Samsung has announced that HPE has selected its AutoCache host-based caching software to be made available to end users as an add-on to HPE’s Generation 9 server family. HPE server models include the DL360, DL380, DL560, DL580 and ML580. The Samsung AutoCache complete caching solution will allow HPE customers to improve application performance and overall storage efficiency.

Dell has announced the latest update to Dell Recovery Manager for Active Directory and Recovery Manager for Active Directory Forest (RMAD) with Edition 8.7, which allow businesses running hybrid Active Directory environments with Azure AD Connect to back up, view and restore changes to AD objects in both real-time on-premises and in the cloud. RMAD also

IBM has announced their new Cloud service called IBM Object Storage, which gives developers the ability to interactively compose and connect object storage into their apps. Available in beta on Bluemix, IBM’s Cloud Platform, Object Storage also offers app creators a fully scalable, API-accessible platform to store and retrieve unstructured data, while giving access to this

Back in October, Synology released the DS416, DS216play, and DS216se, the latter which we reviewed. Today, Synology has announced the DiskStation DS216, an all-in-one, high-performance NAS server, which is catered more towards small offices and workgroups. Compatible with the latest version of DSM, the Synology DS216 is an effective centralized backup solution using both Windows and

Seagate Technology announced major enhancements its recently acquired AssuredSAN RealStor Family of hybrid and all-flash storage arrays. Seagate states that these new enhancements will enable OEMs to provide customers with greater options for cost-competitive, high-performance midrange enterprise-class storage. Seagate is also adding new features to their highest performing solution in the family, the RealStor 6004.

Google has laid out the goal to power 100% of its operations through renewable energy, and has made the first major step toward completing that goal earlier this month. Google made the largest, and most diverse, purchase of renewable energy ever made by a non-utility company. Google’s investment will add 842 megawatts (MW, or 842 million

Today PMC-Sierra announced its first smart family of solutions aimed at high-performance cloud and enterprise server storage connectivity, the HBA 1000 series of 12Gb/s SAS/SATA Host Bus Adapters. The new series is stated to deliver maximum resiliency and the industry’s lowest power using field-proven Smart intellectual property (IP) from the most widely deployed server storage

In our second podcast, I interview Josh Goldstein, the VP Marketing & Product Management of the XtremIO Business Unit at EMC. In this podcast we look at the evolution of XtremIO over the years, it’s use of flash and the market’s adoption of it, and its ease of use. He shares his views on converged

Today Tintri Inc. made several announcements including a new entry-level all-flash array, the Tintri VMstore T5040, an update to their operating system, up to Tintri OS 4.1, and through the update comes support for the Citrix XenServer hypervisor. The new T5040 joins the VMstore T5000 All-Flash series and T800 Hybrid-Flash series giving customers even more