Quantum wants to claw its way back to profitability – and growth
Analysis. Quantum has been wading through the mire. After two reverse stock splits, a hyperscaler tape system buying stop, a second set of financial reporting problems, and an abrupt...
DDN supplying storage for xAI’s Colossus supercomputer
DDN storage is being used in an expansion phase of Elon Musk’s xAI Colossus supercomputer.
Grok is xAI’s name for its large language model, while Colossus is the GPU server-based...
Pure Storage’s FlashBlade//S500 gains Nvidia SuperPOD certification
Pure Storage has announced certification of its FlashBlade//S500 storage with Nvidia’s DGX SuperPOD along with a new GenAI Pod system for inferencing.
The FlashBlade//S500 is a high-end, performance-optimized FlashBlade system,...
DDN boosts A³I IO speeds and IOPS for Nvidia AI workloads
DDN announced a fourth generation of the A³I (Accelerated, Any-Scale AI) system at SC24, increasing both its sequential data access and random read IOPS.
The A³I systems are storage systems...
Cloudian integrates Nvidia GPUDirect acceleration for object storage
Cloudian announced its integration with Nvidia Magnum IO GPUDirect storage technology, using RDMA parallel transfer, and putting file and object storage data on an equal footing in serving data...
CoreWeave hits $23B valuation with Pure Storage among investors
AI cloud platform operator CoreWeave has closed a $650 million secondary share sale to investors in a deal insiders claim now values the startup at $23 billion.
While the investors...
Quantum faces revenue drop but anticipates turnaround with operational overhaul
Quantum reported subdued results for its second FY 2025 quarter but said operational improvements, a product portfolio refresh, and go-to-market enhancements would return the company to growth.
Revenues in the...
Hitachi jumps into QLC flash array pool and adds object storage to VSP One
Hitachi Vantara has added a low-cost all flash array and object storage to its Virtual Storage One (VSP One) portfolio.
The VSP One portfolio is described as unified hybrid cloud...
VDURA enhances VDP performance and scalability for AI
VDURA has upgraded its VDURA Data Platform (VDP) storage operating system to provide more performance, scalability, and simpler management – with a twin focus on AI and HPC users.
VDURA...
NetApp upgrades low-end flash arrays and StorageGRID
NetApp has refreshed the low end of its all-flash A-Series AFF arrays following the May midrange and high-end upgrade. It has also updated the capacity-optimized C-Series hardware and added...
Huawei developing SSD-tape hybrid amid US tech restrictions
Huawei’s in-house development of Magneto-Electric Disk (MED) archive storage technology combines an SSD with a Huawei-developed tape drive to provide warm (nearline) and cold data storage.
MED technology was first...
Seagate developing ruggedized SSD for orbiting satellites
Seagate is developing an SSD that can operate in the vacuum of space aboard low Earth orbit satellites, providing mass storage for satellite applications.
It is testing this concept by...