Kingston is well-known in the SSD market for its performance, value and support, and when it releases SSDs, Kingston has always exhausted testing methodologies to ensure proper operation. Still, though generally not the case, it’s possible with any SSD that there will be errors or performance issues that come up later down the road. For

SanDisk does its due diligence to ensure the products its releasing are free from errors and performance issues at the outset of launch, however, as with any other SSD manufacturer, from time to time SanDisk needs to release a firmware update anyhow. These fix errors that might be found, and sometimes they even deliver an impact

Corsair and other SSD manufacturers attempt to perfect their product before it hits the market, and while generally successful, occasionally Corsair needs to release a firmware update to perform a fix or to even increase the SSD's performance. Corsair is attempting to simplify the process for users as much as possible, and in doing so now

Imation is announcing the newest version of RDX Media Secure client software, and that it will now include Retrospect 8 backup software with its RDX Removable HDD Storage Systems. The new Imation RDX Media Secure software upgrades center around improving usability, while the Retrospect 8 inclusion protects organizations from losing critical data on their servers,

Intel consistently releases firmware updates to their SSDs just as others in the space to correct issues that may arise with operation, and perhaps more importantly for consumers, to occasionally deliver even greater performance and reliability to their SSDs. Intel has an advantage in the space by engineering some of their components in-house such as

Samsung is announcing that is has begun mass production of its new 3D V-NAND which promises to bring anywhere from two to ten times the reliability and two times the write performance compared to sub-20nm floating gate NAND flash memory. To accomplish that end, Samsung implemented a new technology that vertically stacks the planar cell

PernixData FVP, the first flash hypervisor for virtual data centers is being announced for general release beginning August 6th. By virtualizing server side flash into a clustered acceleration tier, the new technology enables a fast, cost-efficient way to scale-out storage performance, independent of storage capacity. Read and write performance is said to be brought to

As with most SSD vendors, OCZ regularly updates SSD firmware across their SSD product lines. The company offers a one-stop firmware shop for all of their products, including SSDs like the Vector, Vertex 450, RevoDrive 3 X2, Octane, Agility 3, and RevoDrive Hybrid. Most firmware updates are relatively minor, but occasionally OCZ will release firmware

STEC is announcing the immediate availability of the first Micro SAS SSD that is shipping as part of the expanded sTec s800 family of SAS drives. The new 1.8" SFF (small-form-factor) Micro SAS SSDs are available through sTec and its distributors in 200GB and 400GB capacities. These drives are engineered for implementation in blade servers