NeoScale Systems' CryptoStor KeyVault: First encryption key management system designed for storage-related encryption devices. The KeyVault appliance allows you to create secure key domains and automates the sharing of keys between business sites and business partners. It currently works with NeoScale's CryptoStor line of encryption appliances, but an open key management API allows the KeyVault platform to work with other storage encryption devices, for example, tape drives and tape libraries.

Adaptec Snap Server 500 series: First NAS platform to support both Serial-attached SCSI (SAS) and SATA disk drives. The Snap Server 500 models are also the first departmental NAS devices to be powered by the 64-bit AMD Opteron processor. Adaptec's SANbloc S50 SAS JBOD serves as the universal SAS/ SATA expansion array for Snap Server 520 and 550, scaling up to 43.2TB of SATA capacity. Pricing starts at $2/GB.