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• January 28, 2016 28 Jan'16

  Commvault takes a revenue leap forward

  Is Commvault back on track? The backup vendor snapped a string of four quarters of year-over-year revenue declines when it reported of $155.7 million last quarter, up 2% from the previous year. ...

• January 28, 2016 28 Jan'16

  Plexistor SDM Community Edition to converge memory, storage

  Plexistor claims its 'software-defined memory' platform lets in-memory databases and traditional enterprise workloads run without dedicated compute-storage clusters.

• January 28, 2016 28 Jan'16

  EMC aims for all-flash, all-the-time primary storage

  While waiting to become part of Dell, EMC is planning a massive flash injection into its storage systems. David Goulden, CEO of EMC Information Infrastructure, teased new product launches to the ...

• January 27, 2016 27 Jan'16

  Hyper-converged vendor Gridstore picks up funding for expansion

  Gridstore closed a $19 million funding round today with plans to substantially expand engineering and sales of its all-flash hyper-converged systems built for Microsoft Hyper-V. The round brings ...

• January 27, 2016 27 Jan'16

  Tucci on Dell-EMC acquisition: We know what we're doing

  Although financial factors have deteriorated since Dell's $67 billion acquisition of EMC was announced, EMC's CEO said the megadeal is on track to close in 2016 as planned.

• January 27, 2016 27 Jan'16

  Pivot3 buys NexGen, combines hyper-converged with all-flash storage

  Hyper-converged vendor Pivot3 today acquired hybrid flash vendor NexGen Storage, combining small private companies that play in two hot technology areas. NexGen CEO and founder John Spiers said the ...

• January 26, 2016 26 Jan'16

  Seagate adds helium HDD to Enterprise Capacity line

  Seagate is following in HGST's footsteps with the Enterprise Capacity 10 TB drive, which replaces air with helium to boost storage density of the traditional drive form factor.

• January 25, 2016 25 Jan'16

  Load DynamiX unveils new Virtual Series storage test tools

  Newly updated Load DynamiX Virtual Series tools offer the same GUI, workflow, statistics and API as its physical storage performance validation appliance.

• January 25, 2016 25 Jan'16

  What the enterprise storage market looked like in 2000

  SearchStorage began in-depth coverage of the enterprise storage market in 2000, when Compaq was a major player, IBM looked prescient and EMC had its first $2 billion quarter.

• January 21, 2016 21 Jan'16

  Netlist launches new DDR4 NVDIMM

  Netlist unveiled its new DDR4-based non-volatile dual in-line memory module (NVDIMM) yesterday at the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA)’s Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) Summit in San Jose. ...

• January 21, 2016 21 Jan'16

  Qumulo Core NAS replaces EMC Isilon for Utah researchers

  The University of Utah Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute replaced EMC Isilon NAS with a cluster of Qumulo hybrid storage appliances and Qumulo Core scale-out software.

• 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

  Hitachi storage unveils new A series all-flash array family

  Hitachi Data Systems unveiled a new line of high-density, all-flash arrays featuring inline deduplication that are designed to close its solid-state portfolio gaps.

• 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 15, 2016 15 Jan'16

  Avere launches new FXT Edge filers

  Avere Systems rolled out a new high-end and midrange FXT Edge physical appliances that offer more performance and storage compared to the previous systems that will be replaced. The new 1U ...

• January 14, 2016 14 Jan'16

  Diablo Technologies names new CEO, raises $19 million

  Flash memory vendor Diablo Technologies named a new CEO and secured $19 million in Series C financing as the company tries to rebuild momentum for its memory technology business after fighting off ...

• January 13, 2016 13 Jan'16

  New CFO hopes to take Tegile public

  Flash and hybrid storage array vendor Tegile Systems has hired a CFO with experience bringing companies public, and CEO Rohit Kshetrapal said he is aiming Tegile in that direction. “We don’t see an ...

• January 12, 2016 12 Jan'16

  DataGravity data-aware storage throws weight behind Hyper-V

  DataGravity goes beyond VMware hypervisor support and now works with Microsoft Hyper-V and its data movement features. Security features were also added.

• January 11, 2016 11 Jan'16

  HDS CTO predicts HDD fade-out, discusses Hitachi storage strategy

  Hitachi Data Systems CTO Hu Yoshida predicts flash storage drives will replace high-performance hard disk drives this year, as HDDs will ultimately fade out in five years.

• January 08, 2016 08 Jan'16

  Enterprise storage system software: 2015 Products of the Year finalists

  Four returning vendors with software-defined and hyper-convergence products highlight the finalists in the 2015 Product of the Year enterprise storage system software category.

