IBM makes Spectrum Scale play nicely with software containers
IBM has announced Spectrum Scale file system support for containers. The release means that companies building containerised IT environments can use their existing Spectrum Scale storage systems as opposed...
Datera goes Churchward
Startup Datera has a new CEO - exec chairman Guy Churchward who joined the board just four months ago.
Datera provides block-access, scale-out, server-based storage with its Elastic Data Fabric...
18 storage news bites pack very pleasant crunch
Eighteen storage news bites today for your delectation. four are light bites and 14 are snacks. Cloudiness, containerisation, data backup and predictions feature in the light bites section of...
StorPool speeds up and joins the Arm army
StorPool, the Virtual SAN software vendor, has added IBM POWER and Arm64 server support in a software update.
New features in V18.02 include more integrations, extended hardware compatibility, hardware acceleration,...
Hurrah! Single container orchestrator plugin interface for storage
Storage suppliers wanting to provide storage to containers can heave a sigh of relief; the Container Storage Interface (CSI) v1.0.0 has been released and is available on GitHub.
It is...
NetApp acqui-hires Kubernetes shop StackPointCloud
NetApp has bought StackPointCloud, a Kubernetes-as-a-Service provider, gaining instant Kubernetes creds and enhancing its multi-cloud capabilities.
StackPoint was founded in 2014 and is based in Seattle. It developed a control...
Three startups get cash in their held-out hands
Coincidence? We think not. Sysdig, a container software intelligence startup, followed up its new CEO hire with a $68.5m D-round of funding, taking total cash raised to a tasty...
HTBASE delivers a containerised, multi-cloud jukebox
Canadian startup HTBASE has announced a hybrid and multi-cloud container deployment and migration offering called JUKE, saying containerised applications can be moved between micro-services environments on-premises and public clouds.
The...
DDN sets up Server Virtualization division
Data Direct Networks (DDN) has set up a Server Virtualization, Analytics, VDI, Container and DevOps Division (SVAVCDOD?) and plans to staff it with 100 new hires by the end of...