Restringed Violin to play new product tune
October 2, 2018 sees the private-equity-owned all-flash array survivor Violin Systems putting out its first major new product since exiting Chapter 11 in April 2017.
A webinar will announce “details...
How is Solidfire doing? Let’s find out
Analysis. Solidfire all-flash arrays had a $130.8m run rate in NetApp’s fiscal 2018 but the quarterly growth trend line is uneven.
Wells Fargo senior analyst Aaron Rakers has estimated Solidfire...
Destroying data forever – you can do it. We can help, says Paragon Software
It’s the opposite of data protection: data destruction. Paragon Software’s Disk Wiper will completely and irrevocably delete data from solid state or disk drives, laughing at GDPR and supporting...
Vexata gets close to top price/performance slot on SPC-2 benchmark
Vexata, an NVMe flash array startup, has submitted its first product for the SPC-2 benchmarking and the results are... fifth best overall performance number and second-best price/performance rating.
The Storage Performance...
Quantum teams up with Excelero for StorNext speed bump
Quantum is near-doubling StorNext speed by using Excelero’s NVMESH to provide faster data access than it can deliver on its own.
StorNext is a scale out multi-tiered file data management...
Dell EMC spruces up storage array line for SMBs
Dell EMC’s new PowerVault ME4 Series are for small and medium businesses: installable in 15 minutes, configurable in 15 more, and usable as either SAN array or direct-attached PowerEdge...
Lenovo leans on NetApp for renewed push into the data centre
NetApp has cut an OEM deal with Lenovo, getting a new global channel.
The two are co-developing Lenovo ThinkSystem-branded storage products using core software technology from NetApp and made by...
Three startups get cash in their held-out hands
Coincidence? We think not. Sysdig, a container software intelligence startup, followed up its new CEO hire with a $68.5m D-round of funding, taking total cash raised to a tasty...
StorONE: ‘Smaller, faster, cheaper,’ says CEO Gal Naor
StorONE's new S1 array provides astounding storage speed in terms of IOPS and latency. But it does not yet use NVMe drives nor NVMe-over Fabrics (NVMe-oF) networking access.
We think...
DDN scoops up Tintri biz remains
DDN has emerged the winner from a six-round auction that sees it buying the bankrupt Tintri business for $60m. This is a big win for Tintri creditors and customers,...
Samsung’s super-fast NVMe portable SSD
Samsung has an X5 2TB portable SSD that can transfer data at 40Gbit/s, four times faster than USB 3.1’s 10Gbit/s.
The drive is an update on Samsung's existing 2TB T5...
DDN finalises Tintri buy
DDN is finalising its acquisition of Tintri, the collapsed storage vendor, and expects to complete the purchase in a few days. The company says it will bring immediate support...