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- March 01, 2023
01 Mar'23
Pure aims new FlashBlade//E at unstructured data market
Pure Storage expanded its storage offerings with FlashBlade//E designed for the unstructured data market with an acquisition cost on par with hybrid storage.
- February 27, 2023
27 Feb'23
Vast Data expands data services for file and object
Vast Data Universal Storage brought out data services, including set performance, metadata cataloging, better security, container integration and snapshots.
- February 08, 2023
08 Feb'23
Dell OneFS adds security, some performance to PowerScale
Through a software-only update, Dell gives its OneFS operating system more security layers and some added performance to its PowerScale NAS line.
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- February 07, 2023
07 Feb'23
Western Digital releases dual-actuator HDDs
WD has quietly released a dual-actuator HDD, bringing dense drives with higher transfer rates, but customers can't reap the full benefits just yet.
- February 07, 2023
07 Feb'23
NetApp adds storage buying options, arrays
NetApp introduces a myriad of buying options and hybrid cloud capabilities for VMware workloads on Google Cloud. Soon-to-come: new QLC all-flash arrays.
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Sponsored News
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Server Security in the Era of ChatGPT
Sponsored by Dell Technologies and Intel - The importance of security and compliance to applications and data environments cannot be overstated. A GenAI platform deployment is different from a typical infrastructure as a service (IaaS) implementation in terms of who holds the keys and who can read the data. Research by TechTarget's Enterprise Strategy Group has found that even cloud-first organizations are deploying some workloads on premises, rather than the cloud, due to concerns related to data governance and sovereignty (cited by 42% of respondents) and security (cited by 34%). These organizations understand the real potential for data leakage associated with GenAI. See More
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Scale-Out vs. Scale-Up: Why Backup Storage Architecture Matters
Sponsored by Exagrid - Is the world of IT drowning in data? Experts estimate that organizations this year are generating more than 2.5 exabytes (2,500,000,000,000,000,000 bytes) of new data—every day. With various experts predicting that the compound annual growth rate of data will increase from 33% to over 60%, one thing is clear: You’re going to need more storage and soon. See More
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4 Key Factors in Securing the Data-First Enterprise—From Edge to Cloud
Sponsored by HPE - With the rate of cyberattacks at an all-time high—and no signs of abating—protecting your enterprise requires constant vigilance. Security done right can help your business manage organizational risk by empowering your teams to proactively understand and address any potential weaknesses in enterprise operations. See More
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Dell Technologies GenAI-validated Designs and Dell Reference Designs
Sponsored by Dell Technologies and Intel - It's important to have the right infrastructure in place to support generative AI solutions. The intent should be to keep control of both proprietary data and associated GenAI-related business outcomes. See More
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- February 02, 2023
02 Feb'23
Volatile times for non-volatile memory as NAND sales decline
All the major NAND vendors are seeing poor earnings as the demand for flash storage has dried up over the last two quarters.
- February 01, 2023
01 Feb'23
Hard drives fall on hard times
Hard drive manufacturers have had a couple of bad quarters due to the lingering effects of the pandemic and supply chain issues, but see a turning point on the horizon.
- January 31, 2023
31 Jan'23
NetApp to lay off 8% of workforce, blames economy
NetApp reduced its global workforce by 8%. Analysts said the layoffs are a combination of hardware buyer hesitancy and employee redundancies from acquisitions.
- January 27, 2023
27 Jan'23
Next Pathway offers ETL code translation as SaaS
Next Pathway's Shift Cloud will provide companies with a pay-as-needed option for performing ETL code translation for data warehouse cloud migrations.
- January 25, 2023
25 Jan'23
Storage vendors look to make case for sustainability
Energy costs are rising, and sustainability is all the rage. But storage vendors may struggle convincing customers to combat climate change during an economic downturn.
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- January 18, 2023
18 Jan'23
HPE expands Alletra with focused storage servers
HPE released new storage servers for container and software-defined storage with the Alletra 4000. The new servers bring high compute with new Intel CPUs in a denser package.
