IBM XIV Gen3 Announcement

20 July 2011 IBM announced a new version of XIV Storage System which is up to four times faster than previous models.

The new XIV has the following improvements:

• InfiniBand interconnect  
• 8Gbps Fibre Channel ports 
• More memory

An optional feature that IBM plans to make available early next year that is designed to allow clients to non-disruptively add a solid-state drive (SSD) caching layer to XIV Gen3.

Also some software enhancements have been made:

• Enhanced, centralized administration of multiple XIV systems;
• XIV Plugin v2.5 for VMware vCenter ™ Server

Let’s see what will be next step? May be more tight integration with SVC and StorwizeV7000?

The 10 Coolest Storage Startups Of 2011

Found interesting presentation from CRN "The 10 Coolest Storage Startups Of 2011 (So Far)" 

Only don't forget that many interesting startups were acquired by their big brothers, and where these products and technologies are now.