Lenovo picks Cigent data protection for its PC fleet
Lenovo is using Cigent software to hide PC data in secure and invisible vaults to prevent data theft.
The PC maker's ThinkShield Data Defense, based on Cigent software, has prevention-based...
Rubrik buys Laminar to shore up security position
Rubrik has announced its acquisition of Laminar, a data security posture management provider, for an undisclosed amount.
Update: Laminar acquisition price added. 9 April 2024.
It says the combination will integrate...
Gartner sees shifting players in enterprise backup
In the Gartner 2023 Enterprise Backup and Recovery Solutions Magic Quadrant, leaders appear more tightly grouped than before, with notable changes in other sections of the quadrant.
The Magic Quadrant...
When hyperscalers catch a cold, Quantum sneezes
Storage supplier Quantum has encountered significant challenges due to a decrease in device and media sales, and reduced spending by hyperscale customers.
In the first fiscal quarter of 2024 ending...
Cobalt Iron touts tech to migrate backups to its SaaS vaults
Cobalt Iron has released fresh backup migration tech, Compass Migrator, that it says can shift your legacy IBM backups to Cobalt Iron’s SaaS backup service, with IBM’s Spectrum Protect...
Storage news roundup – 3 August
Zivan Ori, founder of NVMe flash array company E8, is leaving AWS for a to-be-revealed destination. AWS bought E8 in 2019. Ori said in a LinkedIn post: “The last...
Org puts nanofiche disks in lunar library in latest ‘billion-year’ archive effort
The Arch Mission Foundation (AMF), a Los Angeles-based non-profit organization, has placed nickel-based Nanofiche disks on the Moon, creating an extraordinary cold analog/digital data archive library. The project aligns...
Fortra battles misuse of its cyber security tools
The GoAnywhere file transfer product and unsupported versions of Cobalt Strike have been manipulated into malware delivery channels, and the supplier, Fortra, says it is actively working to counteract...
Commvault revenues static as subscriptions soar
Commvault's quarterly revenues have consistently been around $200 million for the past seven quarters as subscription and Software as a Service (SaaS) revenues begin to overtake traditional license sales.
The...
Storage news collection – 28 July 2023
Today is SysAdmin Day. The concept was created by Ted Kekatos, a system administrator, in 1999. He wanted to establish a special day to recognize the hard work and...
HPE pitches Zerto ransomware product as a ‘real-time’ detector that’s data-aware
Hewlett Packard Enterprise says its Zerto data protection can offer real-time detection of ransomware encryption across diverse data types, within the VMware environment, and can recover data to the...
Backblaze warns of AI-assisted cyber threats
Humans are often the weakest link in a corporate network and the entry point for ransomware attackers, a factoid that underscores the necessity for persistent vigilance against this growing...