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• January 23, 2020 23 Jan'20

  Investments in data storage vendors topped $2B in 2019

  Six data storage vendors closed six-figure funding rounds in 2019. Backup, data protection and newer flash technologies generated the most attention from investors.

• January 23, 2020 23 Jan'20

  Q&A: SwiftStack object storage zones in on AI, ML, analytics

  Q&A: SwiftStack's founder and president Joe Arnold says disk-based object storage can deliver the concurrency and throughput that AI, machine learning and analytics workloads need.

• January 16, 2020 16 Jan'20

  Red Hat OpenShift Container Storage seeks to simplify Ceph

  Red Hat delayed a major OpenShift Container Storage update to work on simplifying Ceph storage and management; 4.2 update also improves scalability and multi-cloud portability.

• January 15, 2020 15 Jan'20

  Quantum F-Series line expands with entry-level NVMe flash

  New Quantum F-Series model is aimed at media customers who need NVMe in a smaller footprint. F-1000 server scales to 77 TB of useable capacity with Quantum StorNext file system.

• January 13, 2020 13 Jan'20

  Portworx helps Esri with stateful container storage for IoT

  GIS specialist Esri addresses stateful container storage problem with Portworx' Enterprise software-defined storage in upcoming ArcGIS Analytics for IoT service.

• January 10, 2020 10 Jan'20

  Kioxia expects fab fire will have no flash production impact

  Kioxia's NAND flash production will not be affected by fire this week at its fabrication facility in Yokkaichi, Japan, company says; analysts expect no impact to supply, prices.

• January 09, 2020 09 Jan'20

  Major storage vendors map out 2020 plans

  Enhanced data management across clouds is a common theme for storage vendors heading into 2020. Vendors also plan to boost AI and predictive analytics to storage hardware.

• January 02, 2020 02 Jan'20

  5 data storage trends to watch in 2020

  Containers, cloud, flash memory and SaaS dominated data storage news in 2019. We take a look ahead at how these and other developments will play out in 2020.

• December 31, 2019 31 Dec'19

  2019 storage mergers and acquisitions covered by clouds

  2019 enterprise data storage mergers and acquisitions often included a cloud angle, followed by data protection, NVMe flash and scale-out file storage.

• December 30, 2019 30 Dec'19

  Cloudian CEO: AI, IoT drive demand for edge storage

  Describing AI as an 'infinite data consumer,' Cloudian CEO Michael Tso said there's growing demand for edge storage because there's too much data being created to efficiently move.

• December 27, 2019 27 Dec'19

  SwiftStack layoffs reflect change in focus to AI, analytics

  Object storage vendor SwiftStack hands out layoff notices for the holidays -- cuts sales, marketing, partner team members, while shifting focus to analytics, AI, machine learning.

• December 26, 2019 26 Dec'19

  Enterprise flash adoption poised for new uses, experts say

  Enterprise flash memory technologies are evolving with NVMe fabrics, QLC drives and storage class memory. The new options will enable data centers to expand flash use cases.

• December 18, 2019 18 Dec'19

  Acronis acquires cloud management company 5nine

  Data protection vendor Acronis acquires cybersecurity and cloud management startup 5nine, and plans integration of 5nine technology into Acronis Cyber Cloud.

• December 17, 2019 17 Dec'19

  Experts say storage administrators should broaden roles

  IT experts predict the number of single-focus storage pros will shrink as their responsibilities expand due to the emergence of cloud, hyper-converged and other technologies.

• December 16, 2019 16 Dec'19

  6 enterprise data storage startups to watch in 2020

  Even as cloud and flash flourish, it is tougher than ever for data storage newcomers to take root. We've highlighted six startups trying to crack the enterprise market.

• December 12, 2019 12 Dec'19

  Amazon tech VP lays out ambitious AWS storage vision

  Amazon storage plans include central management console in 2020 and support for more than 30 file systems over time, AWS VP of technology Bill Vass says.

• December 09, 2019 09 Dec'19

  Quobyte storage brings satellite imagery down to Earth

  Quobyte storage customer 3vGeomatics produces analytical data on ground deformities that are potential environmental hazards. The distributed file storage replaces NFS.

• December 09, 2019 09 Dec'19

  Startup Komprise extends data analysis to AWS object stores

  Komprise's Intelligent Data Management software expands beyond file storage and tacks on module to analyze AWS cloud object storage usage and spending.

• December 02, 2019 02 Dec'19

  Portworx ships backup, capacity management for containers

  Portworx's storage product tacks on PX-Backup and PX-Autopilot for Capacity Management modules for enterprises building stateful containerized applications.

