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We have been documenting the recent advancements of the partnership between Tegile Systems, Cisco, and VMware for the past few months. While the joint parties have been revealing reference designs and architectures, it is today that they finally reveal their work at Cisco Live – an event at the  Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, taking place from June …

In case you haven’t heard there is a pretty sweet contest happening through Pure OC’s website.  Attached is a copy of the post and link to help you get there. Welcome to week 2 of Pure OC’s 2013 Summer Giveaway! This weeks giveaway will be sponsored by our good friends at Kingston & Primochill ! This will be a 7 …

Up on our Test Bench early this morning are three of the most colorful SSDs we have ever seen, these being the Angelbird SSD2Go External USB 3.0 SSDs. Don’t let their good looks alone fool you; these drives are among the best built we have ever seen, scream out LSI SandForce performance at above 460MB/s and are as at home …

Toshiba Electronics Europe is announcing the launch of their next generation of solid state hybrid drive (SSHD) that combines the large capacities of an HDD with the speed increases of an SSD.  The new versions merge 8GB of NAND flash memory with up to 500GB of HDD rotating disc storage in a 2.5″ X 7mm form factor.  These lower profile …

In just over a week since its release, the MacBook Air has redefined storage speed and become the first to introduce the world to the reality of the new PCIe form factor.  It appears that when it comes to money, both Apple and Samsung can shed their differences with the new MacBook Air pulling off SSD performance of 700MB/s in …

If you are looking for a new car it’s highly unlikely that you would buy the first one you saw. You test drive a few before you make that final decision.  To save you some time and provide you with as much information as possible, we continue to gather these reviews written by our affiliates.  Don’t forget if you don’t see a product you are …

BIWIN, a global leader in NAND flash memory technology, is announcing a new business-grade SSD dubbed the C8636, which utilizes unique power loss protections.  The C8636 utilizes a power supply detection chip to offer real-time monitoring.  If the voltage is detected to be below 4V, the firmware of the SSD immediately becomes guarded, effectively avoiding any serious damage caused by …

One of the most exciting things about reporting on solid state technology is being on the cutting edge of advance and having the opportunity to introduce next generation products to the world. This morning is a perfect example of just that and we guarantee our review of the one of the first official 12Gbps SAS SSD will be one of a …

SSDs are most likely not the first things that pop into your mind when you think about E3. That is exactly what Plextor aimed to change at the event this year – getting more gamers involved in SSDs and SSD technology. We looked around the small Plextor booth which had quite a neat setup. Two open-air computer systems, running a …

SanDisk Corporation, a global leader in flash memory technology, is announcing the release of FlashSoft 3.2 for acceleration of enterprise and data center applications.  FlashSoft 3.2 will integrate with any server, storage and network infrastructure.  This release follows on the heels of FlashSoft 3.1 for VMware vSphere that was released in April. SanDisk’s acquisition of FlashSoft, announced in February of …

Perhaps the most respect an SSD review site can gain is to be trusted to report on SSDs that carry with them a great deal of confidentiality and secrecy in their purpose and design. Being consistently chosen as the first and one of the very limited evaluators is icing on the cake.  Such is the case between The SSD Review …

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a world-leading memory technology provider, is announcing mass production of its XP941 PCI-Express (PCIe) solid state drive (SSD) to be utilized in modern ultra-thin notebooks / laptops.  Earlier this quarter, Samsung began supplying the new XP941 SSD to OEM notebook PC producers. With mass production of the XP941, Samsung is establishing a basis for a significant …

It seems that every newspaper, online or in print, has become filled with bad news.  Well, you won’t find that here.  This link will allow you, in one place, to find some of the latest technology reviews published by our affiliates. HIGHLIGHT REVIEW Monster Digital OverDrive 3.0 512GB External SSD Review @ TechnologyX With the gaining popularity of SSDs, it was only …

Axtremex Technology, UK-based manufacturer and global supplier of memory devices, is announcing their new Micro SSD that features a USB 3.0 interface.  The lightweight, durable and convenient to use Micro SSD is about 2/3 the size of a standard business card, and achieves sequential read/write speeds of 450 MB/s and 400 MB/s respectively. The Micro SSD draws its power straight …

Mushkin, Inc., a premier designer and producer of high-performance computer products, has announced the official launch of their new Scorpion Deluxe PCIe SSD.  The Scorpion Deluxe utilizes a quartet of SandForce controllers to achieve amazing performance. Mushkin’s original Scorpion PCIe SSD was targeted to designers of multimedia to offer a scalable 4-way format and maximum performance.  The new Scorpion Deluxe …