Data management is still human labor for most Register readers
A Blocks & Files report, based on Register and B&F reader responses to an online questionnaire, shows that automated data management is a long way off.
The report, Data Management...
Storage news ticker – January 17
Cloud-native distributed, CDC-based data replication platform supplier Arcion announced a real-time integration connector for SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (Sybase ASE). It claims this enables high-volume database migration and real-time...
Quobyte storage used for primary genomics data
Case Study. Quobyte unified block, file and object storage is being used by the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology to store primary life sciences and genomics data in a hybrid...
VAST may embrace GPU processing nodes
VAST Data has been promising a move up the stack from storage to better support AI/ML workloads for some time now. Nothing has been revealed but clues have been...
NetApp appoints new CMO
NetApp has appointed software and cloud-focused Gabrielle Boko as its new CMO to replace the departing James Whitemore.
Whitemore, NetApp EVP and CMO from November 2019 until this month, and...
Why is there a market for S3 backups and data lake protection?
Cloud-based data lakes store data in cloud object storage and that data needs protecting – that's the whole pitch made by SaaS data protection suppliers such as Commvault, Druva,...
Storage news ticker – January 5
The co-founding analyst at ESG, Steve Duplessie, has retired, becoming a professional golfer at the Ibis Golf and Country Club in Palm Beach, Florida. He has been a fixture...
Opinion: Online disk archives are just wrong
A question: what’s the difference between nearline disk storage and an active archive system only using disk drives? The answer is none.
The Cambridge Dictionary defines the word archive thus:...
Storage news ticker – 3 January 2023
Acronis' latest cyberthreats and trends report for the second half of 2022 has found that phishing and the use of MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication) fatigue attacks are on the rise....
DataOS company TMDC moves into view, but some details are missing
A startup called The Modern Data Company has appeared with DataOS, a data operating system aimed at unifying data silos, old and new, and giving users a self-service programmable...
Ahana: Lakehouses need community-governed SQL
It’s not just any old SQL lakehouses need, but open community source SQL, according to Ahana CEO and co-founder Steven Mih, a member of the governing board of the...
Aston Uni developing 5nm surface channel storage technology
Aston University claims new polymer surface tech will increase storage capacity and prevent more mega datacenters being built.
The UK’s Aston University says its scientists are starting a two-year research...