It’s (quick) payback time for Cisco UCS and Cohesity
In this week's storage news roundup, Cohesity and Cisco say users can save bundles of cash compared to using other servers and unstructured data management software. We've also got...
GigaIO composability switch delivers shared Optane memory
GigaIO announced yesterday it is using silicon from Microchip in its FabreX PCIe 4.0 network fabric to dynamically compose server systems and share memory, including Optane, between servers....
Phison PCIe gen 4 SSD is faster than Optane SSD
Phison is showcasing an unreleased PCIe 4.0 controller CES 2021 that is faster than Intel's P5800X Optane SSD.
Update: PCIe Gen 4 bus saturation point added. 12 Jan 2021.
The Taiwanese...
Handbags at dawn for Pure and NetApp: Who you calling a ‘legacy vendor’?
Pure Storage is a struggling legacy vendor while NetApp is powering ahead. So says NetApp in a corporate blog entitled Will the real legacy storage vendor please stand...
Analytics startups Dremio, Starburst and Firebolt draw in dollops of dollars
Data analytics startup Dremio has raised $135m in a D series, taking total funding to $250m, and achieving unicorn status ($1bn+ valuation). Competitor unicorn startup Starburst has pulled in...
Infinidat picks Western Digital exec to be its new CEO
Infinidat, the enterprise large array supplier, has appointed a new CEO and CFO, replacing its co-CEO structure and completing the leadership transition from founder Moshe Yanai's era.
The new CEO...
What does AWS Outposts mean for on-premises storage vendors?
Amazon late last year launched AWS Outposts, a fully managed service based on a converged infrastructure rack, including server, storage, networking, and AWS cloud software services. The appliance is...
DDN reveals VMstore and Intelliflash updates for 2021
High performance computing and enterprise needs are converging, according to DDN, which is developing technology in response.
In a press briefing this week, the HPC storage veteran gave us a...
Hitachi Vantara plots aggressive price setting for new midrange storage arrays
Hitachi Vantara has plumped up the VSP E series arrays with two midrange additions at "aggressive price points", plus a NAS gateway and a managed service.
Update: E790 and...
Lenovo boosts low end all-flash array with end-to-end NVMe
Lenovo has juiced up its entry level all-flash array with NVMe SSDs, NVMe/FC access and faster Fibre Channel support. The company said the new ThinkSystems DM5100F array is suitable...
Pavilion Data: Our unified storage array is the fastest in the universe
Pavilion Data, the high-end array vendor, has released a speedy parallel file system that brings it into direct competition with major HPC storage players for the first time.
The new...
Kioxia integrates KumoScale with Kubernetes
Kioxia, the memory chip maker, has integrated its KumoScale flash storage array into the Kubernetes world.
KumoScale is Kioxia’s software to operate a box of flash drives and presents their...