NetApp unveils Project Astra for Kubernetes love-in
NetApp today launched Project Astra, an initiative aimed at developing application data lifecycle management for Kubernetes-orchestrated containerised applications.
This is to be NetApp’s replacement for the now-cancelled NetApp Kubernetes Service...
Mainframe demand (again) boosts IBM storage sales
IBM has reported good storage revenue growth in the first 2020 quarter as robust demand for the System z15 mainframe carried DS8900 array sales in its wake.
The Register has...
Commvault sues Cohesity and Rubrik
Update; April 21, 2020 - Cohesity statement added. April 22, 220 - Rubrik statement added.
Commvault has filed suit against data management upstarts Cohesity and Rubrik, alleging patent infringement. It...
Datera co-founder heads off to pastures new
Datera co-founder Marc Fleischmann has announced his departure from the data storage startup via a LinkedIn posting.
In his statement he said he was proud of what he and...
Your occasional enterprise storage digest featuring CTERA, Nutanix, OpenIO, StorONE and Veritas
This week's digest covers file-sharing, flash, hyperconverged infrastructure, all-in-one storage, object storage, data protection and supplier responses to the Covid-19 pandemic. Dive straight in with Nutanix.
Nutanix China win
Nutanix...
Cohesity pumps out ransomware alerts 24×7 via Helios smartphone app
Cohesity has developed a smartphone app for its Helios management software, to better enable admin staff to respond to external threats in real time.
For instance, the manager of a...
Starboard wants its directors on Commvault’s board
Activist investor Starboard Value has named six proxy directors it wants elected to Commvault’s board and is talking to Commvault's CEO and CFO.
Starboard announced last week it had bought...
What pandemic? Cohesity raises $250m at blockbuster valuation
Cohesity has completed a $250m series E round that values the data management startup at $2.5bn.
Mohit Aron, CEO and founder, said today in a press release: “Closing a major...
Quantum bolsters StorNext through Atavium acquisition
Quantum quietly bought Atavium, a small storage and data workflow startup, for an undisclosed sum last month.
There are obvious synergies with Quantum’s StorNext file workflow management suite. Atavium software...
Commvault swallows poison pill to fend off Starboard Value
Commvault has adopted a poison pill shareholder rights plan in response to Starboard Value taking a 9.3 per cent stake in the company.
Starboard, which revealed its buying spree in...
Your occasional enterprise storage digest, featuring Commvault, Nutanix, HYCU, MariaDB and more
Companies in this week's enterprise storage news roundup, cover encryption, replication, tiering, object support, snapshots, the public cloud and more. Let's start alphabetically.
Commvault upgrades for cloud and simpler data...
Starboard Value sinks claws into Commvault
Starboard Value, the prominent activist investor, has accumulated a 9.3 per cent stake in Commvault, the veteran data management vendor.
Starboard has not yet revealed what it wants Commvault...