• 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.

• January 08, 2016 08 Jan'16

  Enterprise hard disk/hybrid storage systems: 2015 Products of the Year finalists

  The 14 finalists in the hard disk/hybrid storage systems category of the 2015 Products of the Year competition blend flash configurations with traditional spinning media.

• January 08, 2016 08 Jan'16

  Maxta storage gets application-defined storage tuning

  Maxta hyper-convergence customers can apply MxSP 'application-defined' templates, or customize their own policy settings for rebuild times, data recovery and reduction.

• January 08, 2016 08 Jan'16

  All-flash storage systems: 2015 Products of the Year finalists

  The all-flash storage system finalists include upgrades from large storage vendors and all-flash pioneers, as well as a few vendors who launched their first all-flash arrays.

• January 08, 2016 08 Jan'16

  Data storage systems: 2015 Products of the Year finalists

  We received hundreds of entries for this year's Products of the Year competition, but the field has been whittled to these 70 finalists in six data storage systems categories.

• January 07, 2016 07 Jan'16

  CTO Yoshida: HDS storage needs to transform the business

  Hitachi Data Systems CTO Hu Yoshida explains how HDS storage needs to transform the business to compete, as traditional roles in technology are changing.

• January 06, 2016 06 Jan'16

  Companies use caution with cloud file sync and share

  Though nearly half of companies are using cloud file sync-and-share services, those who aren't using it have taken a wait-and-see approach.

• January 06, 2016 06 Jan'16

  Nimbus CEO: We're still alive

  Nimbus Data has not “vanished,” as I wrote in a story about storage vendors facing challenges in 2016. The all-flash vendor has just been keeping “very quiet” for the past 18 months or so. Nimbus ...

• January 06, 2016 06 Jan'16

  Twelve data storage company startups to watch in 2016

  Caching, cloud backup, hyper-convergence and object storage spawned data storage company startups in 2015. Here are 12 in particular to watch.

• January 06, 2016 06 Jan'16

  What's the future of data storage in 2016?

  Mike Matchett takes a closer look at the future of data storage technology in 2016 based on research from the Taneja Group.

• January 06, 2016 06 Jan'16

  Peek into the future of data storage in 2016

  As we enter into a new year, here's our look at the future of data storage with some serious (others, not so much) predictions.

• January 06, 2016 06 Jan'16

  Twelve data storage industry startups to watch in 2016

  One of the key characteristics of the data storage industry is how it refreshes itself every year as new storage startups emerge and roll out innovative products. The past year -- 2015 -- produced a bounty of exciting new products that are shaking ...

• January 05, 2016 05 Jan'16

  SimpliVity cozies up to Microsoft, Hyper-V

  Hyper-converged pioneer SimpliVity has opened a research and development office in Seattle near to Microsoft, a sign that it is close to adding Hyper-V support. SimpliVity’s OmniCube appliances ...

• December 30, 2015 30 Dec'15

  Former NetApp CEO joins Cohesity board, discusses Dell-EMC

  Dan Warmenhoven says Dell-EMC could lead Cisco to make a move, sees Amazon cutting into business from large storage vendors, and Cohesity challenging EMC's Data Domain.

• December 30, 2015 30 Dec'15

  Data storage vendors in the hot seat in 2016 outlook

  EMC and Dell face the pressures of a $67 billion merger in 2016, but it will be a pivotal year for other storage vendors as well among declining sales and splits.

• December 29, 2015 29 Dec'15

  Data storage market 2015: Dell-EMC leads year of transformation

  Dell's move to gobble up EMC for $67 billion was the largest disruption in a year full of changes and new technologies for the data storage industry in 2015.

• December 28, 2015 28 Dec'15

  Top virtual storage management tips of 2015

  When it comes to managing virtual server environments, readers were most interested in technologies new to the market, such as Docker containers and VMware VVOLs.

• December 28, 2015 28 Dec'15

  Top 2015 cloud storage news includes benchmarks, upgrades

  The biggest headlines in 2015 centered around the major cloud storage providers -- some expanded, while others split -- and it's still a race for performance and low cost.

• 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 23, 2015 23 Dec'15

  NetApp acquisition of SolidFire expands all-flash portfolio

  NetApp spent $870 million to buy SolidFire and scrapped work on FlashRay, its storage system designed exclusively for flash. FlashRay never made it to general availability.

• December 23, 2015 23 Dec'15

  Public cloud storage providers expanded offerings in 2015

  Amazon upgraded its file system storage while Microsoft launched its Azure File Storage to remain competitive. Google added a cold storage service to compete with Glacier.

