Market optimism grows among some storage VARs
A report tracking enterprise VARs (value-added resellers) by analyst William Blair provides insights into the current state of the enterprise IT infrastructure market and the prospects and challenges for...
DLP could not prevent Fortra, MOVEit breaches
Data loss prevention (DLP) measures are supposed to prevent data loss yet they did nothing to stop the large scale file exfiltration caused by malware that disrupted the widely...
Gartner storage hype cycle has selective memory
Comment: Research house Gartner has published its 2023 storage hype cycle, highlighting the evolving landscape of various technologies in the industry, and some have dropped completely out of sight.
The...
Storage news roundup – July 21
Managed infrastructure systems provider 11:11 Systems has joined the AWS Partner Network (APN) and will offer customers 11:11 Cloud Backup for Veeam Cloud Connect, 11:11 Cloud Backup for Microsoft...
Cisco and HPE reselling Cohesity Cloud Services
Cisco and HPE, along with their channel partners, have entered into agreements to resell a suite of data protection managed services from Cohesity, using the AWS and Azure clouds.
Cohesity...
Microsoft intros user content backup for M365
Microsoft is introducing user content backup for its M365 services, along with API integration for partners. Additionally, a SharePoint archive tier will be available later this year, also with...
Code42 confirms ‘difficult but necessary’ layoffs
Data loss prevention supplier Code42 has laid off an unspecified number of employees, the company has confirmed to Blocks and Files.
CEO Joe Payne told us: "With continued uncertainty in...
Storage news ticker – July 14
Data protector Arcserve notified its users of a critical security vulnerability in its UDP software tracked as CVE-2023-26258. It is present in versions 7.0 to 9.0. Arcserve strongly recommends all...
We need network air traffic control for files
Vulnerabilities in third-party managed file transfer services and software have led to hundreds of companies worldwide having their data stolen and payment extortion attempts made to keep the data...
IBM intros safer entry-level FlashSystem
IBM has upgraded its FlashSystem entry-level with a 5045 model to replace the 5035, adding immutable snapshots to improve its resilience against malware attacks.
These snapshots are IBM’s Safeguarded Copy...
Veeam CTO on SaaS backup, chatbots and ransomware
A briefing with Veeam CTO Danny Allan revealed the data protection biz's thinking on SaaS app backup, large language models, and whether we have reached peak ransomware. Hint: we...
ExaGrid claims it’s heading towards 4,000 customers
Purpose-built backup appliance (PBBA) vendor ExaGrid had claimed a record-breaking second quarter, saying its customer numbers are heading to 4,000 and that it pulled in $19 million from new...