Actifio 6.0 is being announced and is an application-defined copy data management platform that provides data backup and disaster recovery features that go beyond functionality that exists with competing software. While other applications offer backup and business continuity, Actifio 6.0 drives innovation further with features including the ability to instantly provision application data for self-service

Imation is announcing its Nexsan NST6530 unified hybrid storage, which is part of the 6000 series platform, and its NestOS 3.0 which is a scalable storage operating system. The new NST6000 platform adds Fibre Channel support and can handle SAN and NAS workloads without performance taking a hit. It’s a unified hybrid storage platform that

HP is announcing its most powerful thin client, the HP t820 Flexible Series Thin Client, which is designed to deliver high performance as well as security and manageability. The HP t820 is primarily designed for high-performance computing for specialty programs in fields including financial trading, architecture, engineering, military or the government sector. HP is also

LSI SandForce is announcing its DuraWrite Virtual Capacity (DVC) which is a unique SandForce flash controller feature that extends the available storage capacity for data beyond the physical capacity of the underlying flash memory. Utilizing a compression algorithm, DVC can extend the capacity of an SSD by more than 3x the physical size of the

Samsung is announcing the first SSD based on its 3D V-NAND technology which is designed for enterprise server and data center applications. The announcement has been made at the Flash Memory Summit in which we are participating. The new V-NAND SSD will ship in 960GB and 480GB capacities. The 960GB V-NAND SSD interfaces over SATA

SanDisk is announcing the immediate availability of the SanDisk X210 SSD to extend its business-optimized SSD line-up. The X210 SSD is comes in capacities up to 512GB and is engineered to enhance client PCs and notebooks and to drive data center performance. The new SSD implements 19nm lithography NAND to drive costs down, and SanDisk’s

HP is announcing new functionality for its StoreVirtual Virtual Storage Appliance (VSA) including automated sub-LUN (Logical Unit Number) storage tiering as well as improved VMware and Microsoft integration for greater efficiency and performance. In addition to those improvements, HP has simplified management of SAP and VMware deployment by now offering software plug-ins for its HP

EMC is announcing the DLm 8100 and DLm 2100, the fourth generation of its Disk Library for mainframe (DLm). The two systems build on expertise that EMC has developed since 2008 when the first generation DLm was released. The DLm 8100 and DLm 2100 feature increased performance, up 80%, and provide double the scalability over

Violin Memory is announcing its 6264 flash Memory Array which delivers 64TB of capacity in a 3U footprint and adds to the existing 6000 Series offerings. The Violin 6264 is the upper-echelon of the 6200 series which leverages MLC NAND, and the 6264 provides up to 750,000 IOPS and a maximum bandwidth of 4GB/s. Along