• December 23, 2015 23 Dec'15

  Nutanix prepares for 2016 IPO

  Hyper-converged vendor Nutanix set itself up to become the first storage vendor to go public in 2016. Nutanix filed an S-1 statement, which is the first step towards an initial public offering ...

• December 21, 2015 21 Dec'15

  NetApp buys flash startup SolidFire, discontinues FlashRay

  NetApp filled a gap in its flash storage portfolio today with an $870 million deal to buy SolidFire and finally threw in the towel on its long-delayed FlashRay product line. The SolidFire ...

• 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 18, 2015 18 Dec'15

  Dell acquisition of EMC leads storage M&A in 2015

  Dell's blockbuster $67 billion deal to buy EMC overshadows all M&A 2015 activity in data storage, rendering deals for SanDisk, Veritas and other vendors to also-ran status.

• December 18, 2015 18 Dec'15

  Ten data storage terms IT pros explored in 2015

  If you've ever struggled to understand some of the technology your organization has implemented, these storage terms can smooth the technical waters.

• 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 – ...

• December 16, 2015 16 Dec'15

  Top five flash data storage tips and tricks in 2015

  Here are the top-five pieces of flash storage advice our expert analysts provided in 2015 -- from selecting an array to avoiding prevalent flash storage myths.

• December 16, 2015 16 Dec'15

  Flash storage companies top solid-state headlines in 2015

  Flash storage vendors had a big year in 2015. These five news stories paint a picture of where the flash industry is headed and what users can expect in their data centers.

• December 16, 2015 16 Dec'15

  Top hybrid cloud environment tips of 2015

  We took a look back at the expert advice on SearchCloudStorage over the past year to bring you the five most important cloud storage takeaways in 2015.

• December 16, 2015 16 Dec'15

  Hybrid cloud technology takes center stage in 2015

  The hype surrounding public cloud has died down, as customers are targeting hybrid cloud technology for its flexibility and to keep some data securely on premises.

• December 14, 2015 14 Dec'15

  Flash storage market 2015: Expanded all-flash options, TLC NAND

  Visions of an all-flash data center remain elusive, but enterprises in the flash storage market this year took advantage of choice, diversity in solid state storage.

• December 11, 2015 11 Dec'15

  Nakivo adds Synology support to its backup software

  Nakivo this week upgraded its Backup and Replication software, adding support for Synology RackStation and DiskStation NAS devices for virtual machine backup in VMware environments and to the ...

• December 10, 2015 10 Dec'15

  DataGravity CEO Paula Long discusses data-aware storage

  Paula Long discussed her second storage startup, DataGravity, which sells data-aware storage arrays that collect data and provide real-time intelligence on anomalous writes to storage.

• December 08, 2015 08 Dec'15

  Startup InterModal Data targets Web-scale storage

  Startup InterModal Data introduced its Web-scale storage software that runs on commodity hardware, and is designed to scale to thousands of storage and performance nodes.

• December 08, 2015 08 Dec'15

  Tintri adds entry-level all-flash, teases analytics

  Virtual machine-storage specialist Tintri rounded out its all-flash product line today with an entry level version priced at $125,000 for 5.34 TB of raw capacity. The VMstore T5040 is the third ...

• December 07, 2015 07 Dec'15

  IDC: HPE gained share, other large disk vendors tumbled in Q3

  Enterprise storage revenue increased 2.8 percent year-over-year in the third quarter of 2015 while networked storage declined 3.1 percent, according to IDC’s disk tracker numbers. Perhaps a better ...

• December 04, 2015 04 Dec'15

  One-third of shops using cloud storage vendors, more buying in

  Though one in three shops are using cloud storage, primarily for data protection, security is by far the biggest concern with cloud storage services.

• December 04, 2015 04 Dec'15

  Hot data storage technology trends for 2016

  Find out what's hot and what's not-so-hot on our list of data storage technology trends for the coming year.

• December 04, 2015 04 Dec'15

  Smarter data storage tools needed for smarter storage

  Yesterday's data storage tools are ill-equipped to handle today's data storage needs, but a handful of vendors have new products that can help.

• December 04, 2015 04 Dec'15

  Hot data storage market technology trends for 2016

  Check out our Hot Techs for 2016! For the past 13 years, we've honored the best and brightest technologies for the upcoming year. And as always, we are proud to present a batch of technologies we believe will make a big impact on data storage market...

• December 03, 2015 03 Dec'15

  Pure Storage reports revenue spike in 1st earnings report since IPO

  Pure Storage’s first earnings call since its October IPO was a rosy one on the revenue side. The all-flash array vendor’s revenue hit $131.4 million in its fiscal 2016 third quarter – a 167% ...

