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It will be interesting to see what products and new solutions we’ll see as a result of the announcement below, that Fusion-io and Samsung Semiconductor are to create the next generation network attached storage. I wonder if there will be any drives in terms of energy efficiency and performance, coupled with the move to solid state, there’s been different opinions as to it as a storage media, we’ll have to see, the more we can innovate storage, reduce the cost and improve it’s scalability, the better. Check out the release below:

Fusion-io

Las Vegas, May 19, 2009 – Fusion-io, the leader in enterprise solid state architecture and high-performance I/O solutions, today announced the company is working with its vendor of the year, Samsung Semiconductor, to create the next generation of server-deployed, network-attached solid state storage solutions that build on Samsung’s industry leading, enterprise NAND Flash technology.

Samsung’s NAND chips offer the largest memory capacity and longest lifespan available, while Fusion’s ioMemory controller extends this already exceptional life, adding enterprise level features with unparalleled performance to some of the largest server companies.

Cooperating closely to drive solid state innovation, the two companies are contributing toward a steady evolution from server-attached to server-deployed, network-attached storage. Samsung was selected as Fusion-io’s vendor of the year last month as a result of the extensive support Samsung has provided the company over the past year.

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3Tera is constructing an application store to market its cloud components, this should create more applications and opportunities for the 3PAR solution as well as create new opportunities for cloud applications and allow innovation between developers and end user requirements.

The more accessible we make utility and on demand services, the more we make cloud and utility computing easier, the more we prove the concept, enable end users to test and innovate it as a platform for business. Granted it might not be something you do over night, but being able to buy the capacity you need for the time you need it, whether it’s grid/web/VMware capacity, or the ability to test that application can be a freeing experience for the development teams, and be the real difference between possibilities and a reality, a business enabling tool.

The WHIR

(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Utility computing software provider 3Tera (www.3tera.com) announced last week that it is constructing the 3Tera AppStore, a marketplace for cloud components.

The move furthers a trend toward this sort of application portal among developers of software that can act as a platform for other applications. The obvious examples would be Apple’s similarly named App Store, and Blackberry’s more recently introduced version of the same. But more directly comparable would be the application distribution services attached to Salesforce.com, Parallels and Microsoft’s Windows Server software.

According to 3Tera, the AppStore is currently being constructed and populated with applications. The company expects a beta version of the portal to be available in the third quarter of 2009.

An information page for the AppStore, including a “become a partner” link, is available at the company’s website.

3Tera says its AppStore is a portal offering access to software packaged for use in cloud computing deployments based on the company’s AppLogic grid computing engine. The catalog includes a variety of data center applications, including networking components, server components and storage solutions, along with application software stacks and management and monitoring tools.

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VMware has purchased a 5% stake in this IT-infrastructure services firm, Terremark Worldwide Inc. Interesting, this might give VMware more exposure to direct customer feedback as well as identifying market opportunities through dialogue with this services company, I wonder if it might also help with revenues for both organizations? We’ll have to see, off to read up more the press release is below:

CNBC

By: The Associated Press | 26 May 2009 | 04:47 PM ET

MIAMI – Technology company VMware Inc. will pay $20 million in stock to acquire a 5 percent stake in IT-infrastructure services firm Terremark Worldwide Inc.

Terremark said Tuesday that VMWare would buy 4 million shares of newly issued stock at $5 apiece.

Terremark Chairman and Chief Executive Manuel D. Medina said VMware’s technology is used in his company’s offerings. He called the investment a strong show of support from a strategic partner.

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