- January 12, 2023
12 Jan'23
Micron's 9400 U.3 SSD aimed at AI, ML workloads
Micron has expanded its NVMe SSD portfolio with the 9400 U.3, a TLC drive designed to provide high-performance storage for high-performance use cases.
- January 11, 2023
11 Jan'23
Amazon S3 now encrypts data by default
AWS has changed a setting for new Amazon S3 buckets to encrypt data by default, a move that increases data protection and places more emphasis on customer security.
- January 09, 2023
09 Jan'23
Data growth to help storage vendors weather slowing economy
The economy may be slowing down, but reliance on data isn't -- a reality that might help enterprise storage vendors wade through economic turbulence in 2023.
- January 09, 2023
09 Jan'23
Microsoft acquires DPU maker Fungible
Microsoft has acquired Fungible, possibly giving Azure its own data processing units.
- December 22, 2022
22 Dec'22
RackTop Systems, Seagate deepen partnership for secure NAS
RackTop Systems and Seagate are offering more in turnkey storage appliances and private cloud integration, combining security software into primary storage devices.
- December 21, 2022
21 Dec'22
VMware adds managed storage service for VMs on AWS
Cloud Flex Storage by VMware provides to customers of VMware Cloud on AWS a managed storage service with cloud console provisioning.
- December 15, 2022
15 Dec'22
Software moved needle for enterprise storage in 2022
Consultants and analysts say SaaS and cloud sales will dominate enterprise storage market into 2023. But hardware innovations are still possible and on the horizon.
- December 12, 2022
12 Dec'22
Prep school uses Wasabi storage to protect student data
A Connecticut prep school with a massive amount of data to protect chose a combination of cloud storage providers to get the job done within a tight budget.
- December 12, 2022
12 Dec'22
Updates to Ctera global file system target regulated industries
Data deduplication, edge caching, encryption key management and permanent delete all empower administrators in the new Ctera 7.5 global file system update.
- December 09, 2022
09 Dec'22
New OpenDrives CEO on the current state of storage
Izhar Sharon weighs in on the evolving direction of the company, the commoditization of hardware and storage trends for the year ahead.
- December 09, 2022
09 Dec'22
Automation company swaps Isilon for software-defined storage
The Swedish automation company Hexagon needed super scale and performance for its files. The new SDS upgrade speeds up customer response times.
- December 02, 2022
02 Dec'22
AWS' Kevin Miller talks S3 in 2023 and beyond
Amazon S3 has become a massive portfolio of products, which only grew at re:Invent 2022. Here, the vice president and general manager of S3 talks about what's next.
- November 22, 2022
22 Nov'22
Scality's Ring9 adds NVMe storage tier, new APIs
Scality Ring introduces its ninth major update, bringing an all-NVMe tier for better performance and new APIs for tighter integration to tools and third-party applications.
- November 21, 2022
21 Nov'22
Dell PowerFlex comes to AWS for hybrid cloud storage
Dell brings its software-defined storage PowerFlex to AWS. The new offering is part of its Project Alpine initiative to connect its storage OSes to hyperscalers.
- November 18, 2022
18 Nov'22
Seagate quietly expands multi-actuator HDD product line
Seagate has added to its multi-actuator line of Exos 2X HDDs, now offering up to 18 TB in capacity in its attempt to start paving the way for future use cases.
- November 09, 2022
09 Nov'22
Samsung begins producing 1 terabit TLC NAND
Samsung has begun mass production on its latest generation of V-NAND, bringing 1 terabit per chip to raise density and increase speed.
- November 01, 2022
01 Nov'22
Promises, potential pitfalls of software-enabled flash
An open source project is aiming to upend how storage architecture runs, but for developers to see potential gains, they'll have to invest in both hardware and software.
- November 01, 2022
01 Nov'22
NetApp unites storage services under one console with BlueXP
Storage vendor NetApp launches a free web service aimed at providing on-premises hardware or SaaS customers visibility into their hybrid cloud infrastructure.
