Red Hat, a software and services company built around a free, open-source operating system, has announced its intention to purchase of Gluster, Inc., a software and services company built around a free and open-source storage system. The move will position Red Hat to offer the necessary combination of software to allow enterprise customers to build

IDC’s Spring 2011 Storage User Demand Study (SUDS) has been released and includes interesting insights on enterprise storage market trends and their preferred storage brands by usage scenario. The main takeaways – EMC dominates mindshare, midrange storage is the most favored and many are already using outsourced storage solutions.

Sonnet Technologies has extended its line of portable ruggedized RAID storage systems intended for the video and film industries. The Fusion F2QR builds off the older Fusion F2 unit by adding more storage space, new connectivity options and new functionality. The new model features a pair of non-removable 2.5" 1TB drives mounted side-by-side in a

Everyone likes a lot of storage, but with the number of network-attached devices proliferating at an ever-increasing rate it can be hard to decide what device ought to get that nice shiny new disk. LaCie’s latest piece of hardware helps you avoid that dilemma. The Lacie LaPlug is a small (4.5″ x 4.5″ x 1.5″)

Kingston has announced its latest business-oriented security product, the DataTraveler 6000 (DT6000). Designed for scenarios where high security is required such as government agencies, the DT6000 is fully encrypted and FIPS certified (140-2 Level 3 Validation).

QNAP Systems has announced the latest models of its Turbo NAS line aimed at the corporate workgroup, SOHO and home user markets. The three models each use 2.0 GHz processors, come with 512MB of DDR3 memory and use the 3.5 version of the QNAP firmware. The tower form-factor units differ in the number of supported

SSD prices continue to fall as Other World Computing releases a 30GB SSD for $67.99. The OWC Mercury EXTREME Pro 3G is a SATA built around a SandForce SF-2100 controller and promises sustained data rates of 263MB/s read and 258MB/s write. Aimed at budget shoppers who might not need the latest SATA 6Gb/s performance, the

Backing up data to an external drive is a good idea, but backing it up to an external drive and the cloud is even better. That’s the spirit behind Toshiba’s latest release of the Canvio line of hard drives. Ranging in size from 500GB to 1TB and with a selection of colors, the drives now

Buffalo Technology has introduced two new products: the MiniStation Extreme 2.5" portable external hard drive and the DriveStation Axis Velocity 3.5" external hard drive. Both come with a two-year warranty and will be available October 2011.