VMware Workstation 16 and Fusion 12 have been announced this week. Both products offer new features and capabilities for IT Admins, Developers, and everyone else. The key focus of these two releases is containers support, vSphere 7 Compatibility, DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.1, USB 3.1 Support, and more! Workstation and Fusion are VMware’s solutions that

Synology has announced the immediate availability of the DiskStation DS1520+, a 5-bay storage system for home and small office environments. The DS1520+ is designed for data backup and organizing multimedia libraries, and is highlighted by its ability to scale so users can create a personal cloud with ample space.

iXsystems has been on a roll lately – with the release of the M60 Unified Storage System for the enterprise space they have announced the TrueNAS Mini X and Mini X+. This Compact office storage system provides up to 85TB of whisper-quiet HDD and flash. 4x 1GB on the Mini X and dual 10 Gigabit

Today, Western Digital announced its new line of WD branded My Passport portable SSDs. The main difference with this drive vs their other portable SSDs is its use of NVMe storage. This line of My Passports will allow for much greater transfer speeds of up to 1050MB/s read and 1000MB/s write over a USB3.2 Gen

VMware has announced the release of VMware vRealize Cloud Management 8.2. This version comes with new and innovative capabilities for modern infrastructure automation, supporting DevOps principles and self-driving operations. vRealize Cloud Management helps VMware’s customers accelerate innovation with easy access to services, improve efficiency through automation and improved visibility, and mitigate risks through unified operations

Today QNAP Systems, Inc. released a license-free VMware and Hyper-V backup solution, Hyper Data Protector. This solution allows for unlimited backups of VMware and Hyper-V backup to a QNAP NAS. This gives businesses of varying sizes a cost-effective and reliable disaster recovery plan to ensure 24/7 service operations.

Today, Portworx announced that the first major update of their backup product, PX-Backup, will be available in Tech Preview later this week. The last half of the month will also see updates for Portworx Enterprise and PX-Autopilot for Capacity Management. Goutham Rao, Murli Thirumale, and Vinod Jayaraman cofounded Portworx in 2014. Portworx’s software all starts

Today SK hynix announced the release of the first 128-layer NAND consumer SSD in the SK hynix Gold P31. This marks an expansion of the company’s consumer SSD presence in the United States, this is the first consumer-facing PCIe SSD launched in the U.S. under the SK hynix brand. The drive will leverage the NVMe

Today iXsystems announced the TrueNAS 12.0 operating system that finally merges the FreeNAS and TrueNAS brands unifying the software and documentation. As we’ve said several times before, there will still be a free version for those that are worried. The companied also announced TrueNAS M60 Unified Storage System that they are calling the industry’s fastest