- October 28, 2022
28 Oct'22
Filmmaker uses NAS storage for better collaboration
With normal workflows out the window, horror filmmaker Damien LeVeck eased the collaborative movie editing process by going all-in with Blackmagic Cloud Store.
- October 25, 2022
25 Oct'22
Verity ES launches enterprise-grade data deletion software
Verity ES, a new spinoff from data deletion specialist Revert Inc., has emerged from stealth and is focused on platter purging for enterprise customers.
- October 20, 2022
20 Oct'22
St. Luke's triages healthcare data management for hospitals
Storage administrators for a network of hospitals and medical offices across Idaho turn to tagging and tiering software to staunch unstructured and ever-growing healthcare data.
- October 20, 2022
20 Oct'22
IBM introduces Diamondback tape library for cloud providers
IBM's Diamondback tape library delivers 27 PB of capacity in a single rack space. The technology is geared to cloud and service providers as cheap, efficient storage.
- October 13, 2022
13 Oct'22
Managed SAN service enters preview on Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Azure's newest managed storage service, now in preview, supports demanding enterprise SANs fully in the cloud. Azure also added faster SSD storage and a performance tier.
- October 04, 2022
04 Oct'22
IBM integrates Red Hat storage for hybrid cloud
IBM storage has integrated Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation and Ceph into its new hybrid cloud data storage offering. Analysts said the move is good for both vendors.
- October 03, 2022
03 Oct'22
Spot by NetApp exec on acquisitions and catalog slimming
In this Q&A, Spot by NetApp's Kevin McGrath talks about the future of Fylamynt, evolving partnerships with hyperscalers and how buying teams for Spot's technology are changing.
- September 29, 2022
29 Sep'22
State tax agency nixes slow HDD backup for speedier flash
The Mississippi Department of Revenue chose an all-flash storage and backup setup to maximize app performance and minimize headaches after a spinning-platter disaster.
- September 27, 2022
27 Sep'22
Storage vendors pitching self-service as-a-service
Storage vendors like Dell Technologies are adding self-service products to their as-a-service portfolios, directed at enterprises seeking to keep daily operation in house.
- September 26, 2022
26 Sep'22
HPE expands Alletra with lower prices and more options
HPE added the hybrid Alletra 5000 to its block storage portfolio and GreenLake, giving customers more capacity and more consumption options while lowering costs.
- September 26, 2022
26 Sep'22
Lenovo launches entry-level block storage arrays
Lenovo has released to the entry-level market new all-flash and hybrid arrays, which provide companies with a boost in previous performance, and has unified hardware management.
- September 23, 2022
23 Sep'22
TGI Fridays dishes up modern hybrid cloud storage
TGI Fridays' corporate IT team traded business headaches from end- of-life hardware to a modern hybrid cloud storage system using Nasuni and Microsoft Azure.
- September 21, 2022
21 Sep'22
IntelliProp CEO describes how CXL will change memory market
In this Q&A, IntelliProp CEO John Spiers talks about his vision for CXL and how it will affect both storage performance and the storage market.
- September 16, 2022
16 Sep'22
IXsystems, Storj unveil distributed storage feature
As an alternative to AWS S3 or storage-as-a-service offerings, iXsystems and Storj now offer a distributed storage model on TrueNAS Scale for $4 per TB, per month.
- September 08, 2022
08 Sep'22
NAND prices drop, but customers won't benefit
Supply chain disruptions, recession fears and war in Ukraine have helped push the price of NAND down sharply, but OEMs may not lower their prices any time soon.
- September 08, 2022
08 Sep'22
Storage, backup services to expand on Google Cloud Platform
Google Cloud Platform adds new features and managed services, including high-performance block storage, Kubernetes backup services and new products using Actifio technology.
- September 01, 2022
01 Sep'22
StorPool tests high-end block storage software in AWS
StorPool Storage's block storage software can now run on AWS for enterprise applications that demand hyperscale performance.
- August 26, 2022
26 Aug'22
The legacy of Optane goes on
Intel's storage class memory has ceased production, but the technology and the mission for cheaper, more performant storage disrupted an entire market.
