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June 14, 2021 14 Jun'21
Animation studio adopts fully remote workflow using Qumulo

Animation and advertising studio Psyop transitioned to fully remote work with the help of Qumulo, a hybrid cloud storage vendor with products specifically for media companies.
June 14, 2021 14 Jun'21
HPE Discover 2021 news and conference guide

HPE Discover 2021 will take place over three days, beginning June 22. The virtual, on-demand sessions will cover a variety of topics, with an emphasis on edge-to-cloud technology.
June 08, 2021 08 Jun'21
Cloudian gives AWS Outposts a bigger home in the data center

Cloudian Hyperstore's AWS Outpost readiness lets customers deploy on-premises object storage alongside Outposts for more cost-effective and scalable storage.
June 08, 2021 08 Jun'21
NetApp, Equinix team up for hybrid cloud storage subscription

NetApp will roll out numerous updates to its enterprise catalog including a new storage-as-a-service subscription that provides hybrid cloud privacy with public cloud features.
June 02, 2021 02 Jun'21
Nasuni offers Windows File alternative on Google Cloud

Cloud storage vendor Nasuni has made its flagship cloud file storage service available through the Google Cloud Marketplace, with the added enticement of migration services.
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May 27, 2021 27 May'21
Wasabi CEO plots global expansion for its cloud storage

New data centers, increased market attention and more are planned for cloud storage company Wasabi by its CEO David Friend after a $137 million Series C funding round.
May 25, 2021 25 May'21
Pure Storage CEO zones in on enabling digital transformation

Pure Storage's CEO said the company will probably pursue acquisitions beyond its 2020 Portworx purchase to further assist customers in their digital transformation efforts.
May 25, 2021 25 May'21
Backblaze B2 update adds more S3 features

The latest version of Backblaze's B2 cloud storage adds better security features and S3-compatible integrations ahead of a partner API rollout later this year.
May 24, 2021 24 May'21
WANdisco introduces Hive metadata migration to Databricks

WANdisco LiveData Migrator can now move Hive metadata alongside Hadoop data to Databricks, saving customers from a lengthy and manual transformation process.
May 20, 2021 20 May'21
LucidLink eyes Filespaces upgrade, biz expansion with new funding

LucidLink CEO Peter Thompson discusses his company's plans into 2021 and new storage market expansion possibilities after a $12 million Series A funding round.
May 13, 2021 13 May'21
StorOne moves into the cloud with Azure storage service

StorOne has expanded its software-defined storage product to Azure, promising lower prices and the ability to adjust storage needs on demand.
May 13, 2021 13 May'21
Pure Storage updates management tool, integrates Portworx

Pure launched its first Portworx container storage update since acquiring the startup last year and enabled management through its newly updated Pure1 management tool.
May 11, 2021 11 May'21
Dell EMC PowerScale adds all-NVMe, Nvidia GPUDirect options

A Dell EMC PowerScale update adds a high-end all-NVMe F900 model with Nvidia GPUDirect support for AI and analytics workloads plus a OneFS 9.2 upgrade to improve performance.
May 08, 2021 08 May'21
Dell Technologies World 2021 news and conference coverage

Dell Technologies World is once again virtual. Use this guide to catch up on some recent news from the vendor and the latest announcements once the conference starts.
May 07, 2021 07 May'21
Belgian telecom picks Datadobi for NAS migration

Large-scale storage migrations can be difficult without the help of a software tool, as telecom Proximus Group found.
May 05, 2021 05 May'21
Dell Apex launches data storage, cloud as-a-service options

Dell's new Apex data storage and cloud services take aim at HPE GreenLake and other as-a-service options that bring the public cloud operating model to on-premises infrastructure.
May 04, 2021 04 May'21
HPE storage hones cloud focus with new array, data console

HPE has sharpened its cloudlike operations approach with a new Alletra storage array, management console and cloud data services available by consumption and subscription options.
May 03, 2021 03 May'21
Endeavor Energy sparks colocation move with Datadobi

