Tag Archives: Virtualization

Avere Announces Software Updates, Adds Virtual FXT Filer

Posted on 5 November 2014 by GeekFluent

Today Avere Systems announced an update to the AOS software (version 4.5) that runs on their FXT Edge Filers. The big news in this version is the addition of a Virtual Edge Filer, the vFXT. Avere’s FXT works by placing … Continue reading →

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GeekFluent Round-up of VMware’s Announcements from Monday of VMworld 2014

Posted on 26 August 2014 by GeekFluent

I’m here at VMworld 2014 and this year VMware has gone above and beyond. Monday’s opening keynote included more new product announcements than any other VMworld I’ve attended (I’ve been going yearly since 2009). Such a massive flow of info … Continue reading →

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EMC Announces RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines

Posted on 26 August 2014 by GeekFluent

Today, timed with VMworld, EMC announced a new version of their RecoverPoint data protection / disaster recovery product: RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines. This is the product that came out of what was formerly being called Project Mercury. The new product, … Continue reading →

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EMC Announces Major Updates to Their SDS Platform – ViPR 2.0

Posted on 5 May 2014 by GeekFluent

In another of their announcements on the first day of EMC World, EMC announced a series of major updates and new features for their software-defined storage (SDS) platform, ViPR. The new updates will be in ViPR 2.0 While storage solutions … Continue reading →

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EMC Announces Version 1.30 of ScaleIO

Posted on 5 May 2014 by GeekFluent

Today, in one of the many announcements that kicked off EMC World, EMC announced the new version of their ScaleIO product. If you’re not familiar with ScaleIO, EMC defines it as a “software-only server-based SAN that converges storage and compute … Continue reading →

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EMC’s Project Liberty – Hints of Things to Come?

Posted on 30 April 2014 by GeekFluent

Today, in addition to announcing a new model VNXe, EMC announced their Project Liberty as part of the pre-EMC World build-up. What’s Project Liberty? EMC is calling it a “virtualized storage software technology based on VNX”. What does that mean? … Continue reading →

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EMC Announces Next-Generation VNX – Takes It Full Multicore

Posted on 4 September 2013 by GeekFluent

Today EMC announced the availability of the next generation of their VNX unified storage platform, previously codenamed “Rockies”. The new platform — actually available for purchase for the past month or so — which some are calling “VNX2”, offers a … Continue reading →

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EMC Enhances RecoverPoint (and takes it virtual!)

Posted on 30 April 2013 by GeekFluent

Today, EMC announced version 4.0 of RecoverPoint.  The new version brings many exciting new features, my personal favorite being the availability of a virtual version of the RecoverPoint Appliance (RPA). RecoverPoint is a SAN-based data protection/replication solution.  It works through … Continue reading →

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EMC Announces VPLEX Metro Express Edition (plus VAAI support)

Posted on 30 April 2013 by GeekFluent

[UPDATE: I’ve edited the post to remove one of the new features that had been mentioned in early pre-announcement briefings.  The features listed now match what’s actually been released.] Today, EMC announced updates to their VPLEX family of storage virtualization devices, … Continue reading →

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Evolution of Virtualization – The Whiteboard Video

Posted on 24 April 2013 by GeekFluent

I posted before about having fun with whiteboards at VMware PEX, and I posted the draft outline for the “Evolution of Virtualization” whiteboard I did with Gabriel Chapman (@Bacon_Is_King). Today, Amy Lewis (@CommsNinja) has posted the final version of the … Continue reading →

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