Dell OneFS 9.5 is a streamer screamer
OneFS 9.5, the latest PowerScale OS version, provides a claimed 55 percent in streaming data access speed plus cyber resiliency improvements.
PowerScale and the prior Isilon scale-out filers are powered...
DataCore expands archiving with Object Matrix
Storage software supplier DataCore is buying media and entertainment object storage supplier Object Matrix.
DataCore supplies block (SANsymphony), file (vFILO), object storage (Swarm), and Kubernetes storage (Bolt). It entered the...
The Cloud File Services marketing war
A big battle is brewing. There are two opposing groups of suppliers in conflict. One grouping is formed from the on-premises filers who are adding multi-cloud support to their...
Nasuni to grow bigger by getting deeper into enterprises with new CRO
Nasuni wants growth in its cloud file services offering through a much larger enterprise presence. To that end, it has a new chief revenue officer: Pete Agresta, who comes...
WEKA update jumps onto GCP, scales bigger, and moves data faster
Fast parallel file system supplier WEKA has a Data Platform v4.1 release that adds GCP support, extra scale and faster SMB protocol handling.
The WEKA software can now run on...
Cloudian pulls in $60m funding to chase growth
Cloudian has raised $60 million in fresh funding - its first round since 2018 - and appointed its first board chairman in a bid to accelerate growth.
The company supplies...
Hitachi Vantara sips mainframe data via Model9
Hitachi Vantara is collaborating with Model9 to feed mainframe data to its HCP and VSP 5000 storage systems and make it available to modern apps running in the hybrid...
VAST Data, Infinidat reportedly amongst 21 storage tech unicorns
There are 21 storage industry startups worth a billion dollars or more – unicorns – according to a CB Insights newsletter.
Update. Note on Coldago's December 2022 storage unicorn list added...
Infinidat on CXL, SMR disk drives and green IT
Blocks & Files spoke to Infinidat CEO Phil Bullinger recently, who gave us some insight into Infinidat's 2022 business and its hopes for 2023. We looked at Infinidat's stance...
Storage news ticker – January 17
Cloud-native distributed, CDC-based data replication platform supplier Arcion announced a real-time integration connector for SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (Sybase ASE). It claims this enables high-volume database migration and real-time...
BackupLABS aims to protect niche SaaS apps
UK startup BackupLABS intends to protect everyday SaaS apps and not just the big providers.
Users of SaaS applications like Salesforce and ServiceNow need to backup and protect their own...
NetApp appoints new CMO
NetApp has appointed software and cloud-focused Gabrielle Boko as its new CMO to replace the departing James Whitemore.
Whitemore, NetApp EVP and CMO from November 2019 until this month, and...