AI: Intelligent data needs intelligent solutions
AI is becoming a major data management challenge for IT and business leaders, according to just published research.
Companies are largely allowing employee use of generative AI, but two-thirds (66...
Enfabrica raises $125M for AI interconnect chip
Startup Enfabrica, which is developing an Accelerated Compute Fabric switch chip to combine and bridge PCIe/CXL and Ethernet fabrics, has raised $125 million in B-round funding.
Its technology, which converges...
SQream screeches to $111M funding mark in big GPU data processing play
Data acceleration firm SQream has completed a $45 million Series C funding round to help it win more business in the big data analytics and artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML)...
Gartner unveils hottest storage trends for 2023
Gartner reckons the top enterprise storage trends for 2023 include cloud operating models, new SSD technologies, cyber security against ransomware, and better use of unstructured data for analytical insights.
We...
Nutanix’s looming profitability helped by Cisco deal, Broadcom-VMware concerns and NVidia support
Interview. Hyper-converged infrastructure supplier Nutanix has good prospects with a newly minted Cisco partnership, current Nvidia relationship, and looming profitability.
Update: Nutanix confirmed it doesn't support GPUDirect but is considering...
In conversation with new Panasas CEO Ken Claffey
HPC parallel file storage supplier Panasas has hired Ken Claffey as its new CEO, replacing Tom Shea who has returned to his COO role.
Panasas was founded in 2000 and...
Nasuni working with Presidio to manage AWS costs
Cloud file data services supplier Nasuni is extending its Presidio partnership to include AWS public cloud control through a managed service offering.
Nasuni says it’s optimizing AWS cloud use and reducing...
Lenovo storage man talks market share, all-flash and more
B&F caught up with Marco Pozzoni, EMEA Storage Sales Director for Lenovo’s Infrastructure Solutions Group, about Lenovo’s moves in the storage sector. He was hired from NetApp, where he...
Storage news ticker – September 4
MediaFlux supplier Arcitecta has announced Scale-Out ZFS with Mediaflux, which it reckons "overcomes the scalability limitations of traditional scale-up ZFS systems and empowers customers to handle exponential data growth...
Dell Q2 revenues better than expected, sees AI everywhere
Dell reported revenues in the second quarter ended August 4 of $22.9 billion, 13 percent less than a year ago, with a net income of $455 million, 10 percent...
Nutanix scents profitability after bumper Q4
Nutanix reported revenue growth in excess of guidance for the fourth fiscal 2023 quarter with its lowest annual loss for seven years, bringing profitability within reach.
Revenues in the quarter...
Cirata rises from the ashes of WANdisco
WANdisco shareholders approved a company name change to Cirata during its Annual General Meeting on August 30.
Earlier this year, the live data replicator faced challenges when it revealed in...