21/07/2010 - Mercury Technology Delivers “Green” Cloud for Oracle EBusiness Suite Using RamSan Flash Storage

Texas Memory Systems and Mercury Technology today announced that the Mercury Technology ultra high performance “Enterprise Cloud” hosted solutions for Oracle-based applications are powered by Texas Memory Systems’ RamSan PCIe-based solid state disks (SSD).

29/10/2009 - Intel and Numonyx Announce a Breakthrough in PCM Technology

Intel and Numonyx, a provider of memory technologies, announced a key breakthrough in the research of phase change memory (PCM), a new non-volatile memory technology that combines many of the benefits of today's various memory types.

For the first time, researchers have demonstrated a 64Mb test chip that enables the ability to stack, or place, multiple layers of PCM arrays within a single die.

27/10/2009 - Texas Memory Systems Sets New SPC-1 Records for Flash Storage Performance

Texas Memory Systems announced that its RamSan-620 Flash Solid State Disk (SSD) has submitted a record setting SPC-1 Result.

Launched in August, the RamSan-620 produced 254,994.21 SPC-1 IOPS with Average Response Time of 0.72 milliseconds all from a 2U rack-mount chassis and delivers its performance at a cost of only $1.13 per SPC-1 IOPS.

30/07/2009 - EMC Releases New Version of Retrospect

EMC has launched a new version of its Mac backup software Retrospect.
As well as adding back support for PowerPC-based Macs, Retrospect 8.1 also improves performance on Intel-based Macs.

26/06/2009 - WD Launches Dual-Drive Network Storage System

WD has unveiled its newly redesigned My Book World Edition II dual- drive network storage system in capacities of up to 4 TB.
The company said the double protection of two Mirrored (RAID 1) drives and continuous backup software, makes the storage system extra-safe for users to back up and store the data and digital media.

12/06/2009 - Aress Launches Unlimited Online Data Backup Service

Aress Software has launched an online backup solution which gives 1GB of free space and also comes with an unlimited storage option.
Called BackupandShare.com, the service is aimed at business and individual users, and has an ability to schedule backup for PCs and Macs.

05/06/2009 - Sony Ericsson Drops Proprietary Memory Cards For Standard MicroSD

Sony Ericsson is to stop using its proprietary memory card format in favor of the standard and more popular MicroSD.
The change will will make moving content between the mobile handsets and PCs easier.

15/05/2009 - Toshiba Launches First PC With 512GB SSD

Toshiba has launched what it claims is the first PC integrating 512GB SSD (Solid State Drive).
The top-of-the-range Portege R600-ST4203 (known as dynabook SS RX2/WAJ in Japan) is a notebook PC employing a 2-bit-per-cell multi-level NAND flash memory.

02/04/2009 - WD Enters Solid-State Drive Market With Acquisition Of SiliconSystems

Western Digital has completed a USD $65 million cash acquisition of leading solid-state drives supplier, SiliconSystems.
SiliconSystems' product portfolio includes solid-state drives with SATA, EIDE, PC Card, USB and CF interfaces in 2.5-inch, 1.8-inch, CF and other form factors.

05/03/2009 - Restorepoint Winner of Storage-biz.news' Product of the Year Award

20/02/2009 - WD Readies New My Book World Storage Device

Western Digital has redesigned its My Book World Edition to target consumers with multiple computers on a home network.
The company says the new device simplifies the tedious task of backing up an entire household's files.

21/11/2008 - Lenovo Promises Desktop PC Breakthrough

Lenovo has launched a desktop computing solution that can dramatically help businesses reduce IT costs and security risks by turning off hard drives and storing all data in a non-server remote location.
Called Secure Managed Client (SMC), the company claims it is the first solution to do all this while still offering users the flexibility and performance of a traditional desktop PC.