Techworld.com storage

HP adds purpose-built all-flash array to 3Par lineup

Stephen Lawson) — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:34:00 GMT

Hewlett-Packard will extend its 3Par enterprise storage line into flash-only territory this week, promising to combine higher speed with familiar software.

Intel shows 'world's fastest thumb drive'

Agam Shah) — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:41:00 GMT

Intel is showing off what it called the "world's fastest thumb drive," which uses Thunderbolt technology to provide breakthrough data transfer speeds compared to flash drives that plug into USB ports.

Dell combines faster and cheaper SSDs in one box, with automatic tiering

Stephen Lawson) — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 20:27:00 GMT

Many enterprise storage systems include two or more types of hard disk drives, with data automatically moved between those two tiers of storage. The same concept has now been applied to two types of SSDs.

Seagate shows 5mm thick Ultrathin hard drive for laptops and tablets

John E Dunn) — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 16:57:00 GMT

Seagate has announced its thinnest ever hard drive, the 5mm thick Ultrathin HDD designed for the latest generation of slim laptops and tablets.

UK law firm replaces NetApp with Nimble Storage array

Sophie Curtis) — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:12:00 GMT

UK-based law firm Morgan Cole LLP is replacing its NetApp storage platform with a new Nimble Storage array, citing cost and performance benefits.

EMC's storage business keeps growing while net profit shrinks slightly

Chris Kanaracus) — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:45:00 GMT

EMC reported first-quarter revenue rose 6 percent to US$5.39 billion, while net income fell about 1 percent year-over year to $580 million as costs rose.

Titan supercomputer gets new 40-petabyte storage system

Sophie Curtis) — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:33:00 GMT

The world’s fastest supercomputer, Titan, located at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee, is deploying a new storage system from DataDirect Networks (DDN) to support its research into climate change impacts and alternative fuels.

LaCie 2Big NAS

Karl Hodge) — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:50:00 GMT

Cool styling combined with power make the 2Big NAS a great, SME-friendly choice for network storage.

IBM bets $1 billion on Flash storage

Joab Jackson) — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:35:00 GMT

The hard drive will soon be dead, at least for most uses in the enterprise, IBM is betting. The company is undertaking a major strategic initiative - and $1 billion in research - to make flash the prominent form of storage in most organisations.

Visual effects studio turns to Hitachi to manage 4K workloads

Sophie Curtis) — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:13:00 GMT

Visual effects studio The Mill is using a network-attached storage (NAS) platform from Hitachi Data Systems to future-proof its IT infrastructure to produce advertisements for television and the Internet.

Visual effects studio turns to Hitachi to manage 4K Workloads

Sophie Curtis) — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:13:00 GMT

Intel doubles speed of Thunderbolt interconnect

Agam Shah) — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:35:00 GMT

Intel has doubled the speed of the Thunderbolt data transfer technology, which will soon shuttle data between host computers like Macs and peripherals at a rate of 20G bps (bits per second).

Fusion-io unveils 1.6TB ioFX platform for workstations

Sophie Curtis) — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:07:00 GMT

Flash storage vendor Fusion-io has announced a 1.6 TB version of its ioFX workstation acceleration platform, intended for creative professionals.

Flash storage driving VDI adoption, claims Pure

Sophie Curtis) — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:36:00 GMT

For years analysts have been predicting that virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) will be the “next big thing,” but the concept is still failing to set the world on fire. Many organisations, while supporting the ideas behind VDI integration, have not yet taken the final leap – primarily due to concerns about cost and performance.

LenovoEMC fortifies small-business storage with enterprise know-how

Stephen Lawson) — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 08:23:00 GMT

Small and medium-sized enterprises with no full-time IT staff are beginning to get some of the same storage management features that large data centres have for efficiency and control.

Cloudian upgrades storage software with management, encryption features

Mikael Ricknäs) — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:50:00 GMT

Cloudian has upgraded its storage platform with improved reliability and security, as well as better integration with Amazon's Simple Storage Service.

CloudSigma goes all SSD in its cloud

noreply@idg.co.uk (Brandon Butler) — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:03:00 GMT

In what one analyst calls a harbinger of future advances by cloud providers, European infrastructure as a service (IaaS) company CloudSigma has announced that its cloud storage will run completely on solid state drives (SSD).

Flash storage cost claims need 'careful examination'

Sophie Curtis) — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:16:00 GMT

Storage will be all solid state at some point in the future, but the vision of an all-flash data centre is still some way off, according to Nimble Storage.

Oracle acquires Nimbula for hybrid cloud software

Joab Jackson) — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 08:11:00 GMT

Oracle is acquiring Nimbula, a provider of private cloud infrastructure management software, to round out its software stack for building hybrid clouds.

Iomega StorCenter ix4-300d

Cliff Joseph) — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 23:44:00 GMT

The Iomega StorCenter ix4-300d is an affordable and versatile network storage system for small business users.

Sepaton releases upgrades to high-end storage appliance

noreply@idg.co.uk (Lucas Mearian) — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 08:54:00 GMT

Sepaton has announced its latest update to its enterprise-class data backup appliance, which almost doubles performance and increases connectivity by 2X over its predecessor.

Sepaton releases upgrades to high-end storage appliance

Lucas Mearian) — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 08:54:00 GMT

Sepaton has announced its latest update to its enterprise-class data backup appliance, which almost doubles performance and increases connectivity by 2X over its predecessor.

Huawei get SAP HANA approval

Mikael Ricknäs) — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:45:00 GMT

Huawei Technologies' enterprise division is ramping up its European presence, helped by the announcement this week that SAP has certified the company's servers to run its HANA in-memory platform. Such deals with SAP and other big software vendors will be key for Huawei to succeed in the enterprise.

Vatican digitises its priceless library with EMC

Antony Savvas) — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 10:45:00 GMT

The Vatican's Apostolic Library is digitising its 80,000 historic manuscripts - equating to 40 million pages - through a sponsorship deal with EMC.

Revlon builds private cloud with NetApp

Antony Savvas) — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 13:33:00 GMT

Revlon says it is moving to an "agile" data infrastructure and turning its 3.6 petabytes of business data into a "business driver" through a private cloud architecture.