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Skyera: RAID 5 Kills SSD Arrays
April 23, 2013 -- Enterprise flash storage startup warns about using traditional RAID configurations on all-flash arrays.

Skyera Lands Western Digital Cash in $51M Round
March 13, 2013 -- With the support of a big hard drive manufacturer, the SSD storage startup feels it has the mainstream enterprise storage market within its grasp.

Virident Debuts FlashMAX Connect Software
February 20, 2013 -- Server flash add-on card maker releases new software that enables server-side SAN capabilities.

Intel Expands Flash Storage Line with 180GB Model and mSATA SSD
February 4, 2013 -- The chipmaker continues to grow its flash storage portfolio with the debut of two new solid-state drives.

Plextor Launches M5 Pro Xtreme SSD for Business Workloads
January 25, 2013 -- Flash storage maker releases a 100K IOPS SSD aimed at businesses and enthusiasts.

Micron Intros Enterprise SSDs for Big Data Workloads
January 23, 2013 -- Flash storage provider targets data centers with a new line of high endurance solid-state drives (SSDs).

IBM Eyes Enterprise Flash Storage With Texas Memory Buy
August 16, 2012 -- IBM jumps into the flash-enabled storage race by snapping up an enterprise SSD array provider.

Skyera: SSD Arrays for All
August 15, 2012 -- Storage startup takes aim at mainstream vendors with arrays packed with consumer-level MLC SSDs.

Tegile Adds an All-SSD Twist to Hybrid Storage Lineup
August 14, 2012 -- Is the hybrid storage startup becoming a flash pure play? Not exactly ...

Fusion-io Paves Flashy Road to Market Growth
August 10, 2012 -- Startup that pioneered solid-state storage in the enterprise reports a healthy uptick in sales and market expansion.

Quantum Boosts DXi8500 Backup With 3 TB Drives
August 7, 2012 -- New 3 TB drive option and security enhancements raises the bar for the company's disk-based backup systems.

HP Announces All-SSD 3PAR P10000 Storage Arrays
July 30, 2012 -- HP aims at clouds and virtualized environments with all-SSD arrays and flash-based server cache cards.

NexGen Storage Embraces PCIe Flash to Speed Arrays
July 17, 2012 -- Typically dropped into application servers, NexGen uses PCIe flash add-on cards to boost disk storage array IOPS.

10 Affordable Storage Boxes to Consider
July 16, 2012 -- Think a dedicated storage box is too expensive? Think again. These 10 options are inexpensive and well-suited for SMBs, and include offerings from heavy hitters such as HP and Dell.

Nimble Storage Teams with VMware for Mobile VDI
June 25, 2012 -- Nimble adds a dash of flash for latency-free virtual desktop platform storage.

Fusion-io to Lend Cisco Blades Some Flash
June 14, 2012 -- Companies sign an OEM deal that will bring flash-based application acceleration to Cisco's UCS blades while the PCIe SSD market heats up.

IDC: EMC Tops Strong 1Q Disk Storage Market
June 8, 2012 -- The disk storage market experiences healthy growth despite the squeeze on the entry-level and high-end segments of the disk storage market.

NetApp Adds Flash to Midrange Market With FAS2220 Array
June 5, 2012 -- NetApp updates its midsize storage slate with flash caching support and new cloud backup partnerships.

RunCore Unveils Self-Destructing SSDs
May 18, 2012 -- With RunCore's new SSDs, files goes up in smoke -- literally.

Pure Storage Feeds the Flash Frenzy with All-SSD Arrays
May 16, 2012 -- Flash storage startup launches enterprise-class arrays based on consumer-grade MLC flash.

EMC Buys XtremIO in Feverish Flash Storage Market
May 10, 2012 -- The SSD market is showing no signs of cooling down as EMC snaps up all-flash storage array maker XtremIO.

HGST Intros 12Gbps SAS SSDs for Enterprise Storage Systems
May 1, 2012 -- Now a Western Digital company, HGST aims to make its SSDs the storage foundation for tomorrow's responsive clouds and data centers that deliver blistering enterprise apps performance.

Violin Memory Touts Flash for Primary Enterprise Storage
April 25, 2012 -- This well-funded startup offers integrated memory array solutions as a replacement for disks, offering high reliability and performance while shrinking the data center footprint.

Intel Enters the PCIe SSD Race
April 12, 2012 -- Intel's entry into the hot flash-based, PCIe caching card market emphasizes next-gen 25-nanometer NAND chips and SLC-like durability.

WhipTail Flash-Based Arrays Target Performance, Latency
March 27, 2012 -- New Jersey-based startup offers all-flash SSD storage arrays it claims deliver application performance that far surpasses the limits of HDD technologies.