Today Western Digital Corp. (WDC), under its HGST brand, released the world’s first enterprise 14TB HDD, Ultrastar Hs14. The Hs14 is designed for cloud and hyperscale data centers that need more density. The Hs14 is host-managed, and leverages shingled magnetic recording (SMR) technology. Not only does the new Ultrastar drives deliver 40% more capacity, with its
QNAP TS-x31P2 & TS-431X2 SMB/SOHO NAS Now Available
QNAP has announced the release of their TS-x31P2 (available in 2-bay and 4-bay) and TS-431X2 (4-bay) NAS solutions featuring quad-core processors. Designed for SMB and SOHO users, both new series support Snapshots so users can restore the NAS to a previous state in the event of hardware failure or when suddenly hit by ransomware/malware attacks. The TS-431X2 also
Actifio Releases Cloud-Centric Sky Platform 8.0
Actifio unveiled the largest software release of the company’s history with Cloud-Centric Sky Platform 8.0. The latest version enables organizations to deploy Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) across multi-directional, multi-cloud, and hybrid Cloud environments to further accelerate the pace of enterprise digital transformation. Actifio states that the release if the culmination of over two and a half years
Premio Announces Intel Skylake Support For Its Server & Storage Solutions
Premio has launched their next generation of server and storage solutions that now feature Intel’s Skylake Xeon Processors. This will bring various substantial improvements to Premio’s high-performance storage lines such as their all-flash Flachestream solution (FlacheSAN1L-D5, FlacheSAN2V-D5, and FlacheSAN2-D5), high-availability Durastreams solution (DSS424S-D5), general-purpose Omnistream solution (OSS1A4-5, OSS212L-D5, OSS212F-D5, OSS224-D5, OSS316-D5, and OSS424-D5), and high-density
News Bits: Cisco, Rubrik, NVIDIA, VMware, Rozo, Maxta, Trilio, Seagate, & G2M
This week’s News Bits we look at a number of small announcements, small in terms of the content not the impact they have. Cisco completes its acquisition of Springpath. Rubrik releases Alta 4.1. NVIDIA Integrated GPU Insights into vROPs. Rozo Systems announces RozoFS 3. Maxta introduces VMware vSphere Escape Pod. Trilio announces general availability of TrilioVault 2.5.
Microsoft Ignite News Bits
Our News Bits is a roundup that typically covers news pieces that are just small in content, not in impact. This gives content room to breath even if it comes in less than what we normally cover. At Microsoft Ignite 2017 there were several announcements that either small or would potentially get wiped out by some of the
Scale Computing & Google Cloud Collaborate On HC3 Cloud Unity
Scale Computing announced that it is working with Google to develop a hybrid cloud solution that makes it easy for organizations, including channel partners and MSPS, to move application workloads freely in the cloud or on-premises, HC3 Cloud Unity. HC3 Cloud Unity is a combination of Scale HC3 and Google Cloud Platform on the same
Cisco Introduces Intersight
Cisco has unveiled a new management and automation platform for Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS) and Cisco HyperFlex Systems, Cisco Intersight. Intersight aims to simplify data center operations by delivering systems management as-a-service (MaaS), alleviating the need to maintain islands of on-premise management infrastructure. Intersight will being using machine learning, analytics, and automation to deliver
Hitachi Vantara Introduces Smart Data Center
This year at Hitachi NEXT in Las Vegas, Hitachi Vantara announced the company’s Smart Data Center vision. The Smart Data Center would bring together the latest technologies and approaches in infrastructure management, predictive analytics, and internet of things (IoT) capabilities to address the challenges customers face in managing today’s complex IT environments. This would be
WD Announced New Industrial- & Automotive-Grade SD Cards
Western Digital has announced their newest and highest performing industrial-grade and automotive-grade SD cards solutions yet, the new SanDisk Industrial and SanDisk Automotive. These new cards are designed to provide superior endurance and reliability for commercial surveillance, intensive Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) applications and “connected automotive” applications under extreme ambient temperatures. WD claims that




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