Iomega Corporation, innovator in data storage solutions for small and medium businesses (SMBs), have announced the new Iomega StorCenter ix2 Network Storage, an advanced two-bay desktop network storage device. The ix2 is available in multiple configurations and is designed specifically for content sharing, data protection, cloud computing, and video surveillance applications at small businesses, work

OCZ Technology has announced the acquisition of SANRAD Inc., an Israel-based provider of flash caching and virtualization software and hardware. The addition of this intellectual property to OCZ’s portfolio is expected to increase the adoption of PCIe SSD storage solutions specifically in VMware and Citrix Zen environments. SANRAD currently sells its flash caching and virtualization

Toshiba adds to the river of CES product announcements today with the introduction of a new line of USB 3.0 flash drives. Available in 32GB and 64GB capacities, the TransMemory-EX series boasts maximum transfer speeds of 220 MB/sec for reads and 94MB/sec for writes when mated a USB 3.0 port.

The hits keep on coming at CES as Marvell announces this morning that its unveiling the 88SE9230 6Gb/s SATA controller. The controller features four ports for connecting either HDD or SSD devices and two PCIe 2.0 lanes to accommodate the thoughput of SSDs.

LaCie has announced its latest peripheral line featuring Thunderbolt technology during the 2012 Consumers Electronic Show: The 2big Thunderbolt Series, which delivers speed, flexibility and capacity and the eSATA Hub Thunderbolt Series, which allows users to connect external eSATA drives to their new Macs.

OCZ showed off three unannounced enterprise storage solutions, along with a portable external SSD at Storage Visions. The showcase includes four high-speed connection types, including PCIe with the new Z-Drive R4 CloudServ, SAS 6.0Gb/s with the DRAM-powered æonDriv, SATA 6.0Gb/s with the new Everest-powered Chiron SSD, and even a consumer-targeted Lightfoot external SSD utilizing Intel’s

Memoright has unveiled its 7mm ultrathin SATA III SSD solution, the FTM Plus Slim, which fits directly on HDD slots of the next-generation Intel Ultrabook models to optimize STAT III 6Gb/s interface’s performance, delivering a read/write speed of up to 550/500 MB/s.

Other World Computing (OWC) has announced the Mercury Aura Envoy, the industry’s first bus-powered enclosure designed exclusively for using the factory SSD from any Apple MacBook Air model from 2010 or 2011 as an external drive when upgrading to the higher-capacity and higher-performance of an OWC Mercury Aura Pro Express SSD. 

OWC announced today that their popular Mercury Aura Pro Express 6G SSD for the Apple MacBook Air will finally be offered in a 480GB capacity. Those who have read our review from last October might remember the only con listed for that drive was the lack of this very capacity, which at the time was