XenData kit takes tape copies of cloud archives
Archiving system supplier XenData has launched an appliance which makes a local tape copy of a public cloud archive to save on geo-replication and egress fees.
XenData’s CX-10 Plus is...
Storage news ticker – August 23
High-end storage array supplier Infinidat has announced NVMe/TCP certification with vSphere ESXi, and vVols replication with VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) integration. These new capabilities complement Infinidat’s VMware integrations,...
Mainframers are keeping tape as they add cloud backup, archive storage
An Evaluator Group research project has found that tape use by mainframe users is not going away and that cloud storage of their backup and archive data is increasing...
OpenDrives now a backup target through Zmanda deal
NAS supplier OpenDrives has set its product up as a backup target through a deal with Zmanda and its open source Amanda Enterprise backup software.
OpenDrives provides scale-out and high-performance...
HYCU offers protection freebie on AWS EC2
Backup-as-a-Service biz HYCU is offering a free-for-life tier of data protection on AWS, a rung below its paid-for tier and missing things like immutability. You will still pay for...
Barracuda sold to another private equity business
Mail backup and security vendor Barracuda Networks has been sold by its private equity owner to another, giving an indication of late-stage startup life after an IPO had been...
Bocada says automated BackupOps is coming
Data protection status monitor Bocada says automation is coming to manual backup operations, such as detecting a failed backup operation and doing something about it. About time too.
The company was...
Storage news ticker – August 17
Codenotary has announced widespread adoption of immudb, its open-source enterprise-class database with data immutability at scale, by multiple organizations and cloud service providers. Following the release of immudb 1.3...
Storage suppliers make the top 5000 US fastest-growing companies list
Five storage suppliers have been ranked in the top 5000 list of North America's fastest-growing companies: OwnBackup, Panzura, Komprise, SingleStore and OpenDrives.
Update. Panzura added to the list, 18...
Acquisitive backup crew N-able buys Spinpanel
MSP backup service supplier N-able has bought Spinpanel and posted its earnings.
N-able was was spun out of malware-stricken SolarWinds last year and has around 25,000 MSP and Cloud Service...
Dependable Backblaze’s revenues burn brighter
Backblaze is a great and growing cloud storage business and its calendar Q2 earnings illustrate that perfectly.
The company, which started out as a cloud vault for backups and then...
Gartner releases 2022 storage hype cycle
Gartner’s latest storage and data protection hype cycle is an amazingly long report and, this being Gartner, the basic idea is treated to exhaustive analysis by a team of...