Today SanDisk Corporation announced that it has updated its server-side solid state caching software, FlashSoft version 3.7. The new software updates includes improvements in performance, usability, and compatibility for Windows, VMware, and Linux environments. SanDisk has also announced that it is bundling its FlashSoft software with its hardware, such as its Optimus Ascend SAS SSD and the CloudSpeed Ascend SATA

Toshiba has announced the development of a 48-layer three dimensional stacked cell structure flash memory named BiCS, a 2-bit-per-cell 128-gigabit (16 gigabytes) device. Primarily suited for solid state drives, the BiCS is based on a 48-layer stacking process, which enhances the reliability of write/erase endurance all the while boosting write speed. Sample shipments of products using

OCZ Storage Solutions has announced the Intrepid 3700 Series, a new family of SATA III SSDs that adds to its Intrepid 3000 enterprise portfolio. The new Intrepid 3700 SSDs are designed to deliver top-class performance and I/O latency responses, which OCZ indicates will dramatically improve application performance and I/O efficiencies. The new line will also support higher storage

The Ethernet Alliance has released the 2015 Ethernet Roadmap. The Ethernet Roadmap outlines the current developments and future evolution of the Ethernet through the end of the decade. This is the first time ever the industry roadmap has been made public.

Today Maxta announced new solutions today that will allow entire data centers to be built exclusively using industry-standard hardware. This will create simple, cost-effective, and powerful solutions giving customers greater platform choice. The new solutions enable hyper-convergence for environments built on Maxta software and using the Cumulus Linux operating system, for open networking on Cumulus

Today OCZ Storage Solutions, a Toshiba Group Company, released a new SSD management solution, Guru. Guru allows user to do the usual monitoring and maintenance of their SSDs, but it also gives them enough information to “unlock their SSD’s full potential.”

Today OnApp announced a new Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service capability for the OnApp cloud platform. OnApp DRaaS enables customers to using OnApp’s integrated storage system to create resilient local cloud storage on the hardware they are already using for their cloud. Customers will then be able to replicate in real-time to a remote OnApp DRaaS site without impacting

Today the EMC Federation announced a new hardware and software solution that enables businesses to deploy big data at scale, quickly and securely, across the enterprise, the Federation Business Data Lake (FBDL). The Federation consists of EMC Information Infrastructure (EMC II), VMware, Pivotal, VCE, and RSA. The Data Lake is a new solution from EMC,

Amazon.com had previously  announced that they were enhancing their Elastic Block Storage (EBS) with SSDs last year. Amazon just announced that that in addition to the SSD enhancements, users can now choose between a Provisioned IOPS SSD volumes with 16TB of capacity, can process up to 20,000 IOPS, and has a maximum throughput of 320MB/s and General Purpose SSD