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Consumer  ◇  SSD

Toshiba Announces Industry’s Fastest microSD Cards

Toshiba has introduced the world's fastest microSD memory cards and the first in the industry to comply with the UHS-II interface standard as well as being UHS Speed Class 3 (U3) enabled. Available in 32GB and 64GB capacities, Toshiba’s new microSD cards also offer high-quality 4K video capture at constant minimum write speeds of 30MB/s, allowing 4K/2K video,

Data Protection  ◇  Enterprise

Riverbed SteelFusion 3.0 Announced

Riverbed Technology has announced Riverbed SteelFusion 3.0, the first branch converged infrastructure that centralizes data in the datacenter all the while delivering local performance and virtually instant recovery at the branch. With SteelFusion 3.0, branch servers, storage, networking, and virtualization infrastructure are combined into a single solution that reduces the average amount time to provision branch services

Enterprise  ◇  Software

Fusion ioMemory Now Optimized For SQL Server 2014

Fusion-io has announced that their Fusion ioMemory platform has now been optimized for performance with SQL Server 2014, building upon the in-memory innovation in SQL Server 2014 by offering up to 4x improvements in transactions per second as well as a significant reduction in data latencies. The transactional performance from Fusion-io flash memory products drives real-time insights for faster business decisions. Incidentally,

Dell Announces Compellent Storage Center 6.5

Dell Compellent storage systems offer all-flash and hybrid storage for large-scale enterprises with multiple automated tiers that can incorporate a variety of storage media, speeds, and interfaces. Updates slated for the Compellent Storage Center 6.5 software are designed to improve performance, enhance Dell’s Data Progression tiering technology, and add new features including block-level compression and

Enterprise  ◇  Enterprise Storage

Dell Announces Fluid Cache for SAN

Dell Fluid Cache has been used to create pools of low-latency PCIe flash in order to provide intelligent caching within servers. Today, Dell announced Fluid Cache for SAN (expanding on the technology preview at Dell World last fall), which offers a solution that bridges Fluid Cache technology with scalability and other benefits from SAN storage infrastructure for both

Enterprise  ◇  Server

Dell Announces Updates to OpenManage Portfolio and PowerEdge VRTX

Today Dell has announced a spectrum of updates to its enterprise storage portfolio, including updated version of OpenManage Essentials, OpenManage Mobile, and iDRAC. Dell also announced updates to the PowerEdge VRTX ‘cluster in a box’ solution in addition to Compellent Storage Center 6.5 and Fluid Cache for SAN which we are covering separately.

Consumer  ◇  Desktop Storage (External)

Fujitsu ETERNUS JX60 Storage Subsystem Now Available

Fujitsu has announced the availability of the FUJITSU ETERNUS JX60, a new high-density and easy-to-use storage subsystem to help businesses of all sizes optimize their ICT systems from end to end. The new storage system is an ideal extension for servers including the Fujitsu Primergy server systems. For businesses with limited resources or administrative knowledge

Enterprise

Independent Storage Reviews Are All The Rage, Glad We’re Already There

What a fun few days it's been for those that enjoy watching the storage industry turn on itself. Historically, the way enterprise IT gets talked about is when a company pays an analyst or media outlet to publish a report of one kind or another. In the storage world what this often means explicitly is that

Enterprise  ◇  Software

Dell AppAssure 5.4 Now Available

Dell has announced the launch of AppAssure 5.4, the latest version of the company’s all-in-one backup, replication, and disaster recovery software solution. The exponential growth of volume relating to business-critical data and applications continues to be an important issue among organizations, so the need for modern backup and recovery solutions that eliminate prolonged periods of

Nexenta’s NexentaStor 4.0 Now Generally Available

Nexenta has announced that NexentaStor 4.0 is now generally available, worldwide, at their product website. The latest version of NexentaStor provides users with significant improvements to performance, reliability and functionality of the SDS solution. Like the previous version, NexentaStor will be available in two editions: A Community Edition (a free, full-featured, community supported software for configurations up to