This week’s News Bits we look at a number of small announcements, small in terms of the content not the impact they have. Cisco enters into agreement to acquire Broadsoft. Commvault announces ScaleProtect with Cisco UCS. Scale Computing and WinMagic partner on HCI security. Kaminario enhances its Clarity platform. Seagate announces 4TB Game Drive for PS4. Paragon Software Group releases Hard Disk Manager Version 16. Spectra Logic announces certified LTO-8 Type M Media and LTO-8 Drives.
Cisco Enters Into Agreement To Acquire Broadsoft
Cisco announced this week that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Broadsoft. Cisco will pay $55 per share, in cash, in exchange for each share of BroadSoft, or roughly $1.9 billion net of cash, assuming fully diluted shares including conversion of debt. Broadsoft provides a portfolio of cloud collaboration platforms and business applications. The deal is expected to close during the first quarter of the calendar year of 2018.
Commvault Announces ScaleProtect With Cisco UCS
Commvault is working with Cisco to release ScaleProtect with Cisco UCS. As the name implies, this solution will be a combination of Commvault HyperScale Software with Cisco’s Unified Computing System (UCS). ScaleProtect with Cisco UCS is said to provide a unified, modern data protection and management platform that delivers cloud-like services on-premises, eliminating costly existing point solutions that do not scale and lack visibility into secondary data. The new solution is available now. Benefits include:
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Scale Computing & WinMagic Partner On HCI Security
Scale Computing announced that it is partnering with WinMagic. The partnership brings WinMagic’s CloudVM encryption and intelligent key management solution and combines it with Scale’s high availability HC3 hyperconverged platform. The partnership is further enhanced by the Google Cloud collaboration announced in September.
Kaminario Enhances Its Clarity Platform
Kaminario has enhanced its predictive analytics platform, Clarity. Key enhancements include:
Seagate Announces 4TB Game Drive For PS4
Seagate announced a new Game Drive for Sony’s PlayStation 4. The company has doubled the capacity up to 4TB, which it says results in storing over 100 games. The drive is available now for $129.99
Paragon Software Group Releases Hard Disk Manager Version 16
Paragon Software Group (PSG) announced the release of Hard Disk Manager Version 16. This software is designed to protect, maintain, and manage PC data and despite the name works for SSD and virtual disks as well. Key features:
Spectra Logic Announces Certified LTO-8 Type M Media & LTO-8 Drives
Spectra Logic announced that Spectra Certified LTO-8 Type M media along with LTO-8 drives and all supported media are now available for order. Spectra’s LTO-8 Type M converts LTO-7 tape drive to LTO-8, increasing capacity up to 22.5TB compressed. LTO-8 Type M media and LTO-8 drives are expected to ship next month.
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