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News Bits: IGEL, CloudJumper, Aperion, HPE, SwiftStack, NVIDIA, SAP, Rubrik, & More
This week’s News Bits we look at a number of small announcements, small in terms of the content, not the impact they have. IGEL partners with CloudJumper to simplify Cloud Workspaces on Azure. Aperion ADS1000 launches an HPE ProLiant Gen10 Servers. SwiftStack joins NVIDIA Partner Network. SAP expands its Open Source commitment. Rubrik enhances Its Velocity Partner Program. Druva acquires CloudLanes. Carbonite Expands Data Protection for Office 365. Samsung begins mass production Of 12Gb LPDDR5 DRAM. Toshiba RM5 Series Earns VMware vSAN Certification On HPE ProLiant Gen10 Servers. VMware to acquire Bitfusion.
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Toshiba Memory Will Rebrand As Kioxia In October
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Today Toshiba Memory America, Inc. announced that on October 1st of this year, it will officially change its new to Kioxia America, Inc. Kioxia (pronounced kee-ox-ee-uh) will be the new name of all Toshiba Memory companies around the same date. The name change is a result of the spin-off of Toshiba Memory from the parent company of Toshiba Corporation last year.
July 16th, 2019 by Adam Armstrong
Western Digital Expands & Improves Its IntelliFlash Lineup
Today Western Digital Corp. (WDC) announced that it was enhancing and expanding its IntelliFlash data center systems portfolio. The company claims that it is doubling available performance and density as well as enhancing certain capabilities for data migration aims at hybrid-cloud mobility. Western Digital says these enhancements will give their customers greater choice and flexibility when designing their hybrid-cloud infrastructures.
July 16th, 2019 by Adam Armstrong
Pivotal Announces Alpha PAS On Kubernetes
Today Pivotal Software, Inc. announced the new alpha version of its Pivotal Application Service (PAS) on Kubernetes. The company also announced other new products bases on PAS features that are aimed at improving the developer and operator experience when using Kubernetes.
July 16th, 2019 by Michael Rink
Barracuda Firewall Now Enforces Office 365 Breakout Policies
Barracuda has been investing heavily in better security for Microsoft Azure lately. Last week they launched Cloud Security Guardian, an agentless Software-as-a-Service security solution for Azure. Today, Barracuda is building on that release with an update to its CloudGen Firewall.
July 15th, 2019 by Michael Rink
Quest Releases QoreStor Version 6
Today Quest released version 6.0 of their QoreStor software. QoreStor is a software-defined deduplication and replication (e.g., for disaster recovery) platform. We covered its initial release in August of last year. Version 6.0 is a surprisingly high number for a product released only eleven months ago.
July 13th, 2019 by Lazaro Herrera
How To Install Citrix Hypervisor (XenServer)
In this edition of Before the Home Lab we'll look at installing Citrix Hypervisor, formally called XenServer. Citrix Hypervisor is the virtualization platform based on the Xen Project. It used to be the best alternative for getting VMware-like features in an open source product until version 7.3. Since version 7.3, the following features were moved behind Citrix Hypervisor's Standard per core licensing
July 13th, 2019 by Lyle Smith
SecureData SecureDrive BT External Drive Review
The SecureData SecureDrive BT is a hardware-encrypted portable SSD designed for professionals and consumers who need that extra mile to protect their data. Losing a portable drive can be disastrous if security measures weren’t taken, which often is the case. The BT, however, has you covered. It is one of the more unique portable drives we’ve reviewed, as it has been built from the ground up with security as its primary goal so users can have a peace of mind their sensitive or classified data is safe.
July 12th, 2019 by Adam Armstrong
News Bits: StorONE, Seagate, SUSE, StorCentric, HP, Cisco, Juniper, & More
This week’s News Bits we look at a number of small announcements, small in terms of the content, not the impact they have. StorONE and Seagate partner to maximize SSD performance. SUSE Manager 4 released. StorCentric acquires Vexata. HP refreshes its commercial desktop portfolio. Cisco intends to acquire Acacia. Juniper releases Juke 2.2. Hammerspace DaaS now available on AWS. Sony Expands & Launches New TOUGH SD Cards
July 11th, 2019 by Adam Armstrong
Alluxio 2.0 Launched
Today at the AWS Global Summit, Alluxio announced the latest version of its data orchestration technology, Alluxio 2.0. The latest version comes with new innovations for data engineers and is aimed at multi-cloud analytics and AI.
Some information is so critical that it needs a high level of protection when it is transferred to a portable device and on the move. SecureData has rolled out its SecureUSD BT that leverages Mobile phones or Apple Watches to help secure the device. This wireless authentication also makes the device remote management ready.
The DiskStation DS2419+, launched in mid-February, is the latest edition of the 12-bay tower Plus Series family. Providing 192TB (384TB with expansion unit) or raw storage capacity, the DS2419+ is designed for small- to medium-sized businesses looking for an economical data storage solution that provides the option of expanding as their storage needs grow. 
The ADATA XPG SX6000 is the latest in the company's line of M.2 PCIe SSDs. The drive is touted as being a better performer at the same costs, or offering a better cost-performance ratio. The drive comes in a M.2 (2280) form factor and leverages PCIe3x2 interface (NVMe 1.2 supported). The drive utilizes 3D NAND that gives it quoted speeds of 1GB/s read and 800MB/s write.
While there is still a limitation on NVMe portable devices available, there are, however, more and more enclosures for placing NVMe SSDs into. ORICO has released its line of clear NVMe M.2 SSD enclosures. While mostly clear, there is a polychrome aluminum alloy heat sink that comes in four different colors: red, blue, black, and sliver. The enclosure is highly compatible with many makes of PC and several mobile devices. 
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