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• August 04, 2019 04 Aug'19

  NetApp storage adjusts to slowing global demand

  Are storage vendors starting to feel the pinch of macroeconomic pressures? If the most recent NetApp storage sales are a barometer, the answer seems to be a worrisome "yes." In advance of its full ...

• August 02, 2019 02 Aug'19

  Exten Technologies releases 3.0 version of NVMe platform

  Exten Technologies' HyperDynamic storage software is now available in its newest iteration. New features added were designed to simplify NVMe-oF storage management and deployment.

• August 01, 2019 01 Aug'19

  Amazon buys NVMe startup E8 Storage to boost public cloud

  The E8 Storage portfolio includes D-24 appliances that pack 24 NVMe SSDs in 2U, plus software-defined storage software for reference hardware with major server vendors.

• July 31, 2019 31 Jul'19

  Western Digital’s ActiveScale adds new DR, workflow options

  Western Digital's object storage product update boosts capacity and throughput, supports asynchronous object distribution for multisite DR and offers 14 TB HDDs.

• July 31, 2019 31 Jul'19

  StorONE launches S1aaS, a new storage-as-a-service product

  S1 as a service is software-defined storage and combines StorONE's storage services with hardware to provide on-premises storage with a cloudlike subscription service.

• July 31, 2019 31 Jul'19

  Commvault earnings disappoint; can SaaS save its butt?

  Commvault is 0-for-2 so far under new CEO Sanjay Mirchandani. The data protection vendor reported earnings this week, falling below expectations for the second quarter since Mirchandani replaced ...

• July 30, 2019 30 Jul'19

  Oscar-winning studio tames file data with Oracle, Igneous

  Making movies is a file-intensive business, and Hollywood studios must give their artists the right storage technologies to store, manage and protect business-critical data.

• July 29, 2019 29 Jul'19

  Newest version of CloudNAS now available

  CloudNAS 4.2 is now available, and it includes updates such as new support for JumpCloud and OpenLDAP. Additionally, CacheDrive can now be integrated with third-party applications.

• July 25, 2019 25 Jul'19

  Mini XL+, Mini E added to iXsystems FreeNAS Mini series

  Open source storage hardware provider iXsystems added two new models to its FreeNAS Mini lineup: the FreeNAS Mini XL+ for professionals and FreeNAS Mini E for small offices.

• July 25, 2019 25 Jul'19

  Public cloud storage use still in early days for enterprises

  IT organizations are still in the early stages of their cloud storage journeys as they figure out the best use cases beyond backup, archive and disaster recovery.

• July 18, 2019 18 Jul'19

  Toshiba to rename flash memory business Kioxia

  "Their rationale must have been that they wanted to keep the washing machines and the hard drives with the same company because they both spin around."

• July 18, 2019 18 Jul'19

  Infinidat storage wants to rescue stranded IBM customers

  Infinidat storage takes direct aim at IBM with Data Rescue Program. IBM users can trade in IBM XIV and FlashSystem A9000 gear for Infinidat InfiniBox disk arrays.

• July 17, 2019 17 Jul'19

  Quest QoreStor adds cloud tier, fast tier and a UI makeover

  QoreStor's latest update adds many new features, including the unique ability to dedicate a high-speed disk area that can be deduplicated without sacrificing recovery speed.

• July 16, 2019 16 Jul'19

  Western Digital IntelliFlash adds NVMe, SAS storage

  The expanded Western Digital IntelliFlash models include low-end N5100 NVMe and high-density HD2160 SAS arrays. IntelliFlash OS now supports live migration to an S3-compatible cloud.

• July 12, 2019 12 Jul'19

  Google's Elastifile buy shows need for cloud file storage

  Google buys partner Elastifile's scale-out file system to bolster options for enterprises looking to shift NFS-based applications to public cloud storage.

