Rubrik picks up Igneous pieces, gains Petabyte scale
Rubrik has bought "key technology and IP assets of Igneous", the Seattle-based data management startup which hit the buffers this year. Terms are undisclosed.
Dan Rogers, Rubrik President, GTM...
Asigra brings better backup ransomware protection to Office 365
Asigra has added ransomware detection and quarantine to its Office 365 backup product.
Cloud Backup with Deep MFA integrates with O365 and scans all files in real-time with signature-less malware...
Your occasional storage digest with DataStax, StorOne, NAND prices and more
Here is a near-final storage digest for 2020 with news from NoSQL-er DataStax, fast Optane and QLC NAND storage array supplier StorOne. and research business TrendForce on forecasted...
Kubernetes data protector Trilio raises $15m in dash for growth
Trilio, the Kubernetes data protection startup, has bagged $15m in funding, including $12m in B-series round and $3m in debt finance. The funding mix suggests that the company is...
Ransomware-struck schools reject £1m demand from crims in timely reminder to always mind the...
An independent schools group in Wales was hit by a ransomware attack in September, during which the perpetrators deleted files belonging to staff and pupils, and encrypted Veeam...
Cohesity writes two new chapters for its everything DMaaS story
Cohesity this week officially launched DataProtect-as-a-Service. The data management vendor also said it will SaaS-ify SiteContinuity, the new disaster recovery software it announced in September. The moves show the...
Commvault gives VMware workloads some more loving in latest DR software release
Commvault has updated its new DR software with recovery automation for VMware workloads.
The upgrade also sees Commvault Disaster Recovery gain orchestration to, from and between on-premises and Azure...
Google builds out Cloud with Actifio acquisition
Google is buying Actifio, the data management and DR vendor, to beef up its Google Cloud biz. Terms are undisclosed but maybe the price was on the cheap side.
Actifio...
Your occasional storage digest with Backblaze and more
A quiet week for data storage news, what with Thanksgiving and all. Which means that for the first time in many moons there is no Kubernetes or container product...
Covid-19 dents Dell storage sales and midrange weakness persists
Dell Technologies has posted a strong quarter, with remote work driving up client systems and VMware revenues but servers and storage experienced declines. But it’s impatient for PowerStore sales...
Storage suppliers go Kubernetes crazy in this week’s roundup
Multiple data storage vendors surfed on this week's Kubecon conference to push out Kubernetes announcements. But first, let's kick off with a little acquisition.
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Rubrik speeds up backup and restore, extends cloud coverage
Rubrik has announced a major software release thats speeds backup and restore and extends public cloud coverage.
The data protection vendor's Cloud Data Management (CDM) Andes 5.3 release also adds...