I like to move it: Hitachi Vantara embraces Buurst’s Fuusion data mover
Hitachi Vantara has a "strategic partnership" with Buurst, the rebranded SoftNAS. It has adopted its Fusion data mover product for its Hitachi Virtual Storage-as-a-Service(VSaaS) and Hitachi Kubernetes Service offerings.
The...
WekaIO revenue chief Ken Grohe quits
The Chief Revenue Officer of high-speed file system startup WekaIO has resigned.
Ken Grohe became Weka’s president and CRO in June 2020, and lasted 11 months at his post. Carol...
When you node better, you do better, or that’s the idea: Dell EMC upscales...
Dell EMC has launched a faster all-flash PowerScale system
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The common factors in this week’s storage news round-up are the two mainstays: Kubernetes and the public cloud. Kubernetes storage and protection products are getting enhanced and the rush...
Panasas seeks partners as it faces up to public cloud challenge
Profile. A briefing meeting with HPC storage supplier Panasas’ chief exec in April revealed a company intent on broadening its partner base, building a lower entry-level system and working...
Another storage-as-a-service competitor enters the ring: Dell launches APEX
Dell today unveiled its APEX Data Storage Services at its virtual Dell Technologies World event, claiming to offer a consistent service across edge locations, private and public clouds, with...
VAST Data valued at $3.7bn after $83m cash round
VAST Data has had a fourth funding round, raising $83m to hit a valuation of $3.7bn, a year after raising $100m at a $1.2bn valuation. It doesn't strictly...
Amazon Web Services launches cloud assault against on-premise filers
Amazon Web Services wants to convince customers to replace on-premises files with a caching gateway channel that leads to an SMB filer in its public cloud.
It has launched the...
StorFaster? Quantum converges StorNext metadata controllers onto faster storage server
Quantum has introduced StorNext H4000, a more powerful hybrid flash/disk appliance that does away with the need for separate metadata controllers and client access nodes by using faster controllers.
StorNext...
IBM builds containerised version of Spectrum Scale
IBM is launching a containerised derivative of its Spectrum Scale parallel file system called Spectrum Fusion, as well as delivering new ESS 3200 Elastic Storage System storage array and...
OK, SANshine, how do you position Nebulon against external arrays, HCI, SmartNIC and DPU...
Analysis: Would-be SAN array and HCI rival Nebulon’s SPU (Storage Processing Unit) is a fresh way of delivering shared storage and other services by using what looks like hyper-converged...
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