Storage news ticker – April 9
Apache released Airflow 2.9, the latest version of the popular open source project, a data orchestration tool with more than 12 million monthly downloads and 33,000 GitHub stars. Airflow 2.9...
NetApp, Google preview retrieval-augmented generation AI toolkit
NetApp-hosted data can be used in RAG (retrieval-augmented generation) operations for Google’s Vertex AI platform in a previewed toolkit reference architecture.
NetApp’s ONTAP software is provided as a first-party...
Dell amplifies AI workload support with Intel Gaudi3
Dell has added Intel Gaudi3 GPU support to its XE9680 server and ported APEX File Storage to Azure in support of AI workloads.
The XE9680 server was announced in January 2023...
Pure Storage: We are the AI data platform
Pure Storage identifies itself as an AI data platform, storing and supplying data storage for AI training and inference workloads, whether they take place in the public cloud or...
Pure Storage: We are the AI data platform – part 2
We quiz Pure's VP for R&D Shawn Rosemarin on AI training, inference and Retrieval Augmented Generation. The first part of this interview is here.
B&F: Do storage considerations for running...
VAST Data ports software to Google Cloud
VAST Data has ported its Data Platform software to Google’s cloud enabling users to spin up VAST clusters there.
Update: VAST can work with Vertex AI. 12 April 2024.
VAST supplies...
CTERA goes on the offensive to drive further growth
Cloud file storage vendor CTERA has made a number of enhancements to its offering as it reports consistent growth for the year.
At this week's IT Press Tour in Rome,...
Backblaze introduces Event Notifications for enhanced workflow automation
Backblaze has added Event Notification data change alerts to its cloud storage so that such events can be dealt with faster by triggering automated workflows.
The fast-growing B2 Cloud Storage...
Rubrik’s IPO to raise up to $713 million
Rubrik reportedly plans to sell 23 million shares in its upcoming IPO.
The shares will be priced between $28 and $31 each according to Reuters, with gross proceeds estimated at...
Hitachi Vantara brings VSP One hybrid cloud storage to AWS
Hitachi Vantara's Virtual Storage Platform One (VSP One), a unified hybrid cloud storage product, has moved into the realm of the public cloud with AWS.
Update: SDS File and...
Qumulo launches Cloud Native file system on AWS
Scale-out parallel file system supplier Qumulo now runs natively in AWS. The company has announced the initial private availability of Qumulo Cloud Native file system in the AWS cloud....
Nasuni gets into bed with Microsoft’s Copilot
Nasuni customers can now integrate their data stores and workflows with customized Copilot assistants.
Microsoft’s Copilot is a GenAI chatbot integrated with Microsoft 365 apps such as Teams. Users can...