SmartNICs march into the data centre. Hence the AMD-Xilinx deal
The looming presence of SmartNICs in the data centre is highlighted by AMD's $35bn-all-stock acquisition of Xilinx, announced this week.
AMD is a resurgent player in the data centre, but...
Israel time change knocks out local NetApp storage
A switchover to winter time in Israel was followed by failures in NetApp storage arrays which in turn caused server failures.
Computers in the Ministry of Health, universities and businesses...
Your occasional storage digest featuring Diamanti, HYCU, TrueNAS and more
Two Kubernetes-related news stories in this week's storage news round up. Diamanti has debuted a software-only offering and Robin.io has upgraded its core offering and introduced a full-featured but...
Exclusive: HPE takes giant axe to sales teams
HPE is laying off at least 500 staff in a major sales re-organisation, affecting server, storage, networking and PointNext teams. Employees in this latest WorkForce Reduction (WFR) round include...
NetApp adds S3 to ONTAP, SW-only SolidFire and pay-as-you-grow pricing
NetApp has added a dose of cloudification to its product lines with a series of announcements covering its core ONTAP software, SolidFire all-flash array software, and Keystone subscription offering.
The...
Your occasional storage digest with MariaDB, Chief Data Officers and more
The digest this week is cloud-centric with MariaDB updating its SkySQL product and Nutanix refreshing its Era database management offering. But we’re also startled to learn that Chief Data...
Two Rubrik execs depart, including CFO Murray Demo
Blocks and Files has learned that Murray Demo, Rubrik’s CFO, and Chief People Officer Jeff Vijungco are leaving the company.
Rubrik told us: “After a long and successful career, Murray Demo...
Backup a second: Datto aiming to raise half a billion dollars in Oct 21...
A new SEC filing has revealed that Datto aims to sell its shares for between $24 and $27 in an October 21 IPO, valuing the firm at up to $4.25bn...
Cohesity hooks up with AWS to pipe data management-as-a-service at users, starting with backup
Cohesity has hooked up with AWS, which is already a backer of the very well-funded data protection business, to sell its Data Platform facilities as a service, with...
Exclusive: Actifio squashes employee shareholders ‘like cockroaches’
Actifio, the venture-backed data management startup, has used a reverse stock split to torch the shares of up to 1,000 staff and former employees.
The company last week implemented a...
Actifio reverse stock split signals IPO plans
Actifio, the venture-backed data management vendor, has instituted a reverse stock split, according to sources. This indicates an IPO could be imminent and will ensure that the stock trades...
SK hynix first off the block with DDR5 DRAM
SK hynix has shipped the world's first DDR5 DRAM - which is up to 80 per cent faster than its DDR4 predecessor.
DDR5 (Double Data Rate 5) has double the...