Facing impending office construction, Endeavor used Datadobi's DobiMigrate to move its production workloads and corporate file storage to a colocation facility.
April 30, 2021 30 Apr'21
StorCentric CEO Mihir Shah eyes more acquisitions

StorCentric CEO Mihir Shah discusses the company's 2021 plans, future acquisitions and more.
April 30, 2021 30 Apr'21
Excelero adds option to pool NVMe storage on Azure cloud

A new deployment option for Excelero's NVMesh software-defined storage will target some of the most demanding applications running on Microsoft Azure virtual machines.
April 27, 2021 27 Apr'21
Quantum updates StorNext architecture and appliance lineup

Quantum distilled its StorNext file system down to a single 2U appliance. The new H4000 promises easier deployment without losing StorNext's speed or data management capabilities.
April 27, 2021 27 Apr'21
New IBM Spectrum Fusion storage takes aim at container users

IBM introduces Spectrum Fusion to target enterprises in container environments that span data center, edge and hybrid cloud environments.
April 27, 2021 27 Apr'21
Scality launches Artesca object storage for Kubernetes

With object storage increasingly becoming primary storage, Scality Artesca targets demanding workloads such as AI, machine learning, big data analytics and in-memory applications.
April 27, 2021 27 Apr'21
StorageOS powers media file movement for IMT's SoDa

Integrated Media Technologies has selected StorageOS to support its platform for moving media and other unstructured files between storage tiers.
April 22, 2021 22 Apr'21
Intel breaks silence on effects of Micron's 3D XPoint exit

Intel's director of technology initiatives was surprised by Micron's exit from 3D XPoint business and confirms company's plans to have Optane on emerging CXL interface.
April 20, 2021 20 Apr'21
Storj Labs unveils AWS S3-compatible developer gateway

Storj Labs has unveiled a developer gateway to integrate blockchain-based distributed cloud storage with any Amazon S3-compatible application.
April 20, 2021 20 Apr'21
Dell EMC speeds up PowerStore array, debuts lower-cost model

Dell Technologies launches new lower-cost PowerStore entry model and PowerStore software updates to enhance performance, automation, NVMe over Fibre Channel and Optane support.
April 19, 2021 19 Apr'21
Quobyte CEO says customers need a scale-out mindset

In order to tackle AI, machine learning and other demanding workloads, enterprises need to break out of their appliance-centric approach to storage, according to Quobyte's CEO.
April 14, 2021 14 Apr'21
Engineering firm mitigates ransomware attack with Nasuni

Ransomware got in through an exploit in an older version of SQL Server, but Dennis Group used Nasuni to restore its systems back to a pre-attack state with minimal data loss.
April 07, 2021 07 Apr'21
MinIO launches trio of enterprise management features

MinIO has launched Operator, Console and Subnet Health to make multi-tenant object storage deployment and management for Kubernetes simpler for IT administrators.
April 06, 2021 06 Apr'21
New Vast Data Gemini selling model offers better economics

Vast Data now allows customers to buy integrated appliances on hardware with the capacity and performance levels of their choice, with full transparency on the hardware costs.
March 31, 2021 31 Mar'21
What to expect from 2021's data storage conference lineup

In the coming months, data storage conferences are plentiful. This roundup details dates, sessions and topic areas, from event hosts such as SNIA, Dell and Pure Storage.
March 30, 2021 30 Mar'21
Fungible computational storage eyes composable use cases

Fungible's computational storage anchors a new offering for composable infrastructure. The Fungible Data Center license allows IT teams to consume resources on demand.
March 29, 2021 29 Mar'21
Iridia CEO sees data storage future written in DNA

As investors show interest in Iridia's DNA chip technology, its CEO believes using synthetic DNA for data storage will be the way to tackle a yottabyte future.
March 24, 2021 24 Mar'21
Pure Storage FlashBlade anchors B2B marketer's Azure cloud

