HPE Alletra X10000 redefines scale-out hardware
Analysis: The Alletra MP X10000 object storage system from HPE is representative of a new class of scale-out storage hardware with a disaggregated shared everything (DASE) architecture pioneered by VAST...
WEKA tops SPECstorage Solution 2020 benchmark
WEKA says it has topped all five component test scenarios using HPE PCIe Gen 5 hardware in the SPECstorage Solution 2020 benchmark.
There are five workload scenarios in this benchmark:...
PEAK:AIO drives UK effort to bring down cost of medicine
PEAK:AIO, a software specialist in data infrastructure for AI and GPU applications, is now involved in the University of Strathclyde's MediForge Hub, an initiative aiming to "redefine" pharmaceutical manufacturing...
Very large AI model training uses object storage
HPC expert Glenn Lockwood says that the largest AI language models are being trained with object storage, not file storage.
AI model training needs unstructured data. Most unstructured data is...
Quantum seeks to strengthen balance sheet with SEPA share sale deal
Nasdaq-listed storage player Quantum has struck a standby equity purchase agreement (SEPA) with Yorkville Advisors Global.
The deal will give Quantum access to additional equity capital and liquidity. Limited initially...
WEKA boosts GenAI speed with Mooncake vLLM tech
File system provider WEKA wants to make its customers’ GenAI models respond faster by using a vLLM Mooncake tech combination.
This was revealed in a blog post by new hire Val...
Quantum Myriad supports 122.9 TB SSDs and in-place system scaling
Quantum is adding incremental, in-place system scaling with dynamic, automatic data leveling to its Myriad all-flash file system, along with 122.88 TB Solidigm SSD support.
Myriad is a containerized, scale-out...
Object First’s business is scaling up
Object First, the Veeam-specific object-based backup appliance startup, says it registered 389 percent bookings growth in 2024 along with a 374 percent increase in transacting partners.
The company was started...
Hammerspace gets WEKA’s ex-CRO as its sales boss
Data orchestrator Hammerspace has orchestrated its first Chief Revenue Officer, Jeff Giannetti, who abruptly left the CRO spot at WEKA last month.
Hammerspace sells Global Data Platform software based on...
GenAI, LLMs, and agents are transforming storage
Analysis: GenAI is washing through the IT world like water flooding across a landscape when a dam breaches. It is being viewed by many suppliers as an epoch-changing event,...
VAST enters 2025 with consolidated EBox and GCP support
Analysis: Having erected a substantial AI-focused stack of software components in 2024, announced a partnership with Cisco, and delivered software upgrades, how is VAST Data positioned at the start...
Panmnesia snags award for GPU CXL memory expansion
A Panmnesia scheme to bulk up a GPU’s memory by adding fast CXL-accessed external memory to a unified virtual memory space has won a CES Innovation award.
Panmnesia says large-scale...