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• October 13, 2020 13 Oct'20

  NetApp Insight 2020 conference news and coverage

  After a turbulent year of both layoffs and acquisitions, the NetApp Insight Digital Event is not a conference to miss. Check back with this updating guide for the latest news.

• October 13, 2020 13 Oct'20

  File system software startup Quobyte chases IT, developers

  Quobyte tempts developers and app owners with a free version of its distributed parallel file system software, hoping they will convince their IT admins to buy fully supported editions.

• October 09, 2020 09 Oct'20

  Komprise expands data management coverage to Azure

  Komprise deepened its relationship with Microsoft, opening shop in Azure Marketplace and enabling customers to easily manage hot and cold data between Azure and Azure Blob.

• October 08, 2020 08 Oct'20

  Dell Technologies World 2020 news and conference coverage

  Dell Technologies World is going virtual this year. Use this guide to catch up on some recent moves by the vendor and the latest announcements once the conference starts.

• October 06, 2020 06 Oct'20

  StorOne storage system flexes data protection muscles

  StorOne enhances its All-Flash Array.next storage system based on Intel Optane and QLC NAND drives with data protection features for disaster recovery.

• September 30, 2020 30 Sep'20

  Dell EMC, Pure embrace VMware storage innovations

  VMware Site Recovery Manager for Virtual Volumes lets customers replicate VMs with Dell EMC PowerMax snapshots. VMware storage management includes Tanzu for Kubernetes clusters.

• September 24, 2020 24 Sep'20

  All-flash Vast Data storage trains AI data at LightSpeed

  Vast Data LightSpeed combines bulk QLC SSD storage with Intel Optane acceleration. The system supports Nvidia beta technology allowing writes from storage to GPU.

• September 23, 2020 23 Sep'20

  Red Hat OpenShift Storage rides wave of container momentum

  Red Hat OpenShift Container Storage (OCS) now part of IBM Spectrum Discover catalog and focuses on bringing containers into production infrastructure.

• September 18, 2020 18 Sep'20

  WANdisco launches automated Hadoop data migrator for AWS

  WANdisco LiveData Migrator moves Hadoop data while avoiding downtime. Although niche, it solves the hurdle of migrating Hadoop data while it's going through active changes.

• September 17, 2020 17 Sep'20

  MinIO brings high-performance object storage to VMware Tanzu

  MinIO brings software-defined, cloud-native object storage to VMware Cloud Foundation with Tanzu through the newly launched vSAN Data Persistence platform.

• September 17, 2020 17 Sep'20

  Rivals Cloudian, Scality embrace all-flash object storage

  Primarily used as a disk repository, object storage use cases are evolving to support workloads that need fast flash. Rivals Cloudian and Scality provide the latest evidence.

• September 16, 2020 16 Sep'20

  Pure Storage acquires Portworx for container management

  Pure Storage container support includes the Pure Service Orchestrator. Portworx will operate as a new Pure Cloud Native business unit focused on storage for cloud apps.

• September 15, 2020 15 Sep'20

  Dell layoffs mark the latest distress signal from tech companies

  Dell layoffs started this week and may extend to next year. It is the latest among IT infrastructure vendors to tighten budgets amid COVID-19.

• September 11, 2020 11 Sep'20

  Kaminario storage dons Silk, vows smooth cloud migrations

  Here is the story behind why Kaminario changed its name to Silk and launched the Silk Cloud Data Platform that builds on Kaminario storage stack and runs in Google cloud.

• September 03, 2020 03 Sep'20

  Law firm makes compelling case for Pure Storage all-flash

  CSK Legal first used Pure Storage all-flash arrays to move VMs to VMware vSphere. Primary Pure FlashArray replicates VMs to second target used exclusively for backups.

• September 02, 2020 02 Sep'20

  Bloomberg storage engineering team leans on open source, SDS

  The Bloomberg Storage Engineering team built an internal storage cloud that has withstood great trading volatility during the pandemic and keeps 'infrastructure out of the way.'

• September 01, 2020 01 Sep'20

  Datadobi locks critical data in an air-gapped vault

  Datadobi's DobiProtect replication product lets customers store business-critical unstructured data in its native format in an air-gapped, limited-access vault.

