Samsung launches a 3rd generation of NVMe SSDs-- the 970 PRO and EVO, aimed at the professional and enthusiast markets with higher performance through the PCIe gen 3x4 interface.
“Samsung has led the NVMe SSD industry since its inception, and the company continues to define the latest standards of consumer storage with unprecedented performance of the 970 PRO and EVO SSDs,” the company says. “The 970 series sets a new bar in all aspects for the NVMe SSD market with groundbreaking performance, superior reliability and best-in-class capacity.”
Based on the M.2 form factor, the 970 series promises "unparalleled performance" in data-intensive tasks such as 3D, 4K graphics, high-end games and data analytics. The PRO offers sequential read speeds of up to 3500MB/s and sequential write speeds of up to 2700MB/s, while the EVO offer read reaching 3500MB/s and sequential write of up to 2500MB/s.
“The continued innovation in our award-winning compute and HCI portfolio makes the hybrid cloud a reality for our customers,” the company says. “The rapid adoption of vSAN, coupled with longstanding vSphere leadership is a testament to the importance of a digital foundation that extends from on-premises to the public cloud.”
Hume assumes the CEO position-- a "culmination of the board's leadership succession plan," as the distributor puts it-- on 6 June 2018. In turn, Dutkowsky becomes executive chairman of the board.
Such findings come from "The Dirty Secrets of Network Firewalls," a global survey of 2700 IT decision makers from mid-size businesses in 10 countries, including the France, Germany, UK, US, Canada, Australia, Japan, India and S. Africa. It shows 84% of respondents agree a lack of application visibility is a serious security concern, but firewalls with signature-based detection do not provide adequate visibility into application traffic. This is due to the increasing use of encryption, as well as browser emulation and advanced evasion techniques.
“This acquisition demonstrates our ongoing commitment to further geographic expansion and investment, specifically in W. Europe,” Leyard says. “It’s a great opportunity to bring together Leyard, Planar and eyevis’ strengths and resources in customer service and distribution to build the world’s leading visual solution products for our existing customers and new markets.”
