Stories by Lucas Mearian

Pliant releases its first MLC-based SSDs

Pliant Technology today introduced a new family of lower-cost, higher-capacity solid state drives (SSD) based on consumer-grade NAND flash memory but built for data center use.

Written by Lucas Mearian09 Sept. 10 00:37

HP upgrades SANs, management software

Hewlett-Packard today announced several product upgrades for its small and mid-sized customers, including a new version of its modular storage array with 10Gbit/sec. Ethernet ports.

Written by Lucas Mearian09 Sept. 10 05:07

HP, Hynix to jointly bring next-gen memory to market

Hewlett-Packard today announced that it has entered into a joint development agreement with Hynix Semiconductor to develop and bring memristor, a new circuit element first demonstrated in HP Labs, to market in future memory products.

Written by Lucas Mearian02 Sept. 10 03:47

EMC offers upgrades to automated tiering, Clariion and Celerra arrays

EMC today unveiled upgrades to its midrange Clariion storage array and Celerra network-attached storage (NAS) gateway as well as new block-level data compression technology in its Fully Automated Storage Tiering(FAST) software.

Written by Lucas Mearian26 Aug. 10 03:14

HP or Dell -- which is the better suitor for 3Par?

Hewlett-Packard's $1.6 billion offer today to purchase grid-storage vendor 3Par came as a surprise to many tech industry watchers, but it's a smart move, both offensively and defensively.

Written by Lucas Mearian24 Aug. 10 07:09

IT execs release guidebook on e-health records implementation

The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) on Friday released a guidebook to help health-care CIOs with the implementation of electronic medical records (EMRs) so they can meet the government's so called "meaningful use" in order to receive reimbursement funds.

Written by Lucas Mearian21 Aug. 10 05:14

NAND flash memory pricing to plummet to $1 per GB

After two years of inflated prices, NAND flash memory prices are expected to dip down to a key $1 per gigabyte level, according to a new report by research firm iSuppli.

Written by Lucas Mearian20 Aug. 10 02:50

NetApp revenue grows 36% in Q1

Data storage vendor NetApp reported today on its revenue for the first quarter of 2011, stating total product sales grew 51% when compared with the same quarter last year; and overall revenue was up 36 per cent.

Written by Lucas Mearian19 Aug. 10 08:38

SanDisk releases postage stamp-sized SSD

SanDisk Wednesday unveiled a solid state drive (SSD) that is smaller than a postage stamp and weighs less than a paperclip.

Written by Lucas Mearian19 Aug. 10 03:59

Intel, Micron deliver highest capacity, smallest NAND flash

Intel and Micron Technology today announced the delivery of 3-bit-per-cell (3bpc) NAND flash memory on 25-nanometer lithography technology. The new flash memory chips represent the industry's highest capacity, smallest NAND device to date, the companies said.

Written by Lucas Mearian18 Aug. 10 06:10
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