Nirvanix has announced the availability of direct connections to its Cloud Storage Network in Equinix International Business Exchange (IBX) data centers. New and existing Equinix customers will be able to establish a private network connection between their owned or managed IT infrastructure and the Nirvanix Cloud Storage Network in the same data center with a

Icy Dock has unveiled the MB994SP-4SB-1, a full metal quad bay 2.5" SATA 6Gbps backplane for use in a single 5.25" device bay. The previous model (MB082SP) included SAS, whereas its successor uses a SATA-only 6Gbps interface and adds a fan power switch to control as needed.

Lenovo and SugarSync have announced Lenovo Cloud Storage by SugarSync, the first Cloud storage service integrated as an out-of-box experience broadly on Lenovo’s PCs and tablets. Lenovo’s new Cloud Storage service not only works with their own products, but also with Internet-based products from other manufacturers across a large variety of devices, such as laptops,

Nirvanix announced that the National Geographic Society has moved its backup and archival of large unstructured multi-media files to the Nirvanix Cloud Storage Network to take advantage of the economic and on-demand agility benefits that the cloud brings. With the growth of their unstructured content files, the National Geographic Society needed an alternative to the

Apple launched the much anticipated iPad 3 dubbed "The new iPad" (or iPad 3rd Generation) today, which builds on the most popular tablet platform to date. While most of the updates are evolutionary, a new camera, support for faster cell phone networks, and so on, perhaps the biggest deal is the new Retina display. The

Paragon has announced the release of Hard Disk Manager 12 Suite and Professional editions. Hard Disk Manager is an all-in-one software that contains the hard disk management tools to meet the needs of PC users who are looking to keep their crucial digital-data safe and effectively maintained in physical or virtual environments. This includes full

Intel and Micron Technology have announced that the companies have agreed to modify their NAND joint venture relationship. The terms include a supply agreement for Micron to provide Intel with NAND flash while Intel is divesting its stake in two wafer factories for $600 million from Micron – half to be paid in cash, the

Avere Systems has announced that Digital Domain Productions, a digital production company founded by James Cameron, has implemented Avere FXT Series NAS appliances at a Las Vegas co-location data center to maximize IOPS and minimize latency of its cloud-based infrastructure, ensuring quick access to their computer-generated imagery data.

GreenBytes has announced the Solidarity; a high availability (HA), globally optimized SSD storage array with capacities greater than its competitors. Designed to meet the needs of the small and medium enterprises, Solidarity features the GreenBytes Globally Optimized Operating System (GO OS), including inline real-time deduplication and compression. Additionally, it packages enterprise-class features into an SSD