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Avago Enters Definitive Agreement to Acquire Broadcom For $37 Billion

Today Avago Technologies and Broadcom Corporation announced that they have entered a definitive agreement for Avago to acquire Broadcom. The deal will be carried out in cash and stock transactions that value the combined companies at $77 billion. Once combined, the new company will have the most diversified communications platform in the semiconductor industry, and

Enterprise

Unitrends Announces Forever Cloud Featuring Infinite Data Retention

Unitrends has announced Forever Cloud, a new off-site storage option that provides customers with infinite data retention in the cloud. Coupled with Unitrends Recovery-Series and Unitrends Enterprise Backup (UEB), Forever Cloud gives customers the ability to copy on-premise backups to the highly available Unitrends Cloud and retain that data for an infinite number of years.

Enterprise  ◇  PCIe Storage  ◇  SSD

OCZ Plans To Unveil New TLC-based Trion SATA SSD and Z-Drive 6300 NVMe Add-In Card At Computex

Today OCZ Storage Solutions announced that they plan to showcase their new Trion-100 series at Computex this year. This new series of SSDs is based on Triple-Level Cell (TLC) NAND flash. This new series is aimed to provide an easy and affordable SSD for entry-level users looking to optimize mobile or desktop systems. OCZ will

Enterprise  ◇  Server

SRC Commercially Launches Reconfigurable Hyperscale Server

Today SRC Computers announced the commercial availability of its reconfigurable server for hyperscale centers and web operations, the Saturn 1 Server. SRC claims that the Saturn 1 Server can perform 100 times faster than traditional microprocessors while using much lower power.

Enterprise  ◇  Server

QCT Announces Three New Storage Servers

QCT (Quanta Cloud Technology) has unveiled the QuantaGrid D51PH-1ULH, T21P-4U, and T21SR-2U, three new storage solutions that are designed to accommodate a variety of storage applications ranging from tiering, scale out cloud storage to large-scale, high-computing enterprise applications. All three hybrid, ultra-dense, and converged storage platforms will be on display at the COMPUTEX Taipei 2015

Tegile Raises Another $70 Million In Funding

Today Tegile Systems announced that it has raised an additional $70 million in series D funding. This brings their total funding to $117.5 million. Tegile came out of stealth and shipped its first array in 2012. Tegile has shipped over 1,500 units since launching and has seen year-over-year revenue growth of 350%.

Data Protection  ◇  Enterprise

NetApp Announces Cloud-Integrated Backup And Restore Solution

Today NetApp Inc. announced a new cloud-integrated backup and restore solution, NetApp AltaVault (formally SteelStore). AltaVault aims to provide customers with the ability to quickly backup data to any cloud, public or private, at up to 90% lower cost than on-premises solutions. The new solution will include physical, virtual, and cloud-based appliances.

Consumer  ◇  Portable Storage

WD My Passport Ultra and My Passport For Mac Now Available

WD has announced a new, redesigned 7th generation My Passport Ultra portable hard drives and My Passport for Mac drives available in capacities up to 3TB and in four colors; Classic Black, Brilliant White, Wild Berry and Noble Blue. In addition, WD has introduced WD Grip Pack, a new optional soft band accessory, which encircles

HP t420 Affordable Thin Client Announced

HP has announced the HP t420, an affordable, cloud-ready thin client designed for task workers in call centers, Desktop-as-a-Service, and remote kiosk environments. The new HP thin client offers a choice of essential operating systems, such as the Linux-based HP Smart Zero Core and HP ThinPro, and Windows Embedded 7. 

Enterprise  ◇  Power Management

Eaton Introduces New Automatic Transfer Switch

Today Eaton introduced a new automatic transfer switch (ATS) for data centers in both North and South America, the eATS30 Monitored platform. In the event of a power failure, Eaton’s new ATS switches to an alternating current power source. Eaton’s latest product will allow for consistent uptime for equipment with a single power supply.