Digital marketing specialist MultiView deployed a physical Pure Storage FlashBlade for production data, with the ability to consume all-flash storage as a virtual array in Azure.
March 23, 2021 23 Mar'21
Nutanix software transition tops new CEO's to-do list

Nutanix software licenses account for most of its revenue. The HCI pioneer hired CEO Rajiv Ramaswami away from VMware, which alleges breach of contract.
March 18, 2021 18 Mar'21
AWS adds serverless capability to S3 object storage

Amazon introduced a feature to process data as it is being retrieved from S3. This allows use cases such as on-the-fly format conversion or PII redaction.
March 17, 2021 17 Mar'21
Diamanti Spektra completes cloud trifecta with GCP support

Diamanti Spektra 3.2 added support for Google Cloud, extending the platform to all three major public clouds, as well as CRI-O support for customers that want to replace Docker.
March 16, 2021 16 Mar'21
Micron ends 3D XPoint development to focus on CXL products

Micron ends development of 3D XPoint and shifts its focus to CXL-enabled memory products, raising questions on the future supply source of Intel's Optane memory.
March 16, 2021 16 Mar'21
Cloud file vendors try to woo enterprise storage buyers

Some enterprises want cloud file storage to complement or replace legacy NAS. Several product enhancements last week target issues of cost, data security and remote shared storage.
March 03, 2021 03 Mar'21
Pure Storage cloud deployments include dedicated bare metal

Pure Storage on Equinix Metal allows customers to build a Pure Storage cloud on dedicated all-flash tenants. Equinix is rolling it out in 18 U.S. and international markets.
March 02, 2021 02 Mar'21
StorOne builds hybrid flash arrays based on Seagate hardware

StorOne S1 flash management stack is tuned for optimal run on Seagate Exos Application Platform 5U servers. Four configurations are available that mix Seagate disk and SSDs.
February 26, 2021 26 Feb'21
COVID-19 research spurs IHME to 18 TB HDDs in Qumulo storage

Seattle's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation opts for 18 TB HDDs in Qumulo hybrid storage appliances to handle massive data sets generated through COVID-19 research.
February 24, 2021 24 Feb'21
Next Pathway update targets Hadoop migrations

Next Pathway's data scanning and migration tools can now analyze Hadoop ecosystems and translate its codes to cloud-based data warehouses such as Snowflake and Amazon RedShift.
February 22, 2021 22 Feb'21
Cloud file storage still nascent, but growing quickly

File storage lags behind object and block storage in the market, but Nasuni's offering on Google Cloud indicates a growing appetite for the format.
February 18, 2021 18 Feb'21
Violin, Stratoscale data storage technologies rise from dust

StorCentric's data storage technologies added Violin Systems in a bargain pickup last year. Zadara this week snagged the remnants of Stratoscale's HCI software.
February 16, 2021 16 Feb'21
Pure Storage nudges all-flash toward hybrid workloads

Pure Storage all-flash revolves around unified fast file and object storage to consolidate local and cloud-based application data on a single high-performance flash platform.
February 16, 2021 16 Feb'21
DataCore's Caringo buy spotlights need for object storage

Object store acquisitions by DataCore, Nvidia and Quantum underscore the growing importance of object storage to address enterprise workloads ranging from archives to analytics.
February 14, 2021 14 Feb'21
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February 12, 2021 12 Feb'21
IBM, LucidLink the latest to tackle cloud file storage

Startup LucidLink has bundled its Filespaces file system with IBM's Cloud Object Storage offerings. Distributed work teams can access shared data as network-attached storage.
February 09, 2021 09 Feb'21
IBM flash storage seeks wider appeal with FlashSystem array

New IBM flash storage includes 1U FlashSystem building block starting at 38 TB. The launch comes as IBM consolidates storage products around its FlashSystem flagship.
February 08, 2021 08 Feb'21
Cloudian adds object storage for containers on VMware vSAN

