Storage vendors
This topics page collects the latest information on storage vendors and product information, including buying guides. It covers top enterprise storage vendors, data storage vendors, and cloud storage and online storage providers, and tracks mergers and acquisitions, executive shuffles and funding information. The news section tracks leading storage vendors and startups.
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Storage vendors News
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April 09, 2020
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Apr'20
Coronavirus decks storage and server enterprise spending
Revised IDC market forecast predicts a rise in cloud and infrastructure as a service, as organizations reallocate budgets from physical servers and storage hardware.
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April 08, 2020
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Apr'20
Companies plan for alternatives to live tech conferences
The coronavirus has thrown tech conferences and vendors' product launch schedules into question. Some suggest live tech shows will be heavily scaled down even after the pandemic.
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March 31, 2020
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Dell Tech World 2020 placed on hold until October
Dell Tech World 2020 rescheduled to October, as Dell and VMware withdraw FY2021 guidance. Dell joins growing list of tech vendors to shuffle user events in wake of the coronavirus.
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March 31, 2020
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Containers, clouds, NVMe drive 2020 data storage innovation
Containers on bare-metal flash and souped-up processing highlight innovations in storage, aiming for seamless data movement between local and cloud arrays.
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Tips for outsourcing business resilience services
Outsourcing IT resilience is more feasible than ever, thanks to a rise in cloud-based options. If you plan on outsourcing resilience to a third party, be sure to do your homework. Continue Reading
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Data replication technologies: What they are and how to use them
Data replication can play a big role in a disaster recovery plan, so make sure you're familiar with the different types of replication and where they work best. Continue Reading
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Actifio
Actifio is a software vendor in Waltham, Mass., that specializes in copy data management (CDM). Continue Reading
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7 predictive storage analytics tools compared
Learn how storage management tools from Hitachi, Infinidat, Pure Storage and other vendors use AI to improve array operation and storage administration efficiency. Continue Reading
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Top 2019 enterprise storage arrays win Products of the Year
Winners of the 2019 Products of the Year signal a shift from disk to flash storage arrays. Vast Data takes gold, NGD Systems wins silver and DataDirect Networks captures bronze. Continue Reading
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Top enterprise cloud storage systems win 2019 Products of the Year
Startups LucidLink and Hammerspace and object storage vendor Scality focus on hybrid and multi-cloud use cases to take top honors as best in cloud storage for the enterprise. Continue Reading
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Effectively implement Azure Ultra Disk Storage
Ultra Disk Storage delivers consistent performance and low latency for I/O-intensive workloads. Learn why it's solving latency problems and where you can use Azure Ultra Disk. Continue Reading
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Talking magnetic tape for storage with Quantum
Mark Pastor of Quantum speaks in this Q&A about tape's advancements and uses, as well as challenges in the market, including 'old perceptions' of tape. Continue Reading
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Products of the Year judging criteria
This article discusses how products are judged for the Storage Products of the Year awards. Continue Reading
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Container backup follows data persistence to these ephemeral apps
The advent of data persistence in containers necessitates having data backup in containers. Here's how this is being done and which vendors are leading the way. Continue Reading
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The best enterprise storage systems and services of 2017
For 16 years, Storage magazine and SearchStorage have recognized the best enterprise storage systems with our annual Products of the Year awards. For this year's competition, vendors submitted new and upgraded products from the past year ... Continue Reading
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The data storage industry will turn upside down in 2017, or will it?
Rich Castagna reviews the prognostications offered by data storage vendors on the future of data storage technology in 2017. Continue Reading