NetApp accelerates all-flash SAN A-Series arrays
NetApp has refreshed the lower part of its all-SAN storage array line with more affordable and powerful systems.
There are two all-flash NetApp array product lines: the AFF (All-flash FAS)...
Storage news ticker – February 7
Alluxio Enterprise AI v3.5 accelerates AI model training and streamlines operations with a new Cache Only Write Mode to accelerate checkpoints, advanced cache management, and enhanced Python SDK integrations....
Broadcom unveils Emulex Secure HBAs with post-quantum encryption
Emulex Secure host bus adapters (HBAs) from Broadcom now include post-quantum encryption algorithms and zero trust architecture to secure storage area network (SAN) data in flight.
HBAs are the endpoints...
NetApp touches down with the San Francisco 49ers
NetApp has become a founding level partner of the San Francisco 49ers professional football team in a multi-year deal and is now its Official Intelligent Data Infrastructure Partner.
NetApp is...
RiverMeadow flows on-premises Pure Storage workloads to the cloud
Workload and data mobility player RiverMeadow has upgraded its platform to help extend Pure Storage's on-premises Evergreen storage-as-a-service to the cloud.
RiverMeadow says it offers its Workload Mobility Platform and...
Hitachi Vantara CTO Jason Hardy on the company’s storage refresh
Interview. Blocks & Files sat down with Jason Hardy, Hitachi Vantara Vice President and CTO for AI, to discuss the company's ongoing storage strategy refresh and how it's unifying...
GenAI, LLMs, and agents are transforming storage
Analysis: GenAI is washing through the IT world like water flooding across a landscape when a dam breaches. It is being viewed by many suppliers as an epoch-changing event,...
Datafy targets EBS cost optimization with automated rightsizing engine
Datafy.io is a FinOps startup focused on cutting Elastic Block Storage (EBS) costs with roots in all-flash startup E8 Storage.
Tel Aviv-based Datafy.io was founded by CEO Zivan Ori, COO...
Lenovo goes shopping, plonks Infinidat in the basket
Lenovo is buying privately-owned enterprise block array storage supplier Infinidat for an undisclosed amount.
Systems supplier Lenovo's storage line-up is centered on small and medium enterprises. It was built up...
Storage news ticker – January 6
Box CEO Aaron Levie posted a chart tracking historical storage costs on X/Twitter:
He said: "When we started Box, the hard drives in our servers were ~80 GB, and we...
Storage stack layers and players going into 2025
Analysis: Right now, the two dominant storage demand and development drivers are cyber-resilience and security on the one hand, and AI training and inference on the other.
The IT storage picture...
Storage news ticker – December 20
This is the last article I will post until the new year. It has been a fascinating 2024 with storage dominated by SSD, HDD, and array developments, the need...