OpenDrives appoints new CEO amid shift to video software
OpenDrives has appointed Trevor Morgan as its new CEO, replacing Sean Lee, as the company continues its shift from a hardware-focused storage supplier to a software-led video data and...
Wasabi raises $70 million for AI cloud storage
Wasabi has closed a second late-stage funding event to strengthen its AI data cloud storage infrastructure.
It provides cloud storage services that are less expensive than hyperscalers like AWS, Azure,...
Storage news ticker – 12 January
Commvault will be a launch partner for the AWS European Sovereign Cloud, a new independent cloud for Europe. It ill be a fully featured, independently operated, sovereign cloud backed by...
DDN says Lustre-based EXAScaler remains central despite Infinia push
After several senior Lustre engineers resigned from DDN to form The Lustre Collective, a consulting-style firm focused on the parallel file system, DDN briefed us on how it sees...
Osmium storage analysts look ahead to 2026 and beyond
Max Mortillaro and Arjan Timmerman set up their EMEA-focused Osmium Data Group analyst firm in March. They published a data protection Trendscape report in November (Trendscape is the firm's...
Storage news ticker – December 18
DNA storage startup Atlas Data Storage CEO Varun Mehta has written a blog, "Woolly Mammoth DNA Can Last 1.2 M Years. Can our Data?" He says: "At Atlas DS,...
Quobyte brings GPU-converged storage to AI clusters
Quobyte has introduced GPU-converged storage to bring data in its parallel file system and object storage software closer to GPUs, and scale as GPU servers are added.
The idea is...
The nature of the VAST Data beast
Analysis. VAST Data has had a hectic year as the Generative AI training boom has provided an enormous tailwind for its business progress. As a private company, it has...
AI data pipelines matter more than models
Scality, the object storage supplier, believes that the idea of competing businesses differentiating themselves by the particular AI foundation model they use is mistaken.
Model features will converge. What matters...
CTERA cites lab tests to claim its AI can head off ransomware
CTERA says independent tests show its AI-powered detection finds ransomware attacks before encryption is completed.
The company provides cloud-based distributed file services based on a central object storage system, either...
AWS piles on S3 upgrades from vector search to 50 TB objects
AWS has boosted its S3 offerings with support for larger, faster-accessed, and more AI data sources, including NetApp, and has announced a Cohesity European Sovereign Cloud partnership.
The news came...
HPE Storage in 2025: Alletra rises
HPE doubled down on its Alletra storage products in 2025, and focussed in selling its own storage software rather than adding partner storage IP to its server systems.
The company's...