RackTop pushes NAS with built-in security and compliance
RackTop Systems is looking to grow the market for its line of NAS appliances featuring built-in encryption and compliance controls thanks to $15m in Series A financing.
Founded in...
Toshiba embraces shingling for next-gen MAMR HDDs
Toshiba this week confirmed it will deliver both conventional and shingled MAMR hard drives.
Scott Wright, director of HDD marketing at Toshiba America Electronic Components, told us MAMR will be...
Dell EMC customers can build their own Converged Infrastructure systems
From today customers can build their own Converged Infrastructure systems by using Dell EMC Ready Stack blueprints. Previously this option was available for channel partners only.
Dell EMC has...
Zoned SSDs live fast, die old, Western Digital claims
Western Digital is developing zoned SSDs that can be managed by host systems to speed data access and prolong the life of the drives.
This could make short-life...
SoftIron builds out storage line for Ceph-alitics
SoftIron has announced three Ceph-based storage systems - an upgraded performance storage node, an enhanced management system and a front-end access or storage router box
Ceph is free source storage...
No corners cut in our cheap hybrid storage box, Qumulo claims
Qumulo has launched an entry-level system that adds 80 per cent more capacity and 200 per cent faster read speed.
There has been a flurry of recent activity from the...
Quantum builds out Cloud Storage Platform with storage for videocams
Quantum is rolling out the all-disk VS-Series to support recording data from tens to 1,000s of video cameras. The company claims it has the best camera density available.
Technically the...
Google readies rapid-thawing, ice-cold archive. How much and when?
Google is prepping a deep cloud archive service to replace tape storage and says users can anticipate fast access. By contrast Amazon quotes up to retrieval time of up...
Infinidat poaches Gartner analyst
Stanley Zaffos, the Gartner research VP, has left the analyst firm to take charge of Infinibox product marketing at Infinidat.
Zaffos is an 22-year Gartner veteran and specialised in...
IBM storage hardware revenues fall for third quarter in a row
IBM’s storage hardware business fell in the first quarter, with poor DS8000 sales and weak mid-range performance to blame.
Within IBM's overall Q1, FY2019 results, storage hardware revenues were down...
Your Easter enterprise storage getaway
We have picked out four themes for you in our Easter enterprise storage roundup: flash arrays are taking over from disk arrays; backup to the cloud is booming,...
Dell and Cisco renew VxBlock wedding vows
Dell Technologies and Cisco have signed a multi-year extension to their VBlock partnership.
This is the converged infrastructure combo that integrates Dell EMC storage with Cisco UCS servers and Nexus...