Solid Access Technologies LLC. DRAM-based solid state drives attach externally and operate as FC or SCSI drives to the host computers. New models pack 256 GB in 1U and deliver up to 4 GB/sec of aggregate bandwidth. Nov. 17, 2008
Western Digital Corp. Portable and external USB drives with capacities of up to 320 GB. Studio drives now boast both FireWire 400 and FireWire 800 interfaces. Nov. 3, 2008
Iomega Corp. Line of network hard drives and NAS storage gear in desktop and rackmount flavors for SMBs. New Network Hard Drives are served in 500GB, 750GB, and 1TB flavors. Oct. 15, 2008
CMS Products, Inc. Package provides the ability to transfer the existing contents of a laptop drive to an encrypted drive (included). The drives can then be swapped. Aug. 18, 2008
Violin Memory, Inc. RAM-based 2U appliances connect to the host via PCI adapters and can be used as extended memory or storage. New release tested to deliver 1 Million IOPS. Aug. 4, 2008
Formation, Inc. Ruggedized hard drives purpose-designed to resist temperature, altitude, humidity, and shock extremes. SATA version now to 640 GB. Jul. 31, 2008
Fabrik Inc. Line of external drives connect via USB, FireWire (400/800), or eSATA, depending on model. New drive ships in a bamboo and aluminum enclosure. Jul. 29, 2008
Texas Memory Systems, Inc. Enterprise class solid-state drives utilize DDR and/or Flash-based memory. New model is loaded with DDR2 and delivers 600,000 sustained random IOPS. Jul. 24, 2008
Data Robotics, Inc. External plug-n-play drive array can be populated with up to 4 drives (SATA I/II) of the user's choosing. New model adds FireWire 800 ports and increases performance. Jul. 11, 2008
D-Link Corp. Network storage enclosures for small/home offices, workgroups, etc. Two models now available supporting up to two or four drives, respectively. Jul. 8, 2008
Sentry Group. External enclosures are fire and water proof, and can be connected to PCs via USB to access enclosed hard drives, memory sticks, etc. Hard drive line now to 250 GB. Jul. 2, 2008