• November 25, 2019 25 Nov'19

  Pure Storage cloud sales surge, but earnings miss the target

  Although its pedigree is all-flash storage hardware, Pure Storage cloud products and services are a strong growth engine. But the vendor said global demand is starting to slacken.

• November 22, 2019 22 Nov'19

  AWS storage tackles more traditional enterprise capabilities

  Amazon's latest wave of enterprise storage enhancements includes a replication SLA for S3, faster snapshot restores for EBS and data deduplication for FSx for Windows File Server.

• November 22, 2019 22 Nov'19

  DDN storage, Nvidia Magnum IO aim to speed AI deployment

  DataDirect adds reference architecture that packages NVMe all-flash storage in Nvidia DGX SuperPod, scalable to 64 GPUs and 10 DDN AI400 arrays with NVMe SSDs.

• November 21, 2019 21 Nov'19

  New DataCore vFilO software pools NAS, object storage

  The new vFilO software provides a scale-out file system and global namespace for unstructured data, facilitating unified access to data through NFS, SMB and S3 protocols.

• November 19, 2019 19 Nov'19

  HPE Container Platform combines AI pickups BlueData, MapR

  Hewlett Packard Enterprise showcases Container Platform for bare metal Kubernetes deployments, helping data centers make on-premises legacy apps extensible to the cloud.

• November 15, 2019 15 Nov'19

  NetApp storage systems growth hinges on cloud transition

  NetApp's decision to aggressively market storage systems for building hybrid and multi-clouds is put to the test in the face of declining sales in 2019.

• November 14, 2019 14 Nov'19

  Michael Dell on Dell cloud strategy: On-premises cloud rules

  Dell's CEO lays out his company's cloud plan, which is to connect on-premises with public, edge and 5G clouds though integrated infrastructure and subscription pricing.

• November 13, 2019 13 Nov'19

  DreamWorks animates its cloud with NetApp Data Fabric

  The 'virtual studio' DreamWorks cloud relies on various components of NetApp Data Fabric, including All Flash FAS storage, NetApp HCI and OnTap cloud-based data management.

• November 12, 2019 12 Nov'19

  Nasuni update adds Analytics Connector, Cloud Migrator

  Nasuni's new Analytics Connector does file-to-object translation, Cloud Migrator speeds data transfers, and multi-cloud support expands to Google and more on-premises options.

• November 07, 2019 07 Nov'19

  New API lets Azure Stack connect to Scality object storage

  New Azure Blob API will enable Microsoft Azure Stack Hub and Edge hybrid and private cloud customers to use scale-out Scality Ring object storage on premises.

• November 07, 2019 07 Nov'19

  Infinidat storage plans NVMe-oF driver in 2020

  Infinidat CTO Brian Carmody says NVMe protocol is a 'perfect match' for hybrid InfiniBox disk arrays. Customers are beta testing Infinidat NVMe drivers, starting with RoCE 4.

• November 05, 2019 05 Nov'19

  Qumulo storage refresh taps into newest HPE Apollo servers

  New Qumulo scale-out file storage software can be consumed locally or run as a hybrid cloud available via a Hewlett Packard Enterprise GreenLake consumption license.

• November 01, 2019 01 Nov'19

  NetApp Insight 2019 Las Vegas: Conference highlights and updates

  At last year's event, NetApp made it clear that a cloud push wasn't going to eliminate on-premises options. Where does the legacy vendor stand in 2019?

• November 01, 2019 01 Nov'19

  HPE Cray ClusterStor E1000 arrays tackle converged workloads

  Hewlett Packard Enterprise subsidiary Cray delivers new ClusterStor E1000 all-flash and disk storage arrays, with hardened Lustre file system and ClusterStor Data Services.

• November 01, 2019 01 Nov'19

  SwiftStack 7 storage upgrade targets AI, machine learning use cases

  SwiftStack's latest upgrade extends its ProxyFS file system to the edge and cloud namespace to file data namespace to cater to artificial intelligence, machine learning workloads.

• October 30, 2019 30 Oct'19

  Storage admins 'unleashed' in age of cloud

  Storage professionals should feel 'unleashed' and empowered in the age of cloud to avoid the tedious admin work and hit the reset button by modernizing data center storage.

• October 30, 2019 30 Oct'19

  Micron 3D XPoint SSD uses new controller to boost speed

  Micron Technology's new X100 SSD will become the first competitor for Intel's Optane in the market for 3D XPoint's ultrafast solid-state storage drives.

