Lenovo’s newly announced portfolio of SMB laptops also include some new storage hardware in addition to its business technology and personal lifestyle computing features. With hard drive options reaching capacities up to 1TB and faster storage connections like Thunderbolt being offered, this next generation of notebooks is starting to look very interesting.

OWC has announced the Enterprise Pro 6G SSD which is designed for use in server, SMB and production studio use. The Enterprise Pro 6G will be available by the end of Q1 2012 and will ship in 50GB, 100GB, 200GB and 400GB capacities. The SSDs are powered by SandForce SF-2500 processors and enterprise-grade synchronous Toggle

Micron has announced a new slim version of the Crucial m4 SSD designed for use in the latest generation of ultraportable notebooks. The 7mm drive height is simply a new body for the 9.5mm m4 and delivers the same level of reliability and performance. The 7mm Crucial m4 is available in 64GB, 128GB, 256GB, and

Alongside the announcement that Marvell was working with OCZ on their new Z-Drive R5, Marvell announced their new scalable 88NV9145 controller which interacts directly PCIe-interface without an additional RAID controller. The 88NV9145 is aimed at PCIe SSD solutions, spanning from two-controller entry-level models to sixteen-controller high-end enterprise models scalaing directly with other 88NV9145 controllers around

OCZ had already promised to display the Z-Drive R5 at CES in an analyst meeting in early December, today OCZ has made the Z-Drive R5 official in a joint announcement with Marvell. OCZ teamed with Marvell on the next generation PCIe SSD storage solution dubbed Kilimanjaro. The Kilimanjaro platform brings not only the performance enterprise

Crucial recently announced a new version of their popular 2.5-inch m4 SSD called the Adrenaline, with a over-provisioned capacity of 50GB and packaged with Crucial-branded caching software. Aimed as a competitor of the OCZ Synapse caching solution, this DIY package includes everything a buyer needs to install a SSD hybrid solution inside their desktop or

Lenovo announced its new portfolio of small-to-medium business (SMB) laptops built with serious business technology and personal lifestyle computing features. The new line of laptops includes the premium ThinkPad Edge S Series, the mainstream ThinkPad Edge E Series, and entry-level Lenovo B Series.

NVELO announced today that they are bringing their SSD Storage Caching software named Dataplex to the ultraportable computing (read – Ultrabook) space. Given the nature of their software, we guessed it would only be a matter of time before this caching software hit notebooks in a more progressive way after reviewing the software with a Lenovo

Monster Digital is continuing its aggressive expansion into the storage space. A few weeks ago Monster announced they’d be offering a SandForce based SSD dubbed Le Mans, this time they’ve announced an agreement with Seagate that will have Monster selling the new 750GB Momentus XT. It goes without saying that it is a surprise to everyone to