Moving and Storage Business News

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- U-Haul ffers 30 Days of Free Storage to Burncliff Apartment Fire …
- Strategic Storage Trust Inc. Closes on Purchase of 500-Unit …
- Moving Company ffers Discounted Rates To Help Those Forced To …
- Virtualization Journal Interview With Egenera

U-Haul ffers 30 Days of Free Storage to Burncliff Apartment Fire …
MSNBC 
23 2008 (GLBE NEWSWIRE) — The U-Haul Company of Minnesota is offering 30 days of free storage to families who have been displaced by the recent apartment fire in the Burncliff Apartment Complex. Families needing more information about the 30-day free self-storage assistance program should contact the following storage facility.
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Strategic Storage Trust Inc. Closes on Purchase of 500-Unit …
MSNBC 
Michael Schwartz SSTI’s Chairman and CE. “It’s an investment with good cash flows and great opportunity for us toadd value through customer service and operational savvy coupled with thelatest technology in the industry. The center with five two-level storage buildings located on 2. 3 acres nearthe major traffic intersection of State Highways 28 and 234 was built in1996 and expanded in 2000.

Moving Company ffers Discounted Rates To Help Those Forced To …
NY1 NY 
“Flat Rate is not going to leave those 120000 clients that we’ve moved over the years in this economic situation. They were good to us all those years so it’s the least that we can do. ” Murgia says she is grateful for the company. Some of her belongings will be kept in storage since she’s eyeing a return to New York at some point down the road. “If I had a better opportunity I would love to” she says. For now though she’s sticking with the West Coast and the security of family.

Virtualization Journal Interview With Egenera
SYS-CN Media NJ 
It has to in order to support the business. IT spending will focus on increasing services levels while cutting costs and building more agility and reliability into IT while better aligning with business goals. Investment areas include infrastructure virtualization management dynamic workload management higher density computers moving edge applications to cloud computing service providers and tools for power management to name just a few. The motivators are reduced operating expenses with improved service levels. The challenge for data center managers is picking the right vendors. Many companies have resorted to a homogeneous or “single vendor” strategy in their data center. The belief is that buying from the biggest leader in any category is safer in times like this even if the solution is close to “good enough.