Today NetApp and Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. announced that Toshiba’s PX04S enterprise SAS SSDs will be shipping in NetApp’s hybrid FAS and E-Series systems. The PX04S is FIPS 140-2 certified adding another level of security to both the FAS and E-Series systems. Toshiba is a key supplier of SSDs for NetApp FIPS certified products and today’s
HPE Enhances Its XP7 Storage Driving Down TCO
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) today announced enhancements to HPE XP7 Storage. The enhancements to XP7 are centered around improving performance and data reduction/capacity utilization that will result in greater consolidation and lower total cost of ownership.
Google Unveils New Storage Classes For Google Cloud Storage
Google has announced a significant refresh of Google Cloud Storage, including new storage classes, data lifecycle management tools, improved availability, lower prices and comprehensive storage options to cater to different use cases. Google has also unveiled the further expansion of their Google Cloud Platform (GCP) partner ecosystem.
Facebook Announces GA Of Its Wedge 100 Network Switch
In March of this year, Facebook announced its Wedge 100 top of the rack (TOR) switch. At the time Facebook had opened up the design of the Wedge 100 to the Open Compute Project (OCP). Facebook is now announcing that the Wedge 100 specification has been accepted by the OCP and brings Facebook one step closer
Seagate Reports 1Q 2017 Earnings
This week Seagate Technologies reported on its financial results for the first quarter of 2017. While all tech stocks have been less than spectacular, with the exception of a few, this is the second quarter in a row where things are looking up for Seagate’s finances. On top of better financial performance, Seagate’s stock is
Dell EMC Announces ECS 3.0
Today at Dell EMC world 2016, Dell EMC announced the latest version of its object-storage platform, Elastic Cloud Storage (ECS) 3.0. The updated ECS is geared toward further enabling rapid and wide-scale digital transformation across enterprises globally. The latest version supports the popular PowerEdge servers and, according to Dell EMC, can offer up to 60%
Dell EMC Extends User Experience To SC Series
Today at Dell EMC World 2016, Dell EMC announced that it is extending capabilities in its mid-market storage arrays, the SC Series formally Compellent. The SC Series will now be interoperable with storage management, mobility and data protection solutions formerly only available to EMC customers. One of the key advantages to the Dell EMC merger
Dell EMC Announces Better Data Protection For The Modern Data Center
Today at Dell EMC World 2016, Dell EMC announced that it would be enhancing data protection software and servers of both legacy companies that now make up the one new one by combining technologies. Along with further integration of the two companies to leverage each others technology benefits, Dell EMC is also announcing new cloud-enabled
Dell EMC Announces Isilon All-Flash
Continuing on their message of the year of all flash, Dell EMC today announced All-Flash Isilon Storage and Dell EMC World 2016. According to Dell EMC, this all-flash Isilon will "ignite the Isilon data lake" for storing and managing unstructured data in the core datacenter. Dell EMC states that the new Isilon All-Flash will have six
Cisco Announces New SAN Extension Using FCIP
Today Cisco announced its new SAN extension using Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP). This new SAN extension will help companies that need to scale over geographically dispersed datacenters, especially in the case where optical networks are cost prohibitive. Cisco states that its new SAN extension will help bring simplified data protection and business continuance strategies




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