LSI has reported their first quarter of 2012 which ended in March with revenues of $622 million, which was up 19% over the prior quarter and 30% year over year and 78% of the revenue was provided by the server and storage semiconductors business. Revenue growth was driven by three main factors; continual recovery of the
Hitachi Unified Storage and Command Suite Unite HDS Portfolio
The new Hitachi Unified Storage (HUS) offers a single management framework where access to blocks, files and objects is seamless and resides in a fluid and virtualized environment. Hitachi has also announced that its entire hardware product portfolio, including the new HUS, will be supported by Hitachi Command Suite (HCS) management software. Hitachi aims to
Bocada vpConnect Integrated Data Protection Management Announced
Bocada has announced vpConnect, the first integrated Data Protection Service Management (DPSM) system for managing both physical and virtual environments. vpConnect centralizes data protection workflows to better administrate heterogeneous data protection applications and improve communication with management and customers through consolidated reporting.
Samsung SE-218BB Ultrathin Optical Disc Drive Announced
At 0.55 inches thick and just over half a pound in weight, Samsung’s new SE-218BB is the world’s thinnest external DVD writer, which should make a splash in the ultrathin notebook and tablet marketplaces. Samsung powers the drive with a single USB port, making it more friendly with port constrained mobile devices that continue to
New Fujitsu Big Data Solutions Bring Cloud Technology On-Premise
Fujitsu has announced the availability of new offerings that help customers utilize big data, with additional products gradually rolling out worldwide. The new solutions are part of two product families: a line of parallel distributed processing and complex event processing products and a line of products to employ big data itself. These products are a
Smart Storage Systems CloudSpeed 500 Enterprise SSD Announced
Smart Storage Systems has introduced the CloudSpeed 500 Server-class SSD built with higher endurance to improve user TCO versus client-class drives used in server environments with a consumption model. With its SMART Guardian Technology, the CloudSpeed 500 delivers up to five times more endurance than server class SSD’s at consumer MLC value by leveraging cost
CommVault and Microsoft Offer Simpana Data Archival with Windows Azure
CommVault has announced an expanded partnership Microsoft to offer Simpana cloud backup and archival with Windows Azure providing the data storage infrastructure. This increased collaboration will enable CommVault’s customers to benefit from Windows Azure’s economies of scale and flexibility for both storage and computation. Together, CommVault and Microsoft will deliver archiving and backup capabilities for
Updated Hitachi Content Platform Enhances Scalability and Efficiency
The Hitachi Content Platform (HCP) is Hitachi’s enterprise-class storage platform for storing and managing block, file and object data. Today, Hitachi has announced enhancements for managing unstructured data growth, maintaining content security in shared storage environments, and streamlining traditional, cloud computing and distributed data storage environments.
Teradata 700 Runs SAS Analytics In-Memory for High Speed Queries
Teradata’s new Teradata 700 appliance is launching as part of an integrated offering, SAS High-Performance Analytics for Teradata, which uses in-memory analytics to distribute big data and data warehousing analytics in parallel across a pool of memory. The Teradata 700 is pre-loaded with SAS High-Performance Analytics and purpose-built to leverage SAS advanced analytics.
LSI AXE2502 Axxia Communication Processor Announced
LSI has announced the AXE2502 Axxia communication processor, designed to accelerate networking in enterprise and cloud datacenters by offloading complex networking tasks from servers and networking equipment.




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