EMC has announced the acquisition of San Francisco-based Pivotal Labs, a privately-held provider of agile software development services and tools. Pivotal Labs enhances EMC’s portfolio of products and services, which enable organizations to store, analyze, and take action on Big Data. The transaction is not expected to have a material impact to EMC GAAP or
OCZ Technology has announced that Colfax International will deploy Z-Drive R4 PCIe SSDs into their new lines of enterprise servers. Colfax recently updated many of their platforms to be compatible with Intel’s latest dual socket Sandy Bridge-EP platform, which enables up to 80 lanes of Gen 3 PCIe throughput, effectively letting the Z-Drive R4 operate at its
Iomega has announced new integration between Iomega network storage solutions and EMC Atmos. This will enable easy cloud backup for smaller organizations and others by extending EMC Atmos cloud-based data protection and sharing to Iomega’s network storage product offerings. The new integration gives SMBs, remote offices, and distributed enterprises easy access to any Atmos powered
Smart Storage Systems has expanded their line of enterprise SSDs with the Optimus Ultra SSD, their first to use Smart’s proprietary Guardian Technology. This new SAS drive leverages consumer-grade MLC NAND but still achieves astounding endurance metrics, with support for 25 full drive writes per day, for the five year life of the drive. The
Icy Dock has announced the MB082SP EZ-FIT PRO, the newest product in the SSD/HDD bracket and converter line. The EZ-FIT PRO is a full metal dual 2.5" to 3.5" bracket with a matte black finish, featuring a quick and easy installation requiring no tools or screws when installing or changing your HDDs/SSDs. Its durable design
HighPoint announced a new DIY SSD caching product called the RocketCache 3240X8, giving buyers a new flexible and affordable alternative to locked caching solution currently on the market. While current caching products are tied to using specific hardware or software, in cases such as the OCZ Synapse Cache or OCZ RevoDrive Hybrid, the RocketCache 3240X8
Toshiba has announced their MKx001GRZB enterprise SSD (eSSD) has won a Grand Prize for Excellence in Energy Efficiency and Conservation from the Energy Conservation Center in Japan. The testing took into account not just straight power consumption, but the popular performance per watt, generally measured as IOPS/watt when computing TCO in the enterprise.
A collaboration of storage industry leaders from Compellent, HP, LeftHand Networks, LSI and Sun have announced the Starboard Storage Systems, an innovator in Application-Crafted Storage systems for mixed workloads for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Starboard Storage Systems is led by CEO Victor Walker, from Sun, CMO Karl Chen, from LeftHand Networks, VP or product
Amazon has a gold box offer today on the OCZ Agility 3 SSD. The deal is for the 90GB capacity – $99.99 with no rebates which is $40 less than current street price. The Agility 3 uses a SandForce SF-2281 processor and asynchronous NAND to crank out advertised speeds up to 525MB/s read and 500MB/s writes. In
Transcend Information has announced the launch of its new, next generation SSD720 SATA III 6GB/s SSD. The SSD720 delivers significantly improved performance over standard rotating hard drives and its focus on productivity-enhancement is the ideal solution for demanding system applications, such as specialized multimedia computing and serious gaming.
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