products & innovations
SanDisk and IBM
collaborate to
deliver software
defined all-flash
storage solutions
SanDisk Corporation and IBM have
announced a collaboration to bring
out a unique class of next generation,
software defined, all-flash storage
solutions for the data centre. At
the core of this collaboration are
SanDisk’s InfiniFlash System
– a high capacity and extreme
performance flash based software
defined storage system featuring
IBM Spectrum ScaleTM filesystem
from IBM.
As bi-modal IT, traditional and
cloud native applications become
social, mobile and real time, IT
groups must address the mounting
pressure to deliver best-of-breed
storage. The InfiniFlash for IBM
Spectrum Scale Solution is a scaleout, ultra dense system combined
with IBM Spectrum Scale and allows
private, hybrid and public cloud
customers to enable Infrastructure
as a Service (IaaS) by starting
small and growing to multiple
petabytes. InfiniFlash delivers the
ability to scale compute and storage
independently, while delivering the
high reliability and low failure rate
of flash, resulting in breakthrough
capex and opex savings. The joint
flash storage solution will address
use cases such as clustered
scale-out high performance NAS,
Big Data In-Place analytics and
OpenStack for files.
For further information visit
www.sandisk.com
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Flexera Software extends the power
of Software Asset Management
Flexera Software has announced the launch of FlexNet Manager for Cloud Infrastructure.
The first solution from a Software Asset Management (SAM) vendor addressing the
management of cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), FlexNet Manager for Cloud
Infrastructure gives organisations centralised visibility into their cloud services use and allows
them to optimise utilisation and control costs.
This first release of FlexNet Manager for Cloud Infrastructure focuses on optimisation
of Amazon Web Services (AWS) – the most widely adopted cloud infrastructure service.
Most organisations have multiple cloud accounts that are often purchased in a decentralised
fashion by different departments and business units. Because of this, FlexNet Manager for
Cloud Infrastructure will automatically import usage and billing data from multiple accounts to
deliver a centralised view of all AWS accounts and instances across the enterprise.
Cloud usage analysis and reporting enables organisations to eliminate waste and optimise
spend. Organisations can analyse data and view consumption reports and breakdowns based
on AWS instance types (On-demand and Reserved Instances), view consumption rates by
departments and perform trending analysis.
For further information visit www.flexerasoftware.com
ADVA OPTICAL NETWORKING LAUNCHES MICROMUX
MODULE FOR ULTIMATE DCI SCALABILITY
ADVA Optical Networking has
unveiled its new MicroMux(TM)
module – the latest addition to its
FSP 3000 CloudConnect solution.
The module provides client
port flexibility for data centre
interconnect (DCI) applications
without compromising power, space
or spectral efficiency. The active
QSFP28 adaptor has been designed to convert 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) client ports into
either 10x10GbE ports or 2x40GbE ports. This capability is key for Internet content providers
(ICPs) and cloud service providers (CSPs) that need DCI infrastructure that can both support
current service demands and effectively scale for future growth.
The ADVA FSP 3000 CloudConnect platform now offers 10GbE, 40GbE and 100 v$P