• July 11, 2019 11 Jul'19

  IBM Spectrum storage refresh targets object, AI metadata

  IBM Spectrum storage sharpens its focus on AWS backup and metadata across heterogeneous storage. IBM increases the density of object storage and previews the VersaStack model with NVMe.

• 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.

• July 02, 2019 02 Jul'19

  Languishing Vexata storage gets bailed out by StorCentric

  Roll-up company StorCentric expands its storage holdings with Vexata storage arrays for NVMe flash. The Vexata deal follows the June acquisition of backup software vendor Retrospect.

• July 02, 2019 02 Jul'19

  Open source machine learning accelerates winemaking

  Using open source machine learning, Palmaz Vineyards developed a tool to automatically alert winemakers of environmental conditions. Soon, the data flowed like wine.

• June 28, 2019 28 Jun'19

  Super Micro storage server refresh homes in on NVMe flash

  Product revamp includes new BigTwin SuperServer and launch of 1U Petascale line. Super Micro storage servers are optimized for EDSFF NVMe SSDs and Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory.

• June 27, 2019 27 Jun'19

  Growth of dark data shows need for better classification

  Dark data causes all sorts of problems, but there are ways to mitigate it. However, customers continue to add storage as a bandage solution, because it's cheaper and simpler.

• June 27, 2019 27 Jun'19

  Cloudian teams with Seagate, VMware on new storage options

  Cloudian's latest partnerships will give customers options to use the object storage in new high-density Seagate appliances and VMware-based cloud environments.

• June 27, 2019 27 Jun'19

  Quantum launches Distributed Cloud Services

  Distributed Cloud Services is now available from Quantum, as well as storage-as-a-service offerings and Cloud-Based Analytics software to manage day-to-day storage operations.

• June 27, 2019 27 Jun'19

  Panzura launches global file system Freedom 8

  Panzura's new platform, Panzura Freedom 8, is a multi-cloud services platform designed to enable users around the world to collaborate on a single, large-scale project with ease.

• June 26, 2019 26 Jun'19

  New Qumulo all-flash and hybrid arrays equipped with NVMe

  The Qumulo all-flash P-184T packs 184 TB of NVMe storage in 2U. The vendor also launched the C-168T hybrid and K-168 Active Archive arrays that use disk storage with SAS SSDs as a write cache.

• June 24, 2019 24 Jun'19

  3PAR customers face adjustment with new HPE Primera array

  Hewlett Packard Enterprise storage customers say they like many of the Primera storage array's new capabilities, but will miss some 3PAR features that are going away.

• June 21, 2019 21 Jun'19

  New Cloud Daddy CEO aims to 'tell the world' about AWS protection

  The new CEO of AWS data protection provider Cloud Daddy is looking to tell his company's story and drastically increase its customer count. "We've got to get people to know about Cloud Daddy," said ...

• June 19, 2019 19 Jun'19

  Expanded NetApp cloud tools target containers, Google Cloud

  NetApp Data Fabric links NetApp storage and data services. New NetApp Cloud Data Services embed Kubernetes orchestration and Cloud Volumes for Google in beta.

• June 18, 2019 18 Jun'19

  AI-infused HPE Primera storage array debuts, HPE 3PAR still in the mix

  While HPE Primera, which includes HPE InfoSight AI and machine learning tech, will be available to order in August, the company says 3PAR will continue to be enhanced and updated.

• June 14, 2019 14 Jun'19

  SwiftStack launches new multi-cloud storage product

  SwiftStack launched a new product, designed to compete with companies like Hadoop and Spark. It's specifically for big data analytics, machine learning hybrid cloud and multi-cloud storage.

• June 12, 2019 12 Jun'19

  Kaminario expands its storage-as-a-service offerings

  To expand its capabilities as a storage-as-a-service platform, Kaminario has added metered usage payments, disaster recovery and the ability to use services on the public cloud.