• October 30, 2019 30 Oct'19

  Expanded NetApp hybrid cloud tools pique enterprise interest

  The success of NetApp's hybrid cloud strategy will depend on how quickly enterprises abandon data center ownership in favor of more agile cloudlike data mobility.

• October 29, 2019 29 Oct'19

  NetApp Keystone cements file vendor's hybrid cloud fabric

  NetApp Keystone allows customers to choose a service level and type of storage. NetApp then uses its analytics to tailor storage to meet performance and capacity needs.

• October 29, 2019 29 Oct'19

  NetApp cloud push prompts discussion of data center future

  Admins at NetApp storage conference consider moving everything from physical data centers into public clouds, although such a shift is likely years away for most enterprises.

• October 24, 2019 24 Oct'19

  New NVMe IBM storage for Spectrum Scale cuts install time

  IBM introduces new NVMe-based flash storage system bundled with Spectrum Scale, enables Spectrum Discover to access backup date, and updates pay-as-you-grow pricing.

• October 24, 2019 24 Oct'19

  New Dell infrastructure chief talks midrange, HCI, VMware

  EMC veteran Jeff Boudreau takes control of Dell Infrastructure Solutions Group, with plans to 'out-innovate' hyper-converged and software-defined storage competitors.

• October 22, 2019 22 Oct'19

  Virtual Instruments becomes Virtana, adds cloud monitoring

  Virtual Instruments' focus expands to hybrid IT infrastructure management, as company changes name to Virtana and adds CloudWisdom monitoring and cost optimization.

• October 22, 2019 22 Oct'19

  NetApp data storage is in transition as Insight 2019 looms

  NetApp focuses on transition to cloud, containers, data mobility, next-generation flash and storage class memory as it strives to end recent sales slump.

• October 18, 2019 18 Oct'19

  MAMR tech fuels mammoth 20 TB hard drives

  Age-old hard disk drives get a new twist as energy-assisted technologies fuel Western Digital's upcoming new 20 TB HDDs and rivals Seagate and Toshiba work on product plans.

• October 17, 2019 17 Oct'19

  How can predictive analytics for unstructured data improve storage?

  AI-based analytics capabilities are becoming pervasive in storage arrays. Find out how they're helping get the unstructured data deluge under control.

• October 10, 2019 10 Oct'19

  New Violin Systems CEO talks up ambitious storage roadmap

  New Violin CEO talks up plans for newly architected, NVMe-based flash array that will focus on enterprise software capabilities such as low RPO and deduplication.

• October 09, 2019 09 Oct'19

  Hitachi storage refocuses on enterprise with new VSP array

  Large commercial consumers have been the primary target for Hitachi storage systems of late, but new Hitachi Vantara VSP 5000 targets Dell EMC PowerMax enterprise storage.

• October 08, 2019 08 Oct'19

  We need more storage speed, Synology America CEO says

  Alex Wang, CEO of Synology America, says as customers demand more data protection, privacy and reuse, they will need faster storage to power all of it.

• October 07, 2019 07 Oct'19

  Visual effects studio puts Panasas ActiveStor in the movies

  Streaming media presents storage challenges for studios. After trying to build storage in-house, Whiskytree decided to implement Panasas ActiveStor scale-out NAS.

• October 03, 2019 03 Oct'19

  Violin Systems changes CEOs, cuts staff, closes San Jose HQ

  Pioneering all-flash array vendor Violin changes CEOs and eliminates San Jose headquarters and executive staff to cut spending, but plans new NVMe-based storage products in 2020.

• October 02, 2019 02 Oct'19

  New Dell EMC ECS hardware, updated software available

  The EX500, aimed at midsize enterprises, joins the EX300 and EX3000 within the hardware line. The 3.4 version of the ECS platform aims to improve storage and data visibility.

• October 02, 2019 02 Oct'19

  Cohesity SmartFiles tackles object and file storage

  Cohesity SmartFiles sets its sights on traditional NAS by unifying data and adding cybersecurity, integrated apps through Cohesity Marketplace and global search.

• October 02, 2019 02 Oct'19

  Pure Storage all-flash customers wade slowly into cloud

  Major enterprise customers say Pure Storage all-flash storage arrays have matured to automate cloud-based application development. Other Pure users take a more cautious approach.

• September 30, 2019 30 Sep'19

  Intel roadmap includes faster Optane SSDs, 144-layer NAND

  Intel Optane's 2020 roadmap features new "Alder Stream" SSDs that can sustain read I/O latency of 10 μs for at least 800,000 IOPS; 3D NAND flash plans include 144-layer SSDs.

