Fusion-io has introduced the industry’s first unified virtualization software solution with a powerful upgrade of its ioTurbine software. Joining us now on today’s Live NewsDesk Show to provide us with more details on this latest announcement is Wikibon Co-Founder and CTO David Floyer.

See live feed below or visit youtube.com/siliconangle to watch on-demand

Hoping to lead the industry with unique features that make virtualization viable for even data-intensive applications, Fusion-io Turbine delivers the option for hypervisor caching, virtualization-aware caching in the guest VM, dynamic reallocation of cache memory during live migration of virtual machines in VMware vMotion, and unified management of caching across virtual and physical environments.

Vikram Joshi, Fusion-io’s Chief Technologist and Vice President said about the announcement, “just as Fusion-io revolutionized storage by integrating flash in the server to bring performance closer to enterprise applications, enabling virtualization-aware caching is a significant breakthrough in intelligent virtual performance acceleration.”

So why is virtualization-aware caching is so significant, and how should storage executives evaluate server-based caching products?

See the live broadcast, embedded below, to learn more about Fusion-io’s latest product.  If you missed today’s topic, check our YouTube channel for archived clips.

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