• December 03, 2015 03 Dec'15

  Predictive storage analytics added in Load DynamiX upgrade

  In hopes of appealing to more enterprises, Load DynamiX adds sensors and software features that capture I/O application workloads to analyze storage patterns.

• December 03, 2015 03 Dec'15

  Did Violin Memory just hang a ‘For Sale’ sign?

  All-flash pioneer Violin Memory can’t sell enough all-flash arrays to make money. So its next move could be to sell itself in its entirety. After another disappointing quarter, Violin CEO Kevin ...

• December 01, 2015 01 Dec'15

  Violin launches Flash Storage Platform for performance, price

  Violin Memory put out its fastest array to date, and an entry-level model that starts at $92,000, as it tries to balance its Flash Storage Platform for performance and storage management.

• November 30, 2015 30 Nov'15

  UNT travels to an EMC hybrid cloud architecture

  To put a shared IT services model in place, University of North Texas implemented EMC Federation cloud services that include VMware products. A public cloud is planned for 2016.

• November 25, 2015 25 Nov'15

  EMC and Dell users react to proposed merger at Dell World

  EMC and Dell storage customers shared their thoughts and concerns on Dell's proposed $67 billion deal to acquire EMC during a series of interviews at Dell World 2015.

• November 24, 2015 24 Nov'15

  Flash storage performance changing the rules

  The ability to measure flash performance requires different metrics, along with a better understanding of applications, which can make it more complicated to purchase than HDDs.

• November 24, 2015 24 Nov'15

  Brocade ties its hopes to storage capacity, not pricing

  If the largest storage array vendors that sell Brocade’s SAN switching are getting hit with declining revenue every quarter, that’s bad news for Brocade, right? If you agree with that, then you’re ...

• November 20, 2015 20 Nov'15

  Nimble's sales slow down, losses expand

  Nimble Storage’s drive for profitability took a major hit last quarter. Nimble, which was believed to be one of the smaller competitors eating away at large storage vendors’ sales, won’t hit ...

• November 20, 2015 20 Nov'15

  Data Dynamics StorageX file migration app adds support

  Data Dynamics' file migration application got a refresh to support 64-bit architecture, as well as NetApp and EMC Isilon clustering for a faster data migration process.

• November 19, 2015 19 Nov'15

  NetApp still struggling with Clustered OnTap conversions

  NetApp’s latest earnings report told a familiar story. NetApp Wednesday night said its revenue last quarter – although higher than expected – continued to decline with the vendor’s most established ...

• November 18, 2015 18 Nov'15

  Seagate storage adds Lustre, GPFS ClusterStor systems

  Seagate storage expanded its HPC reach with the introduction of a higher performing Lustre-based system, a new product supporting IBM's Spectrum Scale and an archive object store.

• November 18, 2015 18 Nov'15

  Forrester VP's advice on EMC and Dell: Don't freak out

  Forrester VP Glenn O'Donnell sees no reason for IT users to worry about the potential merger of EMC and Dell, if Dell completes its $67 billion purchase of the storage giant.

• November 17, 2015 17 Nov'15

  DataDirect Networks' IME14K jumps into all-flash market

  The IME14K all-flash array from DataDirect Networks runs Infinite Memory Engine accelerator software to create a data-aware tier that writes to fast SSD cache and reorders I/O as it moves to storage.

• November 17, 2015 17 Nov'15

  Pure goes TLC 3D NAND route

  Pure Storage became the latest flash vendor to support TLC 3D NAND  drives that lower the cost of solid-state storage. The vendor also expanded its Pure1 cloud-based management, adding predictive ...

• November 17, 2015 17 Nov'15

  EMC cloud storage options for VMAX, VNX, Data Domain expanded

  EMC cloud storage options for its block storage and data protection products are added through enhancements to FAST.X, Vplex, CloudBoost and broader public cloud support.

• November 17, 2015 17 Nov'15

  HPE gives 3PAR 3D NAND, Oracle acceleration, XIV migration

  HPE joined the 3D NAND bandwagon for 3PAR StoreServ flash arrays, added flash acceleration for Oracle databases with EMC VMAX and added a new StoreOnce lineup.

• November 17, 2015 17 Nov'15

  Datto gets $75M to fund data protection services

  Datto, which sells backup and disaster recovery as a service, today closed a $75 million funding round although its founder and CEO says the vendor is already profitable. The B round brings the ...

• November 13, 2015 13 Nov'15

  SolidFire CEO Wright discusses all-flash storage market

  SolidFire CEO and founder Dave Wright talked about how his company will make its way competing against giants in the rapidly growing all-flash storage market.