• September 30, 2019 30 Sep'19

  HPE Primera arrays set sights on Dell EMC PowerMax SANs

  The vendor said HPE Primera is being shipped this week to BlueShore Financial. HPE looks to Primera to jolt revenues and take share in high-end storage.

• September 24, 2019 24 Sep'19

  DDN storage expands, buys Western Digital's IntelliFlash

  Western Digital makes an abrupt exit from the storage systems business, while DataDirect Networks continues its storage portfolio growth with IntelliFlash platform.

• September 23, 2019 23 Sep'19

  Pure Storage Accelerate 2019 conference and news guide

  Get the latest Pure Accelerate 2019 industry analysis and updates following a year of developments, acquisitions and partnerships from the all-flash storage vendor.

• September 20, 2019 20 Sep'19

  Data protection customers turn to Pure Storage FlashBlade

  Pure Storage created the FlashBlade all-flash NAS mainly for dense unstructured workloads, but customers like Domino's Pizza and ServiceNow are among Pure customers that use it as a backup target.

• September 19, 2019 19 Sep'19

  Amazon EFS Infrequent Access price drop could spur adoption

  Price drop for Amazon's Elastic File System Infrequent Access option could stir competitors to follow suit and fuel greater enterprise adoption of cloud file storage.

• September 19, 2019 19 Sep'19

  Calling all data storage products for the 2019 Products of the Year

  Do you have a great data storage product that first shipped or was significantly enhanced this year? If yes, we want to hear about it. There's just one week left to enter your outstanding product ...

• September 18, 2019 18 Sep'19

  With unicorn status, Acronis funding to aid acquisitions, R&D

  There's a new unicorn in town. Cyber protection provider Acronis today closed a $147 million funding round, led by Goldman Sachs, at a valuation of more than $1 billion. Founder and CEO Serguei ...

• September 18, 2019 18 Sep'19

  Pure Storage analytics, cloud move to forefront

  All-flash vendor Pure Storage moves to bolster its software and cloud features with upgraded analytics, block storage in AWS and a Data Hub for AI workflows.

• September 17, 2019 17 Sep'19

  Dell Technologies’ evolution offers hints of its future

  Dell’s evolution has led the company from PCs to servers, storage and virtualization. Here, Dell’s storage CTO describes what could come next.

• September 17, 2019 17 Sep'19

  Dell storage dominance followed $67B grab of EMC, VMware

  Dell packages servers, storage for EMC and virtualization from VMware into an end-to-end IT stack; how will it expand and deliver those pieces over the coming decades?

• September 17, 2019 17 Sep'19

  Cloudian spins off edge computing subsidiary Edgematrix

  Cloudian's experiments in edge computing resulted in the creation of Edgematrix, a subsidiary focused on AI use cases at the edge. The new company will use the HyperStore platform.

• September 17, 2019 17 Sep'19

  Pure Storage flash arrays juiced up with QLC, Intel Optane

  Pure Storage flash splash scales FlashBlade to 150 blades and 8 PB in one namespace, with Intel Optane storage class memory. Pure FlashArray//C is a new block array.

• September 12, 2019 12 Sep'19

  IBM Storage syncs new DS8900F array to z15 mainframe launch

  New IBM DS8900F all-flash storage arrays conform to industry-standard rack size, boost performance and enhance security over DS8880 predecessors for mainframe and high-end systems.

• September 12, 2019 12 Sep'19

  Cisco MDS 9700 switches prep for 64G Fibre Channel NVMe-oF

  Cisco's MDS 9000 networking products include SAN directors and switches. SAN Analytics adds support for NVMe over FC protocol and Ansible automation modules for storage tasks.

• September 10, 2019 10 Sep'19

  Dell EMC PowerMax SAN arrays meld NVMe, storage class memory

  The Dell EMC PowerMax flagship is a high-performance SAN designed for NVMe over Fabrics. The latest product update injects Intel Optane SSDs to improve bandwidth and IOPS response.

• September 10, 2019 10 Sep'19

  Spectra Logic launches stand-alone storage management software

  StorCycle is Spectra Logic's first software product not tied to any of the company's hardware. It provides HTML links to simplify accessing archived data.

• September 05, 2019 05 Sep'19

  NAND flash pricing drop slows; experts disagree on forecasts

  Weighing global supply and demand trends, industry analysts disagree on the direction of NAND flash prices and their impact on storage systems over the next few years.

