Sony quits recordable Blu-ray disc market
February will see Sony end the production of recordable Blu-ray discs, with no replacement for business users.
In a recent statement, Sony Storage Media Solutions said recording Blu-ray disc media,...
Storage stack layers and players going into 2025
Analysis: Right now, the two dominant storage demand and development drivers are cyber-resilience and security on the one hand, and AI training and inference on the other.
The IT storage picture...
Seagate seasons with Starchive to improve media asset management
Digital asset management firm Starchive is adding its AI-powered tools to the Seagate Lyve Cloud Object Storage service, with the pitch that this will improve data discovery for the...
Spectra Logic streamlines content management in Avid Media Composer
Spectra Logic has introduced its RioPanel content management and archiving application for Avid Media Composer environments.
RioPanel "seamlessly integrates" into the Media Composer user interface, says Spectra. The application promises...
Storage news ticker – August 27
The Acronis Threat Research Unit is sharing new insights regarding a misconfiguration in Microsoft Exchange Online settings that could result in email spoofing. Users who have a hybrid configuration...
Storage news ticker – February 26, 2024
Data protector Acronis has released its Cyber Protect 16 product with a new centralized dashboard. It features:
Cyberthreat Protection using AI and ML to proactively secure data, applications, and systems...
When hyperscalers catch a cold, Quantum sneezes
Storage supplier Quantum has encountered significant challenges due to a decrease in device and media sales, and reduced spending by hyperscale customers.
In the first fiscal quarter of 2024 ending...
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,...
Having an efficiency standard like SNIA’s is good. But what about public cloud?
Comment: The Emerald energy initiative from the SNIA holds great promise to better measure storage efficiency and lower carbon emissions, but it's missing a public cloud storage element, and...
Smart IOPS packet-switching controller supercharges SSDs
Startup Smart IOPS has burst out from stealth mode with a line of enterprise-class PCIe 3 and 4 SSDs using its own controller chip that it says treats data blocks...
Tape (and DNA?) needed to meet archive demand by 2030
A report has claimed that there could be a huge gap in archive data storage needs by 2030, with tape and possibly DNA storage the only viable technologies to...
Quantum’s revenues fall as savage supply chain issues ravage costs
Quantum saw a 2.8 per cent decline in revenues in its latest quarter as severe supply chain issues – some suppliers "holding it to ransom" – cost it $62...