HP has announced a variety of new enterprise services as part of a suite of enhancements to the HP Converged Storage portfolio. These new services integrate with the latest system additions to HP Converged Storage, in order to protect and scale midmarket data storage.

HP Financial Services has announced a new Capacity on Demand program to finance storage scalability and simplify how HP Converged Storage infrastructure is purchased and delivered. For minimum transactions of $100K/ €75K, Capacity on Demand extends to baseline storage hardware and software; Burst Buffer hardware and software assets; installation services for baseline storage and Burst

WD has announced its comprehensive support for new Windows 8 storage features as well as an app for the new Windows user interface, making it easy to discover, enjoy, and backup digital media and files. The new WD app for Windows 8 automatically finds digital content on users’ WD direct attached storage solutions and then

NetApp has announced the North American availability of NetApp Private Storage for Amazon Web Services (AWS), a storage solution that leverages AWS Direct Connect to link on-premise NetApp storage with Amazon’s cloud platform.

Toshiba has announced four new 7,200RPM MG Series HDDs in capacities up to 4TB. The new line of 3.5-inch drives includes self-encrypting models with both SATA and SAS interfaces. The MG Series doubles the maximum capacity of Toshiba’s previous business-critical hard drive family, and also offers an 18 percent increase in sustained transfer rates according

Dell has acquired Gale Technologies, a provider of infrastructure automation software for the deployment of on-premise and hybrid clouds for self-service access to infrastructure. Gale Technologies’ intellectual property will serve as a foundation for application, virtual desktop infrastructure and private cloud deployments.

QNAP Systems has announced new Turbo NAS V3.8 firmware, adding enhancements to Turbo NAS multimedia applications and new business features. Some of these new features include support for Windows 8, improvements in Turbo NAS multimedia capabilities, the addition of Surveillance Station Pro, and proxy client for flexible but secure Internet access in business environments.

Imation Corp. has announced that it is shipping the next generation in the Ultrium format of Linear Tape-Open (LTO) technology-certified LTO 6 Ultrium tape cartridges. LTO 6 is an important part of Imation’s tiered storage solutions that enable organizations (small businesses to large enterprise data centers) to address the increasing amounts of data that require

Western Digital has announced the WD Black, its highest performance, highest capacity SATA desktop hard drive to date. The new 3.5-inch, 7200 RPM hard drive is designed for performance and reliability and can handle intense desktop computing with its 4TB of storage, 64 MB cache, dual stage actuator technology, SATA 6 GB/s interface, and integrated