Startup releases ‘self-defending’ SSD that protects data from ransomware attacks
Cyber-security startup Cigent Technology has built a "self-defending" Secure SSD which constantly checks the credentials of any access to data on the drive. The firm claims it can make...
Western Digital and computational storage: ‘We believe it will happen’
Disk drive and SSD supplier Western Digital has spoken about computational storage use cases using SSDs and the need for a standard drive-host interface for computational storage drives (CSDs),...
Kioxia revenues rising, demand wind stronger: No news yet on IPO or acquisition
NAND and SSD supplier Kioxia is reporting a rise in revenues and underlying profitability as market demand strengthens, but there is no news on either a resumed IPO or...
More details on HPE’s new storage array, the Alletra 9000
Analysis: We have more HPE Alletra's features and performance details, after analysing a post by Dimitris Krekoukias. The Nimble exec provided a more informed comparison with the competition, Primera...
Glory Days are over: The storage hardware startup era has ended
Opinion: The golden age of storage hardware startups is over and storage software rules the world.
B&F is including hyper-converged infrastructure appliance vendors amongst the storage startups and we recognise...
Pure Storage is building an everything-as-a-service stack over hardware and software products
All-flash array supplier Pure Storage is becoming a public cloud-like business, offering its products and capabilities as services in a hybrid multi-cloud world. In the background is its cloud-native...
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
Your occasional storage digest with SoftIron, StorageOS, NAKIVO and more
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...
Mid-range clustered Alletra 6000 supports more SAP HANA nodes than top-end 9000
HPE's Alletra array performance results have been revealed, with the top supported SAP HANA Node count rising from 64 for the clustered all-flash Nimble to 216 for the mid-range...
Backblaze discovers old truth: SSDs break less often than disks
Cloud backup and storage provider Backblaze has added SSD reliability stats to its longstanding disk drive reliability numbers and, what do you know? SSDs break almost an order of...
Alletra: First details on what’s in HPE’s new arrays
Analysis: Datasheet details have emerged about HPE's brand spanking new Alletra arrays, casting some light on the boxes and their contents but not shining it into every corner.
There are...