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Data Storage Management

• 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 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.

• January 31, 2020 31 Jan'20

  Data storage architecture poised for disruption in 2020

  Experts predict edge computing, 5G and containers will fuel computational storage, new storage systems dedicated to container-based applications, and flash-based object stores.

• January 23, 2020 23 Jan'20

  Q&A: SwiftStack object storage zones in on AI, ML, analytics

  Q&A: SwiftStack's founder and president Joe Arnold says disk-based object storage can deliver the concurrency and throughput that AI, machine learning and analytics workloads need.

• 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.

• February 11, 2019 11 Feb'19

  IBM Storage Solutions draw up blueprint for blockchain storage

  IBM offers up blueprints for blockchain storage, with NVMe arrays and software for scale-out.

• January 31, 2019 31 Jan'19

  2019 IT focus: Storage architecture for big data analytics

  Top storage technologists and analysts predict IT organizations will focus on revamping their storage architectures to make better use of data for analytics, AI and IoT in 2019.

• January 08, 2019 08 Jan'19

  Cloud, data management top 2019 enterprise data storage options

  Data management -- on premises and in the cloud -- appears on the rise as a 2019 spending priority for storage pros, while flash arrays and converged infrastructure may have peaked.

• December 14, 2018 14 Dec'18

  Elastifile adds cloud file storage service on Google

  Elastifile's new managed Cloud File Service on the Google Cloud Platform is designed to give customers NAS storage with a self-service, software-as-a-service-type experience.

• December 06, 2018 06 Dec'18

  Portworx update targets hybrid and multi-cloud deployments

  PX-Enterprise 2.0 moves beyond storage for stateful container-based applications to provide data migration and management across hybrid and multi-cloud deployments.

• December 03, 2018 03 Dec'18

  Komprise data management helps Boone County archive to Azure

  Komprise's data management software helps Indiana's Boone County government archive unstructured data in Azure cloud storage and reduce on-site storage.

• October 29, 2018 29 Oct'18

  NetApp all-flash storage fuels hybrid cloud stance, CEO says

  NetApp CEO George Kurian says data center customers are adopting more all-flash file and block storage to manage data across multiple public and private clouds.

• October 25, 2018 25 Oct'18

  IBM storage products get another NVMe booster shot

  IBM bolstered support for NVMe technologies across its storage portfolio with its latest round of product updates, which also adds new Spectrum Discover data management software.

• October 22, 2018 22 Oct'18

  Hammerspace targets data silos with new software service

  Silicon Valley startup debuts software service that harnesses data virtualization technology from Primary Data and adds hybrid cloud data management and metadata as a service.

• October 11, 2018 11 Oct'18

  Caringo Swarm adds single server option, multi-cloud support

  Caringo aims its Swarm Single Server object storage appliance at companies that want object storage but don't need petabytes of it in a multinode cluster.

• September 26, 2018 26 Sep'18

  Nasuni storage adds lower-cost cloud archive service option

  Newly packaged Nasuni Cloud File Services offers a low-cost archive option as part of an effort to expand beyond high-end NAS and collaboration into traditional file and archive workloads.

• September 20, 2018 20 Sep'18

  Scality Zenko goes GA for multi-cloud data management

  Scality launches Zenko 1.0 multi-cloud data controller software, offering a commercially supported enterprise edition and a freely available open source version.

• August 30, 2018 30 Aug'18

  Panzura tackles multi-cloud data management

  Vizion.ai software as a service lets Panzura peer into customer data in on-premises and off-premises clouds to index, search, analyze and control it.

• August 10, 2018 10 Aug'18

  Dell EMC Isilon, ECS gain ClarityNow for unstructured data

  Dell EMC on Thursday picked up file software to help project teams access, control and manage unstructured data on heterogeneous storage. The deal for Agoura Hills, Calif.-based DataFrameworks is ...

• July 27, 2018 27 Jul'18

  CEO outlines Data Dynamics StorageX trends, future features

  Data Dynamics' CEO discusses upcoming StorageX software capabilities designed to help customers find, analyze, move and manage unstructured data in a hybrid cloud environment.

