WD has its eyes on seizing some of the ultrabook storage market from SSDs with the new Scorpio Blue hard drive. At 7mm / 2.5 inches and engineered especially for mobile use, the Scorpio Blue makes a compelling case for why hard drives will remain relevant even with the slimming dimensions of 2012’s mobile market.
SGI NAS Modular Open Storage Solution Released
SGI is emphasizing storage flexibility in the launch of SGI NAS, the first fully integrated product in its Modular InfiniteStorage line. SGI looks to capture a piece of the storage market of IT managers and CTOs who find themselves with ever-increasing data storage needs. Since so many industries rely on large amounts of high-availability data,
Toshiba NPEngine, SSD to IP Hardware Engine Announced
Toshiba announced a new SSD to IP hardware engine called NPEngine, which is aimed to deliver video content off flash storage without requiring server CPU or memory. NPEngine is capable of delivering up to 64,000 streams simultaneously at rates up to 40Gb/s, which is well above the abilities of a standard server, at a fraction
NEC HYDRAstor 3.1 Release Now Available
NEC has upgraded its HYDRAstor HS8-3000 grid storage platform to deliver encryption for data at rest, instant file copy, and shared system mode. HYDRAstor 3.1 is available to existing customers through a software upgrade featuring enhancements to HYDRAstor’s advanced functionality for enterprise data centers.
LaCie 5big Network 2 Diskless Model Announced
LaCie has announced that its professional 5-bay RAID server is now available in a diskless model gibing users all the benefits of the 5big Network 2, but with the flexibility to scale their storage and security as needed.
Western Digital 2TB My Passport Studio Released
Following hot on the heels of their more PC-centric 2TB My Passport portable hard drive with USB 3.0, Western Digital has released a new high-capacity Mac-friendly version of the portable hard drive. The new WD My Passport Studio is the first 2TB portable hard drive designed with Mac users in mind. Much like the 1TB version, the 2TB
Quest vFundamentals Announced for VMware Virtual Environments
Quest Software has announced the availability of vFundamentals, a new product suite that delivers best-in-class backup, capacity planning, and resource optimization for VMware virtual environments. vFundamentals gives virtualization administrators the ability to grow their virtual environments knowing, with confidence, that critical assets are properly utilized and protected. Quest’s new bundle includes Quest vRanger Pro, a
Hitachi Ultrastar 7K4000 4TB Enterprise Hard Drive Announced
Hitachi has announced their next generation enterprise hard drive, the Ultrastar 7K4000. The most obvious change is the 1TB capacity bump over the Ultrastar 7K3000, but this is no insignificant matter. The 33% capacity boost in the same 3.5″ form factor gives enterprise users the opportunity to lower their cost/GB as the new Ultrastar 7K4000
Symantec Improves Storage Performance for VMware ESX
Symantec has announced Veritas Dynamic Multi-Pathing for VMware to help organizations improve storage I/O performance and availability for VMware vSphere when customers move their tier one applications to virtual platforms with its better visibility and management of the underlying storage and improved availability of the virtual machine and applications. Dynamic Multi-Pathing for VMware automatically routes
StorSimple Cloud-Integrated Enterprise Storage Appliances Announced
StorSimple has announced their new extended family of cloud-integrated enterprise storage appliances, including the StorSimple 5020, 5520, 7020, and 7520 with their latest software version 2.0. With the newest software, the appliances support larger enterprise workloads as well as an increased storage capacity up to 100TB of local storage. Leveraging these new capabilities, the StorSimple




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