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| FREMONT,
CA - April 29, 2008 - SMART Modular Technologies, Inc. today
announced the release of "true" industrial-grade 2.5" SSDs by its
subsidiary, Adtron Corp. Based on the latest 8Gb Flash technology,
these new PATA / SATA drives feature densities up to 128GB, the highest density
available in the industry for SLC SSDs in a 2.5-inch (9.5mm-high)
form factor. By leveraging the latest 50nm 8Gb flash technology, these new SSDs offer higher density, reduced height and lower price than before. Available in configurations of 32, 64, and 128GB, the new A25FB-3 and I25FB-3 drives offer sustained performance of up to 72MB/s read and 57MB/s write. The new SSDs are tested to meet a "true" industrial-grade standard, which includes 8 hours of comprehensive test while temperature is cycled through its rated range. In addition, the drives are certified to meet a wide range of environmental requirements, including temperature, shock, vibration, electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), altitude, and current defense industry standards, making them well suited for applications requiring industrial-grade storage solutions. "Advances in Flash technology continue to drive new applications," explained Wade Campbell, Director, SSD Marketing and Product Management. "With their increased density and improved price/performance, these new drives enable us to deliver an even wider range of industrial-grade applications in the defense and industrial markets. They also provide a base platform for higher performance SSDs that we expect to release in the coming months." Early access A25FB-3 SATA SSD units are available now, with general availability expected by mid-summer. The I25FB-3 PATA SSDs are scheduled for general availability in calendar Q3 2008. ...Adtron profile, ...SMART Modular Technologies profile Editor:- April 28, 2008 - STORAGEsearch.com published a new article and directory related to 1.0" (and smaller) Storage Drives. Once the exclusive preserve of the military, spooks and space scientists this market is now dominated by the needs of shoppers for consumer lifestyle and entertainment gadgets - with market volume projections resembling international phone numbers. ...read the article LAKE FOREST, Calif - April 24, 2008 - Western Digital Corp. today reported that hard drive revenue grew by 43% for the quarter ending March 28 compared to the year ago period. Overall revenue was $2.1 billion comprised of $2.022 billion of hard drive revenue and $89 million of revenue from media and substrate sales. Net income was $280 million. "The hard drive market continued to demonstrate strong year-on-year unit growth of 16% in the March quarter, while exhibiting an expected seasonal decline of 8.6% from the exceptionally strong December quarter, as anticipated in our guidance issued in January" said John Coyne, WD president and CEO. "Our March quarter revenues demonstrate strong customer preference for the WD value proposition... We remain very enthusiastic about our opportunities in the fast-growing hard drive industry in the years ahead." ...WD profile Editor's comments:- these results confirm that Seagate, which announced lower revenue growth of 10% for the same quarter, is losing market share within the overall hard disk market. That's not a problem it can fix by hiring lawyers to sue SSD companies. Reading, UK - April 23, 2008 - BakBone Software is now certified with Data Domain. Working together they now offer the ability to use Data Domain systems as NAS or as a VTL within a NetVault environment, D2D2T (Disk to Disk to Tape backup) and reduced backup windows. ...BakBone profile, ...Data Domain profile SAN DIEGO - April 22, 2008 - Nirvanix today announced a 30-day free trial promotion for users who want to test its online storage service. Nirvanix also announced the availability of its 'Amazon S3 Migration Tool' which enables the easy migration of files from an Amazon Simple Storage Service account while preserving folder structures. "For a company with just 50 terabytes of archived data, for instance, this fee holiday can mean a setup savings of well over $9,000 to move to the world's fastest, most reliable cloud storage platform in the world" said Jonathan Buckley, Chief Marketing Officer with Nirvanix. ...Nirvanix profile, online backup and storage SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif - April 22, 2008 - Seagate Technology announced it is the first hard drive manufacturer to have shipped 1 billion hard drives. Seagate says that although it took 29 years to reach the 1 billion milestone, it will ship its next billion in less than 5 years. Also, by the time its nearest competitor reaches 1 billion drives shipped, Seagate will already be close to shipping its second billion. According to Gartner, in 2007 alone more than 500 million drives were shipped, compared to 1990, when slightly less than 30 million were shipped. ...Seagate profile Editor's comments:- I forgot to check if there's a footnote somewhere defining a "billion". You've got to be so careful nowadays to get the right meaning for once arcane big number adjectives (like Giga) when they seep into the public domain and get misunderstood. Editor:- April 22, 2008 - an article on InformationWeek discusses problems which led to a shutdown of HP's new online storage service called Upline, Rome, Italy - April 22, 2008 - today Memopal announced details of its online backup service for XP and Vista PCs. Memopal offers 250GB of space for archiving your files and many other services for $99 per year. Memopal works in real time. Whenever you save a file it is backed up online making it available immediately. Memopal has geographic RAID 5 technology, which provides triple-copy storage in 3 different continents so that files are even protected against natural disasters. ...Memopal profile | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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