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Western Digital Corp. today announced that it has successfully developed its next generation 3D NAND technology, BiCS3, with 64 layers of vertical storage capability. Pilot production of the new technology has commenced in the Yokkaichi, Japan joint venture facilities and initial output is expected later this year. Western Digital expects meaningful commercial volumes of BiCS3 in the first half of calendar 2017.
“The launch of the next generation 3D NAND technology based on our industry-leading 64 layer architecture reinforces our leadership in NAND flash technology,” said Dr. Siva Sivaram, executive vice president, memory technology, Western Digital. “BiCS3 will feature the use of 3-bits-per-cell technology along with advances in high aspect ratio semiconductor processing to deliver higher capacity, superior performance and reliability at an attractive cost. Together with BiCS2, our 3D NAND portfolio has broadened significantly, enhancing our ability to address a full spectrum of customer applications in retail, mobile and data center.”
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Seagate Technology plc, today unveiled a first-of-its kind, high-capacity drive that can help data centers more easily accommodate exponential data growth, while still maintaining high levels of computing power and performance. The two terabyte (TB) version of its Nytro XM1440 M.2 non-volatile memory express (NVMe) Solid State Drive (SSD) is the highest-capacity, enterprise-class M.2 NVMe SSD available today, making it well suited for demanding enterprise applications that require fast data access, capacity and processing.
As the latest addition to the Seagate Nytro SSD product line, the 2TB Nytro XM1440 M.2 NVMe SSD is designed to accelerate enterprise data access, with twice the density of prior M.2 NVMe environments. Optimized for read-intensive and mixed workloads, its high capacity and small form factor are ideal for today’s cloud and enterprise data center environments, where speed and processing power in a small footprint are increasingly important. The drive can help meet the needs of demanding enterprise applications including online transaction processing, high-performance computing and big data analytics. It also helps manage storage growth with deduplication and compression, allowing data centers to easily create more virtual machines instantly without having to add additional servers — enabling today’s data centers to more easily manage their ever-expanding storage growth.
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Crucial, a leading global brand of memory and storage upgrades, today announced additional capacities of the Crucial MX300 solid state drive (SSD). Built for speed and loaded with advanced features, the new drives deliver an immediate increase to system performance.
With read speeds up to 530 MB/s and write speeds up to 510 MB/s on all file types, the Crucial MX300 enables users to boot up almost instantly, load programs with ease, and accelerate demanding applications. The drive is engineered with Micron® 3D NAND technology, resulting in an endurance rating of up to 220TB total bytes written by leveraging larger NAND cells to deliver top-notch performance and prolong endurance.
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Driven by a boom in SSD demand around the globe, Lite-On Storage, a Strategic Business Group (SBG) of Lite-On Technology Corporation, today announced plans for a multi-million-dollar expansion of its manufacturing plant in Hsinchu, Taiwan.
The company, which is best known as a leading provider of solid-state drives (SSDs) for storing data under the Lite-On and Plextor brands, said it expects its expansion to be completed by the end of 2016.
“Researchers say more data has been generated in the past two years alone than in the entire history of the human race, which is putting enormous pressure on the storage market to keep pace,” said Darlo Perez, Managing Director of Lite-On Storage Americas. “Lite-On Storage has experienced unprecedented growth and our business is poised to continue growing our market position as well as accelerate delivery of advanced storage solutions in anticipation to roll out our portfolio of new products in 2017.”
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ADATA Technology, a leading manufacturer of high performance DRAM modules and NAND Flash products, today unveiled the SE730, SC660, and SV620 external SSDs. The three are compatible with Windows, Mac OS, and Android, thus bringing solid state storage expansion and convenience to the majority of notebooks, ultrabooks, desktops, and even media boxes and game consoles. From the USB Type-C SE730 with its IP68 dust and water proofing to the cost-effective SC660 and SV620, each offers at least four times the performance of an external mechanical drive while consuming far less power (excellent for portable device batteries), operating in total silence, and ensuring vastly better shock resistance. The drives are ideal for mobile or stationary scenarios. They use carefully-sorted and certified controllers and memory chips, undergoing rigorous ADATA testing. Likewise, PCB production and enclosure assembly meet demanding ADATA standards, backed by a 3-year warranty. The SE730 and SV620 launch today while the SC660 will release in August.
SE730: presenting the most compact USB Type-C external SSD in the world
Embodying ADATA innovation and dedication to premium products, the SE730 packs read/write performance up to 500MB/s in a super-compact form factor that weighs a mere 33g. The smallest external SSD with a reversible USB Type-C connector in the world at the time of writing, the SE730 supercharges data transfers with USB 3.1 Gen 2. Its sandblasted metallic enclosure and robust build mean it carries official IEC IP68 dust and water proof qualifications, as well as military-grade shock proofing. The SE730 offers the ultimate in external SSD style, performance, and mobility, weighing less than a golf ball and fitting easily in the palm of a hand.
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QNAP Systems, Inc. today released the upgraded Qsirch 2.2 that adds the following features: personalized filters for improved search accuracy, enhanced email search for efficient management of stored emails, and document previewing for a better browsing experience.
