WD and Sandisk Team Up to create Innovative Solid State Hybrid Drives

Few days ago,  Western Digital(NASDAQ: WDC) company, and SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK),  announced that the two companies are collaborating to introduce hybrid storage devices that feature best-in-class flash memory technology from SanDisk and best-in-class hard drive technology from WD.

WD Ultra Slim Black Tech Side Standing Right for PR
SanDisk is supplying a SanDisk iSSD™ storage devicefor the WD Black™ solid state hybrid drive (SSHD), theworld’s thinnest 2.5-inch SSHD solution, which utilizes both WD proprietary hybrid technology and industry standard SATA IO technology. The SanDisk iSSDbrings an elegant balance of performance, low power consumption, cost, reliability, and a compact form factor to this SSHD, which will offer ample storage to meet consumers’ growing appetite for digital content as well as flash-enabled speed, data throughput and responsiveness – all within ultra-slim form factors.

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Dell Latitude 10 delivers a full-featured, enterprise-ready tablet experience

The Dell Latitude 10 tablet offers business-class features, extreme portability, accessory compatibility as well as full compatibility with current Windows applications and plugs simply and securely into existing IT environments. Powered by the dual core Intel® Atom™ processor Z2760, Dell Latitude 10 delivers more hardware, authentication, data protection, tracking and recovery security features than any other tablet device on the market today.

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5 Things I Love about Fuji Film X-E1 Camera

Last week I was able get hold of the latest Fuji Film X-E1 Camera and take it for a test drive for a week.  It was a very fun experience for me, but suddenly felt sad when I have to bid goodbye and part ways with it for this short period of time.

Anyways, I’m very fortunate I was able to share to you what I love about this baby. Here’s my personal experience:

1. Compact and Retro Look




I was already captured with my initial impression of the Fuji Film X-E1. I love the compact look, it’s light weight only which weigh only 350gm with the battery attached.  It’s compact shape also gives a retro look of the early film cameras.

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Buffalo Announces the TeraStation 5000 Series

Buffalo Technology, a global leader in the design, development and manufacturing of wired and wireless networking and network and direct attached storage solutions, recently announced the TeraStation™ 5000 series of high performance network storage solutions. Equipped with the powerful Intel® Atom™ D2550 dual-core processor, the TeraStation 5000 series provides supercharged performance and offers an array of business class features including iSCSI, replication and failover support and SoleraTec™ Phoenix RSM™, a video surveillance asset management solution.

“By reducing the complexity and cost of traditional IP video surveillance storage and asset management, the TeraStation 5000 series eliminates many of the barriers businesses face when implementing and running IP-based surveillance,” said Matt Dargis, senior director of sales at Buffalo Technology. “This launch proves once again our dedication to delivering high performance solutions that serve the needs of our customers and our commitment to the SMB market.”

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WD Design First Hard Drive Design for SOHO NAS System

WD (NASDAQ: WDC), a storage industry leader, today announced the debut of WD Red NAS hard drives, an innovative line of SATA hard drives specifically designed for home and small office NAS (network attached storage) systems with one to five drive bays. Compatibility-tested with top NAS box manufacturers and optimized for power and performance, WD Red hard drives are now shipping in 3.5-inch 1 TB, 2 TB and 3 TB capacities.

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WD VelociRaptor WD 1000DHTZ Review

WD VelociRaptor WD 1000DHTZ Test Drive

The WD VelociRaptor is now in the country. According to our friends from WD, the new WD VelociRaptor – 1 TB hard drive has the largest capacity in 10,000 RPM hard drive on the market today. It has an unmatched combination of performance, capacity and reliability, which makes it still the undefeated and ultimate drive for power users.  Well… let see about that.

WD1000DHTZ - WD VelociRaptor

Last week I requested from our friends in Western Digital if they could provide a demo product, so that Qlick Tech Blog can review the harddrive. Fortunately they did send me one straight to my office table.

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