Veeam lays groundwork for AI agents to vacuum up backup data
Interview: Veeam is developing software to enable large language models (LLMs) and AI agents to trawl through reams of Veeam backup data and analyze it to answer user or...
Datafy banks $14M to slash AWS block storage bills
AWS block storage cost-cutting startup Datafy has secured $14 million in new funding, bringing total investment to $20 million.
Datafy’s background goes back to early all-flash array days and Israeli...
Google Cloud takes a shine to Lustre
Google Cloud Managed Lustre, based on DDN’s EXAScaler software, is now generally available.
This project was first announced in April to enable Google Cloud to offer file storage and fast...
The cloud-native imperative for effective cyber resilience
Modern threats demand modern defenses. Cloud-native is the new baseline.
Every organization is investing in cyberresilience tools, training, and processes. Unfortunately, only some of them will be able to successfully...
Analysis finds Volumez block storage outpaces cloud giants for PostgreSQL
Volumez block storage for PostgreSQL on AWS, Azure, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) delivers more transactions per second at lower latency than the cloud providers’ own block storage instances.
PostgreSQL...
Storage news collection – July 3
Commvault announced a strategic partnership with Bytes, “a leading provider of IT solutions across the UK and Ireland. This partnership will focus on providing the joint customer base with...
DDN on Infinia object storage and solving the POSIX problem
Interview: We spoke to DDN SVP for Products James Coomer and CTO Sven Oehme about the status of its relatively new Infinia object store and about details on its claimed...
Quobyte storage powers Zoox robotaxi training
Parallel file system software Quobyte is being used by robotaxi developer Zoox to store vehicle sensor and simulation data for training the AI software controlling the vehicles.
Amazon-owned Zoox competes...
Storage news ticker – June 30
Abstract Security announced LakeVilla, a new product aimed at offering customers a cloud-native cold storage facility built for long-term security telemetry retention that delivers compliance-ready, highly accessible storage at...
VDURA takes aim at VAST, WEKA, DDN with AI-HPC storage reboot
VDURA CEO Ken Claffey believes that the company should be classed alongside DDN, VAST Data, and WEKA as an extreme high-performing and reliable data store for modern AI and...
Rubrik acquires Predibase to scale AI agent development
Cyber-resilience supplier Rubrik is buying AI agent development startup Predibase to accelerate agentic AI adoption.
Predibase is a 2021 startup founded by Google and Uber alumni, originally focused on providing...
NetApp names Zscaler CTO Syam Nair as new chief product officer
NetApp has recruited Zscaler CTO Syam Nair to be its new chief product officer, replacing the departing Harvinder Bhela.
Bhela joined NetApp in January 2022 as EVP and CPO and...