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Excelero Comes Out Of Stealth & Releases NVMesh 1.1

Today a new player has come out of stealth and is ready to bring something different to the market, Excelero. Excelero is also launching it’s first product today, a Server SAN software called NVMesh 1.1. Accorinding the Excelero, its new product is designed to offer exceptional Flash performance for web and enterprise applications at any

Enterprise

Cisco HyperFlex Delivers 3x Performance Of Other HCIs & Adds 1,100 Customers

Today Cisco announced that its HyperFlex Systems was able to hit unmatched application performance for a hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) in an ESG Lab validation report, against the three other HCIs it was tested against anyway. Cisco is announcing new capabilities for its HyperFlex Systems portfolio. And they are reporting that they have added 1,100 HyperFlex

Data Protection  ◇  Enterprise

Veritas & Google Announces Global Strategic Partnership For Data Management

Today at Google Cloud Next 17, Veritas Technologies announced it was expanding its partnership with Google. The expanded partnership will provide joint customers with 360 Data Management capabilities that reduce data storage costs, increase compliance and eDiscovery readiness, and accelerate the move to Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Veritas is also announcing a set of new

Consumer  ◇  NAS

QNAP TS-453Bmini Vertical NAS Now Available

QNAP Systems has announced the availability TS-453Bmini, the company’s newest vertical NAS solution. Featuring a modern glossy build, the TS-453Bmini is equipped with the latest Intel 14nm J3455 quad-core 1.5GHz processor, AES-NI encryption, 4K UHD output and transcoding. QNAP calls their new NAS a high-performance NAS solution that provides users with security and intelligent services

HPE To Acquire Nimble Storage

Just weeks after filing a portfolio hole by acquiring Simplivity for $650 million, HPE is back at it, this time doling out $1 billion (plus $200 million in unvested equity awards) for once-hybrid-startup Nimble Storage. HPE feels Nimble will fill a gap in the midmarket, where apparently HPE is not resonating well, even with low-cost 3PAR bundles, MSA,

Primary Data Updates Its DataSphere Software To 1.2

Today Primary Data released the latest update to its storage-agnostic data virtualization platform, DataSphere 1.2. According to the company, the new features will turn the DataSphere software platform into a metadata engine that automates the flow of data to help enterprises meet evolving application demands. Primary Data goes on to claim that the update will

Dell EMC Announce DLm 4.5 To “Eliminate” Physical Tape

Today at SHARE 2017, Dell EMC announced the latest version of its Disk Library for mainframe (DLm) virtual tape, version 4.5. The latest version of Dell EMC’s cloud-based virtual tape is aiming to replace physical tape as the go to long-term retention strategy. Dell EMC states that DLm 4.5 can make the mainframe data center more

Enterprise  ◇  Enterprise Storage

SwiftStack Release Version 5.0

Today SwiftStack announced the availability of its latest software release, SwiftStack 5. The latest release comes with several new enhancements and features, the most notable being its Cloud Sync feature that can replicate data bidirectionally between the four Google Cloud Storage offerings, as well as other cloud provider’s solutions. Other enhancements include multi-region erasure coding,

Enterprise

IBM & Cisco Announce New Solutions For VersaStack

At CiscoLive in Melbourne, Cisco and IBM announced new solutions for their joint converged infrastructure, VersaStack. The new solutions incorporated in will extend hybrid cloud capabilities. These newly incorporated solutions will also take advantage of the latest software defined storage technologies to address cloud-scale applications.

Enterprise  ◇  Enterprise Storage

Microsoft Releases Azure Stack Technical Preview 3

This week Microsoft announced the availability to download Azure Stack Technical Preview 3 (TP3). The new update contains new features to enable more modern application capabilities, running in locations without connections to Azure and new infrastructure and security enhancements. Azure Stack will be priced on a pay-as-you-use model.