- August 25, 2022
25 Aug'22
Kioxia looks back at 35 years of NAND -- and at what's ahead
Kioxia invented NAND memory 35 years ago. At FMS, the company highlighted the technological achievements of NAND while introducing new SSDs and protocols.
- August 24, 2022
24 Aug'22
The storage administrator is dead; long live the storage admin
IT employers still see the value of keeping storage administrator jobs in house despite the allure of savings with managed services.
- August 18, 2022
18 Aug'22
Infinidat guarantees 1-minute restore of primary storage
Infinidat has several guarantees around availability and performance, as well as the ability to recover and restore an immutable snapshot on primary storage in less than a minute.
- August 17, 2022
17 Aug'22
New Amazon File Cache service takes on Ctera, Nasuni
A new service for faster access to storage in AWS cloud challenges the capabilities of many other cloud vendors, but lacks important components.
- August 16, 2022
16 Aug'22
Cloudian's new load balancer targets object storage sprawl
Cloudian customers can simplify support needs and hardware misconfigurations with the new HyperBalance load balancer, the result of a new partnership with LoadBalancer.org.
- August 08, 2022
08 Aug'22
Phison's new X1 controller to power Seagate SSD
Seagate continues its partnership with Phison through the release of the X1, a customizable SSD controller that promises higher performance and lower power use.
- August 04, 2022
04 Aug'22
How customers could be affected by MinIO-Nutanix dispute
MinIO revoked Nutanix's open source license, which could mean customers would have to work with Nutanix on how to best use its Objects product moving forward.
- July 29, 2022
29 Jul'22
Intel pulls the plug on Optane
Intel will wind down its storage class memory business as it plans to shift focus elsewhere, while still supporting current customers using the technology.
- July 27, 2022
27 Jul'22
Micron breaks the 200-layer barrier in NAND
Micron is shipping a 232-layer NAND that brings higher density and performance with potentially lower costs, starting on the client side before moving to the data center.
- July 26, 2022
26 Jul'22
StorOne scales storage for free
StorOne's new Scale-for-Free pricing model, with its license fees per drive instead of per capacity, targets storage consumers that wish to use larger media for a set price.
- July 25, 2022
25 Jul'22
Biotech company saves on data management through software
Biotech maker PacBio gleaned big savings and organized a mountain of data when it added data management tools for its local hardware and data silos.
- July 15, 2022
15 Jul'22
Fujifilm to raise some LTO tape prices 5% this fall
Fujifilm will hike the price of some of its older and most popular LTO tapes Oct. 1. It's hoping the monthslong lead up time will help companies better plan.
- July 13, 2022
13 Jul'22
StorCentric files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Rapid acquisitions followed by supply chain issues stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic led StorCentric to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in an effort to restructure.
- July 11, 2022
11 Jul'22
HPE exec: GreenLake is to HPE as AWS is to Amazon
In this Q&A, HPE's Omer Asad discusses the vendor's transformation from an on-premises hardware provider to a platform company with its GreenLake portfolio.
- June 28, 2022
28 Jun'22
Micron releases first 176-layer NAND SATA SSD
Micron brings high endurance, lower costs and continued support for the SATA interface with the release of its new 5400 SATA SSD for the data center.
- June 28, 2022
28 Jun'22
HPE Discover 2022 news and conference guide
HPE Discover 2022, set to take place June 28-30, covers topics like edge, cloud storage and containers. Check out our updating guide that has vendor news and announcements.
- June 22, 2022
22 Jun'22
MinIO extends Snowflake analysis to any data location
MinIO scored a partnership with Snowflake to bring the cloud data warehouse analytics nearly everywhere a user's data resides.
- June 21, 2022
21 Jun'22
Weka adds multi-cloud support for AI, ML apps
With Weka 4.0, the parallel file system provider will support four major public cloud vendors while consolidating high performance workloads and adding a data reduction feature.