Cloudian's integration with VMware's vSAN Data Persistence platform allows its customers to consolidate on-premises and cloud-native applications on the same object storage software.
February 03, 2021 03 Feb'21
Panasas storage yearns for expanded enterprise presence

After six years as chief operating officer, Panasas CEO Tom Shea took the helm last year to pilot the company's storage roadmap.
January 29, 2021 29 Jan'21
QLC flash drives are hot '21 trend, pressure HDDs on price

Hot 2021 trends in memory and storage will include the ramp of QLC SSDs in enterprise flash arrays, pressuring HDDs on price, increasing Optane adoption and NVMe over TCP.
January 29, 2021 29 Jan'21
Qumulo update, Quantum arrays target unstructured data

File vendors Qumulo and Quantum product launches differ in approach, but the impetus is identical: giving enterprise data centers the tools to subdue sprawling unstructured data.
January 27, 2021 27 Jan'21
Storage as a service trending in 2021

Questions for 2021: Can Dell reach the Apex? How green is HPE's GreenLake? Large vendors highlight storage as a service as a hot area, but mass acceptance could take years.
January 26, 2021 26 Jan'21
DataCore Software buys Caringo to fill object storage gap

DataCore's acquisition of object storage pioneer Caringo plugs a hole in its software-defined storage and advances its goal of block, file and object storage from a single vendor.
January 25, 2021 25 Jan'21
Hyperscale shift to 18 TB, SMR HDDs top '21 hard disk trends

New 20 TB energy-assisted and SMR hard disk options are starting to ship, but experts predict the top 2021 trend in data center hard drives will be the transition to 18 TB HDDs.
January 25, 2021 25 Jan'21
Vast Data storage packages Nvidia GPU for AI processing

Vast Data storage reference architecture combines the vendor's Universal Storage all-flash system with Nvidia DGX supercomputers. NFS multipathing over RDMA boosts AI data training.
January 21, 2021 21 Jan'21
Hitachi Vantara follows the herd on Kubernetes storage

HKS allows Hitachi Unified Compute Systems systems to directly manage file volumes and objects on clustered Kubernetes nodes. Hitachi acquired the software code from Containership.
January 19, 2021 19 Jan'21
New Infinidat CEO discusses storage transition

Ex-Western Digital exec Phil Bullinger replaces founder Moshe Yanai as CEO of storage vendor Infinidat. Bullinger says Infinidat surpassed 6 exabytes under management last year.
January 06, 2021 06 Jan'21
Services, cloud dominated data storage news in 2020

Storage as a service, hybrid cloud, Kubernetes storage, economic fallout from COVID-19, and backup mergers and acquisitions dominated data storage news in 2020.
January 06, 2021 06 Jan'21
Enterprise data storage startups to watch in 2021

Launching a data storage startup is always challenging, and the pandemic made it even tougher in 2020. Here are six startups that can change the way enterprises buy storage.
December 31, 2020 31 Dec'20
30 TB PCIe 4.0 SSDs, 20 TB HDDs push storage limits in 2020

Enterprise storage drives continued to push the limits of performance and capacity in 2020, with fast new PCIe Gen4 SSDs at 30 TB and energy-assisted HDDs at 20 TB.
December 29, 2020 29 Dec'20
VMware sues new Nutanix CEO Ramaswami for breach of contract

VMware said Nutanix CEO Ramaswami broke his contractual obligations when he interviewed for top job at its HCI rival while still working as VMware's chief operating officer.
December 28, 2020 28 Dec'20
Zadara VPSAs help power Pratum security services

Security services firm Pratum was ahead of the curve in adopting Zadara Virtual Private Storage Array (VSPA) storage as a service to quickly scale capacity and performance.
December 21, 2020 21 Dec'20
Research lab mixes Excelero NVMesh, SSDs for performance pop

La Jolla Institute turned to Excelero NVMesh to help deal with SSD storage required for COVID-19 research, two 10-foot microscopes generating TBs of data a day, and remote work.
December 17, 2020 17 Dec'20
Veeam acquisition, Google-Actifio highlight 2020 storage M&A

