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Data Storage Management

• December 27, 2019 27 Dec'19

  SwiftStack layoffs reflect change in focus to AI, analytics

  Object storage vendor SwiftStack hands out layoff notices for the holidays -- cuts sales, marketing, partner team members, while shifting focus to analytics, AI, machine learning.

• December 16, 2019 16 Dec'19

  6 enterprise data storage startups to watch in 2020

  Even as cloud and flash flourish, it is tougher than ever for data storage newcomers to take root. We've highlighted six startups trying to crack the enterprise market.

• December 09, 2019 09 Dec'19

  Startup Komprise extends data analysis to AWS object stores

  Komprise's Intelligent Data Management software expands beyond file storage and tacks on module to analyze AWS cloud object storage usage and spending.

• November 21, 2019 21 Nov'19

  New DataCore vFilO software pools NAS, object storage

  The new vFilO software provides a scale-out file system and global namespace for unstructured data, facilitating unified access to data through NFS, SMB and S3 protocols.

• November 01, 2019 01 Nov'19

  SwiftStack 7 storage upgrade targets AI, machine learning use cases

  SwiftStack's latest upgrade extends its ProxyFS file system to the edge and cloud namespace to file data namespace to cater to artificial intelligence, machine learning workloads.

• October 24, 2019 24 Oct'19

  New NVMe IBM storage for Spectrum Scale cuts install time

  IBM introduces new NVMe-based flash storage system bundled with Spectrum Scale, enables Spectrum Discover to access backup date, and updates pay-as-you-grow pricing.

• July 10, 2019 10 Jul'19

  DataCore adds new HCI, analytics, subscription price options

  DataCore adds an HCI appliance based on Dell hardware, a cloud-based predictive analytics engine for proactive maintenance and new pricing options for its software-defined storage.

• July 03, 2019 03 Jul'19

  Scality Ring upgrade targets hybrid cloud data management

  Scality Ring8 file and object storage adds Zenko cloud data orchestration -- called Extended Data Management (XDM) -- but for now that feature is a separate software installation.

• April 18, 2019 18 Apr'19

  Qumulo storage IPO possible, CEO says

  Qumulo's scale-out storage is available as branded NAS appliances and as a software-only license. An integrated NAS fabric replicates data from local arrays to the public cloud.

• March 28, 2019 28 Mar'19

  Komprise launches NAS migration tool, user-driven archiving

  Komprise says customers wanted NAS migration as a separate tool, so it now makes it available even if you don't buy its full Intelligent Data Management platform.

• March 27, 2019 27 Mar'19

  Portworx adds security and DR options for container storage

  Cisco, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and NetApp have invested in the container storage software startup. Now, the company aims to get those vendors' customers interested.

• March 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  Ctera Networks and HPE combine for hyper-converged gateway

  Ctera and HPE partner on new Edge X Series cloud gateway appliance that integrates Ctera's global file system and HPE's SimpliVity hyper-converged software.

• March 14, 2019 14 Mar'19

  Alluxio adds support for more than 1 billion files

  An update to Alluxio's data management software boosts scalability to more than 1 billion files, adds a POSIX API and enables a job service for replication and data transfer.

• March 06, 2019 06 Mar'19

  Hammerspace adds Kubernetes CSI driver for containers

  Startup Hammerspace updates product with Kubernetes Container Storage Interface driver and multisite global namespace to facilitate data access in container environments.

• March 04, 2019 04 Mar'19

  Talon Storage 2019 roadmap: Object and storage consolidation

  Talon plans to add new capabilities to manage large-scale deployments and consolidate storage in the cloud, including an option for built-in object storage due in Q4.