Storage management tools

Storage management tools include capacity management, monitoring, cloud storage management and other devices and applications to manage SAN and NAS systems. Storage management also includes backup and secondary storage tools such as snapshots and copy data management.

May 27, 2021 27 May'21
Wasabi CEO plots global expansion for its cloud storage

New data centers, increased market attention and more are planned for cloud storage company Wasabi by its CEO David Friend after a $137 million Series C funding round.
May 25, 2021 25 May'21
Pure Storage CEO zones in on enabling digital transformation

Pure Storage's CEO said the company will probably pursue acquisitions beyond its 2020 Portworx purchase to further assist customers in their digital transformation efforts.
May 13, 2021 13 May'21
Pure Storage updates management tool, integrates Portworx

Pure launched its first Portworx container storage update since acquiring the startup last year and enabled management through its newly updated Pure1 management tool.
December 18, 2020 18 Dec'20
Rubrik acquires Igneous Systems' unstructured data tech

Rubrik found Igneous Systems' large-scale unstructured data management capabilities to be complementary to its own and plans to fold it into the Rubrik platform.

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