Samsung has announced the acquisition Proximal Data, a provider of server-side caching software that works within virtualized environments. This further expands Samsung's SSD business in the server and data center markets where the integration of storage and software is becoming increasingly common.
Pure Storage has announced that it has joined the OpenStack Foundation as a corporate sponsor and has pledged to actively participate in the development of the OpenStack codebase. Pure Storage also announced the release of two new solutions: OpenStack Cinder Driver that integrates OpenStack-based private and public clouds with Purity Operating Environment (OE), and Python
WD has announced the release of My Cloud OS 1.5, which offers new versions of the My Cloud product firmware as well as the My Cloud mobile app and media navigation, viewing and search features. The free upgrade is available on the full suite of My Cloud products including My Cloud, My Cloud Mirror, My Cloud EX2 and My Cloud EX4.
At NetApp Insight US, Catalogic Software announced its new ECX Instant Copy Data Management Platform. The software is aimed at giving administrators control over the proliferating data copies. The software is extensible through plug-in providers: NetApp Clustered Data ONTAP, ONTAP 7-mode, CLOUD ONTAP, and VMware.
DataDirect Networks (DDN) has announced WOS S3, a significant expansion to its accessibility program for WOS. The update adds support for Amazon S3 API, giving DDN the broadest range of supported interfaces for an object storage platform. DDN will also accelerate its WOS Partner Program.
EMC announced today the launch of its Enterprise Hybrid Cloud solution (EHC). The new solution will enable IT-as-a-Service (ITaaS) in just under a month. EMC also announced a number of services to accelerate deployment of the new solution within customers' IT environments.
Along with the announcement of EMC's new Enterprise Hybrid Cloud Solution, EMC is also announcing today the acquisition of three cloud technology companies: Cloudscaling, Maginatics, and Spanning. These acquisitions will further extend EMC's reach and capabilities in cloud technology as each company acquire brings its own expertise.
NetApp has announced new software, services, and partnerships at NetApp Insight North America 2014, all of which are designed to simplify data management across clouds. The announcement includes several new components including a new version of the NetApp clustered Data ONTAP operating system, Cloud ONTAP, OnCommand Cloud Manager, and NetApp Private Storage for Cloud. These
Fujitsu announced the launch of their new hyper-scale storage system, the ETERNUS CD10000. The ETERNUS CD10000 is designed specifically to handle the storage needs of Big Data as it crosses the "Petabyte divide."
WD has announced a 6TB version of its WD Purple line of 3.5-inch hard drives for video surveillance applications. The WD Purple hard drives are designed for new and existing home and small business security system environments with up to eight hard drives and up to 32 high-definition video cameras. WD’s surveillance hard drives are
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