YanRong leads MLPerf AI benchmarks on GPUs supported per compute node

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Chinese supplier YanRong Technology says it has the leading performance in the MLPerf Storage v1.0 benchmark, ranking first in the…
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Startup provides AI data as a service from its own abstracted metadata

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Startup View has built what it says is a fast-to-deploy AI stack starting with semantic cells in multi-type data sources,…

Irish researchers score €4M grant to work on DNA storage

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An Irish university research team has been awarded €4 million ($4.34 million) to research DNA storage and computation. The team,…

Global file technology iRODS aims for wider commercial reach

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Global file management system iRODS (Integrated Rule-Oriented Data System) is aiming to extend its reach in the commercial sector, breaking…

Cyera acquires Trail Security to build AI-driven data loss prevention

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Israeli unicorn startup Cyera has acquired Trail Security, another stealth Israeli startup, to develop AI-powered real-time data loss prevention (DLP)…

Panmnesia expands GPU memory pool with CXL

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South Korea’s Panmnesia has shown CXL memory sharing with GPUs for AI workloads at the OCP Global Summit. CXL (Compute…

Hydrolix and Mux team up to boost video performance at media firms

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Streaming data lake company Hydrolix is supporting video monitoring firm Mux to deliver improved data observability to developers and content…

Storage news ticker - 17 October 2024

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Governance and data quality consultant Agile Lab ran a data management survey at Big Data London in September 2024. It revealed the…

Arcserve unveils UDP 10 with improved backup, ransomware protection

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Unified data resilience player Arcserve has taken the wraps off UDP 10, a data protection solution that offers backup, replication,…

Storage hacks for hungry GPUs

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COMMISSIONED: In the fast-paced world of AI, GPUs are often hailed as the quiet powerhouse driving innovation. They’re the brainpower…

Rubrik adds moat around Microsoft 365 data for Copilot use

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Rubrik has introduced its Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) for Microsoft 365 Copilot, which it says identifies and controls access…

UltiHash pitches storage aiming to cut AI data bloat

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German startup UltiHash has made its newly developed object storage generally available as a data store for AI-focused lakehouses. This…

Hammerspace and Parallel Works simplify AI/HPC workload orchestration

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Hammerspace and Parallel Works are collaborating on a combined offering enabling IT infrastructure, research computing, and AI teams to orchestrate compute,…

Amazon zeroes out ETL for shifting Aurora and DynamoDB data into Redshift

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Amazon is making it easier to analyze transactional data held in its Aurora PostgreSQL and DynamoDB databases by avoiding the…

Dell expands AI factory scope with PowerScale upgrade

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Dell has enhanced PowerScale scale-out clustered file system arrays with full stack components for AI factory workloads. We have written…

Databricks partners with AWS to accelerate GenAI development

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AI-focused lakehouse supplier Databricks is partnering with Amazon so customers can develop customized GenAI apps using Databricks-held data, Amazon Bedrock…

Kioxia speeds up RocksDB with Flexible Data Placement SSD

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Kioxia says it has accelerated RocksDB performance 1.8x and increased an SSD’s endurance 300 percent by using Flexible Data Placement…

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