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SanDisk buys FlashSoft with one eye on enterprise SSDs

...This story originally appeared as SanDisk acquires FlashSoft; doubles down on enterprise SSDs on ZDNet.com. Get the latest technology news and analysis, blogs and... Read more

16 February, 2012 by Andrew Nusca
Video: ioSafe rugged storage demo

Video: ioSafe rugged storage demo

...company's fireproof, waterproof, shockproof, crushproof and theftproof external hard drives and SSDs.For more on this story, read ioSafe cooks up a rugged storage... Read more

24 February, 2012 by Charles McLellan

Intel taps MLC for cheaper enterprise SSDs

...This drive was architected and engineered for the datacentre." The Sata 710 SSDs are aimed at enterprises that want to speed the performance of high... Read more

15 September, 2011 by Jack Clark

Intel unveils third generation of SSDs

...by 3Gbps Sata, as with its predecessor. "Intel's third generation of SSDs adds enhanced data security features, power-loss management and innovative data redundancy... Read more

29 March, 2011 by Jack Clark

Flash disks lack secure deletion, researchers find

...known as sanitisation — are not guaranteed to work on solid-state drives (SSDs). Furthermore, manufacturer-designed data sanitisation packages may not be implemented correctly, according... Read more

21 February, 2011 by Jack Clark

Texas Memory Systems bundles SSDs with hypervisors

The company has launched a line of products that bundle its solid state hardware with a hypervisor provided by DataCore Software Read more

18 April, 2012 by Andrew Nusca

LSI buys Nand flash maker SandForce

...found in smartphones and tablets. As flash prices decline, demand for flash SSDs is expected to overshadow traditional hard drives."Adding SandForce's technology to... Read more

27 October, 2011 by Steven Musil

SeaMicro releases 768-core Atom server

As the company releases its third high-density server, its chief executive mulls using non-x86 chips and expanding the types of server to those that can be used by small and medium-sized enterprises Read more

18 July, 2011 by Jack Clark

SanDisk upgrade drive takes SSDs to Extremes

There's a growing interest in solid state disk drives (SSDs) as a way to speed up ultraportable laptops, thanks partly to their... Read more

15 February, 2012

Are SSDs all they're cracked up to be

...firmly attached to the technology. They might include expensive (when used in SSDs), fast, robust, cool (physically and arguably culturally), low-power, silent, convenient (such... Read more

9 December, 2011

SanDisk unveils fast SSDs for mobile devices

...drive maker consulted industry "stakeholders" when creating the new solid-state drives (SSDs) to make sure they reflect "fast-moving market requirements", Rizwan Ahmed, an... Read more

31 May, 2011 by Jack Clark

Sandisk eyes enterprise SSDs with Pliant buy

...is changing as the company moves upmarket to business storage gear. Although SSDs do not dominate enterprise datacentres, the storage technology is being increasingly used... Read more

17 May, 2011 by Larry Dignan

Toshiba launches MacBook Air SSDs for the mass market

...X-gale for the new drives, which are more like memory strips. SSDs have been used in notebook PCs for many years, usually in a... Read more

8 November, 2010
Seagate refreshes enterprise <endeca_term>SSDs</endeca_term> and disks

Seagate refreshes enterprise SSDs and disks

Seagate has upgraded its enterprise drive portfolio with two high-performance solid-state drives, two fast hard drives and an enterprise-grade 3TB disk drive Read more

15 March, 2011 by Jack Clark

Hitachi storage arm launches enterprise SSDs

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies has entered the enterprise solid-state drive market on with the Ultrastar family of... Read more

16 November, 2010

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