• August 28, 2020 28 Aug'20

  Dell EMC storage revenue slides as IT spending contracts

  The Dell storage subsidiary reported a revenue decline last quarter. PowerMax and VxRail were the bright spots in Dell EMC storage. New PowerStore is expected to ramp sales in 2022.

• August 27, 2020 27 Aug'20

  Layoffs put damper on positive NetApp storage earnings

  NetApp storage growth was modest last quarter, despite the pandemic, but not sufficient to forestall layoffs. The cuts include engineers and sales professionals at SolidFire.

• August 26, 2020 26 Aug'20

  Nimbus adds cheaper 64 TB QLC SSDs to complement 100 TB SSD

  New 3.5-inch 64 TB SSDs from Nimbus Data with QLC flash offer a higher-performance alternative to HDDs for enterprises trying to reduce power, cooling and rack space costs.

• August 26, 2020 26 Aug'20

  Pure Storage FlashArray//C set sights on hybrid flash market

  Pure Storage FlashArray//C incorporates QLC NAND-based SSDs in the vendor's DirectFlash modules. The arrays are positioned as an alternative to hybrid flash for backup and DR.

• August 24, 2020 24 Aug'20

  Portworx storage update offers backup, provisioning modules

  The Portworx storage platform enables data persistence in large Kubernetes clusters. Data backup, automated capacity planning modules are generally available.

• August 20, 2020 20 Aug'20

  SSD and NAND flash prices will decline through start of 2021

  NAND flash and enterprise SSD prices that spiked in early 2020 will continue to fall through the end of the year and into 2021 as demand weakens, industry analysts predict.

• August 18, 2020 18 Aug'20

  TrueNAS Enterprise, TrueNAS Core merge as single storage OS

  Established as a systems integrator, iXsystems sells open source NAS appliances. A single software code now unifies the TrueNAS Enterprise and TrueNAS Core versions.

• August 13, 2020 13 Aug'20

  Data storage vendors face 'uncertain' future during pandemic

  COVID-19 has thrown IT and storage spending into pandemic mode, making it hard for vendors and IT teams to get a handle on when they'll rebound.

• August 13, 2020 13 Aug'20

  NetApp Data Fabric aids manufacturer's gene-sequencing gear

  Pacific Biosciences makes equipment and systems for gene sequencing and life sciences. The company uses NetApp Data Fabric to scale capacity and performance for shared storage.

• August 11, 2020 11 Aug'20

  IBM storage GM Walsh leaves Big Blue for startup ChaosSearch

  IBM recruited Ed Walsh in 2016 to revive its flagging storage division. Analysts credit Walsh for prioritizing all-flash and cloud data services. Now he’s heading to ChaosSearch.

• August 06, 2020 06 Aug'20

  Panasas storage revs up parallelization for HPC workloads

  Panasas storage software focuses on novel method to boost capacity and efficiency. Dynamic Data Acceleration in PanFS shuttles data to disk or flash based on file size.

• August 03, 2020 03 Aug'20

  Qumulo cloud approach gang-tackles file-to-object conversion

  Qumulo grabs $125 million in funding as the file storage world shifts to the cloud; CEO Bill Richter says unstructured data growth presents an opportunity that could lead to IPO.

• July 29, 2020 29 Jul'20

  COVID-19 dominates enterprise storage news so far this year

  The year hasn't gone as expected in enterprise storage, with the pandemic affecting conferences, sales results, use cases, funding and even CEO health.

• July 28, 2020 28 Jul'20

  What's in a name? Dell EMC PowerFlex brand replaces VxFlex

  Vendor claims hundreds of Dell EMC PowerFlex customers in education, finance and healthcare. It marks the second name change for ScaleIO platform that EMC bought in 2013.

• July 22, 2020 22 Jul'20

  NVMe over Fabrics startup Lightbits Labs adds clustering

  Lightbits Labs' LightOS now enables application servers to access NVMe flash SSDs in a cluster of servers -- not just a single box -- over standard Ethernet via NVMe over TCP.

• July 15, 2020 15 Jul'20

  Hitachi Content Platform integrates WekaIO file storage

  Hitachi Content Platform G-11 object storage nodes get refreshed with startup WekaIO's parallel file system. The WekaFS is optimized for Hitachi VSP all-flash arrays.