- June 14, 2022
14 Jun'22
StorOne connects HDDs with NVMe-oF
StorOne extended NVMe-oF to SAS HDDs, bringing some of the NVMe benefits to the older technology before NVMe hard drives hit the market while reducing costs of NVMe-oF.
- June 08, 2022
08 Jun'22
Pure Storage customers can buy, rent and now lease products
Pure Storage unites disparate SaaS products under the new Evergreen umbrella and adds the Evergreen Flex tier as a lease-to-own option for hardware.
- June 08, 2022
08 Jun'22
Pure Storage FlashBlade//S increases performance, flexibility
The new Pure Storage FlashBlade//S expands the file and object storage array into a family with more options and more use cases.
- June 07, 2022
07 Jun'22
Backblaze B2 offers cross-continent Cloud Replication service
Backblaze B2 users can now replicate and store data between the U.S. and Europe, with executives claiming lower prices than cloud hyperscalers.
- June 01, 2022
01 Jun'22
Nexsan introduces compact rackmount NAS for edge storage
Nexsan has introduced a new NAS for SMB edge storage use cases. One analyst believes the move is good but will present its own challenges to the vendor.
- May 25, 2022
25 May'22
IBM releases compact, ultra-fast storage for AI
IBM released the elastic storage system 3500, a new object storage array that uses Spectrum Scale to provide fast storage for AI modeling and training.
- May 17, 2022
17 May'22
DataCore Bolt strikes at enterprise Kubernetes
DataCore brings an enterprise-ready version of OpenEBS' Kubernetes storage management with DataCore Bolt, the company's first software release since acquiring MayaData.
- May 16, 2022
16 May'22
IXsystems aims for the enterprise with latest OS updates
IXsystems brought performance and feature updates to TrueNAS and TrueNAS Scale in a major update that the vendor hopes will make it more attractive to the enterprise.
- May 13, 2022
13 May'22
Pure Storage, Snowflake partner on analyzing local data
Snowflake and Pure Storage have partnered to bring data analytics capabilities to FlashBlade storage without the need to move the data to the cloud.
- May 11, 2022
11 May'22
Western Digital ups the ante with 26 TB HDDs, new SSDs
Western Digital expanded its cloud storage devices with two new HDDs, a CMR drive with 22 TB and an SMR drive with 26 TB, and a new SSD form factor.
- May 04, 2022
04 May'22
Dell cuts data center redundancy for SMC Corporation
SMC Corporation eliminates data center redundancy using Dell Technologies storage and HCI products to develop a private cloud for the global company.
- May 04, 2022
04 May'22
Dell wants to open up walled gardens with Project Alpine
Dell executives believe users will find the forthcoming cloud storage services of Project Alpine as a way to break down the walls between Dell and the hyperscalers.
- May 03, 2022
03 May'22
Customers express interest, doubts about Apex Flex on Demand
Dell touted its Apex Flex on Demand as-a-service offering at its annual user show. Customers seem interested in but hesitant about elastic capacity.
- May 03, 2022
03 May'22
Storage OSes get spotlight at Dell Tech World
Dell storage software superseded any hardware news at the vendor's annual user show, highlighting cybersecurity and emphasizing its commitment to Project Alpine.
- May 02, 2022
02 May'22
Snowflake analytics tools coming to Dell on-premises storage
A new partnership between Snowflake Inc. and Dell Technologies brings Snowflake Data Cloud's tools to on-premises object storage for the first time.
- May 02, 2022
02 May'22
Dell Technologies World 2022 news and conference coverage
Dell Technologies World covers topics like multi-cloud management, software-defined storage and hyper-converged infrastructure. This guide offers vendor news and announcements.
- April 28, 2022
28 Apr'22
TGen saves time and expands research using MemVerge
TGen needed more memory to get over HPC analysis issues; the nonprofit used MemVerge's Big Memory software to create larger memory pools and get research and analysis done faster.
- April 27, 2022
27 Apr'22
Hammerspace connects virtual studio of Jellyfish Pictures
The Hammerspace Global Data Environment enables collaboration and savings for Jellyfish Pictures, a U.K.-based animation studio with artists working across the world.
