Where did the VCs invest storage startup dollars in 2023? (Clue: AI)
Venture Capitalists invested $1.3 billion in 17 storage startups in 2023, yet the bulk of that cash injection went to just four businesses that are weaving AI into their...
Pure Storage shifts focus to as-a-service model
Pure Storage expects more than half of its revenue to come from subscriptions as it shifts from product sales to become an as-a-service supplier.
This change in viewpoint is detailed...
Qumulo makes another round of layoffs
Qumulo has laid off customer-facing staff in "sales, marketing, sales ops, and field marketing," according to a person close to the situation.
The scale-out and parallel file system supplier produces...
Inspeere’s peer-to-peer backup storage protects against ransomware
Profile: French startup Inspeere believes a backup stored across six to nine peer sites in encoded and compressed fragments is effectively impervious to ransomware attacks and can meet sovereignty...
Nasuni’s post-$100 million ARR growth continues unabated
A briefing from Nasuni revealed that the cloud file services supplier's growth is continuing unabated and that its deals are getting larger.
B&F met Jim Liddle, Nasuni's chief innovation officer...
VirtualZ mainframe data access inspired by female Apache warrior
Profile. IBM mainframe data access company VirtualZ Computing has a native American heritage woven into its backstory which is connected to two of its founders: CEO Jeanne Glass and...
PEAK:AIO GPUDirect performance validated by HPE
Startup PEAK:AIO has had its top-tier GPU data delivery performance validated in testing by Hewlett-Packard Enterprise.
PEAK:AIO is a UK startup providing storage software for the AI market based on...
IBM Storage Ceph gets locked objects and more
IBM has updated Ceph with object lock immutability for ransomware protection and previews of NVMe-oF and NFS to object ingest.
Storage Ceph is what IBM now calls Red Hat Ceph,...
GigaOm ranks NetApp as leader in scaleout file storage
GigaOm has evaluated 17 suppliers of scaleout file storage systems and has placed NetApp out in front with a substantial lead.
The GigaOm Radar report evaluates products' technical capabilities and...
XenData touts advanced disk-based archive for media industry
XenData is developing a media browser for faster location of video file segments to be integrated into its networked disk-based archive for media and entertainment (M&E) customers.
B&F learned about...
Dell angles for PowerScale SuperPOD validation
Dell is making a supercharged GenAI data delivery pump with the introduction of a second-gen all-flash PowerScale with smart scaleout capabilities, OneFS enhancements, and ongoing PowerScale SuperPOD validation.
The intent...
VAST Data secures $118M in Series E funding
VAST Data has raised $118 million in new funding for a $9.1 billion valuation, with total cash raised hitting $381 million.
The company provides parallel, scale-out access to file and...