Today Data Dynamics made a couple of announcements the main being the introduction of its Unified Unstructured Data Management Platform. The company also announced Data Dynamics StorageX 8.2 as well as the release of Insight AnalytiX 1.1. StorageX 8.2 is said to simplify and accelerate the movement of file data to S3 object storage, for

OWC has released the Mercury Extreme Pro 6G 4TB SSD, the company’s newest addition to its consumer 2.5-inch SATA line. Offered in a range of other capacities, the Mercury Extreme Pro 6G is ideal for those in need of sustained write performance, such as in audio, video, and photo editing/production use cases. OWC claims that,

This week, NetApp announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Spot, a compute management and cost optimization on the public clouds company, to establish leadership in Application Driven Infrastructure (ADI). Spot, a cloud platform company, provides a combination of tools for visibility and automation, that drive continuous optimization of workloads in a

QNAP has announced the immediate availability of the company’s new entry-level, yet feature-rich, TS-230 NAS solution. Featuring a baby blue color scheme and a compact build, the TS-230 is designed for home users with daily central storage needs, including back up, photo and video sharing. QNAP’s new NAS is highlighted by multimedia apps, transcoding feature

In March, iXsystems announced that starting from the upcoming version 12.0, FreeNAS and TrueNAS packages will be unified into a single image under the name of TrueNAS. This week iXsystems has confirmed a new project called TrueNAS SCALE. With this new Open Source initiative, the company proposes to take some steps forward in software-defined infrastructure

Amazon has announced two new features to its Amazon FSx for Windows File Server service: storage size scaling and throughput capacity scaling. The service is deeply integrated with the AWS ecosystem, and it is built on Windows Server, delivering a wide range of administrative features. It provides fully managed, native, highly reliable, and scaling file

Lenovo is announcing Linux Certification to their ThinkPad and ThinkStation Workstation Portfolio. In the past, Lenovo has only certified specific workstations with specific configurations for use with Linux in an enterprise environment. With this announcement, Lenovo is certifying all of their ThinkStation and ThinkPad P Series workstations for use with Ubuntu LTS and Red Hat Enterprise.

This week, VMware announced a new partnership with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE): the Integrated HPE vSAN ReadyNodes. This alliance intends to deliver a superior hyperconverged infrastructure customer experience. vSAN is VMware’s software-defined storage product that pools direct-attached storage devices across a VMware vSphere server virtualization cluster.  Now, HPE supports, certifies, and offers VMware vSAN ReadyNode

Today, Cloudian released HyperIQ. HyperIQ is a software tool to help customers better monitor their usage of Cloudian storage services. Cloudian was founded in 2011 and primarily focuses on providing file and object storage software, although they recently spun off an edge AI-focused subsidiary.