Lightbits switches on block storage in Azure Marketplace
As promised in June, the Lightbits Cloud Data Platform has been made available in the Azure Marketplace as a managed application.
Lightbits software uses public cloud ephemeral storage instances to...
Decentralized Storj positions itself against CDNs and AWS for AI model distribution
The Storj network has increased in size by a third in four months and the company is expanding into India, it says, adding that under some conditions, Storj’s decentralized...
NeuroBlade aims to be ‘the Nvidia of data analytics’
Hyperscalers who use SQL processing units (SPUs) to offload x86 CPUs running analytics workloads could get a 100x or more acceleration of their jobs, enabling lower costs and more efficient...
Storage news ticker – September 22
Cloud storage provider Backblaze has released Computer Backup 9.0 in early access, which it says eliminates stress over restoring data. The version removes the 500GB size limit on its...
Komprise wants to help monitor sprawling data estates
Storage Insights from Komprise provides file and object capacity and usage information across multiple suppliers, locations, and clouds.
Update: Datadobi response to Komprise's competitive characterisations added. 3 Oct 2023.
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HYCU CEO wrote the book on SaaS data apocalypse
We face a looming SaaS data apocalypse, according to HYCU co-founder and CEO Simon Taylor, and he’s written a book about it.
SaaS data protector HYCU announced its R-Cloud scheme in...
Storage news ticker – September 20
Data protector Acronis has announced Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (formerly Acronis True Image) with a suite of features that integrate secure backup and AI-based security, making it the...
William Blair downgrades NetApp, but storage firm remains ‘confident’
NetApp has been downgraded by a financial analyst for what it claimed was underpar cloud business growth and falling on-prem storage product sales.
The company sells ONTAP file and block...
Veeam pumps money into SaaS backup startup Alcion
After buying Niraj Tolia and Vaibhav Kamra’s container backup startup Kasten, Veeam has now put cash into Alcion, their SaaS app backup startup.
Alcion was founded in 2022 by CEO...
Egnyte brings AI classification to construction industry
Content collaborator Egnyte has introduced specific AI/ML services to trigger workflows for images and documents in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) market.
Egnyte is a file-based collaboration services company...
Storage news ticker – September 18
Cigent Technology, which supplies zero trust data protection, is partnering with encrypted storage drive supplier Kanguru to bring full disk encryption to global customers. Kanguru Defender SED300 Secure SSDs,...
Quantum provides plenty of solace to those seeking cheaper cold data
Nasdaq-listed Quantum Corporation has released pre-configured data bundles to make it easier to purchase and deploy the company's ActiveScale Cold Storage, the Amazon S3-like object storage system.
The ActiveScale offering...