• July 24, 2018 24 Jul'18

  Dell EMC midrange storage systems nudge a little closer

  Dell EMC keeps its Unity and SC midrange storage arrays on separate tracks, but shows early signs of eventually merging the platforms. Both get OS upgrades.

• July 09, 2018 09 Jul'18

  Ctera Networks adds Dell and HPE gateway appliance options

  Ctera cloud storage gateway appliance portfolio expands with new all-SSD and all-HDD models that enable customers to run multiple applications on the same box.

• July 05, 2018 05 Jul'18

  MapR Data Platform gets object tiering and S3 support

  MapR Technologies adds policy-based tiering to its Data Platform to automatically move data across performance, capacity and archive storage on premises and in cloud.

• June 20, 2018 20 Jun'18

  SwiftStack 1space facilitates multi-cloud capabilities

  SwiftStack launches single namespace for its object and file storage to ease data access, migration, management and search across private and public clouds.

• May 15, 2018 15 May'18

  VeeamON 2018: Beyond availability and data protection

  CHICAGO – Veeam unveiled a copy data management feature at its VeeamON 2018 user conference Tuesday as part of its newly branded Hyper-Availability Platform. Veeam DataLabs, part of the vendor's ...

• February 14, 2018 14 Feb'18

  NooBaa update focuses on multi-cloud data management

  Software-defined object storage startup NooBaa takes on unstructured data management across multiple private and public clouds with second major product release.

• January 15, 2018 15 Jan'18

  Software-defined storage products: 2017 Products of the Year finalists

  The 11 software-defined storage finalists in this year's competition highlight the most recent developments in flash, cloud and container technologies.

• January 04, 2018 04 Jan'18

  Digital transformation planning bumps into data management issues

  As businesses look to increasingly digitize their information, data management and data access are top concerns, according to a recent survey. "You can't be a digital business if you don't have ...

• December 18, 2017 18 Dec'17

  Storage market trends of 2017: Flash, HCI and cloud gain steam

  Disruption in the enterprise storage market appears unlikely to subside anytime soon. AI analytics, cloud, HCI, mergers and NVMe flash highlight key themes heading into 2018.

• December 08, 2017 08 Dec'17

  SwiftStack object storage integrates file protocol support

  New SwiftStack 6.0 storage software supports Universal Access to data with added support for SMB/NFS file protocols to go with Amazon S3 and OpenStack Swift object APIs.

• November 30, 2017 30 Nov'17

  Qumulo File Fabric fuses on-prem, cloud storage for studio

  Qumulo's File Fabric gives FuseFX ability to burst workloads into Amazon Web Services, giving it a virtual fourth location for file storage for its special effects rendering.

• November 14, 2017 14 Nov'17

  Commvault GO: ‘Sully,’ Swan emphasize good data’s value

  We hear a lot of talk these days about machine learning and artificial intelligence. Those are hot and valuable technologies, but two speakers at Commvault GO last week highlighted the importance ...

• October 06, 2017 06 Oct'17

  Komprise adds data lifecycle management, deeper analytics

  Storage startup updates data management software with additional policy-based data migration options, more granular analytics and GDPR-focused confinement capabilities.

• October 06, 2017 06 Oct'17

  NetApp customers, partners press on after Las Vegas shooting

  About 4,000 NetApp customers and partners attended the vendor's Insight user conference expecting storage news. Instead, they had to absorb the largest mass shooting in U.S. history.

• October 06, 2017 06 Oct'17

  NetApp CEO Kurian: I see the power of data change lives

  LAS VEGAS - In a week full of raw emotion, NetApp CEO George Kurian shared a personal story on the power of data to change lives. Kurian was speaking to attendees at NetApp Insight conference here ...

• September 26, 2017 26 Sep'17

  Branson’s Veritas Vision 2017 warning: Act now on climate

  Virgin Group founder Richard Branson stepped away from his hurricane relief efforts last week to warn against climate change inaction at Veritas Vision 2017 in Las Vegas. Branson said the recent ...

• July 31, 2017 31 Jul'17

  NetApp cloud strategy includes SolidFire, SDS

  Created in the 20th century to sell storage to engineers, NetApp has survived for 25 years to remain the largest standing data storage company not tied to a server vendor. Founder Dave Hitz credits ...

