SanDisk today announced the acquisition of Schooner Information Technology, Inc., an enterprise software company that develops flash-optimized database and data store solutions. Schooner is a great addition to SanDisk’s growing portfolio of enterprise SSD and flash-optimized software offerings that enable customers to accelerate the performance of data-intensive applications and reduce overall cost of ownership. We are pleased to welcome the Schooner team to the SanDisk family.

The full press release is available here for your reference.

Greg

SanDisk Lightning® Enterprise Solid State Drives (SSDs) are now offered in Stratus ftScalable® G2 Storage, a fault-tolerant array manufactured for Stratus by Dot Hill. The Stratus array connects to the entire fault-tolerant ftServer system line, providing customers with industry-leading uptime assurance for servers and storage.

Lightning SSDs are mission-optimized for supporting critical business operations identical to those that Stratus is known for protecting against latency and downtime, making our drives ideal for Stratus customers.

You can view the full press release here.

Greg

Today, SanDisk expanded its portfolio of enterprise storage solutions with the new Lightning® PCI Express (PCIe) Solid State Accelerator (SSA) cards. The PCIe SSAs combine SanDisk’s proven enterprise SSD technology and its NAND Flash leadership to provide OEMs and system integrators with an ideal solution for accelerating enterprise applications in data centers, server farms and cloud computing environments.

SanDisk PCIe SSAs deliver low latency, low maximum response time during peak periods using our advanced controller to manage data protection and I/O functions with little impact on the CPU and without adding costly DRAM. This type of performance is ideal for a wide range of businesses, including financial institutions analyzing and processing massive amounts of information around the clock; to social media and website providers whose customers demand a nearly instant response with every click of a mouse; to media content creators editing high-definition videos.

We’re really excited about offering PCIe solutions to the enterprise market, so stay tuned for more good news from SanDisk in this area in the future.

The full press release with additional information and specs can be found here. A video overview and high-level description of the new PCIe products can also be viewed here.

Greg