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VMware vSAN powered HCI leads Q3 Market According to IDC

Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) systems powered by VMware vSAN lead the overall market for Q3 of 2021, according to the IDC Quarterly Worldwide Converged Systems Tracker. VMware vSAN accounted for a 41.5 percent market share, topping the other four HCI software vendors combined. Systems running VMware vSAN had a 17.7 percent year-over-year growth. The overall market growth

Enterprise  ◇  Networking

VMware NSX 3.2 Advanced Security Capabilities

With the escalation in malware and ransomware hacks, everyone in the industry is sensitive to implementing iron-clad security features. VMware is answering that call with  NSX-T 3.2 that includes not only security enhancements but also networking and cloud deployment. We wrote about all the new features and enhancements in a previous post.

Cloud  ◇  Enterprise

CloudFix Automates AWS Cost Optimization

AWS re:Invent introduced a vast collection of new product and feature updates, making it hard to keep track or keep up. Paid services that are reverted to free. Products with improved performance by increasing bandwidth and upgrading storage capacity could also be free. But, you have to turn them on within AWS, or you will

Enterprise  ◇  Networking

NVIDIA Bluefield-2 DPU Delivers Record-Setting Performance

NVIDIA continues the evolution of the Data Processing Unit (DPU) with the release of the NVIDIA BlueField-2. The NVIDIA BlueField-2 DPU is touted as the data center infrastructure-on-a-chip and optimized for enterprise cloud and HPC workloads. BlueField-2 combines NVIDIA ConnectX-6 Dx network adapter with an array of Arm cores and infrastructure-specific offloads and offers purpose-built,

Enterprise

SK hynix’s Intel NAND Business Takeover Wins Conditional Approval

The Chinese antitrust authority has agreed to a conditional merger clearance for SK hynix’s acquisition of the Intel Corp NAND memory chip business. South Korea’s SK hynix Inc can now complete securing regulatory approvals from all eight countries involved in this deal.

Samsung PM1743
Enterprise  ◇  SSD

Samsung PM1743 PCIe Gen5 SSD Announced

Samsung has announced the PM1743 SSD for enterprise servers, featuring the new PCIe 5.0 (Gen5) interface combined with the company’s advanced sixth-generation V-NAND and a proprietary controller. Samsung has been collaborating with Intel to test Samsung’s new PM1743 and has indicated they were able to resolve “complicated technical issues” with the next-gen interface. The new

Enterprise  ◇  Software

TrueNAS SCALE TrueCharts App Catalog Launched

TrueCharts, an independent project of iXsystems, is now included with TrueNAS SCALE. iXsystems indicates they have been working with and sponsoring the team developing TrueCharts, which is the first of these new app stores.

Enterprise  ◇  Software

VMware NSX-T 3.2 Adds Innovations to Multi-Cloud Security, Networking, and Operations

VMware NSX-T 3.2 has been released, adding innovations across multi-cloud security, scale-out networking for containers, VMs, and physical workloads. Embedded in his release is tapless network traffic analysis (NTA), enhancements to gateway firewall, and integrated Network Detection and Response. NSX-T 3.2 is packed with improvements and features and is one of the largest releases for

Enterprise  ◇  Enterprise Storage

NetApp AFF A900 Released

NetApp announced an addition to the all-flash storage system array portfolio with the NetApp AFF A900, powered by NetApp ONTAP Enterprise Edition. The new AFF A900 provides the highest data storage performance for databases and applications in the NetApp Application Platform lineup. ONTAP Enterprise Edition provides full-featured data management, including unified support for SAN, NAS, NVMe-oF,

Enterprise  ◇  Enterprise Storage

HPE Alletra Cloud-Native, High-Performance Storage

Today’s workloads require modern storage and networking solutions. Developers and administrators cut their teeth using public cloud resources and are demanding the same experience and freedom they’ve had with them in their current workplaces. HPE is leading the field in this regard with its new line of HPE Alletra storage arrays, which provide an API-driven