• July 31, 2017 31 Jul'17

  Commvault earnings: Sales gain ahead of product launches

  Commvault Systems is inching back toward profitability after another strong quarter of growth as it continues to build out its business beyond its traditional data backup model. The company's ...

• July 06, 2017 06 Jul'17

  Like Newton’s apple, startup DataGravity lands with a thud

  Data-aware specialist DataGravity apparently is the latest casualty in a suddenly rough market for storage startups. Industry sources say the vendor has shuttered operations and sold its storage ...

• June 30, 2017 30 Jun'17

  With trepidation, Tintri storage takes Nasdaq plunge

  Tintri heads into the July 4 holiday wearing a new status symbol: publicly traded company. Still, it's initial public offering came a day late and $40 million short. Shares in Tintri storage ...

• June 29, 2017 29 Jun'17

  IBM DS8880 arrays lift mainframe archiving to the cloud

  IBM Storage has closed the loop on its Transparent Cloud Tiering software by adding it to IBM DS8880 arrays for archival storage of mainframe data. The Transparent Cloud Tiering (TCT) microcode ...

• June 21, 2017 21 Jun'17

  FalconStor Software hires new CEO, Quinn to resign

  Come July 1, FalconStor Software will have a new leader. And that leader will have fewer followers due to plans for a new round of staff reductions. Storage industry veteran Todd Oseth will replace ...

• June 20, 2017 20 Jun'17

  Virtual Instruments adds storage monitoring to 32 Gb FC

  Virtual Instruments tools that help organizations monitor storage gain deeper integration in the new family of Load DynamiX 32 Gb FC and 40 GbE Workload Generation Appliances.

• June 19, 2017 19 Jun'17

  Pure Accelerate 2017 closes San Francisco warehouse in style

  At its Pure Accelerate 2017 conference this week, Pure Storage gave a new interpretation to the term data warehouse. A reported 3,000 analysts, customers and resellers gathered in a ...

• June 07, 2017 07 Jun'17

  Scality storage update to RING 7 features object, file system interoperability

  A Scality storage upgrade for RING adds versioning and replication capabilities for both object storage and file protocols, as well as greater interoperability between objects and files.

• May 23, 2017 23 May'17

  Veritas HyperScale storage software extends OpenStack

  Veritas expands beyond data protection with HyperScale storage software to give OpenStack users added quality of service, data protection and management capabilities.

• May 12, 2017 12 May'17

  Snowden, Cinder demo give OpenStack Summit storage twist

  BOSTON -- Storage is rarely a focal point at OpenStack Summit keynotes, so it was interesting this week to see a Cinder block storage demo -- even if it failed -- and Edward Snowden discussing data ...

• April 28, 2017 28 Apr'17

  All-flash Synology FlashStation NAS welcomes 'little brother'

  Midrange NAS provider Synology America Corp. is expanding its FlashStation all-flash storage platform. Synology FlashStation FS2017, which became available April 27, is the "little brother" to the ...

• April 21, 2017 21 Apr'17

  Veeam revenue gets jolt from cloud, enterprise sales

  Veeam Software said it grew revenue bookings substantially last quarter on the strength of enterprises and cloud sales. Often, those two markets were related. Veeam revenue from bookings increased ...

• April 20, 2017 20 Apr'17

  Court to Dell EMC: Nexsan Unity branding gets priority

  Nexsan won a court victory over Dell EMC, right in the giant's back yard. A Massachusetts federal district court sided with Nexsan Inc. this week in its trademark dispute with Dell EMC over use of ...

• April 10, 2017 10 Apr'17

  Toshiba ships capacity-optimized 8 TB HDD

  Toshiba has started volume shipments of its MG Series 8 TB HDD -- the largest capacity-optimized, 3.5-inch enterprise HDD the company has ever produced. The 7,200 rpm, 6 Gbps SATA HDD improves ...

• March 22, 2017 22 Mar'17

  Reduxio Systems snares venture funds, moves closer to IPO

  Storage startup Reduxio Systems has bulked up its venture capital, a stepping stone to a potential IPO. On Monday, the hybrid flash vendor nabbed $22.5 million in Series C financing from private ...