Qsirch is an exclusive search engine developed by QNAP. It supports over 6,000 file types to assist users in finding specific files stored on QNAP NAS within seconds. “To complement QNAP NAS as a huge data center, ‘searchability’ is one of the key areas for increasing the value of stored data, and Qsirch is the best tool to realize optimized search capabilities for vast data storage and archiving,” said Cherry Chen, Product Manager of QNAP.
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Drobo, the maker of award winning storage solutions for businesses, professionals and consumers, today launched a mobile photo and video upload app, DroboPix, as part of the company's continuing efforts to bring simple, safe and secure solutions to its customers.
DroboPix is part of the myDrobo suite of software applications that makes managing important data effortless. The DroboPix app allows 5N and B810n owners the ability to automatically upload and organize photos and videos seamlessly within their local Wi-Fi network. Using DroboPix is simple. Users walk into their home or office where the app recognizes the network, verified by the geolocation, and new photos and videos are uploaded automatically. The geolocation verification and usage of the user's Wi-Fi adds two layers of security, while the transfer over Wi-Fi conserves battery power and cellular data usage.
Customers can access uploaded pictures and videos on their Drobo via NAS shares, from a web browser or directly from a mobile device using DroboAccess, another app available on the myDrobo Platform.
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Roxio introduces Roxio Toast 15 Titanium and Roxio Toast 15 Pro, the latest versions of its powerful digital media and disc burning software for Mac, designed for home and business users. Roxio Toast 15 includes Roxio Secure Burn™, making it simple to encrypt and protect confidential information saved to discs and USB drives, the new Roxio Toast Slice™ that lets you find and trim your favorite parts of a video in seconds, and much more. Ideal for anyone using iLife and iMovie, the new Toast suites give you everything you need to capture, copy, edit, convert, protect and share on Mac.
"Whether they're using Toast at work or at home, we're helping Mac users address ever-growing concerns over the security of their confidential info. Lately, it seems we're hearing about privacy breaches almost every day. Thanks to Roxio Secure Burn, Toast users will have the peace of mind of knowing the data they burn is safe," said Michel Yavercovski, Senior Director of Product Management for Roxio.
"Of course, Toast has always been about helping you share and preserve your digital memories. That's why we now include Toast Slice for making simple video clips faster than ever, along with a new selection of great-looking menu templates in MyDVD, and enhanced capabilities in Live Screen Capture - all designed to help you tell your story, the way you want," added Yavercovski.
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NTI Corporation is proud to introduce NTI Backup Now EZ 5, the newest version of its popular Home PC Backup Software. Like its predecessor, this 5th edition delivers a comprehensive, easy-to-use solution for protecting PC data. In addition to Cloud Backup, File & Folder Backup, and Complete PC Backup, two new solutions for Social Media Backup and Mobile Device Backup are included, making this new version an integrated 5-in-1 solution. Social Media Backup enables users to back up their contents in Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube accounts. Mobile Device Backup supports both iOS and Android smartphones and tablets. A downloadable iOS or Android app works in conjunction with a PC resident agent to deliver this convenient solution, which helps users back up photos and videos on their mobile devices. This feature enables users to free up valuable storage space on their smartphones or tablets, thus allowing them to take more photos and capture more videos. Other enhancements in Version 5 include expanded support of public clouds including Microsoft OneDrive, Dropbox, and Google Drive in addition to NTI Cloud. The total free space available on these supported clouds currently amounts to 22 GB, which is a free bonus to our users.
“Backup Now EZ has always been rated as best-in-class backup software for home PCs; its install base of more than 20 million users attests to its quality and reliability. True to its mantra of ‘Backup Everything’, this newest version adds two major backup categories to deliver nothing less than a complete upgrade, it’s worthy of attention from existing users and new customers alike,” says David Yao, NTI’s newly appointed CEO.
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Seagate Technology plc, a world leader in storage solutions, today unveiled a new portfolio of 10TB high capacity drives dubbed the Guardian Series. Purpose-built to help customers better manage and move the huge amounts of digital data they consume and create, the 10TB Seagate BarraCuda Pro desktop drive, Seagate IronWolf for NAS applications and Seagate SkyHawk for surveillance introduce new brand names and imagery and represent the most complete 10TB portfolio in the industry. The Guardian Series features industry leading technology that raises the bar on features, speed and capacity for use across a wide range of markets, including personal, creative and design computing, online gaming, small- and medium-sized businesses and large-scale surveillance systems.
“Consumers and organizations today face a similar challenge -- what to do about the massive deluge of data and video they confront every day,” said Matt Rutledge, senior vice president of Client and Consumer Storage at Seagate. “Whether it’s dominating in the latest game, producing compelling multimedia content, mining data to help create new apps and business services, helping to protect people and places around the world against new threats, and more, the Seagate Guardian Series is designed to preserve your most critical data and move it where it’s needed fast so you can make the most of it. By incorporating powerful new features and capabilities, our 10TB products also make it easier for everyone to create, consume and use data.”
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