A quick run through Axellio’s iWARP all-flash Hyper-V HCI box
Axellio has jumped onto the hyperconverged train with the FabrixXpress edge-computing appliance, a software-defined "datacenter in a box" for enterprises and service providers to build on-premises and hybrid integration...
Inspur joins SPC-1 benchmark league table
Chinese server and storage vendor Inspur has leapt into the SPC-1 benchmark rankings, beating a top-end IBM array with a much lower price/performance rating.
The SPC-1 benchmark tests a storage...
Regarding Violin Systems and its race for All-Flash Array glory
Violin Systems has launched its latest VXS 8 all-flash array into what it calls the extreme performance all-flash array market.
Its a hot box with latency down to 50μs when...
Tintri co-founders join DDN
Tintri co-founders Kieran Harty and Mark Gritter have joined DDN's Tintri business unit. Gritter assumes the CTO position while Harty has the more nebulous role of "full-time advisor".
In a...
Your Irregular Storage Digest with Delphix, HTF Market Intelligence, Mimecast, and Korean fabbers
Here's the speed read version: Delphix has picked up a UK TV broadcaster as a customer; a somewhat limited cloud backup market report appears; Mimecast is losing its CFO;...
Memory prices are on their way down
Trendforce forecasts a five per cent or greater fall in DRAM contract prices in 2018’s fourth quarter, following 1 to 2 per cent rise in the third quarter. The...
You’re an AI startup? Micron has $100m up for grabs
Artificial intelligence is a huge money opportunity for memory and storage vendors, according to Micron boss Sanjay Mehrotra. And he is putting the company's money where his mouth is.
The...
Kaminario CEO completes Epic Israel bikeathon
Once upon a time Kaminario CEO Dani Golan streaked above the Israel landscape in fighter jets. Now he uses self-propelled wheeled transport and has just completed an Epic Israel...
Together we can build a better SSD controller – CNEX bags $23m funding
CNEX Labs, a startup that enables big cloud computing vendors to customise SSDs, has picked up $23m in Series D funding.
Typically, SSD controllers are one size fits all -...
Intel vet takes the helm at Toshiba Memory Corp
There’s a new exec chairman at Toshiba Memory Corporation (TMC).
Step forward, Stacy Smith, who most recently worked at Intel as group president of manufacturing operations and sales. Other senior...
Pure Storage goes old school with Veritas alliance
Pure Storage has struck an alliance with old school data protection vendor Veritas to protect FlashBlade and use it as a backup target and also to protect FlashArray with...
Micron ejects Intel from flash JV. What will Intel do next?
Micron last week said it would exercise its right to buy out Intel's share of IM Flash Technologies, a joint venture between the two to fabricate NAND and 3D...