This week, VMware has announced new offerings for its AWS solution platform, addressing the need for more compute, storage, and memory, and for automation and ease of operations. VMware highlights the availability of the i3en.metal, a new bare-metal instance type for VMware Cloud on AWS clusters, and also a new 2-host cluster capability, available only

QNAP Systems has launched the QSW-1105-5T, the company’s first 2.5GbE network switch. The QNAP QSW-1105-5T comes equipped with five 2.5GbE ports (which support next-generation 2.5GbE devices. 2.5G/1G/100M transfer speeds), plug-and-play installation, automatic loop detection and blocking, and auto-negotiation functions. The QSW-1105-5T essentially gives customers an easy way to build a 2.5GbE network setup for their

Micron launched what they’re calling a Technology Enablement Program (TEP) for their still in development DDR5 DRAM sticks. We covered the expected specs of DDR5 when Micron announced that they’d begun sampling their new product in January. Micron has remained a major producer of semiconductor products, including DRAM (dynamic random-access memory) and flash drives.

StorCentric Nexsan released two new storage appliances, the StorCentric Unity 3300 and StorCentric Unity 7900 rack units. StorCentric was founded just two years ago in August 2018. In the less than two years it has existed, it has gobbled up four storage companies. The same month the company was founded, they announced that they would

Today Tintri announced its new innovative storage technology, Tintri SQL Integrated Storage. The company states that this new storage will deliver unparalleled visibility, automation and control for virtual and physical Microsoft SQL Server databases. Tintri goes on to claim that the new product ushers in a new era for SQL Server customers, enabling simplified, intelligent

Today Aparavi announced that it has forged a new category in data management in the release of The Aparavi Platform. The Aparavi Platform is exclusively available on the Microsoft Azure marketplace through a partnership of the two companies, including a joint go-to-market initiative with Microsoft Cloud Solution Providers. The newly announced platform is said to

Today, Lenovo announced the release of the first ever workstation powered by AMD’s brand-new Ryzen Threadripper PRO, the Lenovo ThinkStation P620. Similar to its non-PRO cousin, this new Threadripper PRO comes with up to 64 cores (and 128 threads), 128 lanes of PCIe Gen 4, and 8-channel memory support in a single socket. Prior to

Today Seagate Technologies announced it was further expanding its Seagate Nytro SSD portfolio. The line now includes the Nytro 3032 SAS SSD and Nytro 1360 SATA SSD products. The new drives are aimed at a wide range of enterprise applications.

QNAP Systems has announced the availability of the TS-hx86, the company’s first desktop QuTS hero NAS series. Designed as a comprehensive but affordable NAS solution, the QNAP TS-hx86 series is ideal for high-end businesses and are available in 6-bay (TS-h686) and 8-bay (TS-h886) models. It is highlighted by Intel Xeon D-1600 series processors, 2.5GbE connectivity,