Micron released their first quarter results for 2016 and missed revenue expectations. Analysts were looking for $3.46 billion in revenue and Micron reported $3.35 billion (Micron’s revenue was $4.57 billion this quarter last year). Not only that, Micron’s revenue prediction for this quarter, which is between $2.9 billion and $3.2 billion, is under what analysts are

Yesterday Nutanix announced that it has filed its S-1 form with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the first step of going public. Nutanix will be traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the ticker symbol “NTNX.” A specific time frame isn’t available yet but it seems that the IPO will be

Samsung has produced several high performing SSDs. Their 2.5”, mSATA, and M.2 all currently sit at the top of our leaderboard. Along with its high-performing and innovative SSDs, Samsung also updates its incredibly useful software suite including Samsung Data Migration (SDM) currently in version 3.0 and is Samsung Magician software (currently in version 4.9).

Samsung has an inherent advantage in the SSD space in that they own their own NAND and controller and build the SSD firmware and software in-house. The results on the software side are evident; Samsung’s Magician software package is one of the most robust in the industry, providing customers with an easy way to manage

Today NetApp Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire SolidFire for $870 million in cash. NetApp has a few all-flash arrays (AFA) including its EF560, however the company is not known for its AFAs. SolidFire on the other hand is a market leader in AFAs that are built for next-generation data

Pivot3 announced the release of a plug-in for its vSTAC OS Management Client Integration. This new plug-in connects directly with VMware vCenter Server and gives administrators a single point of control, through VMware interface, for Pivot3's global hyper-converged infrastructure technology.

Today Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. released 3 new flash products. Toshiba has released a new TransMemory U202 USB 2.0 flash drive. And they have released two new SD cards, the Exceria N301 SD Card and the Exceria M301 microSD Card. Each of these new devices runs up to 128GB in capacity.

Today Exablox announced that it has added variable-length deduplication to its OneBlox appliance as well as offering an on-premises storage management solution, Private OneSystem. Adding variable-length deduplication makes Exablox the only storage provider to offer both inline variable-length and fixed-length deduplication along with inline compression in a single storage pool. Private OneSystem will compliment Exablox’

Carbonite has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire EVault, a division of Seagate Technology and provider of business continuity and disaster recovery. With the acquisition, Carbonite believes that it will be able provide a full suite of solutions that are cost-effective, easy to use and meet the needs of all SMBs.