• July 14, 2020 14 Jul'20

  Nasuni aims cloud NAS at remote work, battles NetApp, Isilon

  Unlike cloud NAS rival Panzura, Nasuni execs say they have their sights set on going public rather than getting acquired; count on remote work improvements, funding for growth.

• July 10, 2020 10 Jul'20

  SUSE goes ranching and lassos a container storage startup

  SUSE Storage Enterprise is based on commercially supported Ceph. The Linux distribution vendor reportedly will shell out $600-$700 million for Rancher Labs' Kubernetes technology.

• July 09, 2020 09 Jul'20

  Data migration specialist Datadobi adds S3-to-S3 support

  Datadobi's DobiMigrate software could help customers shift data between Amazon S3 and on-premises S3-based object stores, helping eliminate egress fees charged by public clouds.

• July 08, 2020 08 Jul'20

  IBM stretches its Elastic Storage line to speed AI, big data

  New IBM storage will help to optimize AI software used to analyze data and inference results. The disk-based Elastic Storage System 5000 scales to yottabyte capacities.

• July 02, 2020 02 Jul'20

  Pure Storage CEO back after COVID-19 battle

  Pure Storage CEO Charles Giancarlo said it took him a month to recover from an extended bout with coronavirus. Meanwhile, Pure's revenue grew by 12% last quarter despite the pandemic.

• June 30, 2020 30 Jun'20

  New PCIe 4.0 SSDs, 24 Gbps SAS SSDs supply bandwidth boost

  A new wave of bandwidth-doubling enterprise SSDs are on the way from major drive manufacturers to support PCIe Gen 4 and 24 Gbps SAS in enterprise storage arrays and servers.

• June 29, 2020 29 Jun'20

  Western Digital will package new NVMe SSD into NVMe-oF JBOF

  Western Digital is prepping a new NVMe over Fabrics-based JBOF storage device that will bundle its highest-performance Ultrastar SN840 NVMe SSDs and RapidFlex network adapters.

• June 26, 2020 26 Jun'20

  Qumulo cloud upgrade transforms files to Amazon object format

  Qumulo Shift for Amazon Web Services S3 copies data directly to Amazon Simple Storage Service, without mount points or application rewrites, to enable file sharing directly in AWS.

• June 25, 2020 25 Jun'20

  Startup StorOne incorporates Intel Optane

  StorOne claims it will show the storage giants how to get the most out of Intel Optane drives, incorporating them alongside cheaper QLC SSDs in an all-flash array.

• June 24, 2020 24 Jun'20

  Gen 2 Intel Optane memory modules claim bandwidth boost

  Designed for use with Intel's new Cooper Lake Xeon Scalable processors, the next version of Optane memory modules is expected to ship in servers in late 2020.

• June 23, 2020 23 Jun'20

  HPE 3PAR vets launch cloud-defined storage startup Nebulon

  Nebulon Cloud-Defined Storage is on-premises-based, using controllers on PCI cards inside servers and AI-driven cloud management for application owners.

• June 18, 2020 18 Jun'20

  Google Filestore adds Elastifile tech for high-scale tier

  Google's new Elastifile-based Filestore High Scale gives customers a higher-performing file storage option over the cloud provider's original basic options.

• June 17, 2020 17 Jun'20

  Dell EMC turns Isilon NAS into PowerScale, adds objects

  Dell EMC PowerScale combines a modified version of the Isilon OneFS software tuned for Dell PowerEdge servers. The systems provide unified access to files and unstructured data.

• June 15, 2020 15 Jun'20

  HPE goes NVMe storage for Primera, SCM on Nimble

  Hewlett Packard Enterprise automates storage optimizations for HPE Primera SANs. Customers now may replicate HPE storage snapshots to a third Nimble Storage array or the cloud.

• June 12, 2020 12 Jun'20

  HPE Discover 2020 virtual conference guide and updates

  Edge storage, as-a-service technology and AI will be among the topics covered during HPE's Discover conference. Like many other 2020 conferences, the event will be held virtually.

• June 11, 2020 11 Jun'20

  Pure Storage FlashArray gets file support, meatier DR

  Pure Storage Purity FA 6.0 OS continuously replicates production data between FlashArray nodes. Pure FlashArray File services allow file and block storage to share flash.

