StrongBox pivots to enterprise unstructured data management market, and a new name
StrongBox is looking likely to change its name to StrongLink as it pivots away from the high-end cross-silo file and object management market to pursue the broader enterprise market.
This...
Storage News Ticker – November 12
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A DCIG blog by Lead Analyst Ken Clipperton claims “The DRAM era of memory — volatile, scarce, and expensive — is drawing to a close. The era of big...
VAST Data goes after FlashBlade
High-end, all-flash, enterprise filer supplier VAST Data has appointed George Axberg, a 16-year Dell EMC veteran, as its VP of the Data Protection division.
We’re told he is responsible for...
STAC benchmarks: DDN outpaces WekaIO/AWS and Dell EMC PowerScale
DDN’s latest Lustre-based AI400X2 array is faster than a WekaIO system running in Amazon’s cloud.
The STAC benchmark council tests audited system stacks running benchmark tests suited to the applications...
Storage News Ticker – November 11
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Cloud backup service supplier Datto reported $157.9 million revenues for calendar Q3 2021, up 20 per cent year-on year, with profits of $13.5 million, up 31 per cent. Tim...
DDN doubles performance of high-end AI array
DDN has boosted the sequential bandwidth performance of its high-end A3I AI400X all-flash array almost twice over with an AI400X2 upgraded system in the same chassis.
The A3I arrays are...
Quantum grows revenue again – despite ongoing impact of supply chain issues
File management and tape system vendor Quantum recorded its second consecutive growth quarter with $93.2 million revenues for Q2 2022 ended September 30. Revenues would have been higher but for...
Storage news ticker – November 3
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Colin Gallagher has joined WekaIO from being VP product marketing at Hitachi Vantara for two and a half years. He came to Hitachi V via Pure Storage and Dell...
Critical capabilities: Gartner rates Scality top of the heap in distributed file and object...
Scality’s RING product has been awarded the highest and most consistent rankings in a Gartner report looking at distributed files systems and object storage.
Gartner’s gurus have written a Critical...
HPE storage strategy: edge-to-cloud implies fewer software partnerships
HPE’s GreenLake edge-to-cloud and service-led strategy includes more HP-owned intellectual storage property and that implies limiting its software partnerships.
HPE ran a virtual Security Analysts meeting giving details of the...
VAST brags of 7x third quarter revenue growth
VAST Data’s revenues grew seven-fold in its third fiscal 2022 quarter, ended October 31.
This was revealed by President Michael Wing through a tweet and a LinkedIn posting:
Can we estimate...
Storage news ticker – October 29
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Molly Presley – who left the storage industry in January this year when she resigned as Qumulo’s Global Product Marketing Head to become VP Marketing at Pantheon (SaaS website...