Did NetApp over-pay buying SolidFire for $870 million?
Did NetApp pay too much for all-flash array vendor SolidFire?
Its latest results prompted financial analysts to update their clients on NetApp’s finances and one* included SolidFire revenues for the...
StorageCraft builds Rubrik-esque system for SMBs
StorageCraft aims to provide single system Cohesity and Rubrik-style enterprise converged scale-out storage and data protection for small and medium businesses.
The company bought SMB object storage startup Exablox in...
V7 Hive Fabric bees swarm out from AI-ready re-invented Atlantis apicultural HCI offering
HiveIO, which bought failed Atlantis Computing’s HCI and VDI tech, has released v7 of its SW saying it eliminates trad HCI vendor complexity.
Hive Fabric is a software HCI (Hyper-Converged...
Composable system startup DriveScale sets up EMEA office
Henk Jan Spanjaard has been hired to be a VP and general manager of EMEA for DriveScale as it enters Europe.
DriveScale is a composable systems startup, competing with HPE's Synergy...
Lacklustre HPE storage sales to rebound
Updated HPE storage products products and more sales heads should bring in the dollars and end the storage growth doldrums.
Its third fiscal 2018 quarter results showed 4 per cent...
Nutanix set to join top four server system SW businesses
With annual revenues for its fiscal 2018 rising to $1.16Bn. a rise of 37 per cent year-on-year, and 10,610 customers, Nutanix is set to join Microsoft, Oracle, Red Hat...
IDC storage tracker whacker: external storage holding steady vs server SAN
Server SANs are not eating into the external SAN market, judging by IDC storage tracker numbers.
It's been predicted that server SANs, which aggregate local storage in a cluster of...
Datrium raises $60m. Is it enough?
Datrium has gained $60m in D-round funding, as it looks to break out of the hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) herd.
Found in 2012, Datrium pioneered a mid-way between converged and hyperconverged...
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...
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...
Two-horse HCI race with graphical clarity
Dell Technologies and Nutanix, the leaders of the hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) appliance market, are increasing their dominance, while their competitors in the following pack look to be fighting for...
Your Occasional Storage Digest, featuring Cohesity, IBM, Maxta, Nutanix, Proscia, Rubrik, SwiftStack, Zadara
Here's a digest of recent storage news to help you keep up with what's going on.
Cohesity
Cohesity is parting with some of the money raised in its recent funding round...