I'm back in our Cincinnati-based lab after an insanely brief visit to Milan this week for EMC's much anticipated but hardly secretive launch of the "new VNX" and product updates, launches and so on. VNX2 was the highlight of the show of course, well, that and a menagerie of Formula 1 race cars from Lotus
Barracuda Copy for Companies Enhanced
Barracuda is announcing enhancements to its Copy for Companies file sync and share service which include expanded security capabilities, company visibility into employee accounts, and better control over incoming shared data. Having been originally released in February, Copy has also tweaked the GUI, admin page and folder management to improve the overall usability. Copy is
Kingston SSDNow E50 for Data Centers Announced
Kingston is announcing the forthcoming SSDNow E50, the company’s latest enterprise-class SSD engineered with affordable NAND for applications that do not have heavy endurance requirements. The SSDNow E50 will be positioned as the less-expensive sibling to the previously announced SSDNow E100, which features 30K NAND that is more suited for write-intensive server environments than the
VMware Announces Virtual SAN Public Beta
VMware is announcing that it will begin a public beta for Virtual SAN, a new software-defined storage solution that extends the VMware vSphere Hypervisor in order to manage pools of compute and direct-attached storage, in Q3 2013. Virtual SAN clusters’ server disks and flash for VM use this so that storage can be centrally managed using
HP and VMware Federated SDN Data Center Solution Announced
HP and VMware are announcing a new federated software-defined network (SDN) solution for unified automation of physical and virtual data center networks. The HP and VMware solution integrates the HP Virtual Application Networks SDN Controller with the VMware NSX network virtualization platform in order to provide automation of both physical and virtual network infrastructures. The
VMware NSX Network Virtualization Announced
VMware is announcing its VMware NSX which enables the virtualization of existing network infrastructures. Using services from VMware NSX and its partner Ecosystem, this software can virtualize the network and manage the distribution of logical network functions into hypervisors in the data center. Administrators can provision complex, multi-tier virtual networks rapidly and independent of the
Nimble Storage SmartStack Reference Architecture Announced
Nimble Storage is currently announcing its new SmartStack for Business Critical Applications architecture, which leverages Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) B-series blade servers, VMware vSphere 5.1, and flash-optimized Nimble Storage CS-Series arrays. This architecture is designed to streamline the deployment of modular, 500-user converged infrastructure building blocks for applications such as Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint, and
Corsair Force Series LS SSD Announced
Corsair is announcing the Force Series LS SSD line which is available in 60GB, 120GB and 240GB capacities and is engineered as a cost-effective upgrade for desktops and notebooks to replace HDDs. The Force Series LS is a 7mm height SSD, and can thus easily be installed in any standard 2.5" drive bay, or even a 3.5" drive
Promise Technology VTrak A-Class SAN Global Availability Announced
PROMISE Technology is announcing global availability of its VTrak A-Class all-in-one SAN which removes the requirement for organizations to purchase a separate primary metadata storage server, secondary metadata storage server and metadata storage device/array to build a shared SAN solution. The VTrak A-Class is engineered specifically for creative professionals in post-production, broadcast, photography, editors and
CommVault Virtual Machine Archiving in Simpana 10 Announced
CommVault is announcing a new automated virtual machine (VM) archiving capability for its Simpana 10 software which enables enterprises and service providers to eliminate unnecessary VMs and take greater control of virtual infrastructure resources. Citing a recent study showing that up to 30-40% of VMs wind up not out of use, CommVault has designed the




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