Synology America Corp. announced Tuesday that its XS Series NAS servers are now officially certified VMware Ready with complete support for vSphere 5, offering better flexibility, higher performance, better storage and management efficiency in the VMware virtualization platform.
DataCore Software, provider of storage virtualization software, announced Monday that in the spirit of the holiday season it will offer free license keys of its SANsymphony -V storage hypervisor to Microsoft Certified and System Center professionals. The not-for-resale (NFR) license keys -- may be leveraged for non-production uses such as course development, proof-of-concepts, training, lab testing and demonstration purposes -- are intended to support virtualization consultants, instructors and architects involved in managing and optimizing storage within private clouds, virtual server and VDI deployments.
As part of expanding its cloud ecosystem, Panzura, provider of cloud storage solutions, and Scality, scale out storage provider, announced Wednesday complete support for the Scality RING Organic Storage infrastructure, enhancing Panzura’s comprehensive public and private cloud storage solution for globally-distributed enterprises. These enterprises are increasingly embracing the Panzura solution for seamless global file storage from edge to core due to its high levels of performance, security, and cost savings.
StorMagic Inc. announced Wednesday that its Storage Virtual Appliance has achieved VMware Ready status. This designation indicates that StorMagic’s SvSAN has passed a detailed evaluation and testing process managed by VMware and is now listed on the VMware Partner Product Catalog.
QNAP Systems Inc. announced Tuesday a partnership with Symform to provide QNAP customers with up to 200 GB of free cloud backup and unlimited cloud backup for a low flat monthly fee. Symform is available with all new QNAP units and to existing customer devices through a free software update. QNAP customers can click on the Symform tab in the QNAP Cloud Backup wizard to register and start backing up their NAS data to the Symform cloud, enabling secondary backup and disaster recovery services.
