Tim Higgins
WD announced its My Cloud NASes now support the popular media server.
Plex is now available as a free add-in app for WD’s My Cloud Mirror, My Cloud EX2/EX4, My Cloud EX2100/EX4100 and My Cloud DL2100/4100 NASes.
Plex organizes video, music and photos from personal media libraries and streams them to smart TVs, streaming boxes and mobile devices.
QNAP has announced an Intel Atom-based eight-bay NAS that accepts 2.5" SATA drives.
NETGEAR today announced that it has agreed to purchase privately-held networked storage appliance maker Infrant Technologies.
Under the terms of the agreement, NETGEAR will pay $60 million in cash for Infrant. Infrant shareholders may receive a total additional payout of up to $20 million in cash over the three years following closure of the acquisition if specific revenue targets are reached.
The acquisition is subject to various standard closing conditions and is expected to close in the second quarter. Following completion of the transaction, Infrant's President and Chief Executive Officer Paul Tien will become NETGEAR's Vice President and General Manager for storage products.
Synology has updated its top-of-line NASes and added another expandable product.
