As companies continue migrating their data center functions to cloud providers like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud, and Google Cloud, they find some of those non-fault tolerant applications are costing more than anticipated. The use of temporary, idle cloud inventory is proving problematic.

Properly leveraging the vast amount of growing data can be a momentous task for many organizations. Being able to reliably search, manage, store, and analyze content is vital for success, which is also true when it comes to figuring out how to move forward in digital transformation. HPE realizes this is most important when it

Micron has announced the availability of the Micron 7400 NVMe SSD, highlighted by its PCIe Gen4 interface and comprehensive security features. Available in a range of form factors, the Micron 7400 is ideal for demanding data center workloads and helping to drive the transition to next-generation server architectures.

QNAP has released QTS 5.0, which consists of some fairly major updates to the company’s comprehensive NAS operating system. The main highlights of version 5.0 include an upgraded Linux Kernel (5.10), improved security, WireGuard VPN support, and enhanced NVMe SSD cache performance.

VMware has announced what will be in Update 3 (U3) of their popular hypervisor platform, vSphere, and their software-defined storage (SDS) product vSAN. After reading over the announcement these are the items with vSphere 7 Update 3 that we are most excited about and why.

We have been impressed with NVMe drives since we first reviewed them and realized the performance capabilities that they possessed. In the early days, their cost and the lack of PCIe slots in servers to host them were limiting factors to their adoption for use as local storage. However, in a recent report that we

Western Digital has announced the new WD Red SN700 NVMe SSD, a high-endurance, caching drive that helps to accelerate NAS performance for its SMB customers. WD has purpose-built the SN700 to support 24/7 NAS environments and always-on applications, focusing on reliability and endurance with a 1,750,000 hour MTBF rating.

Synology has announced the launch of C2 Backup For Individuals and C2 Backup For Businesses, the latest addition to the company’s C2 cloud application portfolio. C2 Backup offers users comprehensive and efficient data protection for Windows devices, both at home or distributed across multiple offices. It also allows users to securely back up everything on

Dell Technologies has announced new AIOps Capabilities, including the new CloudIQ support for PowerEdge servers and PowerSwitch networking that now covers all of Dell EMC-branded infrastructure portfolio. This allows for more intelligent AIOps capabilities, including new levels of automation.