach Xtreme Technology, the MX-ES. Available in three different storage capacities: 8GB, 16GB and 32GB, these high speed USB flash drives are equipped with SLC NAND Flash memory chips, a USB 3.0 connection interface and capable of delivering read/ write speeds of up to 90/100 MB/s (8GB Model), 160/160 MB/s (16GB Model) and 170/185 MB/s (32GB Model), respectively. The MX-ES series will start shipping from September 20th, prices unannounced yet. [Product Page]

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