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Violin Memory’s mid-range priced IPO raises $162M
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2013/09/26/violin-memory-mid-range-priced-ipo.html It might have priced in the lower range of its purported value, but enterprise tech stocks have done pretty well recently…
Read MoreCisco buys Whiptail for $415 million as flash land grab continues
When it comes to flash memory, everyone's buying and everyone's for sale, apparently. Cisco says it will integrate Whiptail flash memory into its UCS servers.…
Read MoreFusion-io revenues fall short; new CEO Robison keen on finding new customers
Fusion-io missed analysts' revenue estimates for the second quarter of 2013. But new CEO Shane Robison believes price cuts could entice more hyperscale customers to jump aboard.…
Read MoreGot a laggy old Nexus 7? Here’s why Android 4.3 will restore its performance.
Has your old Nexus 7 gotten slower over time? Before you toss it in a closet or upgrade to a new model, consider upgrading to Android 4.3 first. It includes a fix for non-optimized flash memory that slowed down your tablet.…
Read MoreFacebook kisses DRAM goodbye, builds memcached for flash
Facebook has developed a new data cache called McDipper that's essentially memcached rewritten to run on flash memory instead of DRAM, thus saving money while still delivering higher performance than disk.…
Read MoreEMC further embraces in-server flash storage with more memory cards
Following Fusion-io's success in selling flash memory cards, EMC is coming out with more flash memory PCIe cards, following Violin Memory releasing its own versions earlier this week.…
Read MoreViolin Memory adds PCIe products, making flash memory still hotter
New PCIe flash memory cards from Violin Memory will allow for broad enterprise adoption, the company's CEO says. But the company is not the first to that market.…
Read MoreWhy Valentine’s Day needs data centers
Flash memory and database servers are among possible solutions for online dating sites getting swamped with traffic at peak times such as Valentine's Day.…
Read MoreIn an assault on latency, Violin Memory buys GridIron Systems
Flash storage vendor Violin Memory has acquired appliance maker GridIron Systems to improve performance even more for demanding applications. Even as some are calling for slower flash, Violin thinks speed, cost and reliability don't have to be mutually exclusive.…
Read MoreDiablo gets $28M to marry memory and the processor
Diablo Technologies is an Ottawa-based startup that has brought flash memory even closer to the processor -- making applications run even faster. It has built chip technology as well as software and has raised $28 million to bring the technology to market.…
Read MoreImproved iPhone 5 less expensive to make than iPhone 4S
Is it possible to build a better smartphone for consumers that costs less to produce? Apparently so, if you're Apple. A preliminary teardown of the iPhone 5 shows that the most expensive iPhone this year is cheaper for Apple to make than the iPhone 4S.…
Read MoreWhy Violin Memory is worth billions in an IPO
Violin Memory is a force to be reckoned with in the storage world. It's not just the industry shift toward solid-state drives replacing slower, less-efficient hard disk drives that's driving Violin's value through the roof, though, it's also the company's very strategic set of investors.…
Read MoreMorphlabs, Dell pitch all-SSD private cloud
Morphlab's latest mCloud uses uses all solid-state disks while also claiming Amazon Web Services-like pricing. The company's newest offering, which is part of a partnership with Dell, targets service providers that want to add private cloud computing capabilities that interoperate with AWS as needed.…
Read MoreToday in Green IT: The case for SSDs in data centers
Analysts at IDC have projected that the dollar per gigabyte price barrier for solid state drives should fall by the second half of this year. What does that mean for data centers, where many operators want to bring down energy usage while speeding up web serving?…
Read MoreApple confirms acquisition of Israel’s Anobit
Apple has finally confirmed its purchase of Israel-based Anobit, a company that makes digital signal processing tech to improve the performance of NAND flash used in the iPhone, iPad, and MacBook Air among other devices. It could help Apple extend its NAND flash empire further still.…
Read MoreHow Apple’s NAND advantage helps its bottom line
Apple's mobile devices tend to have much higher profit margins than the competition, as well as having a strong reputation in terms of build and component quality. A big part of that is due to its unique approach to using NAND flash memory.…
Read MoreApple’s Anobit buy reportedly a done deal
Apple is reportedly just about finished acquiring Israeli flash memory firm Anobit. Last week, reports suggested that Apple was in the process of acquiring the company, and on Tuesday, Israel's Calcalist reported that Anobit has now informed employees of the deal's successful completion.…
Read MoreWhy Apple + Anobit makes sense
Reports say Apple is buying a maker of flash memory technology for up to $500 million. Apple hasn't confirmed or commented on the deal, but it does seem to fit with Apple's M.O. when it comes to acquisitions and its overarching strategy.…
Read MoreCloudSigma adds SSDs to its public cloud
Cloud provider CloudSigma has become the first to add solid-state-drive storage to its public cloud computing service. It's designed to better CloudSigma's price-performance ratio overall, which will bring in more and bigger customers that want to do things in its cloud that they can't do elsewhere.…
Read MoreSolidFire gets $25 million to boost flash-fueled cloud storage
SolidFire, which wants to bring all-solid-state storage to cloud providers serving you, raised an additional $25 million in venture capital bringing its total to $37 million. New investors in this second round include Data Domain veterans as well as former Sun Microsystems CTO Greg Papadopolous.…
Read MoreStartup Fastly offers radical new CDN using flash memory
Fastly, a startup created this year, is turning the economics of delivering content on it's head with a content delivery network comprised of solid state drives. By placing two servers packed with SSDs in customers' data centers, Fastly can speed up the load times.…
Read MoreVodafone Germany listings anticipate iPhone 4S, 64 GB option
With Apple's special iPhone announcement event coming up Tuesday, Vodafone Germany may have pressed the start button a little early on device listings. Its site featured six varieties of "iPhone 4S" in addition to existing iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS models Monday morning.…
Read MoreViolin Memory CEO: IPO coming, acquisitions possible
Violin Memory released a new line of all-flash-memory storage arrays yesterday, but my recent discussion with CEO Don Basile was all about the company's future, which he says includes an upcoming IPO and possibly a flash acquisition or two.…
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