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Avaya Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) Framework Announced

Avaya is announcing its Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) framework, which is based on Fabric Connect, an OpenStack Horizon-based Management Platform and Open APIs into the Avaya Fabric Connect. With this implementation, the SDDC framework can deliver productivity and time-to-service improvements to enterprises with highly virtualized data centers. In operation, the Avaya SDDC framework fuses and customizes

Enterprise  ◇  Workstation

Intel SSD 530 Announced

The Intel SSD 530 is being announced and features 20nm MLC NAND as well 2.5", mSATA and M.2 form factors to meet loads of ultra-mobility applications. The SSD 530 ships in capacities up to 480GB depending on the form factor. The 2.5" form factor SSD 530 delivers the greatest array of capacity options with 80, 120,

Consumer  ◇  Workstation

Lenovo ThinkStation D30 Review

The ThinkStation D30 is Lenovo's most powerful workstation on the market and is configurable with up to two 8-core Intel Xeon E5-2600 processors as well as serious specifications to support performance-intensive applications ranging from 3D modeling to oil and gas extraction. The ThinkStation D30 is the largest client desktop in Lenovo’s workstation line. Those sizeable dimensions

Enterprise  ◇  Workstation

Seagate Announces Purpose-Built 4TB Video HDD

Seagate has announced the Video 3.5 which at 4TB will be the industry’s largest-capacity 3.5-inch hard disk drive engineered specifically for digital video recorders (DVRs), set-top boxes and surveillance systems. The Seagate Video 3.5 offers a 0.55 percent annual failure rate and other features which will be attractive to manufacturers, integrators and installers looking for

Enterprise  ◇  SSD  ◇  Workstation

Seagate Announces SSDs and X8 PCIe Accelerator

Seagate is announcing its new Seagate 600 SSD, 600 Pro Enterprise SSD and 1200 Enterprise SSDs designed for consumer, entry-enterprise, and mainstream enterprise applications (respectively) and is also releasing information regarding its new X8 PCIe application accelerator card. The new Seagate 600 SSD and 600 Pro Enterprise SSD drives both feature Toshiba MLC NAND and interface

Enterprise  ◇  Workstation

Dot Hill Announces AssuredSAN Pro 5000 Series With RealStor Autonomic Balancing

Dot Hill has announced its midrange AssuredSAN Pro 5000 Series will feature the company’s newly-patented method for maximizing real-time tiered storage performance. AssuredSAN Pro 5000 Series solutions incorporate RealStor, new Dot Hill management software which implements autonomic balancing of "hot" and "cold" data across drives within the same storage tier without policy setting or human

Enterprise  ◇  Workstation

Micron and Crucial M500 SSDs Announced with up to 960GB Capacity

Micron Technology has announced the M500 SSD, which utilizes 20nm Micron MLC NAND flash to maximize storage density for ultrathin applications. Built by Micron, the M500 will be available to consumers under the Crucial brand and OEM customers with a Micron badge. The 960GB Crucial M500 SSD will initially be priced under $600.

Enterprise  ◇  Workstation

Cintas Hard Drive Destruction Program In Office Visit

Perhaps in-office visit is a bit confusing, near-office visit may be more accurate. Either way, Cintas has recently launched a hard drive destruction program, an offering within their document management services arm, which until recently was mostly focused on paper document destruction and document imaging and storage. The new hard drive destruction program is an

Enterprise  ◇  Workstation

Fusion-io Accelerates Adobe CS6 Post-Production Software With New ioFX

Fusion-io and Adobe have announced that the upcoming Creative Suite 6 Production Premium software will benefit from tighter integration with ioMemory products like the new Fusion ioFX. This tighter integration is all about application acceleration, with software packages such as Adobe After Effects seeing significant performance enhancements, bringing video manipulation into the realm of real-time

Enterprise  ◇  Workstation

IBM PureSystems Will Set the Stage for the Next Era of Computing

IBM has announced a new category of "expert integrated systems,” taking a major step forward in a new, simpler era of computing by being the first family with built-in expertise based on IBM’s decades of experience running IT operations for tens of thousands of clients in 170 countries. PureSystems is the result of $2 billion