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Primary storage devices

• August 16, 2018 16 Aug'18

  Revenue from NetApp all-flash spikes on strong demand

  Demand for NetApp all-flash storage surged last quarter, part of strong growth across its cloud portfolio that helped it beat guidance on earnings, margins and revenue. And the storage vendor has ...

• July 27, 2018 27 Jul'18

  Gartner: all-flash array market ‘visionaries’ include Tintri

  Several vendors with spotty fiscal histories made Gartner’s list of competitors angling for all-flash array market share. Gartner listed Tintri as a “visionary” in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for ...

• 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 02, 2018 02 Jul'18

  Dell and VMware hammer out deal, but no reverse merger

  Dell and VMware have taken a step – maybe only the first step – on a journey to fund Michael Dell’s on-again, off-again love affair with going public. Dell Technologies, parent company of storage ...

• 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 ...