Equinix brings in Google head as CEO to scale data services

Global datacenter services heavyweight Equinix is to replace its CEO as part of a planned transition in "late Q2." Update.…

VAST Data turns BlueField3 DPUs into storage controllers for Nvidia GPU servers

All-flash storage array supplier VAST Data has ported its storage controller software into Nvidia’s BlueField-3 DPUs to get its stored…

Dell eyes AI-fueled revival after fiscal 2024 downturn

Strong sequential growth in storage revenues at Dell was not enough to prevent an 11 percent revenue fall for the…

BitRipple moves liquid data using RaptorQ

Profile. Startup BitRipple has a data mover that can deliver large volumes of data in real-time across wireless networks by…

Storage news ticker – February 28

German system house weSystems is working with partner Atempo and its Miria data mover to archive 40 PB of data…

Catching up with Hitachi Vantara after strategic overhaul

Five months ago Hitachi Vantara was reorganized with a spun-off services unit, new direction, and new CEO. What has happened…

Simplyblock heads towards AI-powered storage tiering from fast AWS block storage base

German startup Simplyblock has won seed funding for its fast cloud-native block storage software and aims to build on it…

IBM using Ceph as underlying AI data store

IBM is extending Ceph’s block and file capabilities and positioning it as a backend data store for AI workloads behind…

Azure Elastic SAN cloud onramp now available

Microsoft has announced general availability of its iSCSI-based Azure Elastic SAN, facilitating the migration of on-premises SANs to its public…

HPE extends GreenLake for Block Storage

HPE has expanded its GreenLake for Block Storage offering with an Alletra MP-based high-end system. It first announced subscription-based GreenLake…

Clean sweep for NetApp, Pure and Infinidat in GigaOm's mid-size primary storage Radar

As in the enterprise storage Radar NetApp, Pure and Infinidat are the clear and only leaders and outperformers in GigaOm's…

Hitachi Vantara, Cisco sign managed hybrid cloud deal

Hitachi Vantara and Cisco are partnering to sell hybrid cloud managed services based on Cisco compute and networking, and Hitachi…

IBM touts Ceph for data lakehouses, generative AI

It’s a year since IBM integrated Red Hat's Ceph storage product roadmaps and wants us to know that it’s making…

GigaOm puts NetApp, Pure Storage and Infinidat atop large enterprise primary storage array pack

GigaOm analytical gurus have made large changes in their latest Primary Storage for Large Enterprises report, with only three leaders…

GPU-fueled Nyriad is up for sale

Nyriad, the company offering GPU-powered storage controller technology, is up for sale.  CEO Derek Dicker A memo from CEO Derek…

Effective storage strategies for a new year

WEBINAR: We all want flexible, cheap storage in the face of fast-growing data volumes. Blink and there’s more. A hundred…

Where did the VCs invest storage startup dollars in 2023? (Clue: AI)

Venture Capitalists invested $1.3 billion in 17 storage startups in 2023, yet the bulk of that cash injection went to…

Discover the ‘2024 Block Data Storage Buyer’s Guide’

Webinar: We consume data, and we create it - exponentially. The expectation is that we will be using 180 zettabytes…