(For Quiz May 21, 2013)
Storage Companies that begin with:
N = Nasuni, NetApp, NextIO, Nimble Storage, NetCache, NetGear, Nutanix, Nimbus Data, Novell, NexGen
O = Ocarina, Oracle, OTG
P = Permabit, Panasas, Pathlight, Pirus, Pillar Data, PernixData, Proximal Data, Promise Technologies
May 21, 2013
Hitachi Data Systems on Tuesday announced a new file sharing and synchronization capability for it Hitachi Content Platform (HCP). Called Hitachi Content Platform Anywhere, the software. which operates on the Hitachi Content Platform appliances, supports IOS devices and Windows and Mac desktops and laptops. Android support is on the road map. HCP Anywhere lets users access data and collaborate with other users anytime, anyplace.
HDS also announced a new version of the HCP that provides Amazon S3 support, VMware, tiering to external storage, structured queries and replication.
Finally, HDS unveiled the Hitachi Cloud Services, a public cloud service. The service is utility based and billed on the capacity used. It is hosted by HDS and supports a RESTful interface.
May 21, 2013
Permabit Technology on Tuesday added data compression and replication capability to its Albireo deduplication software. According to Permabit’s claims, the COMPRESS compression application reduces storage requirements by as much as 35x. REPLICA, a remote file copy service, provides optimization in-flight, as well as at rest.
COMPRESS compacts initial data and then subsequent copies of the data stored on disk are deduplicated without additional compression. Both applications are expected to be available by the end of the month.
May 21, 2013
Skyera on Tuesday announced that it has added NAS capability to its SSD-based skyHawk storage system. SkyHawk uses MLC flash and offers 44TB of capacity. The unified SAN/NAS system also includes support for compression, thin provisioning, snapshots and quality of service.
Skyera, MLC Flash, SSDs, solid state drives, NAS, SAN
May 21, 2013
VMware on Tuesday announced the VMware vCloud Hybrid Service, a service that allows customers to build infrastructures that bridge data centers with the public cloud.
The public cloud, in this case, is operated by VMware and is based on VMware vSphere. vCloud Hybrid Service allows integration of existing unmodified applications and supports more than 90 operating systems. It supports automated replication, vMotion, vSphere High Availability and the vSphere Distributed Resources Scheduler and offers a vCloud Connector that allows the viewing, management and migration of VMs from the vSphere client.
The service will be available through VMware partners and is expected to be available in Q3 of this year. It will be sold on a monthly term for 4.5 cents per hour for a 1GB virtual machine with one processor.
May 21, 2013
Caringo, an object storage provider, and Cloudian, an S3-compatible cloud software vendor, at Citrix Synergy on Tuesday announced that they are providing connectors to CloudPortal Business Manager. The connectors allow simplified management of cloud environments and integration with Caringo’s CAStor and Cloudian-built clouds.
May 16, 2013
Atlantis Computing last week announced that they have received $20 million in Series D funding from Adams Street Partners, Cisco Systems, El Dorado Ventures and Partech International. This round brings the company’s total funding to $35 million; it will be used to expand the company’s ILIO desktop virtualization platform.
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