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Permabit’s Albireo Data deduplication technology is now supporting enterprise level flash technologies. By deduplicating data before it ever hits the flash, Permabit is claiming it can reduce the cost of enterprise flash storage by 5x to 35x. Not because the enterprise solid state device is somehow cheaper thanks to Albireo, but because you don’t need as much flash to hold an …

When it comes to SSDs, we all know that pricing is, in many cases, the pivotal factor that helps determine whether or not consumers will even keep a given product on their purchasing compass. Certainly, this has been a major source of discord in the industry, especially among those that offer LSI SandForce based products. This is understandable, as cost is, …

Are you someone who is always on time or late? Me, I’m always on time but it seems that most of my friends are what I still refer to as ‘slow pokes’.  Is it because they are simply unorganized and don’t prioritize their departure accurately, or do they simply want to be seen. You know grab the attention of the …

SMART Storage Systems has announced the release of their newest SSD aimed at the Enterprise market, the CloudSpeed 500. This SSD is positioned to provide a SSD with a higher write endurance, but a very low Total Cost of Ownership for entry and mid-level users. SMART has achieved excellent penetration into the entry server space with the release of the …

Another crazy weather day up here in Ontario. End of April and there are some areas that are snow covered.  I don’t recall school buses ever being cancelled in April, but then I’m from Manitoba, a province that is prone to lots of snow and citizens that still make it to where they need to be. So tonight I decided …

Apacer, well known for their sizeable selection of memory products, has unveiled their PHFD hard drive caching solution. Made available as a standard PCIe x1 add-in card, the new product will provide a separate 6Gbps SATA port, allowing users to utilize the HDD of their choice. Initially, Apacer’s solution will only offer a cache size of 32GB, though this doesn’t …

It’s time for summer to start. Not sure where you might be located, but the weather here in Ontario is beginning to get a little annoying; cold and rainy today.  I am thankful we didn’t receive the snow that some parts north of us did. It was the perfect day to take in a movie, 21 Jump Street. Some great laughs …

I wonder how many people out there have never heard of Dick Clark? If I were a betting person, I would bet that even those people who claim not to be into music or never watched American Bandstand still heard of him. Who could never seen at least one New York City new year’s ball drop? What a great legacy… if we …

Biwin, well known for their industrial flash storage products, has announced the release of their e-MMC SSD on a chip. Available in capacities ranging from 2 -64GB, the new device will be manufactured in a BGA 169 form factor and mounted in an industry standard MMC package. The drive will integrate both flash memory and controller into a single ASIC, cementing …

Just read about the women in Michigan, US, who won the lottery and continued to collect food stamps and has now been arrested and charged with fraud. Interesting how everyone is trying to pass the buck on who made the biggest mistake. While morally she should have known better and never used them, she didn’t go and steal them. Interesting twist …