Storage news ticker – May 26
Data protector ArcServe paid DCIG to review its UDP 9.0 backup product. The resulting study found that ArcServe UDP 9.0 offers organizations a clear edge in protecting against ransomware...
ChatGPT, LLMs, and storage
Analysis: The IT analytics world is being dominated by a storm of interest in Large Language Model (LLM) machine learning and generative AI (GAI). The release of the ChatGPT...
Infinidat upgrades to hybrid cloud storage
High-end array supplier Infinidat says it is now a hybrid on-premises and public cloud storage supplier with strengthened cyber-resilience and new deep scanning and indexing detection features.
Update. AWS implementation...
Panasas shrinks HPC powerhouse into edge-sized box
Panasas has halved the size of its ActiveStor Ultra parallel file system node to make a lower-cost edge datacenter box.
The ActiveStor range runs scale-out PanFS, with NFS and SMB/CIFS...
Dell unveils Databricks deal, plus storage hits Apex cloud
Analysis: A deeper look into Dell’s APEX announcements in Vegas this week reveals a deal with Databricks for Dell storage to feed its lakehouse, the use of a stopgap...
Dell gets edgy with chatbots, Zero Trust, backup
On the second day of Dell Technologies World, the Texan tech titan has announced projects looking at chatbots, Zero Trust security, edge kit and more.
Dell wants enterprise customers to...
Spectra Logic and Arcitecta take on NAS market
SpectraLogic and Arcitecta are partnering to enter the high-performance scale-out NAS market with the former's all-flash BlackPearl storage system and the latter's MediaFlux software.
BlackPearl is SpectraLogic's hybrid flash/disk, front-end...
DDN generates QLC SSD array for generative AI training
DDN has unveiled an upgraded A1400 X2 ExaScaler array for AI and machine learning storage workloads that uses QLC SSDs and adds a compression facility for higher capacity.
ExaScaler is...
VAST Data and Nvidia form SuperPOD squad
VAST Data says its all-QLC flash file storage has been certified as an Nvidia SuperPOD data store.
Nvidia’s SuperPOD houses 20 to 140 DGX A100 AI-focused GPU servers and uses...
4 ways CIOs can optimize IT and boost business value
Commissioned: The current economic uncertainty has cautious CIOs tucking in for tough times.
Although still important for brand viability and competitiveness, potentially transformative digital projects and so-called moonshoots appear to...
Storage races to innovate in face of data explosion
The whole area of IT storage is buzzing with innovation, as startups and incumbents race to provide the capacity needed in a world exploding with unstructured data. Chatbot technology,...
New moves in AFA driven by QLC flash
A new chapter is opening in the all-flash storage array (AFA) world as QLC flash enables closer cost comparisons with hybrid flash/disk and disk drive arrays and filers.
There are...