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Enterprise  ◇  Enterprise Storage

SMART Storage Systems Announces 50 Writes-per-Day MLC Flash Optimus Ultra+ Enterprise SSDs

SMART Storage Systems has announced a new lineup of Optimus Ultra+ MLC-based SSDs. According to SMART, these SSDs can achieve 50 drive writes per day with MLC flash to better compete with more expensive SLC flash for write-intensive storage applications. The Optimus Ultra+ leverages the Guardian Technology Platform, SMART Storage System’s proprietary suite of features

Enterprise  ◇  Server

LSI Updates MegaRAID Controller and HBA Families with PCI Express 3.0

LSI Corporation has announced a lineup of new MegaRAID SAS+SATA controllers and host bus adapters (HBAs) with PCI Express 3.0 interfaces. The new controllers and HBAs extend LSI’s comprehensive portfolio of enterprise RAID and application acceleration storage solutions available in the channel, including MegaRAID and 3ware RAID controllers, host bus adapters, Nytro WarpDrive family, and advanced

Enterprise  ◇  Software

Symantec Releases 2012 State of Global Information Report

Symantec’s survey of 4,506 business and IT executives reveals useful indicators for the storage industry, underscored by its finding that data growth is expected to reach 67 percent for enterprise and 178 percent for SMB during the next year. As many as two-thirds of respondents lost business important information in the previous 12 months.

Enterprise  ◇  Software

LSI Enterprise Storage Solutions: StorageReview On-Site

Last week we were on-site with LSI at their Norcross, Georgia facility. This facility houses roughly 100 employees that span everything from their MegaRAID and high availability DAS (HA-DAS) teams, to a lab, technicians and specialists that make up the new Nytro-branded accelerated storage division. The focus of the visit centered largely around testing protocol

Consumer  ◇  Memory Card

Seagate Announces Investment in DensBits SSD Controllers

Seagate has announced an investment in DensBits, as the formerly hot, now scorching hot, SSD controller space accelerates. DensBits’ claim to fame is the inventor of Memory Modem. If that sounds a little too 1990’s dial-up service, rest assured that Memory Modem is actually "A modem designed specifically for Flash memory…that dramatically increases reliability and,

Enterprise  ◇  Medium NAS

Drobo Announces Drobo 5D and Drobo Mini

Drobo has announced two new storage appliances that offer dual Thunderbolt and USB 3.0 connectivity. The Drobo 5D and Drobo Mini share a common hardware and firmware platform and similar feature sets, with the key difference being the 5D is intended for stationary use, utilizing 3.5” drives, while the Drobo Mini is designed for portability

Enterprise  ◇  Enterprise Storage

Hynix Acquires Link_A_Media Devices for $248 Million

SK Hynix Inc. has announced an agreement to acquire Link_A_Media Devices Corporation (‘LAMD’). LAMD is a developer of semiconductor system-on-chip (SoC) solutions, also commonly referred to as controllers, which interface with processors to increase the speed and reliability of flash memory.

Enterprise  ◇  SSD

HP’s Expanded X5000 Storage Portfolio Targets Unstructured SMB Data

The HP X5000 Storage portfolio now offers increased capacity and small form factor (SFF) drive support to help small and medium-sized businesses manage the growth of unstructured data. X5000 Storage is a highly available clustered file storage platform designed in collaboration with Microsoft to integrate the X5000 hardware platform with Microsoft’s SMB ecology so that

Consumer  ◇  Portable Storage

HP Announces SMB Mobility, Security, and Media Solutions and Services

According to Gartner research, by 2016, at least 50 percent of business email users will rely primarily on a tablet or mobile client. HP has announced new offerings to help small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) prepare their technology infrastructure for an increasingly mobile workforce with secure, continuous access to data and applications. These solutions, as