Iomega has announced new integration between Iomega network storage solutions and EMC Atmos. This will enable easy cloud backup for smaller organizations and others by extending EMC Atmos cloud-based data protection and sharing to Iomega’s network storage product offerings. The new integration gives SMBs, remote offices, and distributed enterprises easy access to any Atmos powered

To address the exponential growth of data traffic in the cloud, Intel has announced the Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 product family, delivering high performance, best data center performance per watt, I/O innovation, and trusted hardware security features giving IT the ability to scale. Intel has also released the new X540 10Gb Ethernet Controller, aimed at

Micron has announced plans to commercialize the first 15mm 2.5" SSD based on the PCIe interface. Of course the new interface requires server infrastructure, to that end Dell is the first to announce a solution to support these drives in their PowerEdge 12th generation servers. The PowerEdge servers will feature a new backplane that exclusively

Synology released their latest version of their DiskStation Manager, version 4.0. With this latest version comes a great integration with cloud-storage for mobile, home, and work computers and a stronger push towards easy setup and control. DSM 4.0 offers a new user interface, system information available at your fingertips, and even app support including free

Western Digital has announced the family of S25 SAS hard drives, their third generation. The S25 hard drives feature a 2.5" form factor, with 10,000 RPM spin speed, 32MB cache and SAS 6 Gb/s interface and delivers 204 MB/s transfer rates. The S25 comes in 300GB, 450GB and 600GB capacities, along with a new 900GB

Nexsan has released the NST series unified storage systems that leverage SSDs in both file (NAS) and block-modes (iSCSI). The NST series layers solid state storage with Nexsan’s FASTier acceleration technology over top SATA or SAS interface hard drives. FASTier intelligently uses the speed benefit of the SSDs to accelerate the performance of the higher

STEC has released the MACH16, a slim form factor SATA SSD that offers enterprise grade technology for embedded applications. STEC’s MACH16 is designed to be a drop-in replacement for 2.5" hard drives and even SSDs that offers 22-pin SATA support with high data integrity, endurance and reliability thanks to STEC’s own enterprise SSD controller and

LSI has announced a new line of MegaRAID SATA+SAS controller cards designed to deliver the high I/O transaction performance needed to accelerate the most demanding database applications and datacenter workloads. The new controllers are powered by the LSI dual-core 6Gb/s SAS RAID-on-Chip (ROC), delivering data quickly and reliably to mission-critical applications by combining the industry’s

Patriot Memory has released the Supersonic Boost XT USB 3.0 drive. The semi-rugged Supersonic Boost XT features a rubberized casing for extra protection and delivers read speeds up to 90 MB/s through the USB 3.0 interface. The drives will come in 8GB, 16GB and 32GB capacities.