• August 29, 2019 29 Aug'19

  Storj Labs advances decentralized cloud storage platform

  Much like Uber doesn't own its own cars, Storj Labs relies on a network of storage node operators to power its decentralized cloud storage platform.

• August 28, 2019 28 Aug'19

  New Datrium DRaaS on AWS targets VMware customers

  Datrium's new disaster recovery service will give VMware users the option to recover their applications and data on demand, in VMware Cloud on AWS, when a system outage hits.

• August 27, 2019 27 Aug'19

  Pure Storage all-flash storage ready to zero in on AI and cloud

  Despite selling fewer systems of late, CEO Charles Giancarlo said Pure all-flash arrays remain in demand; FlashBlade AI adoption includes use cases such as life sciences and self-driving cars.

• August 26, 2019 26 Aug'19

  NVMe arrays power Plex ERP cloud

  SaaS material requirements planning provider Plex set up a private cloud that uses high-performance NVMe storage and a redundant four-data-center setup to maintain availability.

• August 22, 2019 22 Aug'19

  Pure Storage revenue growth belies NAND pricing worries

  Pure Storage earnings were a mixed bag this week. The flash storage vendor said revenues grew 28% last quarter, but it cut revenue guidance for the second consecutive call, blaming imbalanced NAND ...

• August 21, 2019 21 Aug'19

  Tintri by DDN, Nexenta collaboration bears first fruits

  Tintri and Nexenta were acquired in separate transactions by DDN. The Nexenta software-defined storage provides shared file services on Tintri VMware-focused VMstore block arrays.

• August 21, 2019 21 Aug'19

  New end-to-end NetApp NVMe product announced

  NetApp's new EF600 series delivers 2 million sustained IOPS, response times under 100 microseconds and 44 GBps of throughput designed to give enterprises faster insights.

• August 20, 2019 20 Aug'19

  Latest Oracle layoffs gut flash storage division

  Oracle laid off much of the division that built and maintained its FS1 All Flash Storage Array this week. Analysts expect the company’s storage focus will be on Exadata and cloud options.

• August 16, 2019 16 Aug'19

  NetApp Flash customers have started to tap the brakes

  NetApp flash storage revenue takes a nosedive amid fears of global slowdown, U.S. tariffs and civil unrest across Europe. Is it a symptom of a looming problem for vendors?

• August 15, 2019 15 Aug'19

  NVMe flash hot; Optane, SCM still warming up

  The world of fast flash storage evolves slowly; NVMe has emerged, but other types of SCM and persistent memory still have a ways to go before appearing in the data center.

• August 14, 2019 14 Aug'19

  Pavilion Data Systems adds investors, as NVMe startups fade

  Shakeout and consolidation is taking place among NVMe flash startups. New investment gives Pavilion Data Systems a longer runway to add data features, expand sales.

• August 12, 2019 12 Aug'19

  New Formulus Black CEO talks up persistent memory tech

  New Formulus Black CEO's past work at Oracle cued him into the need for performance-boosting memory technology to address CPU and I/O constraints in data-heavy workloads.

• August 08, 2019 08 Aug'19

  Salesforce sandbox data anonymization app aids GDPR compliance

  Odaseva's Full Sandbox Anonymization app ensures GDPR and CCPA compliance for Salesforce users by masking personal data in testing and training environments.

• August 07, 2019 07 Aug'19

  Quantum data storage corrects earnings faults, waits for SEC

  Quantum Corp. reached a milestone this week on its quest to regain its listing on New York Stock Exchange. The file and tape storage vendor restated several years of improperly reported earnings, ...

• August 07, 2019 07 Aug'19

  Experts caution low NAND prices won't keep array prices down

  Competitive pressures, speed and data reduction features, and a storage system's architecture figure into all-flash storage arrays, regardless of the price of raw NAND.

• August 07, 2019 07 Aug'19

  HPE acquires MapR storage layer for AI, containers

  MapR storage technology gets a new lease on life from HPE, which plans to integrate the AI data management features with recently acquired BlueData container-as-a-service platform.

• August 06, 2019 06 Aug'19

  New flash memory technologies promise faster, denser storage

  Flash is front and center as Western Digital launches 96-layer 3D NAND enterprise SSDs, and Toshiba unveils new SSD form factor and ultrafast XL-Flash chips.

• August 05, 2019 05 Aug'19

  Veeam backup software preps for NAS, more ransomware protection

  Following a quarter with 26% year-over-year growth in annual recurring revenue, Veeam is charging forward with major product enhancements expected by the end of 2019. Updates to Veeam backup ...

• 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."