• November 12, 2015 12 Nov'15

  Open Storage Platform – Why Now?

  While it’s nothing new for information technologists to look at alternatives for their infrastructure, there seems to be more interest in that today than ever before. There is so much interest that ...

• November 12, 2015 12 Nov'15

  Docker storage driver support added to Dell SC arrays

  Docker storage driver for Dell's SC Series arrays orchestrates the movement of containerized applications and persistent data, so customers can promote containers into production.

• November 11, 2015 11 Nov'15

  Virtual machine management: VVOLs 'complete picture'

  Virtual Volumes architect talks about their benefits and limitations, how they will help admins with virtual machine management and why they aren't yet commonly implemented.

• November 11, 2015 11 Nov'15

  All-flash NexGen arrays bring QoS to the forefront

  The newly released NexGen arrays dynamically manage critical workloads with QoS policies. Spelling a move beyond hybrid storage, the all-flash arrays include SSDs, RAM and flash PCIe.

• November 11, 2015 11 Nov'15

  SIOS iQ software troubleshoots VMware shared storage

  SIOS iQ analytics software for VMware shared storage discovers interdependencies between applications, compute nodes, networking and storage.

• November 10, 2015 10 Nov'15

  New DDN storage hardware includes hyper-converged system

  HPC specialist unveils 14K hyper-converged DDN storage hardware line aimed at midrange enterprise, the first of three planned rollouts under codename 'Wolfcreek.'

• November 10, 2015 10 Nov'15

  EMC extends Isilon NAS software to edge, cloud

  EMC expanded its Isilon NAS portfolio with a scaled-down, software storage system for remote locations, a cloud migration application and high-availability upgrades for Isilon OneFS.

• November 09, 2015 09 Nov'15

  Storage Decisions experts opine on data storage industry

  Storage Decisions 2015 panel discusses future of disk and tape, and offers hints for dealing with cloud storage, flash and impact of recent events in the data storage industry.

• November 05, 2015 05 Nov'15

  What tech could disrupt the dual inline memory module?

  The dual inline memory module marketplace may have to deal with emerging disruptive technologies from Diablo Technologies, Intel and Micron.

• November 05, 2015 05 Nov'15

  Multicore processors mark next era of storage

  Multicore processor technology represents not only next era in storage, but that everything old is new again.

• November 05, 2015 05 Nov'15

  Action! Storage for your video storage system

  Video and other multimedia production is no longer the exclusive domain of Hollywood studios and post-production services. Today, companies of all kinds have video and audio operations that rival that of professional media outfits. And those ...

• November 02, 2015 02 Nov'15

  BT adds Caringo Swarm object-based cloud storage to services

  Caringo Swarm object storage helps British Telecom Compute Services facilitate tiering from a customer data center to BT's data centers to public clouds.

• November 02, 2015 02 Nov'15

  ClearSky pockets $27M for managed cloud storage service

  ClearSky Data, which in August launched its managed service for primary storage, today closed a $27 million Series B funding round to expand sales and marketing teams. Polaris Partners led the ...

• October 30, 2015 30 Oct'15

  Formation Data CEO: Dell-EMC deal doesn't guarantee innovation

  Dell’s pending $67 billion acquisition of EMC has sparked plenty of discussion about overlapping products. Yet despite the enormity of their potential merger, the newly fused Dell-EMC may not have ...

• October 30, 2015 30 Oct'15

  Data protection vendors (except for Veeam) struggled last quarter

  Not only the big storage array hardware vendors are seeing  revenues declines from last year. This week, backup vendors Commvault, Quantum and FalconStor said they lost money and had revenue ...

• October 29, 2015 29 Oct'15

  SwiftStack 3.0 object storage software gains feature parity

  The SwiftStack 3.0 upgrade adds an active secondary controller, as well as lets users mix and match erasure coding and RAID data protection schemes within a cluster.

• October 28, 2015 28 Oct'15

  PernixData CTO talks VMware Virtual Volumes management

  VMware Virtual Volumes are expected to simplify storage management and troubleshooting between servers and storage -- but they're still a work in progress.

• October 28, 2015 28 Oct'15

  Main overlap in Dell's EMC acquisition is midrange storage

  Dell's blockbuster EMC acquisition would leave overlapping storage products -- especially in the midrange array space, with EMC's VNX and Dell's SC/PS Series.

• October 27, 2015 27 Oct'15

  Storage industry waits for Dell acquisition ripple effect

  Now that Dell's acquisition of EMC and the Western Digital-SanDisk deal are confirmed, what will Cisco, HP, IBM and Oracle do to compete in the market?