Today at VMworld Europe, VMware Inc. announced two new cloud management solutions as well as updates to their VMware vRealize Suite 6 and VMware vRealize Operations (formally VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite). The new solutions include: VMware vRealize Code Stream, enabling DevOps teams to deliver frequently, reliable software releases; and the beta launch of VMware

Druva has announced the release of their first-of-a-kind public cloud backup and long-term storage solution, Druva Phoenix. Phoenix offers an alternative to the traditional server backup model: backup to secondary storage, tape, and then long-term offsite archiving. Phoenix is a archiving, retention, and recovery solution that is designed to eliminate tape, offsite storage, complexity, and

Today EMC Corporation announced the immediate availability of Federation Software-Defined Data Center Solution. This is the first of five planned solutions from the EMC Federation of business. The Federation consists of EMC Information Infrastructure (EMC II), VMware, Pivotal, and RSA.

WD has announced the Sentinel DX4200 storage server is now available, expanding their business-class NAS portfolio. The WD Sentinel DX4200 is a complete solution that provides SMBs the advantages of on-premise centralized storage and is designed to meet the demands of today's SMBs by combining Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 workgroup operating system and the

Barracuda Networks Inc. has announced that Barracuda Copy Site Server is now generally available with the new edition of Barracuda Copy. Copy Site Server simplifies moving traditional file servers to cloud-based solutions while minimizing productivity loss. The new edition of Copy is part of Barracuda’s Data Protection Plus initiative that is aimed at helping customers protect, manage,

Permabit Technology has announced that it has joined the EMC Select Program. Through the partnership, EMC will sell Permabit's plug-and-play inline data efficiency appliance, SANblox, through its sales and reseller channels. New and existing EMC Fibre Channel SANs will now be provided with a ready-to-run, high performance data efficiency appliance.

Imation Corp has announced the first high-security, high-performance external USB 3.0 hard drive that can be managed in the cloud, the IronKey Enterprise H300. Through a centralized, cloud-based management console, IT administrators have visibility into the IronKey Enterprise H300 where they can customize security polices as well as deploy and manage the devices across the

Samsung has announced that it has begun the mass production of the industry’s first 3-bit multi-level-cell (TLC) 3D V-NAND flash memory for use in SSDs. The 3-bit V-NAND leverages 32 vertically stacked cell layers per NAND memory chip (with each chip providing 128Gb of storage) and is Samsung’s second generation V-NAND package.

Veeam Software has announced Veeam Endpoint Backup Free, a standalone solution that gives users the ability to back up Windows-based laptops and desktops to an internal or external hard drive, NAS share, or a Veeam backup repository. Veeam Endpoint Backup Free adds to the company’s vast portfolio of free tools used by over 500,000 IT professionals and is