• June 10, 2019 10 Jun'19

  Reduxio redux: Vendor ditches arrays, eyes containers

  Once an IPO hopeful, Reduxio had the 'wrong packaging' and needed to retrench. The vendor shed hybrid flash arrays. Reduxio Magellan container storage software is in early access.

• June 07, 2019 07 Jun'19

  Pure Storage up, IBM down in external storage systems revs

  Despite a recent earnings miss, Pure Storage has cracked the IDC enterprise storage tracker for the first time to grab a share of fifth place in external storage systems revenue to tie IBM Storage. ...

• June 06, 2019 06 Jun'19

  Seagate 16 TB hard drives amplify storage for Exos, IronWolf

  Seagate has introduced a collection of 16 TB HDDs to its Exos, IronWolf and IronWolf Pro lines that can store massive amounts of data, while maintaining a small footprint.

• June 05, 2019 05 Jun'19

  Broadcast service provider cues up flash HPE 3PAR storage

  Skyview Networks counts on HPE with 3PAR storage and Synergy compute to support regional sports radio broadcasts for Major League Baseball and other networks.

• June 04, 2019 04 Jun'19

  Nasuni CEO: Enterprises now think 'cloud first'

  Nasuni CEO Paul Flanagan says his cloud NAS company competes with the large public clouds by offering a global file system, managing data across clouds and avoiding lock-in.

• May 31, 2019 31 May'19

  SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 targets ease of use, hybrid cloud

  SUSE will ship its Ceph-based Enterprise Storage update next month, with management, data protection and cloud integration improvements. Its product roadmap includes containerized Ceph and HCI.

• May 30, 2019 30 May'19

  OwnBackup funding will drive further SaaS data protection

  As the software-as-a-service market expands, SaaS backup provider OwnBackup secured its largest funding round today and will use the money to expand its Salesforce data protection. The OwnBackup ...

• May 29, 2019 29 May'19

  Red Hat storage GM explains strategy change, customer impact

  A Red Hat GM discusses the impact of a shift in storage focus from stand-alone products to OpenShift containers, hybrid cloud and hyper-convergence. He says value lies more with innovation than commoditization.

• May 29, 2019 29 May'19

  HPE storage OEMs help anchor vendor's enterprise strategy

  HPE storage revenue grew 3% last quarter, helping to offset a decline in servers. The vendor said using OEMs helps it bring new storage products to market faster at reduced cost.

• May 28, 2019 28 May'19

  NetApp, Pure misses raise all-flash storage questions

  NetApp said 'execution challenges' cut into earnings last quarter due, in part, to changing data center buying patterns. All-flash vendor Pure Storage's losses grew to $100 million.

• May 22, 2019 22 May'19

  Portworx focuses on protecting container apps

  The Portworx PX-Enterprise 2.2 storage software update adds single-command backup of container-based data and Kubernetes resources to S3-based object storage.

• May 22, 2019 22 May'19

  Tintri by DDN storage customers unsure of roadmap

  After buying Tintri in 2018, DataDirect Networks moved to rebuild the VM storage vendor's engineering. But customers claim DDN hasn't communicated product roadmap plans.

• May 20, 2019 20 May'19

  Red Hat storage shifts focus to OpenShift, hybrid cloud, HCI

  Red Hat changes focus from selling stand-alone Ceph and Gluster products to promoting storage technologies designed for OpenShift, hybrid cloud and hyper-convergence deployments.

• May 15, 2019 15 May'19

  IBM-Red Hat deal raises no storage red flags yet

  Storage practitioners say they expect Red Hat's 'new overlords' at IBM to tread lightly on Red Hat storage, despite potential product overlaps after the $34 billion deal closes.

• May 09, 2019 09 May'19

  Red Hat OpenShift Container Storage to move from Gluster to Ceph

  Red Hat's plans to change the core technology in its OpenShift Container Storage from Gluster to Ceph with an upcoming major product release leaves customers with lots of questions.

