I heard an analyst recently quote a stat that by 2015, over 80% of storage capacity sold worldwide will be shipped in support of file-level or ‘unstructured’ data. That is file-based information that doesn’t fit neatly in a column-and-row database. Audio, video, graphics, and all of the other content we Facebook and Twitter about are

ATTO Technology has announced the release of their new 16GB/s Celerity Host Bus Adapters (HBAs), FibreConnect switches, and FastStream RAID storage controllers, the latest additions to their portfolio of Fibre Channel solutions.

Micron has announced a firmware upgrade for their Micron C400/Crucial m4 SSDs, providing multiple speed and power improvements. Micron has been known for continuous improvements for their SSDs, which benefits bother OEM and client buyers. The latest 010G firmware upgrade is optional; however, those who elect to update will gain several improvements like faster boot

EMC Corporation has announced the latest version of its Cloud Tiering Appliance (CTA), which powers archiving and tiering to public clouds. In addition to supporting the Atmos public cloud provider ecosystem, CTA now provides the option to tier to Amazon S3 public cloud and built-in RSA encryption. According to EMC, the updated CTA offers 100%

WD has announced the immediate availability of new WD RE SAS and WD RE SATA hard drives in capacities up to 4TB. The new RE drives are available in 1TB, 2TB, 3TB and 4TB capacities for nearline SAS and 2TB, 3TB and 4TB for SATA. The new drives use a 5-platter, 800GB per-platter design.

LaCie has announced that its Rugged hard drive is the first portable storage solution to feature both Thunderbolt and USB 3.0 technology on a high-performance SSD making it the fastest bus-powered solution on the market, delivering speeds of up to 380MB/s. The 1TB hard-disk version boasts speeds up to 110MB/s, which is a 35 percent

NetApp has announced that it has attained Oracle Validated Integration of the NetApp Storage System Plug-In version 1.0 using Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c. This extends the application-to-disk coverage of Oracle Enterprise Manager environments that include managed NetApp storage. Used in enterprise cloud environments, the NetApp Storage System Plug-In boasts comprehensive availability, performance, and configuration information

Hitachi has announced the new Hitachi Unified Storage VM (HUS VM), a solution for small and medium enterprises to virtualize block, file, and object storage, including multivendor storage. According to Hitachi, the HUS VM requires 40% less power to operate and cool than comparably configured solutions from other vendors such as the EMC VMAX 10K.

Toshiba has announced the MQ01ABDH series of hybrid hard drives, bringing them in line now with Seagate who has been shipping hybrids for over two years and WD who recently threw their hat into the hybrid ring as well. Toshiba’s offering is based around the MQ01AB 2.5" hard drive platform which features dual 500GB platters,