Storage news roundup – March 1
Avery Design Systems has announced a validation suite supporting the Compute Express Link (CXL) industry-standard interconnect. It enables rapid and thorough system interoperability, validation and performance benchmarking of systems...
VAST Data rolling out biggest ever software release
Single QLC flash tier storage upstart VAST Data is making a song and dance about its biggest software release ever, saying it will aid VAST's larger data platform agenda.
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Hammerspace: Other vendors are trying to copy us
Hammerspace says it is making such good progress that other vendors are trying to replicate its data orchestration technology.
Hammerspace's Global Data Environment (GDE) provides a global namespace within which...
Storage news roundup – February 22
Microsoft’s Azure cloud has announced a preview of Azure HPC Cache Premium Read-Write designed to provide high-bandwidth and low-latency access to files similar to local NVMe storage. It provides lower...
Storage news collection – 17 February
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Data protector Commvault has released its latest platform, PR 2023. This is one of Commvault’s long-term support releases with a support lifetime of up to three years. They are...
Two open source data lakehouse platforms will emerge, says db insight
Research house db insight says it's likely Delta Lake and Iceberg will become the main data lakehouse platforms, with proprietary alternatives being a transitional stage.
This prediction is made by...
Spectra Logic targets on-prem archive market
SpectraLogic has announced a Spectra Digital Archive offering for on-premises archiving using its StorCycle, Black Pearl and tape library products.
StorCycle is SpectraLogic file/object lifecycle management software that scans primary on-premises...
Wasabi believes in a single tier and no egress fees
Wasabi is a single-tier, public cloud storage service provider that claims to offer substantially lower prices than AWS, with no data egress or API charges, and its CEO thinks...
Veeam Backup & Recovery v12 aims at four object storage targets
Cloudian, Object First, Pure Storage and Scality are the four initial object storage targets for version 12 of Veeam Backup and Recovery, which has added the ability to back...
Veeam promises to SWAT away ransomware
Data protector Veeam has announced Backup & Replication v12 with 500-plus new features and enhancements, including direct-to-object-storage backup, better immutability, cyber resiliency, hybrid cloud protection and a new ransomware...
IBM, HPE fail to make the high-end array top 5
Analyst house DCIG has produced a list of the biggest market movers and shakers in the world of high-end arrays, yet it doesn't include IBM or HPE branded products,...
Storage news roundup – February 8
Data analytics startup Blockfenders is today announcing a $1.5 million pre-seed funding round from a range of institutional and angel investors. It’s developing software to help IT and data...