VAST Data chases zero trust, zero waste dragon
VAST Data has updated its storage filer OS, claiming it is laying the foundation for a zero trust and "zero waste" infrastructure.
It appears to be homing in on the...
Something’s missing from global file systems
Analysis: Rarely does a CIO say their business has a global file data access problem and they need a supercloud-type global file system to solve it. Yet, arguably, they do...
Storage news ticker – October 10
Cloud and backup storage vendor Backblaze has hired Robert Fitt as Chief Human Resources Officer, its first such position. He will lead the company’s strategic advancement for all HR...
AWS sets up Lustre-based caching filesystem
AWS is running a Lustre-based caching filesystem to provide fast file access to cloud compute needed to process distributed file and object data sets, including ones on-premise.
Update. AWS' Sébastien...
Hammerspace extends Global Data Environment
Hammerspace has extended its Global Data Environment so that IT operations can set global data policies applying to all data regardless of vendor storage or where it is located,...
Storage news ticker – October 6
Research house IDC has reported that spending on compute and storage infrastructure products for cloud deployments, including dedicated and shared IT environments, increased 22.4 percent year-over-year in the second...
Komprise tells users: Go do it yourself
Komprise has added self-service features for line-of-business (LOB) IT, analytics, and research teams to its unstructured data management software, lessening the burden on admins by giving users controlled read-only...
Gartner: Flash array revenue to overtake HDD
According to Gartner, all-flash-array revenues will pass disk drive and hybrid array revenue next year and grow to 55 percent of all external storage revenues in 2026.
The research house...
Dremio data lakes can run on VAST Data storage
VAST Data has a partnership with Dremio enabling its lakehouse software to run on-premises, accessing data from VAST’s Universal Storage all-flash file and object array.
Dremio’s software runs in-memory and creates...
VAST Data heading to the public cloud
Hybrid multi-cloud IT environments are becoming popular with suppliers building storage environments that span both on-premises and public cloud worlds.
Some file storage suppliers such as NetApp are making their...
Nodeum scaling up for exabyte environments
Profile: Belgian hierarchical storage manager Nodeum is developing exabyte-scale gen 2 software as it seeks to bolster its channel.
Nodeum software runs on Linux and provides a storage virtualizing control...
Storage news ticker – September 21
Data catalog and data intelligence supplier Alation has announced a partnership with data integrator Fivetran that is intended to enable joint customers to find and understand the full context...