- April 27, 2022
27 Apr'22
School district sheds Dell EqualLogic for DDN
Simsbury Public Schools brought in two DDN arrays that helped the district speed up its VDI environment and reduce its IT footprint at a better cost.
- April 27, 2022
27 Apr'22
Infinidat boosts its all-flash storage with InfiniBox SSA II
Infinidat released a new all-flash array with an updated operating system and added InfiniSafe data protection to all its arrays.
- April 22, 2022
22 Apr'22
Vast Data, Vertica to deliver data lakehouse and analytics
Vast Data combined its disaggregated 'share everything' storage with Vertica's high-performance analytics to create a data lakehouse that answers queries in near real time.
- April 21, 2022
21 Apr'22
LucidLink speeds up metadata downloads for faster file access
Metadata Streaming enables users of LucidLink's Filespaces to access petabytes of data faster without slowdowns, a new feature in the latest Filespaces update.
- April 20, 2022
20 Apr'22
LTO tape capacity shipments rose sharply in 2021
Shipped LTO capacity and media unit shipments increased in 2021. Ransomware protection and the release of LTO-9 were among the reasons for the jump, analysts said.
- April 13, 2022
13 Apr'22
IDrive takes aim at Backblaze, Wasabi with new e2 service
The new IDrive e2 service provides object cloud storage at $0.004 per GB, per month, which could push IDrive deeper into the enterprise.
- April 12, 2022
12 Apr'22
StorageMap charts Datadobi's data management ambitions
StorageMap, new software from Datadobi, changes the vendor's focus from data migration and protection to a complete data management offering for on-premises and cloud storage.
- April 11, 2022
11 Apr'22
Nexsan brings NVMe storage to SMBs
Nexsan Unity NV10000 storage array helps NVMe storage become more mainstream by making the interface accessible to smaller companies.
- April 08, 2022
08 Apr'22
Equinix Metal adds bite-sized Dell storage
Equinix Metal added more storage options with Dell PowerStore, as well as adding HCI with VxRail and data protection with Data Domain Virtual Edition.
- April 06, 2022
06 Apr'22
MemVerge, Liqid create composable memory pools before CXL
MemVerge and Liqid combined software with Intel Optane to make composable memory pools that can do today what the CXL standard will do in the future.
- March 30, 2022
30 Mar'22
Kioxia releases PCIe Gen 5 SSD for data centers
Kioxia's CD8, its second-generation PCIe Gen 5 SSDs, provides increased performance and a 2.5 inch form factor that make it much more data center-friendly than the CD7.
- March 28, 2022
28 Mar'22
OpenDrives key to remote editing of Dave Grohl documentary
Jim Rota and Dean Gonzalez lacked high-performance storage needed to make and edit their new music documentary, so they turned to a vendor born out of Hollywood movie-making.
- March 24, 2022
24 Mar'22
IBM quietly introduces software-only Spectrum Fusion
IBM has added to its Spectrum Fusion lineup with a software-only version, which also includes data protection for containers and app monitoring for the new and older HCI versions.
- March 22, 2022
22 Mar'22
Vast Data unveils new storage platform built on Nvidia DPUs
Vast Data's Ceres combines the vendor's Universal Storage system with data processing units, which provide denser, more efficient storage targeted at AI workloads.
- March 22, 2022
22 Mar'22
HPE GreenLake rolls in Aruba, adds block STaaS
HPE GreenLake folded Aruba Central under its umbrella and added data services, including block storage as a service and new data protection capabilities.
- March 15, 2022
15 Mar'22
Kioxia ups NAND ante with new 24G SAS SSD
Kioxia unveils its second-generation 24G SAS SSDs, the PM7, building off its previous generation to provide added performance and support for the new FIPS standard.
- March 14, 2022
14 Mar'22
Quantum adds Scalar tape storage for hyperscalers, enterprises
The Quantum Scalar i6H, along with the Quantum RAIL architecture, enables hyperscalers and enterprises to use tape in a scale-out fashion like other storage media.