IBM intros safer entry-level FlashSystem
IBM has upgraded its FlashSystem entry-level with a 5045 model to replace the 5035, adding immutable snapshots to improve its resilience against malware attacks.
These snapshots are IBM’s Safeguarded Copy...
NetApp renews DreamWorks Animation deal as latest film flops
NetApp has renewed a long-term relationship with customer DreamWorks Animation, including co-engineering and being its preferred cloud services provider.
VAST Data may have scooped up Pixar recently but NetApp has...
ExaGrid claims it’s heading towards 4,000 customers
Purpose-built backup appliance (PBBA) vendor ExaGrid had claimed a record-breaking second quarter, saying its customer numbers are heading to 4,000 and that it pulled in $19 million from new...
Storage news ticker – July 10
Apple’s coming iPhone 15 could have a memory range of 256GB, 512GB and 1TB, eliminating the 128GB entry point of the iPhone 14, according to Wells Fargo analyst Aaron...
Storage old guard needs to have its cache and eat it too
Comment: Legacy external hardware-based storage suppliers need to adapt to technology threats to their businesses from three incomers – Infinidat, Pure Storage and VAST Data.
Update. Dell PowerMax gen 2...
Storage news ticker – July 4
Data protector Acronis has released its Mid-Year Cyberthreats Report, From Innovation to Risk: Managing the Implications of AI-driven Cyberattacks. It found that there were 809 publicly mentioned ransomware cases...
Western Digital boosts Blue consumer SSD line
Western Digital has upped the bus connect from PCIe gen 3 to gen 4 for its Blue 500 series internal SSD, increasing speed by between 20-70 percent.
Blue drives are...
Disruptive innovation? Storage has heard of it
Analysis Every startup has a holy grail shimmering in front of it: the idea of being a disruptive innovator, upsetting the status quo and becoming a new product class,...
Micron still bumping along memory trough
Micron had another poor quarter, with revenues 57 percent down annually, but it met its guidance, and still thinks the memory downcycle has bottomed out, although China’s security investigation...
Storage news ticker – June 28
Aerospike, focused on real-time data, is now a member of the HPE Complete program which allows customers to acquire Aerospike software directly from HPE and its authorized partners. The...
Hitachi Vantara taps CTERA’s cloudy file services
Hitachi Vantara has entered an OEM deal with CTERA for file and data management services with the Hitachi Content Platform storing the data.
CTERA provides edge-to-core-to-cloud global file system and...
Pliops founder hands CEO reins to Nvidia veteran
Host-based SSD controller array startup Pliops has a new CEO – Ido Bukspan coming from Nvidia.
Pliops, founded in Israel in 2017, has built its XDP (eXtreme Data Processor) to...