• May 09, 2019 09 May'19

  Midrange NetApp flash looks to steal Dell EMC's thunder

  NetApp expands All-Flash FAS flagship array with NVMe-connected A320 building block. The vendor claims a 24-node cluster scales to 35 PB of usable storage.

• May 08, 2019 08 May'19

  Infinidat storage fabric sews disk arrays to hybrid cloud

  Infinidat hasn't followed the storage array crowd into all-flash storage, but it is following the trends of adding flexible consumption pricing and storage analytics.

• May 07, 2019 07 May'19

  DDN storage acquisitions continue with Nexenta pickup

  DataDirect Networks keeps expanding by acquisition. The high-performance computing storage specialist this week made its third acquisition in the past year, picking up software-defined storage ...

• May 02, 2019 02 May'19

  Updated hybrid cloud backup available from Pure Storage

  In an effort to provide users with unified backup across multiple environments, Pure Storage has expanded its Evergreen Storage Service to provide a hybrid cloud backup system.

• May 01, 2019 01 May'19

  Dell EMC cloud storage hardware shines light on cloud

  VMware plays a larger role in the Dell EMC storage ecosystem as the vendor rolls out new cloud services to challenge archrival NetApp's cloud storage portfolio.

• April 30, 2019 30 Apr'19

  Technicolor taps Excelero NVMe storage for blockbuster films

  Excelero's low-latency NVMe flash storage helps Technicolor project teams work on blockbuster films with greater efficiency through concurrent access to data.

• April 30, 2019 30 Apr'19

  Dell EMC Unity XT expands midrange storage overlap

  Even as it plans to winnow away overlapping midrange SANs, Dell EMC adds four capacity models to its Unity XT series designed to broaden support for VMware Cloud.

• April 29, 2019 29 Apr'19

  New hybrid Dell EMC cloud aimed at rising flood of data

  As enterprise data centers cope with newly generated data, the new Dell EMC cloud platform sharpens VMware tool sets to build, implement and manage storage in hybrid environments.

• April 26, 2019 26 Apr'19

  Hitachi Vantara storage and data protection at your service

  Customers that opt for service-based consumption have Hitachi Vantara's storage hardware installed in their data center, and the vendor handles management and backup.

• April 25, 2019 25 Apr'19

  Google's Anthos drives new storage and data management API

  Google's hybrid and multi-cloud vision for running stateful container-based applications sparks work on a new API for data and storage management.

• April 25, 2019 25 Apr'19

  Lightbits Labs soups up NVMe fabric with all-flash SuperSSD

  Startup Lightbits Labs prepares for an NVMe-over-TCP push, with a storage array designed for AI and cloud applications that uses its LightOS software and proprietary accelerator cards.

• April 24, 2019 24 Apr'19

  New Micron SSD series provides faster access and response

  The new series is the third generation of the non-volatile memory express solid-state drives from Micron, and offers capacities up to 15.36 TB.

• April 23, 2019 23 Apr'19

  Cisco, Dell Technologies renew VxBlock dalliance

  Cisco and Dell Technologies may be rivals in the server business, but when it comes to converged infrastructure, the two vendors remain strong partners. Cisco, EMC and VMware in 2009 formed VCE, a ...

• 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.

• April 16, 2019 16 Apr'19

  MemVerge converges memory, storage on Intel Optane DIMMs

  MemVerge's converged storage and memory appliance hitches a ride on Intel Optane DIMMs -- a risky strategy that can pay off if Optane DC persistent memory becomes a hit.

• April 15, 2019 15 Apr'19

  Formulus Black software stores data in persistent memory

  Formulus Black has resurrected Symbolic IO technology to store data from database and analytics workloads in ultrafast system memory without changing the application code.

• April 12, 2019 12 Apr'19

  Carbonite integrating Mozy backup, ending free edition support

  Carbonite will end support for the free edition of Mozy's consumer product on Monday. The cloud data protection heavyweight would like to convert remaining Mozy customers onto its own ...