Data protection vendors Veeam, Actifio and Datrium were acquisition targets in 2020; Google and VMware opened their wallets; and Intel sold its memory business -- but kept Optane.
December 17, 2020 17 Dec'20
Wholesaler rings up Christmas sales with HPE Nimble Storage

National Tree Company remedied sluggish performance with an HPE Nimble Storage dHCI converged all-flash system, boosting order processing and sales in time for the holidays.
December 16, 2020 16 Dec'20
Intel launches fastest Optane SSD, 144-layer QLC NAND SSDs

New additions to Intel's memory and storage product roadmap include Optane's fastest solid-state drive yet and dense 144-layer QLC NAND SSDs that top out at 30.72 TB.
December 10, 2020 10 Dec'20
Seagate, Western Digital outline progress on RISC-V designs

Seagate and Western Digital provide updates on their RISC-V-enabled processor designs that can drive advances in data storage and security at the network's edge.
December 09, 2020 09 Dec'20
Hitachi takes its NVMe flash storage into midrange

Hitachi storage for E Series adds two midrange block arrays based on NVMe flash technology. E590 and E790 scale to 360 TB and differ in processing performance.
December 07, 2020 07 Dec'20
EBS Block Express helps AWS reinvent cloud SAN

Most of AWS' storage updates at AWS re:Invent 2020 make enterprise features more accessible to non-enterprise customers, but its Block Express high-IOPS volumes are unique.
December 04, 2020 04 Dec'20
Lenovo storage expands NVMe with midrange DM ThinkSystem

Server vendor Lenovo wants to grow its ThinkSystem storage business. The DM5100F NVMe Lenovo storage array integrates S3 protocol for unified data management.
December 02, 2020 02 Dec'20
All-flash array adoption rises for NetApp, HPE

NetApp credits AFA flash array sales as key to its gaining market share, while HPE reports significant flash increase despite overall decline in storage revenue.
December 01, 2020 01 Dec'20
Intel's 3D XPoint dominance will face challenge from Micron

Intel's Optane memory and storage products have no competition now, but that will change as Micron and potentially other vendors ramp up production in the future.
November 30, 2020 30 Nov'20
Next Pathway gives data warehouses a route to the cloud

Next Pathway has introduced Crawler360, a tool for helping customers size and cost their migration from legacy data warehouses such as Netezza and Teradata to cloud platforms.
November 25, 2020 25 Nov'20
Dell still waiting for PowerStore to power up

Dell EMC's flashy new PowerStore array has done little to remediate the leading storage vendor's shrinking midrange market share, allowing competitors to gain ground.
November 25, 2020 25 Nov'20
Pure Storage cloud licensing buoys vendor's fortunes

Pure Storage cloud revenue grew by double digits last quarter. A new service catalog guides customers to categorize workloads for predictable performance and pricing.
November 24, 2020 24 Nov'20
Dense processing fuels Pavilion Data storage performance

Pavilion Hyperparallel Flash Array clusters multiple controllers in unified namespace that spans racks and chassis. Pavilion storage scales 2.2 PB of raw NVMe flash.
November 19, 2020 19 Nov'20
Qumulo storage adds NVMe cache to NAS stash

The Qumulo storage software code was written to operate in containers in microservices environments. The vendor swapped SATA SSDs for NVMe to cache data in front of capacity disk.
November 19, 2020 19 Nov'20
Flash storage debate heats up over QLC SSDs vs. HDDs

QLC flash storage is exerting pressure on spinning disk for mass storage and archiving use cases -- but HDDs will stick around for years if not decades, industry experts predict.
November 18, 2020 18 Nov'20
COVID-19 research generates big data, invaluable info

When supporting COVID-19 research that could uncover treatment for the pandemic, IT and storage pros want to make sure they're 'not the bottleneck' in the process.
November 18, 2020 18 Nov'20
Kioxia flash storage sews NVMe fabric onto Kubernetes

