Scot Strong

Scot Strong is an automotive parts professional with 30 years experience in proprietary dealership computer systems, He is also a technology freak the rest of the time. He has been repairing, upgrading, and building personal and business computers for over ten years. He has also written articles for automotive parts management publications, and is a regular contributor at our sister site, TechnologyX.com

Western Digital Acquires Virident To Further Extend HGST’s Flash Storage Offerings

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Western Digital Corp., a global storage solutions leader, has announced that its HGST subsidiary (formerly Hitachi Global Storage Technologies) has acquired Virident Systems, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise flash storage solutions.  The acquisition has a price tag of approximately $685 million in cash, and reportedly represents around $645 million in enterprise value. Virident has been a technology leader in …

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SuperTalent Announces Two M.2 Form Factor NGFF SSD Devices

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SuperTalent Technology, a leading producer of Flash and RAM memory devices, is announcing release of two new M.2 form factor NGFF SSDs; one being a SATA III full-length NGFF card, and the other a SATA II half-length card.  The relatively new NGFF form factor is significantly smaller, lighter and less power-hungry than standard SSDs.  Both of SuperTalent’s new NGFF drives …

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Kingston Announces New SSDNow E50 Enterprise SSD For Big Data And Virtualization Applications

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Kingston Digital, Inc., the Flash memory division of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., who is the global leader in memory products, is announcing the SSDNow E50.  The E50 is Kingston’s newest enterprise-grade solid-state drive (SSD).  The SSDNow E50 will be marketed as a more economical alternative to the SSDNow E100.  Performance-driven usage scenarios that do not require heavy endurance can achieve …

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SanDisk Completes Its Acquisition Of SMART Storage Systems

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SanDisk Corporation, a world leader in Flash memory storage technologies, has announced the completion of its acquisition of SMART Storage Systems, a developer and producer of leading enterprise solid-state drives (SSDs) based on SATA and SAS connection interfaces.  We had originally reported the news of the acquisition back on July 2nd. Completion of the acquisition results in SMART Storage Systems …

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TCS Announces Next-Gen Proteus 2 and Galatea 2 SSDs — Larger Capacity And Improved Performance

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TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS), a leader in highly rugged and high-reliability soild-state drives (SSDs), is announcing availability of its new Proteus 2 and Galatea 2 SSDs.  The Proteus 2 and Galatea 2 both feature larger capacities and improved performance.  Many security and defense applications operate in very harsh environments, making the Proteus 2 and Galatea 2 ideal for those usage …

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Mach Xtreme Technology Announces MX-EXPRESS Driver-less PCIe SSD — 850 MB/s Reads And 100,000 IOPS!

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Mach Xtreme Technology Inc., a global producer of high-performance, high-reliability and user-friendly PC devices, is announcing the MX-EXPRESS PCIe soild-state drive (SSD).  The MX-EXPRESS utilizes an advanced dual-controller architecture, and features a unique design requiring no drivers. The low-profile MX-EXPRESS PCIe 2.0 x 2 SSD will interface with any standard PCIe 2X / 4X / 16X slot.  The MX-EXPRESS offers …

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Corsair Releases New Force Series LS Line Of SSDs

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Corsair, a global producer of high-performance PC hardware components, is annoucning the release of their new Force Series LS solid-state drives (SSDs).  The Force Series LS line of SSDs offer consumers and users a more economical means to upgrade a desktop PC or notebook to the proven speed and reliability of an SSD. The Force Series LS SSDs utilize a …

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MyDigitalSSD Announces New Super Cache 2 mSATA SSD With Free FNet HybriDisk Caching Software Code

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MyDigitalSSD is announcing their new Super Cache 2 (SC2) mSATA 6 Gb/s SSD, a lower cost solution where PC users are able to achieve system performance comparable to that of an SSD, without giving up the larger capacity of an HDD.  Current notebook and desktop motherboards are increasingly being outfitted with an extra mSATA slot, allowing the SC2 to be …

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SuperTalent Express DramDisk Flash Drive Capable of Amazing 4GB/s Read and 5GB/s Write Speeds

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Super Talent Technology, a leading producer of NAND flash storage devices, is announcing availability of the long-awaited USB 3.0 Express Dram*Disk.  This USB 3.0 Express device and its proprietary onboard software  work with your computer’s available RAM to transfer files at blistering speeds.  The Super Talent USB 3.0 Dram*Disk can help your computer attain sequential read speeds of up to …

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