• June 09, 2020 09 Jun'20

  NetApp hybrid cloud infrastructure management hits the Spot

  NetApp makes its third cloud-related acquisition of 2020; the company says it will buy Spot, which uses machine learning to optimize cloud capacity and reduce infrastructure costs.

• June 03, 2020 03 Jun'20

  Cloudian gets analytical with HyperIQ

  Cloudian's new HyperIQ tool aims to provide deeper insight into object storage to help manage installations that can run into petabytes and span locations.

• June 01, 2020 01 Jun'20

  5 ways COVID-19 changed the data storage market

  The global pandemic accelerated some shifts in the data storage market and brought about new trends that storage CEOs predict will stick around for the long term.

• June 01, 2020 01 Jun'20

  New SoftIron management tool targets Ceph storage complexity

  Newcomer SoftIron takes on the likes of Red Hat and SUSE with ARM-based Ceph storage appliance and software that make it easier to scale and manage the hardware.

• May 28, 2020 28 May'20

  Kioxia gives hyperscalers new custom flash drive options

  Kioxia's software-enabled flash aims to provide greater host control over storage, data placement and data access to hyperscalers that optimize SSDs for specific workloads.

• May 28, 2020 28 May'20

  Startup LucidLink bundles AWS S3 into cloud storage service

  Startup LucidLink positions Filespaces as a public cloud option for people who want to replace on-premises NAS without turning to cheap but slow object storage.

• May 26, 2020 26 May'20

  Nimbus, StorOne try to disrupt enterprise storage pricing

  Enterprise storage pricing is often shrouded in mystery, but Nimbus Data and StorOne are attempting to shake up the status quo with new tools that give buyers discounted prices on the spot.

• May 21, 2020 21 May'20

  Dell EMC Isilon file storage floats into Google public cloud

  Storage vendor claims Dell EMC Isilon OneFS scale-out file system pairs with rapid compute to deliver high-performance analytics in Google Cloud Platform.

• May 21, 2020 21 May'20

  Storj Labs builds storage cloud using other people's disks

  Have spare disk capacity that you can rent? Want object storage in the cloud? Either way, Storj has a proposition for you with its peer-to-peer blockchain-influenced network.

• May 18, 2020 18 May'20

  MemVerge pushes big memory computing for every app

  MemVerge claims its Memory Machine software layered on Intel Optane DIMMs and DRAM creates petabyte-sized logical pool to power all applications in main memory.

• May 13, 2020 13 May'20

  New Intel Optane SSDs, DIMMs, flash remain on track for 2020

  Intel executives said pandemic-related supply chain issues would not affect deliveries of next-generation Optane SSDs and memory modules and 144-layer NAND flash products in 2020.

• May 13, 2020 13 May'20

  Nimbus Data shows off flashy OS upgrades with ExaFlash One

  Customers can size and order Nimbus Data ExaFlash One arrays online for flat $10,000 one-time cost. Nimbus Tectonic license costs $10,000 annually and includes controller upgrades and all software licenses.

• May 12, 2020 12 May'20

  Replication highlights Pure Storage FlashBlade OS update

  Pure Storage Purity v3 adds snapshots for file and object data between FlashBlade arrays and Amazon S3 buckets. Replication matches functionality in Pure FlashArray block storage.

• May 08, 2020 08 May'20

  Cloud file storage vendor Panzura acquired by venture firm

  Chicago venture capital firm buys Panzura, plans heavy investments to boost cloud file storage specialist's market expansion into multi-cloud and data analytics services.

• May 05, 2020 05 May'20

  Long-delayed Dell EMC PowerStore midrange array makes debut

  All-NVMe PowerStore array supports any workloads across any environment. It is the vendor's first jointly engineered product since the Dell and EMC merger.

• April 30, 2020 30 Apr'20

  Caringo ships cheaper, denser Swarm object storage servers

  Caringo's dense new Swarm Server Appliances on Supermicro hardware offer a starting raw capacity of 168 TB in a single rack unit and lower prices over its prior Dell-based models.

• April 30, 2020 30 Apr'20

  Red Hat lays out OpenShift Container Storage, Ceph roadmaps

  Red Hat's newly unveiled storage roadmaps for OpenShift and Ceph add data deduplication to reduce data footprint and snapshot-based mirroring for disaster recovery.