Kioxia's KumoScale virtualizes NVMe block volumes for consumption by file and object storage. The Kioxia flash invokes native TCP/IP drivers to install an NVMe-oF layer.
November 13, 2020 13 Nov'20
NVMe, Optane, GPUs exert big impact on enterprise storage

Enterprises in need of high-performance storage for AI, analytics and virtualization may find help in new NVMe, Optane and processor technologies, a Flash Memory Summit panel says.
November 11, 2020 11 Nov'20
Flash storage grows up with new EDSFF SSDs, denser 3D NAND

Expansive new directions for flash memory technology shine brightly in the launch of 176-layer 3D NAND chips, EDSFF E1.S and Zoned Namespace SSDs, and computational storage drives.
November 11, 2020 11 Nov'20
Quantum NAS options expand with All-Terrain File System

Quantum adds to its NAS lineup with All-Terrain File System aimed at general-purpose use cases while enhancing its StorNext parallel file system and ActiveScale object storage.
October 30, 2020 30 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 30, 2020 30 Oct'20
Adoption of Intel Optane persistent memory picks up in 2020

Intel provides an update on adoption trends for its Optane persistent memory modules, showing that SAP HANA, virtualization and high-performance computing are top use cases.
October 30, 2020 30 Oct'20
StorCentric buys flash storage pioneer Violin to fill gap

StorCentric's storage portfolio added an NVMe-based midrange option to its Nexsan and Vexata lines with the acquisition of beleaguered all-flash array pioneer Violin Systems.
October 29, 2020 29 Oct'20
IBM Spectrum protects OpenShift container data

IBM seeks to outdo Tanzu; Spectrum Protect for Red Hat OpenShift launches as new containers are spun into operation, and protects OpenShift Container Storage with snapshots.
October 29, 2020 29 Oct'20
Video game hosting company uses Optane memory to cut costs

Intel's Optane persistent memory modules enable a global online game hosting provider to expand memory and lower costs over DRAM with negligible performance difference.
October 27, 2020 27 Oct'20
NetApp Spot tools abstract compute, storage for containers

NetApp Spot optimizes containers for OnTap storage. The objective is to boost data management and protection as containers migrate between Kubernetes clusters.
October 27, 2020 27 Oct'20
StorCentric enters data management with Data Mobility Suite

StorCentric's Data Mobility Suite helps customers manage and move data across heterogeneous storage environments. It is entering a market space with stiff competition.
October 23, 2020 23 Oct'20
NetApp cloud overshadows everything else at Insight 2020

NetApp stitches cloud services with its Data Fabric technology. NetApp Insight 2020 will showcase new cloud consumption options and storage for microservices-based applications.
October 21, 2020 21 Oct'20
Project Apex brings Dell into battle to control IT services

If you were looking for new products at Dell Tech World 2020, you went to the wrong place. It's all about Dell's Project Apex initiative for selling infrastructure as a service.
October 20, 2020 20 Oct'20
Dell cloud shoots high with Project Apex initiative

Dell's cloud focus culminates in launch of Project Apex, which allows data centers to flexibly consume IT and storage infrastructure as a cloud-delivered service on premises.
October 20, 2020 20 Oct'20
Intel offloads NAND flash memory to SK Hynix for $9 billion

Intel exits NAND flash business with $9 billion sale to rival SK Hynix to focus on faster Optane SSDs and memory modules, AI, 5G networking and edge computing.
October 20, 2020 20 Oct'20
Cloud NAS vendor Ctera adds security, migration Mac support

Along with making its NAS platform faster and more secure across multiple clouds, Ctera adds Mac support for its Enterprise File Services Platform's more creative users.
October 20, 2020 20 Oct'20
DDN storage unifies IntelliFlash, Nexenta, Tintri pickups

DDN launches IntelliFlash H-Series and Tintri VMstore T7000 hybrid arrays. The new NVMe-based systems incorporate technology from recent DDN storage acquisitions.

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