• April 11, 2019 11 Apr'19

  Google Cloud courts Actifio, HYCU for data protection

  While Google made a big deal of working with open source software companies at its Google Cloud Next Conference, it also has been lining up data protection partners. Secondary storage management ...

• April 11, 2019 11 Apr'19

  E8 Storage adds file to flash with BeeGFS overlay for HPC

  NVMe all-flash startup E8 Storage forms 'symbiotic' relationship to support BeeGFS scale-out parallel file system on its NVMe block arrays. Vendors plan to attack the HPC market.

• April 10, 2019 10 Apr'19

  Excelero strikes deal with Lenovo for NVMesh

  Startup Excelero snared Lenovo as its first major server partner to resell its software that can pool ultra-fast NVMe-based storage resources across a network. Lenovo has added Excelero's NVMesh ...

• April 09, 2019 09 Apr'19

  Quantum NVMe storage array supports dense media production

  Quantum claims the F-Series, its NVMe storage array, will simplify and speed up workflow and improve end-to-end storage capabilities for media production environments.

• April 05, 2019 05 Apr'19

  Carbonite and Webroot close deal, focus on ransomware

  After closing its largest acquisition, Carbonite said it will emphasize, at least initially, a "do-no-harm" method in the integration efforts. In a deal that closed March 26, the backup and ...

• April 04, 2019 04 Apr'19

  Dell Technologies World 2019 news and analysis

  Dell Tech World 2019 promises plenty of news, from hyper-convergence to the ever-present cloud. Vendor news, such as product consolidation and overlap, will also be discussed.

• April 03, 2019 03 Apr'19

  Long-awaited Intel Optane DC persistent memory module debuts

  Intel promises lots of speed from the Optane DC persistent memory module it took a long time delivering. It also rolled out a new dual-port Optane SSD and ultradense flash SSD.

• April 02, 2019 02 Apr'19

  Storwize launch brings NVMe to midrange IBM flash arrays

  IBM brings NVMe to the midrange with the latest Storwize SAN array, which includes Spectrum Virtualize software bundle for storage management, data protection and security.

• April 02, 2019 02 Apr'19

  Pure Storage buys Compuverde, expands file storage

  Pure Storage's second acquisition builds on its unstructured data focus, as Compuverde's file system software runs in virtual NAS or hyper-converged modes.

• 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 25, 2019 25 Mar'19

  NAS vendor RackTop Systems gets first funding haul

  RackTop Systems has racked up its first round of outside capital, six years after launching its “cyber-converged" BrickStor NAS appliances. The Fulton, Md.-based vendor received $15 million in a ...

• March 22, 2019 22 Mar'19

  7 storage questions ahead of Dell Technologies World

  We'd like to know where Dell EMC stands on midrange storage, NVMe over fabrics, data protection, hyper-convergence, cloud and containers, among other things.

• March 22, 2019 22 Mar'19

  SoftNAS Cloud users get security fix for vulnerability

  SoftNAS says a web server and load balancer component it added to strengthen security for its Cloud NAS actually could enable unauthorized access to the web admin interface.

• March 22, 2019 22 Mar'19

  At Dell Technologies World, Dell will put its stamp on EMC

  Dell EMC storage has taken on more of a 'Dell' feel over the past year, thanks in part to reliance on PowerEdge Servers and spinning out Pivotal Software into a public company.

• March 21, 2019 21 Mar'19

  Pure Storage AIRI trains FlashBlade NAS at hyperscalers

  Pure Storage teams with Nvidia and Cisco to bring out FlashBlade with Hyperscale AIRI, extending its AIRI partnership with Nvidia, while introducing Pure-Cisco FlashStack for AI.

• 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 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  SwiftStack adds a disk object-based AI reference architecture

  SwiftStack's reference architecture for AI and machine learning bundles Nvidia servers for compute and disk-based Cisco or Dell EMC servers to scale object storage.

