Intel is to implement the projected doubling of its SSD capacities earlier than expected - possibly as soon as next month.
The current X18-M and X25-M solid-state drives (SSDs) use a 50nm process and have 80GB and 160GB capacities with 2-bit multi-level cell (MLC) technology.

The Japanese firm Green-House has announced a new line of 1.8-inch and 2.5-inch SDDs that use PATA IDE interface.
Both lines are available with capacities ranging from 16GB to 128GB.

Jinan Yinquan Technology has announced that its data center virtualization technology project has received 500,000 yuan from Shandong Economic and Information Technology Committee.
Following the award, the wholly owned subsidiary of China VoIP & Digital Telecom said it is well positioned to take full advantage of the tremendous economic growth currently being experienced in China.

SanDisk is offering a new Extreme SDHC card which it claims is the world's fastest 32GB card - with both the capacity and I/O speed to handle HD video clips.
With a sustained write speed - up to 30 megabits-per-second - the company said it is fast enough to capture a storehouse of up to 160 minutes of full HD (1920x1080) video at a 24Mb/s data transfer rate.

Separate backup data center locations are not being used by many companies to provide the complete data-recovery system, according to research.
Instead they are relying on failover to separate storage arrays and servers within the same physical building.