Fusion-io is announcing a large-scale upgrade to its unified virtualization software ioTurbine which features hypervisor caching, virtualization-aware caching in guest VMs, dynamic reallocation of cache memory during live migration of VMs in VMware vMotion, and unified management of caching across virtual and physical environments. ioTurbine enables IT administrators to more easily deploy and future proof

DataCore Software is announcing updates to its SANsymphony-V storage virtualization platform as part of its version R9 release. The new version of the software adds the following enhancements: improved management with wizards, templates, and support for group commands for multiple hosts; a new database repository option for recording and analyzing performance history and trends; improved

HP is announcing StoreOnce Virtual Storage Appliance (VSA) which is a new hardware-agnostic, software-defined storage solution that is deployed as a VM on existing industry-standard server infrastructures. StoreOnce VSA can reduce capital expenses by up to 65% compared to a dedicated backup appliance. Running the same software as the physical HP StoreOnce appliances, it shares

HP Data Protector 8 is the newest version of the company’s backup and recovery software which can scale to accommodate thousands of clients and as many as 100,000 sessions daily. Additionally, Data Protector 8 can manage up to 1 trillion unique filenames, a figure over 100x larger than that of competing products, and it enables

Seagate is announcing their new NAS HDD which is a drive custom-designed for one to five-bay NAS systems and is offered in capacities up to 4TB. Seagate is offering the drive now as many NAS are sold bare, or diskless, leaving the consumer or organization with the work of finding the right drive. The 4TB

Broadcom is announcing the release of the new StrataGX BCM5862X Series processors designed for wired and wireless NAS devices and routers. The new processors deliver ten times the performance as well as ARM-based FlexSPARX security and storage features that support hybrid cloud services. This is essential as many new NAS devices are designed to support

PMC Sierra has announced that PMC is acquiring Integrated Device Technology’s (IDT) enterprise flash controller business as well as some of their PCIe Switch assets, their IP and 75 of their patents for $100,000,000. The PMC acquisition of IDT was made to propel PMC into the enterprise SSD space with state-of-the-art controllers such as the

TwinStrata is announcing the immediate release of its next version CloudArray 4.5 which has been evolving to simplify management and now offers a solution for on-demand disaster recovery via the disaster recovery as a service enhancement (DRaaS). CloudArray 4.5 introduces a new snapshot function that eliminates the need for separate backup software and can save

Pogo Storage and Nexenta Systems have introduced PogoRack, a petabyte-scale storage platform oriented towards government IT requirements that leverages NexentaStor ZFS and other open storage technologies. In doing so, PogoRack operates on an industry-standard hardware platform to reduce overhead for cloud, virtualization, database, and other on-demand data applications. PogoRack targets government IT environments that often