Synology is announcing that its newest version of DiskStation Manager operating system, DSM v4.3, is now in public beta-testing. Updates and enhancements surrounding the new DSM 4.3 aim to increase organizational productivity while building off of the current version. There is now even greater application support than before, improving user experience with managing and sharing

EMC is announcing its acquisition of Aveksa Inc. which is a privately held company focused on Identity and Access Management (IAM), with the results effective immediately as Aveksa will operate within EMC’s security division called RSA as part of RSA’s Identity Trust Management product group. Terms of the deal were not disclosed at the time

Toshiba is announcing a new capacity for its automotive SATA HDD which now offers up to 320GB of storage and is optimized to handle a wide range of operating environments. Part of the MQ01AADxxxC series, the Toshiba MQ01AAD032C automotive HDD multiplies Toshiba’s previous highest capacity offering by more than 1.5 times. The automotive HDD does this

EMC is announcing updates to its Syncplicity file sync and share software which is designed to simplify file sharing across the enterprise. The new enhancements allow intuitive sending of files without needing to attach them to emails, which sometimes have limitations on file size and types of attachments. Users can utilize the Syncplicity Secure Send directly

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