• April 30, 2020 30 Apr'20

  Vast Data flash storage zeroes in on enterprises

  Vast Data engineers improve storage services for cloud backup and encryption as the all-flash startup moves to target mainstream Windows and MacOS shops.

• April 27, 2020 27 Apr'20

  Pandemic changes enterprise storage buying plans

  The COVID-19 pandemic is causing some IT organizations to delay or push up their 2020 enterprise data storage purchases, while others continue with business as usual.

• April 22, 2020 22 Apr'20

  Hitachi Vantara rekindles romance with enterprise storage

  After retreating in recent years, Hitachi Vantara steps back into enterprise data center market NVMe storage aimed at the low range of the high-end systems market.

• April 21, 2020 21 Apr'20

  Commvault lawsuit says Rubrik, Cohesity infringed on patents

  Commvault accused startups Rubrik and Cohesity of copying its inventions. Its lawsuit seeks judgment to stop the sales of products such as Cohesity DataPlatform and Rubrik CDM.

• April 17, 2020 17 Apr'20

  Vast Data wows investors with 'flash everywhere' design

  In the throes of economic uncertainty caused by a global pandemic, investors pour $100 million into startup that sells a million-dollar storage system, Vast Data Universal Storage.

• April 16, 2020 16 Apr'20

  Scality launches NAS Archiver to migrate cold file data

  Scality's new NAS Archiver product assesses tier-1 NAS systems for inactive data and lets customers set policies to move the data to its Ring object and file storage.

• April 13, 2020 13 Apr'20

  Object storage vendors turn to analytics, AI, machine learning

  The view of object stores as nothing more than cheap and deep storage is changing, as the technology finds its way into AI, machine learning and analytics use cases.

• April 09, 2020 09 Apr'20

  Coronavirus decks storage and server enterprise spending

  Revised IDC market forecast predicts a rise in cloud and infrastructure as a service, as organizations reallocate budgets from physical servers and storage hardware.

• March 31, 2020 31 Mar'20

  Komprise stretches NAS migration tool for multi-cloud use

  Komprise's Elastic Data Migration moves beyond NAS-to-NAS migration over LANs to enable customers to shift file and object data over WANs to one or more public or private clouds.

• March 31, 2020 31 Mar'20

  StorOne adds object, expands tiering

  StorOne wants to go beyond software-defined storage by handling all types of data across any type of performance or capacity media; adds S3 support to block and file storage.

• March 31, 2020 31 Mar'20

  Dell Tech World 2020 placed on hold until October

  Dell Tech World 2020 rescheduled to October, as Dell and VMware withdraw FY2021 guidance. Dell joins a growing list of tech vendors to shuffle user events in the wake of the coronavirus.

• March 31, 2020 31 Mar'20

  Containers, clouds, NVMe drive 2020 data storage innovation

  Containers on bare-metal flash and souped-up processing highlight innovations in storage, aiming for seamless data movement between local and cloud arrays.

• March 30, 2020 30 Mar'20

  Storj decentralized cloud object storage takes on skeptics

  Storj's new Tardigrade cloud object storage uses spare storage and bandwidth from tech-minded individuals, businesses and regional data centers in 85 countries.

• March 30, 2020 30 Mar'20

  Panzura CEO: IT will never be same after COVID-19 pandemic

  Panzura's CEO predicts permanent changes to storage, IT and business continuity planning as a result of COVID-19 pandemic, as organizations encourage more remote working.

• March 25, 2020 25 Mar'20

  Nutanix Objects 2.0 lays groundwork for hybrid cloud

  The latest Nutanix Objects update gives users higher capacity per namespace, but experts say the endgame is flexibility between the data center and the cloud.

• March 19, 2020 19 Mar'20

  Commvault storage story expands with Hedvig for primary data

  The pickup of Hedvig helps diversify Commvault beyond backup to address growing customer demand for scalable object storage that traverses across public and private clouds.

• March 13, 2020 13 Mar'20

  Red Hat Ceph Storage 4 aims to address complexity concerns

  Red Hat claims new Ceph installer and management dashboard mean administrators won't require a 'degree in distributed systems' to set up storage clusters anymore.

• March 10, 2020 10 Mar'20

  NetApp digs into Talon Storage for Cloud OnTap

  Talon Storage cache-and-sync suite is tacked on to NetApp cloud fabric to give end-to-end migration as enterprise data centers shift data to public cloud.

