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Primary storage devices

• June 04, 2018 04 Jun'18

  Dell EMC storage finally gains some post-merger market share

  Dell Technologies on Monday projected positive share growth in enterprise storage, the first quarter that has happened since the Dell and EMC merger closed in 2016. The next question is whether the ...

• May 01, 2018 01 May'18

  Dell EMC all-flash PowerMax replaces VMAX, injects NVMe

  Dell EMC rebrands its high-end, all-flash VMAX system as PowerMax, which is packed with NVMe flash and inline data reduction. A single system scales to 4 PB, with an onboard AI tiering engine.

• April 25, 2018 25 Apr'18

  Dell EMC storage strategy talk buzzes Dell Tech World

  Dell EMC World is no more. The combined vendor has renamed its annual user summit Dell Tech World, where data storage product upgrades will touch flash, HCI and software-defined.

• April 18, 2018 18 Apr'18

  Storage sales make IBM blue

  After four straight quarters of growth, IBM storage hardware revenue crashed in the first quarter of 2018. IBM reported a 15% decline in storage hardware revenue, a drop that dragged the entire ...

• March 28, 2018 28 Mar'18

  Upgraded Infinidat InfiniBox hoists sail on product launch

  Infinidat disk arrays double capacity to 8 petabytes per rack. The new InfiniBox products include InfiniSync DR box, InfiniGuard backup appliance and the Infinidat-hosted Neutrix Cloud.

• March 08, 2018 08 Mar'18

  Dell data storage remains the weak link in FY18 revenue

  Finding a way to grow enterprise storage and data protection will comprise a major focus for Dell Technologies this year, company executives told analysts during an earnings call on Wednesday. Dell ...

• February 23, 2018 23 Feb'18

  More Nimble, HPE storage revenue jumps 24%

  Hewlett Packard Enterprise storage sales rebounded last quarter, thanks to the addition of Nimble Storage and an improvement of the 3PAR SAN platform. HPE storage revenue of $948 million grew 24% ...

• February 08, 2018 08 Feb'18

  NVMe flash hopeful E8 Storage goes software-only route

  All-flash array startup E8 Storage has expanded into reference architecture with the launch of a software-only version. The new product, E8 Storage Software, runs on rack servers from Dell EMC, ...

• January 26, 2018 26 Jan'18

  Report: Dell-EMC storage aftermath may trigger IPO

  Is the Dell EMC storage merger causing buyer’s remorse? According to published report, Dell Technologies is considering a return to the public market to satisfy the massive debt incurred from its ...

• December 11, 2017 11 Dec'17

  Hitz: NetApp market growth hinges on cloud, data management

  Storage stalwart NetApp celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2017. NetApp founder Dave Hitz reflects on its evolution and the impact of Cloud OnTap, Data Fabric and SolidFire HCI.

• December 07, 2017 07 Dec'17

  Dell EMC all-flash surge collides with softening storage demand

  Growth in Dell EMC all-flash storage is one of the bright spots in what remains a tough slog for legacy array vendors. Dell Technologies on Thursday reported consolidated revenue of $19.6 billion ...

• November 14, 2017 14 Nov'17

  Panasas storage, director blades split into separate devices

  Panasas hybrid storage offers 57 PB of raw capacity with 200 shelves. ActiveStor Director 100 sits atop a rack of Panasas arrays. Customers can scale types and capacities of media.

• November 08, 2017 08 Nov'17

  Dell EMC all-flash SC Series prepped for launch

  Dell EMC all-flash inclusive added to the mix for SC Series and Unity arrays. The vendor said each of the midrange storage products has a large customer base.

• October 03, 2017 03 Oct'17

  Infinidat boxes up $95M funding haul

  Infinidat picked up $95 million in funding today to help fuel an aggressive product expansion – including moves into secondary storage and a public cloud offering. Goldman Sachs Private Capital ...

• September 27, 2017 27 Sep'17

  Dell EMC’s XC (Nutanix) HCI box protects MS Hyper-V VMs

  Dell EMC today enhanced its Nutanix-powered XC hyper-converged platform by adding data protection features for Microsoft Windows Hyper-V. The news, made during Microsoft Ignite, shows Dell EMC is ...