Pure: The disk/flash crossover event is closer than you think
A Pure Storage blog by FlashBlade Evangelist Justin Emerson declares "The Disk/Flash Crossover Event Is Closer Than You Think" and looks at the elements that could render hard drives...
Storage news ticker – February 14
SSD controller firmware developer Burlywood has produced a white paper: "Why Your Concerns About Data Center SSDs are Justified." It claims: "The Burlywood consistently delivers higher ongoing performance,...
The incredible shrinking NAND leads to smaller paychecks for Micron execs
Micron’s top execs are taking pay cuts to their base salaries as the company reduces overheads in the face of a memory and NAND chip downturn.
In December, Micron reported...
IBM, HPE fail to make the high-end array top 5
Analyst house DCIG has produced a list of the biggest market movers and shakers in the world of high-end arrays, yet it doesn't include IBM or HPE branded products,...
Storage news roundup – February 8
Data analytics startup Blockfenders is today announcing a $1.5 million pre-seed funding round from a range of institutional and angel investors. It’s developing software to help IT and data...
Lenovo becomes global WEKA reseller and integrator
Server system supplier Lenovo is partnering WEKA to resell its file services software integrated with ThinkSystem servers into high performance AI and analytics workloads for the finance, genomics, life...
NetApp adds quad-level cell arrays to AFF range
NetApp has added a more affordable C-Series to its AFF (All-Flash FAS) series of ONTAP arrays, using quad-level cell (QLC) NAND instead of the TLC found throughout the existing...
Infinidat the front runner for enterprise storage innovation, says GigaOm
A GigaOm Radar chart is classifying Infinidat as the leading supplier of innovative primary storage to enterprises, with NetApp heading up the balanced innovation-platform play area.
Analysts Max Mortillaro and...
Samsung investigating issues with 990 Pro SSDs
Samsung is probing reported problems with 990 Pro SSDs, whose owners have claimed the drives’ health status shows alarmingly fast drops in reported capacity even though only small amounts...
Western Digital revenue misery continues
Western Digital has reported a drop in revenue of 36 percent annually for the second quarter of the dirve maker's FY23, surpassing its Q1 fall of 26 percent. It’s...
Storage news roundup – January 31
Cyber security and backup storage supplier Acronis has announced a three-year partnership with London's oldest professional football club, Fulham FC. Acronis will provide Fulham with a suite of cyber...
NetApp wages ONTAP war on Dell and Pure
NetApp is presenting itself as the leading storage innovator compared to Dell and Pure Storage, with charts showing them lagging behind on 22 out of 25 innovations.
It's put forward...