Monster Digital has announced their first foray into the SSD space with the Le Mans SSD family. The Le Mans SSDs will feature SandForce SF-2200 processors, SATA 6 Gb/s interface and Toshiba synchronous MLC NAND to deliver read speeds of 550 MB/s and writes of 515 MB/s writes. The drives are squarely targeted at enthusiasts,
Pogoplug Users Get 50% off New Series 4 Model
Pogoplug has announced its newest product, the Pogoplug Series 4. The new model allows users to host their own content from their home or office and to add as much storage as they need. The main difference between this and the older Pogoplug Mobile though, is the much faster connection speeds with USB 3.0 now
Syncplicity Launches Security and Compliance Console
Cloud based file management solution producer Syncplicity, announced today the release of a new security and compliance console, which will bring enterprise class control features to file management in the cloud. The new console adds a lot of functionality, including centralized control over devices, enforcement options for data retention policies, remote wipe capabilities, and scalable
ADATA Announces Budget S396 SSD Line
ADATA’s new S396 SSD is aimed at budget-conscious consumers. It’s available in a 30GB size and backed by a three-year warranty. It features a SATA 3.0Gbps interface; ADATA says it has up to 44,000 IOPS of 4KB random write and up to 250MB/s and 280MB/s sequential read and write, respectively.
LaCie MyNAS App Announced for Instant, Remote File Access
LaCie has announced the launch of its MyNAS iPhone iPad app, which gives its customers instant, remote access to music, photos, video, and other files while away from home. The MyNAS app is compatible with the LaCie Network Space 2 and Network Space MAX network-attached storage (NAS) devices and is simple, easy to use, and
OCZ Petrol SSD Announced
OCZ Technology has released their second branded SSD based on the Indilinx Everest platform. The OCZ Petrol SSD family features a SATA 6Gb/s interface and read speeds of up to 400 MB/s. The consumer appeal to the Petrol however is price, OCZ is offering the drives in 64GB to 512GB capacities with suggested pricing of
Digistore Solutions Releases Centurion iServe and iHub
Singapore based tech company Digistore Solutions, recently announced the Centurion iServe, a hybrid NAS that integrates with Blu-ray optical storage drives for long term storage. Supporting up to 10TB of storage per system, the iHub gives businesses up to 50 years of high-capacity archival storage presented in a standard network-attached device.
Intel Cuts Estimates Due to Hard Drive Supply Issues, Little Uptick in SSD Adoption
Intel issued a press release today cutting their quarterly guidance by $1 billion ($14.7b to $13.7b) due to the impact of the hard drive shortage. While we’ve been expecting the hard drive supply problems to impact the purchase of computers at large, it appears Intel is finding the greatest impact at the lower end of
Hitachi 4TB Deskstar 5K4000 and 4TB Touro Desk External Drives Announced
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies has announced the Deskstar 5K4000 Internal Hard Drive Kit and the Touro Desk External Hard Drive. The Deskstar 5K4000 is a 3.5" desktop hard drive with 5400RPM CoolSpin technology, 32MB drive cache and SATA 6 GB/s interface. The Touro Desk family of external hard drives are available in capacities up to
SandForce SF-2481 SSD Processor Optimized for Cloud Computing Announced
SandForce has announce the SF-2481 SSD processor which is designed especially for duty within Cloud-based environments. SandForce is hoping to strike a balance of the required performance and reliability of enterprise SSDs with low-cost MLC NAND. The SF-2481 helps to increase the endurance of MLC NAND by incorporating almost twice the error correction strength. Other



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