EMC Corporation has announced the EMC VFCache, a new server Flash caching solution. VFCache and EMC Flash-enabled storage systems significantly improve application performance by leveraging intelligent software and PCIe Flash technology; tests have resulted in increased throughput of up to 3X while reducing latency by 60%. With this announcement, EMC is extending Flash technology servers

Micron has released a statement indicating their Chairman and CEO Steve Appleton has been killed in a small aircraft accident. Reports indicate he was in an experimental single engine Lancair aircraft that crashed at the Boise airport around 9am MST this morning.

As promsied, OCZ is showing off a TLC-based consumer SSD based on the Everest platform. TLC (triple-level cell) NAND holds a good deal of promise in the consumer SSD space, largely because when in volume production the cost of the NAND will be substantially less than current MLC offerings, perhaps by as much as 30%

LaCie has announced its latest peripheral line featuring Thunderbolt technology during the 2012 Consumers Electronic Show: The 2big Thunderbolt Series, which delivers speed, flexibility and capacity and the eSATA Hub Thunderbolt Series, which allows users to connect external eSATA drives to their new Macs.

Memoright has unveiled its 7mm ultrathin SATA III SSD solution, the FTM Plus Slim, which fits directly on HDD slots of the next-generation Intel Ultrabook models to optimize STAT III 6Gb/s interface’s performance, delivering a read/write speed of up to 550/500 MB/s.

OCZ had already promised to display the Z-Drive R5 at CES in an analyst meeting in early December, today OCZ has made the Z-Drive R5 official in a joint announcement with Marvell. OCZ teamed with Marvell on the next generation PCIe SSD storage solution dubbed Kilimanjaro. The Kilimanjaro platform brings not only the performance enterprise

LSI has announced the TrueStore RC5100 read channel IC for hard drives, the industry’s first to be based on 28nm silicon. The RC5100 enables increased drive capacity, higher yield and lower power consumption. LSI is currently demonstrating the read channel to OEMs.

Microsoft has announced much needed improvements to their cloud storage system, SkyDrive.  Microsoft reps say that they addressed the biggest issues that users have pointed out, largely around usability and responsiveness.

Hard drive manufacturer Seagate (NYSE: STX) updated its financial outlook for the December 2011 and March 2012 quarters. Overall, the outlook is good and Seagate believes that the industry will come closer to meeting demand than previously anticipated. While Seagate’s holdings in Thailand have not been affected by the recent flood, other industries and suppliers