Today IBM announced new hybrid cloud, all-flash storage solutions that, according to the company, are developed to modernize and transform storage deployments, providing a strong bridge to the development of cognitive applications. These new solutions are all about storing data where it makes the most amount of sense for customers.
Cisco Introduces New UCS S-Series Servers & Enterprise Cloud Suite
Today at the Cisco Partner Summit in San Francisco, Cisco introduced two new solutions to help enterprises tackle the emerging technologies such as Big Data, streaming media and collaboration applications, software-defined storage, and Cloud adoption. To address the data intensive workloads above, Cisco is introducing a new sever category in its Unified Computing System (USC)
Dell EMC ECD Announces InfoArchive 4.2, Documentum 7.3, & Introduces The LEAP Platform
Today the Dell EMC Enterprise Content Division (ECD) made a few announcements today. ECD announced another new version of InfoArchive (GA of 4.1 was announced last month), version 4.2. ECD announced a new version of its enterprise content management repository, Documentum 7.3. And Dell EMC ECD announced a new next-generation content management platform, the Dell
NetApp Announces New Data Fabric Solutions
Today NetApp announced new data fabric solutions and services that the company claims will maximize control and improve the secure movement of data across the hybrid cloud. NetApp is also announcing new and updated version of several of its popular products including NetApp AltaVault, StorageGRID Webscale, and SnapCenter. NetApp states the newly updated technologies will
Violin Delisted, Heading Toward Bankruptcy
Violin Memory’s future is looking fairly bleak at the moment, and that may be framing it in a positive light. Violin Memory has been struggling for some time now and all indications are pointing to the company not surviving too much longer. VMEM has been delisted from the NYSE and now trades over the counter. This
Seagate Announces SSD For Xbox
Today Seagate announced that it would be releasing a portable SSD for Xbox. The new drive will offer gamers faster load and boot times and comes with Xbox branding making it fit right in with any model of Xbox One or Xbox 360. The drive is compact and can allow users to store several games
News Bits: LaCie, Dell EMC, Seagate, Datera, Lenovo, Nimble, Barracuda, DDN, & More
This week’s News Bits we look at a number of small announcements, small in terms of the content not the impact they have. LaCie has introduced what it calls the world’s fastest desktop storage. Dell EMC announced the GA of its Documentum for Life Sciences. Seagate launched what they are calling the world’s fastest HDD for mission
Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Appliances: Making Software-Defined Data Center Architecture Ubiquitous
Hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) is all the rage these days. Why? Because it is allowing CIOs to get out of the infrastructure business so they can focus on adding value to the core business. IT service used to be a component-level conversation about building solutions. But just as the underlying architecture of a smartphone is rarely on
Intel Introduces The P3100, The First M.2 NVMe SSD For Data Centers
Today Intel introduced its latest SSD series for the data center, the Intel SSD DC P3100 Series. Unlike most SSDs made for the data center, the P3100 is a single-sided M.2 form factor with an NVMe interface. The P3100 comes in capacities up to 1TB, endurance up to 580TBW, and performance up to 1.8GB/s sequential
HDS Announces SVOS 7.0 & Upgrades Its VSP Line
Today Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) announced the latest version of its Storage Virtualization Operating System (SVOS), version 7.0. The latest version features enhanced QoS, new adaptive data reduction and support for all-flash cloud tiering. HDS is also upgrades its Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) arrays with a new all-flash VSP F1500 as well as a new VSP




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