• March 08, 2017 08 Mar'17

  Primary Data DataSphere update improves scalability

  Primary Data updates its DataSphere metadata engine to boost scalability and performance, support more hardware options, and connect to multiple Amazon S3-based cloud buckets.

• March 02, 2017 02 Mar'17

  Startup Hedvig secures $21.5 million funding round

  Software-defined storage startup Hedvig Inc. secured another $21.5 million in funding to create new bundled hardware and software component options, expand into the Asia-Pacific region, and add ...

• February 07, 2017 07 Feb'17

  Stratoscale buys Tesora, adds AWS database services

  Stratoscale acquired database-as-a-service provider Tesora Inc. in a move aimed at strengthening its AWS database services. The hyper-converged software startup added Tesora's open platform for ...

• January 16, 2017 16 Jan'17

  Alluxio in-memory storage software gains EMC mindshare

  In-memory storage startup Alluxio has struck a partnership with Dell EMC. The news marks Alluxio’s first formal alliance with a North American storage vendor. Alluxio in September integrated its ...

• December 16, 2016 16 Dec'16

  Small change yields Quantum leap for StorNext scale-out file system

  Quantum StorNext scale-out file system upgrade integrates support for public cloud and third-party object storage. StorNext manages data as a unified namespace.

• December 05, 2016 05 Dec'16

  Focus attention on a cognitive data management system

  Jon Toigo advises paying less attention to storage component stories and more to system-focused narratives such as a cognitive data management process.

• December 05, 2016 05 Dec'16

  Drowning in data storage capacity? Set it free!

  We're all guilty of data hoarding, and managing it is costing companies billions of dollars. The answer? Do a better job of managing all that useless data.

• November 23, 2016 23 Nov'16

  HyperGrid swears off hardware, favors HyperCloud SaaS

  Hypergrid put the finishing touch on its shift from storage hardware to SaaS-based delivery with the introduction of HyperCloud. The company formerly known as Gridstore said HyperCloud helps ...

• September 21, 2016 21 Sep'16

  New SNIA Swordfish spec targets hyperscale, cloud environments

  The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) released Swordfish, a new specification that could ease the management of storage equipment and data services in converged, hyper-converged, ...

• September 06, 2016 06 Sep'16

  Storage operational analytics tools add value

  New features and functionality are constantly being added to storage systems. As operations have come to depend on functions such as remote replication and snapshots embedded in the storage ...

• August 30, 2016 30 Aug'16

  Catalogic copy data management tool gets Pure

  Copy data management specialist Catalogic Software has added two all-flash arrays to its roster of supported platforms. In separate moves, the Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey-based software maker rolled ...

• August 19, 2016 19 Aug'16

  EMC: Commercial drone storage market primed for takeoff

  Commercial use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, is just starting to emerge. Drone storage, on the other hand, isn’t getting as much attention. EMC wants to gain a toehold in the ...

• August 16, 2016 16 Aug'16

  Rubrik grabs $61 million, aims for cloud

  Converged data protection startup Rubrik turned to the cloud with a software release that allows customers to use Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure as well as Rubrik's appliances to store data. Rubrik ...

• August 05, 2016 05 Aug'16

  Pokémon Go's lessons for storage pros

  The Pokémon Go craze – mainly its augmented reality capability and server crashes – contains lessons for storage administrators. Pokémon Go demonstrates how next-generation applications can drive ...

• August 03, 2016 03 Aug'16

  Portworx champions container management with Docker storage

  Portworx PX-Enterprise containers share elastic block storage with attached Docker instances. The converged storage fabric runs on each physical Linux host in a cluster.

• July 29, 2016 29 Jul'16

  FalconStor's dating, seeking technology match

  There is a trend in storage for smaller vendors to band together to try and grow through mergers, for far different reasons than Dell and EMC are coming together. These mergers of small companies ...

• July 27, 2016 27 Jul'16

  Commvault rallies ‘round the cloud

  Commvault increased its year-over-year revenues for the third straight quarter, with a big assist from the cloud. Like all storage vendors, Commvault is looking for a way to work with public cloud ...

