Blackmagic Design has announced a range of new Blackmagic Cloud Store devices. These are high-performance network storage solutions meant for high-end television and film industry environments, specifically with large 4K media file sharing, editing, and recording. The new Cloud Store line looks extremely impressive with its bevy of M.2 drive slots, 10GbE connectivity on the
Quantum has announced the availability of H4000 Essential and F2100 storage appliances. The H4000 is the company’s all-in-one appliance that integrates Quantum CatDV media asset management and Quantum StorNext 7 shared storage software.
QNAP has launched the TS-435XeU 4-bay NAS powered by a Marvell OCTEON TX2 CN9131 quad-core 2.2 GHz processor. Featuring a 1U short-depth chassis, the TS-435XeU is an entry-level rackmount NAS that finds a nice balance between cost and performance. It comes equipped with dual 10GbE and dual 2.5GbE ports, two M.2 PCIe Gen 3 NVMe
VAST Federal, a subsidiary of VAST Data, has announced a collaboration with Mercury Systems to deliver ruggedized, high-performance storage solutions for edge-based data capture and AI computing. Mercury’s upcoming rugged data storage systems will be based on Ceres, VAST Data’s next-generation storage platform concept.
IBM has released the IBM z16, its next-generation system with an integrated on-chip AI accelerator that delivers latency-optimized inferencing. This new system enables real-time transaction analysis, including workloads such as credit cards, healthcare, and financial transactions. Building on IBM’s security leadership, the IBM z16 is specifically designed to help protect against near-future threats used to
Equinix and Dell Technologies strengthen their relationship with the announcement of Equinix Metal on Dell Technologies. The new service, deployed in Equinix facilities using Dell hardware, is a subscription service sold through Dell Technologies. The hardware is deployed and operated by Equinix, providing users with access to global markets and carrier-grade, low-latency networks.
QNAP has announced their new 2-bay HS-264 Silent NAS, which is powered by an Intel Celeron N5105 quad-core processor and dual-port 2.5GbE networking. Moreover, its dual 4K HDMI output, 4K media streaming/transcoding, and install-on-demand app capabilities make QNAP’s HS-264 an ideal NAS for those looking for a multimedia-focused solution.
Dell Technologies has added enhancements to PowerScale OneFS and introduced a new feature that allows flexible data movement and copying, incremental resyncs, and more to OneFS 9.4. PowerScale OneFS is the operating system that provides the intelligence behind all Isilon scale-out storage systems, combining three layers of traditional storage architectures.
Fungible has announced Fungible GPU-Connect (FGC) to solve the challenges caused by the growing demand for AI/ML that results in stranded and underutilized GPUs, especially in Edge Data Centers. The FGC product addresses how data processing power is accessed in enterprise and service provider infrastructures.
AMD has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Pensando, a distributed services platform provider. Pensando’s product set includes a high-performance, fully programmable packet processor and comprehensive software stack that accelerates networking, security, storage, and other services for cloud, enterprise, and edge applications. With Pensando’s products deployed at scale across cloud and enterprise data centers, the acquisition will expand
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