Legacy multitier fibre-channel network architectures struggle to scale with increased network traffic and require a web of network cards, interconnect cables, and switches. The new HP Virtual Connect Direct-Attach FC for 3PAR with Flat SAN technology offers reduced complexity and reduced latency between servers and storage by eliminating the need for multi-tier storage area networks

Toshiba announced the THNSNF-series of SSDs, which feature new 19nm Toshiba Toggle MLC NAND. These new models are twice as fast as the previous HG3-series and available in three form-factors including the standard 9mm 2.5-inch design, as well as a 7mm-tall version for Ultrabooks and a mSATA model for integrated designs. The new THNSNF SSDs

SanDisk today introduced the Lightning line of PCI Express (PCIe) Solid State Accelerator (SSA) cards. Lightning cards can be installed into any four lane (x4) or greater PCIe slot to provide more rapid access to frequently used data and to manage I/O-heavy workloads. With compatibility in mind across multiple platforms, the SanDisk Lighting PCIe SSA

Imation today announced the availability of Imation RDX Media Secure with CyberSafe Pro Security Technology, the first RDX media with built-in encryption and cryptographic erase. All data written to its RDX media can be automatically encrypted after a one-time driver activation. The Imation RDX Media Secure can be used with existing direct-attach RDX docking stations

Buffalo Technology has announced the new TeraStation 5000 series of business-class storage servers and a new enterprise-class TeraStation 7000 series. The 5000 series will launch with the two-drive TeraStation 5200 and the four-drive TeraStation 5400, both offering iSCSI, replication and failover support and SoleraTec Phoenix RSM, a video surveillance asset management solution. The 7000 series

NETGEAR has announced the new ReadyDATA unified storage family, featuring up to 180TB of storage with native deduplication, replication, thin provisioning, unlimited snapshots, and support for SATA, SAS and SSD disk drives. The first products in this new line include the ReadyDATA 5200, with up to 12 drives and support for two expansion disk arrays

OCZ Technology Group has announced its Agility 4 SSD series, featuring a 6Gbps SATA III interface and the Indilinx Everest 2 controller platform recently introduced in their flagship Vertex 4 SSD series. According to OCZ benchmarks, the Agility 4 delivers transfer rates of up to 400MB/s and up to 85,000 random write IOPS. These benchmarks

The MB559U3S-1SB is ICY DOCK’s latest external enclosure, designed with an ultra slim, fanless aluminum body that acts as a heatsink for the drive. The MB559U3S-1SB’s selling point for many customers is portable compatibility with the swappable tray system that ICY DOCK uses across many of its other enclosures. The MB559U3S-1SB’s tray is compatible with

EMC has announced a suite of enhancements to the EMC Atmos Cloud platform for cloud storage environments, including new Atmos Cloud Accelerators that make it easier to move data in and out of Atmos-powered cloud storage. Each Atmos cloud provides hundreds of thousands of subscribers access to data powered by over 40 global service providers