• July 18, 2016 18 Jul'16

  Syncplicity adds Office 365 support, Egnyte launches data governance solution

  Enterprise file sharing vendor Syncplicity  recently announced its software is now integrated with Microsoft Office 365, while competitor Egnyte rolled out its Egnyte Protect governance solution. ...

• July 08, 2016 08 Jul'16

  Backblaze B2 takes on Amazon, Google and Azure

  Cloud provider Backblaze has gone GA with B2 Cloud Storage, a cloud service that is trying to compete with heavy hitters such as Amazon, Google and Microsoft Azure at a cheaper cost. The Backblaze ...

• May 16, 2016 16 May'16

  EMC Unity dashboard demo reveals management features

  Stefan Voss, a member of EMC's technical marketing team, offers a preview of the storage provisioning and data protection features available in the Unity dashboard.

• May 13, 2016 13 May'16

  Datto expands into file sync and share with a free, one-year service

  Data Protection specialist Datto is giving away its new file sync and share service for a year. The Datto Drive service for SMBs is hosted on the vendor's 200 PB private cloud within nine worldwide ...

• March 31, 2016 31 Mar'16

  Rancher launches Docker management with storage services

  Nearly 2,500 customers participated in Rancher Labs' beta for its container management software that is now generally available. The application includes storage services.

• March 29, 2016 29 Mar'16

  NetApp prepares SANtricity for Splunk

  NetApp today rolled out an upgraded version of its SANtricity software for its E and EF Series of high performance arrays, with the focus on making Splunk and other data analytics applications run ...

• February 25, 2016 25 Feb'16

  CSPs spend a lot on storage to enable the cloud

  Nearly one third of cloud service providers spend more than 10% of their revenue on storage while 46% of them spend five to 10 percent of their revenue on storage, according to a survey conducted ...

• February 17, 2016 17 Feb'16

  FalconStor CEO: We’re normal again

  With 2015 in the rear-view mirror, FalconStor CEO Gary Quinn says the storage software vendor has completed its transition phase and is ready to reverse its years-long streak of losing money. “We ...

• February 12, 2016 12 Feb'16

  Veritas Enterprise Vault updated after Symantec sell off

  Veritas Technologies updated Enterprise Vault and Data Insight with enhanced classification, review and workflow capabilities and beefed-up Box support.

• January 20, 2016 20 Jan'16

  Caringo adds support for Microsoft Azure to its Swarm software

  Caringo has expanded its Swarm object storage to Microsoft Azure. The company recently said its object storage software, which already has Amazon S3 support, now is available on the Azure cloud so ...

• January 19, 2016 19 Jan'16

  Actifio adds central copy data management interface

  Nearly five years into sales of its copy data virtualization, Actifio is finding customers are looking for a simpler way to manage data across its appliances. Today the vendor launched Actifio ...

• January 18, 2016 18 Jan'16

  Veeam kicks off 2016 with V9 GA

  Veeam Software has started off the year by making Veeam Availability Suite 9 generally available to customers. The software has more than 250 features, according to Veeam. While the data protection ...

• January 08, 2016 08 Jan'16

  Data storage management tools: 2015 Products of the Year finalists

  The finalists in the data storage management tools category for the 2015 Products of the Year competition included resource management, provisioning and data reduction tools.

• December 23, 2015 23 Dec'15

  Backup appliance revenue up slightly

  Worldwide factory revenues for backup appliances grew 2.2 percent year-over-year in the third quarter this year, with revenue totaling $813.6 million, according to International Data Corp.'s ...

• December 18, 2015 18 Dec'15

  Metalogix retools its Essentials for Office 365

  Cloud software provider Metalogix recently announced an enhanced version of its Essentials for Office 365 with backup support for Exchange Online mailboxes, a granular migration function and a ...

• December 17, 2015 17 Dec'15

  Exablox lets users pick their dedupe style

  While Exablox describes its object-based OneBlox appliance as a production storage system, many of its customers use it for backup. This week the vendor added a useful backup feature – ...

• August 19, 2015 19 Aug'15

  NEC enhances Hydrastor with universal dedupe transfer, OST Accelerator

  NEC Corp. of America has enhanced its Hydrastor scale-out backup and archive storage platform with a Universal Dedupe Transfer and added an Open Storage Technology (OST) Accelerator for Veritas ...