• March 05, 2020 05 Mar'20

  Nvidia scoops up object storage startup SwiftStack

  Months after saying it would change its focus to AI, SwiftStack has changed hands. Nvidia will acquire the object storage vendor to bolster its internal AI stack.

• March 05, 2020 05 Mar'20

  Coronavirus outbreak could impact NAND flash prices

  Memory manufacturers report no major impact to NAND flash supply, but weakening demand could exert an impact on prices, according to industry analysts.

• March 04, 2020 04 Mar'20

  Pure Storage layoffs signal turbulence in IT market

  Layoffs at Pure Storage dampen the flash array vendor's better-than-expected quarterly revenue. Pure is the latest tech vendor to eliminate jobs amid fears of a global slowdown.

• March 03, 2020 03 Mar'20

  Dell EMC midrange storage launch put on hold

  Dell COO Jeff Clarke says he's to blame for delays in shipping the Dell EMC midrange storage array, claiming he pushed the launch so the vendor's sales force can get up to speed.

• February 28, 2020 28 Feb'20

  Coronavirus impact: Dell, Nutanix flag Q1 revenue estimates

  Storage vendors with operations and suppliers in Asia are keeping close tabs on the coronavirus outbreak and possible impact on supply chains. Some vendors expect sales to suffer.

• February 28, 2020 28 Feb'20

  Pure Storage FlashArray//X goes pure NVMe

  The third generation of Pure FlashArray//X includes a new 1 TB capacity DirectFlash module. Pure said the rollout completes its integration of NVMe flash on all arrays.

• February 26, 2020 26 Feb'20

  Qumulo NAS file system adds encryption, security

  Qumulo juices its file system with encryption, real-time security audits and other capabilities designed to position the scale-out NAS for denser, more complex workloads.

• February 25, 2020 25 Feb'20

  New enterprise PCIe 4.0 SSDs from Kioxia, Samsung double speed

  Kioxia's new performance-boosting PCIe 4.0 enterprise SSDs add support for NVMe 1.4 and U.3 universal backplane specs, join Samsung models offering a maximum capacity of 30.72 TB.

• February 21, 2020 21 Feb'20

  AI, predictive analytics featured in Storage Products of the Year

  The 2019 Storage magazine and SearchStorage Products of the Year winners have been revealed. While the 16 gold, silver and bronze recipients and one judges' choice winner feature an assortment of ...

• February 20, 2020 20 Feb'20

  Google Anthos 'ready' storage includes Dell EMC, HPE, NetApp

  Google christens Anthos Ready Storage program to give DevOps customers qualified on-premises storage system options from Dell EMC, HPE, NetApp, Portworx, Pure and Robin.io.

• February 17, 2020 17 Feb'20

  CEO cites NetApp cloud storage as key to turnaround

  NetApp CEO says cloud storage presents 'exceptional opportunity,' but he expects revenue declines to continue for the foreseeable future as new sales reps learn the ropes.

• February 13, 2020 13 Feb'20

  Enterprise HDDs hit 20 TB, boost throughput in 2020

  While waiting for HAMR to drop, we have more immediate spinning disk developments to watch out for in 2020, such as dual-actuator and shingled drives.

• February 13, 2020 13 Feb'20

  IBM Storage folds Storwize arrays into FlashSystem line

  IBM merges Storwize and FlashSystem platforms to simplify its storage portfolio on updated Spectrum Virtualize software; adds Optane and Samsung Z-SSD options.

• February 13, 2020 13 Feb'20

  Flash startup Vast Data strives to make disk storage extinct

  VAST Data CEO has immense plans for storing big data on all-flash systems and predicts his startup's combination of storage class memory and consumer-grade QLC drives will make disk go the way of the dodo.

• February 10, 2020 10 Feb'20

  Speed is 2020 theme in NVMe flash storage, persistent memory

  Top technologists and analysts predict 2020 storage hardware trends will center on NVMe-based flash, Optane persistent memory and MRAM memory.

• February 05, 2020 05 Feb'20

  Quantum object storage expands with ActiveScale purchase

  Quantum object storage will be used in conjunction with StorNext file system technologies to tackle unstructured data associated with streaming video and surveillance.