IBM announced that it plans to introduce some solid state storage systems geared towards OLTP applications such as reserveations and financial trading systems. More like on always-on type applications. What isn';t now a days anyway. To accomplish this in a 12 month period, IBM is going to be bringing out, it seems, a new controller specifically for solid state drives. Usually companies just use the standard controllers used for normal hard drives. Sounds interesting to me. Read more at IBM Plans Breakthrough Solid-State Storage System 'Quicksilver'