Pure Storage buys Portworx for $370m
Pure Storage is buying Portworx, the container storage software startup, for $370m in cash.
Update. Pure Storage says it is buying Portworx. 16 September 2020.
By acquiring Portworx, Pure is obtaining...
VMware adds files, objects and more in vSAN two-step
VMware is extending Kubernetes capabilities by offering third party integration hooks to vSAN. The company today also announced the next vSAN update will add file services and Active Directory...
NetApp posts strong Q1, plots big re-organisation
NetApp has pulled off a strong first quarter, posting revenues up five per cent y/y to $1.3bn and net income of $77m.
CEO George Kurian said yesterday: “In the face...
This week in storage with Lenovo, NetApp, and more
This week sees Lenovo and NetApp bundles, edge-focused TrueNAS boxes,, and faster-than-ever OpenEBS storage from MayaData. We’ll start with Lenovo and NetApp getting in a bundle.
Lenovo and NetApp expand...
NetApp aims to make ONTAP Kubernetes-native
An internal effort to containerise NetApp's ONTAP is leading to a cloud-native version of the operating system.
NetApp’s Project Astra is focused on developing application data lifecycle management for Kubernetes-orchestrated...
Portworx rolls out container storage update, boasts of sales momentum
Portworx, the container storage startup, has updated its software with more automation, backup and restore features, and performance improvements.
Portworx CTO and cofounder Gou Rao said in the launch announcement...
Quobyte storage software takes a bite at HPC and machine learning
Profile Quobyte produces unified block, file and object storage for high-performance computing (HPC) and machine learning.
Its software runs on-premises and in the Google cloud and is used for...
Why Kaminario changed its name to Silk
Silk is the new name for Kaminario, an on-premises all-flash array startup, that has transformed itself over the last three years into a cloud block storage software company.
Blocks &...
How does HPE Storage see the world? Let’s find out
We asked HPE to summarise its data storage product positioning to help us prep a recent interview with HPE Storage boss Tom Black.
In addition, we emailed the company some...
Robin.io automates stateful Kubernetes migrations
Kubernetes enables stateless containerised app movement between clouds but not stateful ones. Each cloud has its own method of automation, deployment, and monitoring for stateful apps - and that...
Nutanix hooks Calico into Karbon 2.1 Kubernetes management tool
Nutanix's goal for Karbon, a management app for Kubernetes, is to provide an integrated all-in-one framework to build and run containerised apps. That way, customers can go cloud-native with...
Commvault integrates Hedvig with HyperScale X appliance
Commvault has rejigged its product lines to better match market needs. The company has separated components for data protection, disaster recovery and data management tasks, and has integrated Hedvig...