Featuring a new intuitive user interface, HP Connected Backup 8.8 has been released by HP Autonomy that allows access to any mobile device such as Android, IOS, and Windows devices. This solution can be utilized by both administrators and end users alike to migrate data from aging platforms such as Windows XP that will not

Acronis Backup & Recovery for vCloud is the first complete self-service backup for VMware vCloud, and it enables organizations from a range of sizes to protect their virtual machines (VMs) in public, private, and hybrid clouds. Users can access the backup and recovery of their VMs via a web console which provides a seamless on-premise-to-cloud

TwinStrata is announcing CloudArray 4.7 software, an updated version which enables users to access production snapshots of their data remotely, and along with that capability comes new accelerated cache reload functionality to streamline disaster recovery and testing. Also new, CloudArray 4.7 features improved encryption key protection, fully integrated support for Cleversafe’s dsNet dispersed storage technology

VMware vCloud Suite 5.5 is being released with enhanced versions of vSphere, vCloud Connector, vCloud Director, vCloud Networking and Security, and vCloud Site Recovery Manager – allowing best-in-class automated operations management, virtualization aware security, automated business continuity, and superb platform reliability. With this software, organizations can provide cloud services that facilitate agile application provisioning, availability,

VMware is announcing VMware vSphere v5.5 with Operations Management which can now scale twice as large as the previous version for levels of CPUs, Memory, and NUMA nodes. It also now supports up to 64TB virtual disk files. A new level of customization also enables tuning to improve the performance of low latency applications such

Proximal Data is announcing its AutoCache 2.0, an update on its hypervisor-based caching software that removes I/O bottlenecks and increases VM density and performance up to 3x without disrupting IT operations. Some of the new features in AutoCache 2.0 are role-based administration features and multi-hypervisor support which is designed for cloud service providers’ needs. AutoCache

Fusion-io is announcing Fusion ioVDI software for virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) acceleration which is based on the Fusion ioTurbine virtualization acceleration software installed with Fusion ioMemory-based products in datacenters. Optimized for flash memory, Fusion ioVDI helps to deliver more cost-effective, reliable virtual desktop performance with low latency response times, regardless of application needs. Fusion ioVDI simplifies

Continuity Software is announcing that it’s expanding its risk management offerings by adding AvailabilityGuard/SAN, software which detects downtime and data loss risks across a SAN to ensure that data is protected and business continuity goals are met. As the modern SAN generally comprises several vendors’ solutions and can be managed by multiple IT teams or

Inktank is announcing contributions to Ceph that they’ve made in the newest release of Ceph Dumpling which offers enhancements to the hugely scalable, open source software-defined storage system. Ceph, which we covered back in May in our story about the Cuttlefish release, is an open source, distributed object store, network block device, and POSIX-compatible distributed