Pure gobbles IBM patents in bid to protect its future

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Voluble vendor signs cross-licence IP deal for Big Blue legacy storage technology

Pure Storage has bought hundreds of storage patents from IBM in a deal it claims will protect both its own long-term future and that of its channel partners. The storage vendor already has 150 p...

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