At the beginning of June Cisco hosted a Future Cloud event it showcased several of its cloud innovations. From our view, the event was highlighted by the new Cisco UCS X-Series, powered by Cisco Intersight. X-Series is a bit different than past rack or blade models, as it blends systems and node types into a
It feels like Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM) has been in the 6.x version forever. Well, today the company announced the release of Synology DSM 7.0. The main updates of DSM 7.0 concern enhancing security, system management capabilities, and improving data collaboration and the company’s NAS and SAN devices. The company is also announcing that there
Dell Technologies has announced Dell EMC Unity XT 5.1, which brings new features and enhancements to enterprise software focused on improving business outcomes and workflows. This includes new capabilities for Advanced File, Block and vVol Data Services, Data Protection, Data Migration, Management, Multi-Cloud Operations, and Software-Defined Storage.
The Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation (RESF) has announced the general availability for Rocky Linux 8.4. Or more specifically they have announced the general availability for x86_64 and ARM64 (aarch64) architectures. Not too long ago we sat down with Gregory Kurtzer to speak about Rocky Linux.
Today Western Digital (WDC) announced that its new Ultrastar Edge Servers including a rugged MIL-spec version or the Western Digital Ultrastar Edge-MR. Like other edge servers, the Ultrastar Edge Servers aim to bring compute closer to the data which in turn should lead to faster processing, lower latency, and real-time decision making. Both servers are
Dell Technologies announced that it is further enhancing its Dell EMC Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI. These integrations are specifically the integration of new node options that feature the AMD EPYC 2nd generation processors. The two new node options are AX-6515 and AX-7525.
Today NetApp launched the latest release of its data management software, NetApp ONTAP 9.9. On top of the new software launch, NetApp has also announced enhancements to its hybrid cloud portfolio. These include reductions in costs and complexity along with what they are claiming to be a simple, unified data management across on-premises and public
Today Dell Technologies is refreshing its joint HCI solution built with VMware, Dell EMC VxRail. With new third-generation Intel Xeon Scalable processor as well as third-generation AMD EPYC processors, both are getting integrated into the VxRail line by basing the line on the newly announced Dell EMC PowerEdge servers. On top of this, the company
Last month, several QNAP users and their systems were hit with a ransomware attack. The main attack was known as Qlocker and did was ransomware does, encrypts users’ data until they pay a ransom to get it back. QNAP made an effort to stave off future attacks and remove any malware floating around on their
Today Sabrent teased a new Chia Plotting SSD, with the Sabrent PlotRipper. The details are a bit sparse still, but this may be the first SSD designed specifically for Chia plotting. Other companies have rebranded existing SSDs for Chia, this drive is entirely new. The company is releasing two SSDs in this Chia family, the
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