• 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 14, 2019 14 Mar'19

  Mellanox SmartNIC SNAPs into NVMe SSDs

  As it waits to get acquired by Nvidia, Mellanox brings out an NVMe SNAP device that lets storage vendors place code directly on BlueField SmartNIC network cards.

• March 13, 2019 13 Mar'19

  With Rubrik Go, backup vendor adopts evergreen pricing

  Converged secondary data vendor Rubrik is the latest storage vendor to jump on the cloud-like pricing bandwagon. Rubrik today said it is adding a subscription pricing model, called Rubrik Go. Go is ...

• March 12, 2019 12 Mar'19

  Dell EMC ECS update focuses on security, management, search

  Dell EMC updates on-premises ECS 3.3 object storage, formerly known as Elastic Cloud Storage, with new and improved capabilities in the areas of security, management and search.

• March 12, 2019 12 Mar'19

  Lightbits Labs launches TCP-based NVMe-over-fabrics storage

  The NVM Express consortium finalized the specs for NVMe-over-TCP fabrics in November. Lightbits Labs' launch features software-defined storage, an appliance and an accelerator card.

• March 11, 2019 11 Mar'19

  Vexata readies VX-Cloud architecture with server partners

  Vexata is thinking outside the box. The NVMe all-flash array vendor is sampling VX-Cloud Data Acceleration Platform reference architecture with major server vendors. The hardware design combines ...

• March 11, 2019 11 Mar'19

  Paradox: Violin Systems all-flash stays small to grow large

  Violin engineers all-flash storage systems for data centers that require ultrafast performance. The vendor also added ISE G4 arrays from X-IO for secondary storage.

• March 08, 2019 08 Mar'19

  New Axcient CEO takes over at 'new company'

  Axcient's new CEO started this week at a company that has the same name as it did at its beginning but looks quite different after a recent merger. David Bennett, formerly the chief revenue officer ...

• March 07, 2019 07 Mar'19

  Computational storage takes spotlight in new NGD Systems SSD

  See how startup NGD Systems' 16 TB NVMe-based SSD can run applications inside the SSD controller to eliminate the need to move data between storage and host.

• March 06, 2019 06 Mar'19

  Infinidat InfiniBox preps SMB protocol nodes for Windows

  All-flash arrays command most of the attention, but Infinidat claims its InfiniBox arrays deliver the performance of flash on commodity-priced spinning disk.

• 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.

• March 01, 2019 01 Mar'19

  Pure Storage cloud arrays add flash to Rackspace Service Blocks

  Rackspace data centers have the option to buy Pure Storage FlashArray//X as a consumable service on a dedicated array to facilitate running block storage in clouds.

• February 27, 2019 27 Feb'19

  Startup Vast Data: Death to disk storage

  With $80 million in funding, the all-flash startup unveils its exabyte-scale Universal Storage system that it claims will make disk storage unnecessary in the data center.

• February 26, 2019 26 Feb'19

  New NVMe Western Digital SSDs target cloud, hyperscale and edge

  Western Digital adds two new enterprise NVMe SSDs as the enterprise and cloud markets shift from SATA SSDs to faster NVMe. The new drives include 64-layer 3D NAND.

• February 21, 2019 21 Feb'19

  Compuverde helps German university consolidate storage

  German university licenses more than 1 PB of Compuverde software-defined storage to consolidate an unknown number of NAS systems from NetApp and smaller vendors.

• February 20, 2019 20 Feb'19

  Pure Storage all-flash gains ObjectEngine backup appliance

  All-flash vendor Pure Storage provides ObjectEngine inline deduplication appliance to reduce data locally and shuttle it to S3-based object storage for analytics, DR and reuse.

• February 19, 2019 19 Feb'19

  Lenovo TruScale adds twist to cloud infrastructure on demand

  With TruScale Infrastructure Services, Lenovo tries to catch up with Cisco, Dell and HPE, customizing TruScale to a customer's workload and helping customers avoid capital expenditures.