Autonomy, an HP Company, today announced HP Data Protector 7 integration for VMware vCloud Director 5.1, bringing Data Protector’s automated, policy-based protection for cloud environments. VMworld is the focal point for key partners like HP to announce new solutions that incorporate VMware technology, and Data Protector 7 is a key component of Autonomy’s Data Protection

At VMworld, LSI Corporation today announced immediate availability of its PCIe Nytro MegaRAID acceleration cards for direct-attached storage (DAS). Nytro MegaRAID cards are the first to integrate PCIe flash technology and intelligent caching software with RAID using LSI dual-core RAID-on-Chip (ROC) technology.

Barracuda Networks has launched Backup 5.0 featuring LiveBoot for VMware. LiveBoot allows administrators to boot a server live from Barracuda Backup’s deduplicated storage server if primary storage for their VMware environment fails. LiveBoot also serves as a platform to test and sandbox updates, upgrades, and other server changes.

At VMworld, Actifio today launched the PAS20T, a new addition to its Protection and Availability Storage (PAS) portfolio. PAS 20T enables the protection and recovery of up to 20TB of application data with an interface designed to simplify and consolidate vendor-specific applications for backup, snapshot, disaster recovery, business continuity, replications, deduplication, and WAN optimization.

Today marks the beginning of VMware’s ninth annual VMworld conference, where StorageReview is on site to cover major product launches from VMware and its partners. We will also be seeking out demonstrations of new and innovative technology on the tradeshow floor. Among the first product announcements of the conference is VMware’s vCloud Suite 5.1, which

EMC has announced VFCache v1.5, their second generation server-side PCIe-based flash caching solution. VFCache 1.5 includes several new features, highlighted by the inclusion of in-line deduplication, something EMC calls in industry first for server-based caching solutions. Other major updates include interoperability with vSphere vMotion and support for larger capacity PCIe flash storage cards and more

At VMWorld today, Kingston Digital announced the SSDNow E100 SSD, a new enterprise SSD that Kingston hopes will replace existing hard disk drive deployments that have reached the limits of HDD performance. This product launch marks a play by Kingston to extend its brand recognition from the consumer SSD market into value enterprise flash storage.

Today at VMworld, VirtualSharp Software announced a free version of its flagship ReliableDR that provides customers with production-ready disaster recovery replication functionality, heartbeat certification and RTO measurement. ReliableDR Free Edition has an agentless, modular plug-in architecture that supports all versions of vSphere including the Essentials kits.

Unisys Corporation today announced release 2.2 of its Secure Private Cloud Solution, with an integrated edition of Unisys Stealth Solution for Network that automates security infrastructure implementation for virtual machines provisioned through the Secure Private Cloud Solution.