ExaGrid goes big with backup appliances
ExaGrid has increased capacity in its deduplicating backup appliances and at the same time, cut the product portfolio from nine systems to seven. Appliances of any size can be...
Veritas snaps up HubStor, in DPaaS tech-and-team hire
Scoop! Veritas has bought HubStor, a Canadian backup and archive vendor, gaining itself a SaaS-based data protection development team. Terms are undisclosed.
Ontario-based HubStor was founded in 2015 by CEO...
Your occasional storage digest with Cisco Hyperflex, SoftIron, and more
2021 has started with a bang... but let's talk about data storage. In this week's news roundup we feature Cisco, Backup Assist and SoftIron. Also there are a flurry...
Fujitsu has 20 acquisition targets in its sights
Fujitsu has embarked on an ambitious M&A programme to enable it to supply "transformational services very competitive" market. The Japanese tech giant has drawn up a list of...
Your occasional storage digest, featuring Brexit, Tsinghua Unigroup and more
Brexit, China, the cloud and 3D NAND are the main themes in this week's digest. We also have a multitude of smaller items, including a large customer going all-in...
Clumio simplifies ransomware protection with ‘virtual air gap’
Clumio this week launched RansomProtect which it claims is the industry’s first air-gapped ransomware protection for private and public clouds and SaaS applications.
According to the cloud-backup, companies seeking a native...
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...