Backblaze reports strong Q4 amid cloud storage demand surge
Backblaze had a revenue uplift in its fourth 2023 quarter as cloud storage demand rocketed upwards.
Revenues in the quarter ended December 31 were $28.7 million, a 25 percent year-on-year...
Azure Elastic SAN cloud onramp now available
Microsoft has announced general availability of its iSCSI-based Azure Elastic SAN, facilitating the migration of on-premises SANs to its public cloud.
The Azure Elastic SAN was previewed way back in...
Storage news ticker – February 13
Startup Alcion, which supplies AI-driven Backup-as-a-Service for Microsoft 365, announced the launch of Alcion for Partners – a Managed Service Provider (MSP) partner program. It claims that, by providing...
Ultra-runner CEO jogging on with Panzura plan
Interview: Dan Waldschmidt, known for his fondness of ultra-running, has become the new CEO of Panzura.
He conducted the Zoom interview standing up, not sitting, which we suppose is indicative...
Storage news ticker – February 9
Acronis released its “Acronis Cyberthreats Report, H2 2023: Alarming rise in cyberattacks, SMBs and MSPs in the crosshairs,” which says that AI-enhanced phishing affected more than 90 percent of...
AirMettle touts parallel software storage architecture
AirMettle has reinvented object storage for the analytics and generative AI era with a parallel software storage controller architecture delivering much faster access to data.
Founded by CEO Donpaul Stephens...
Qumulo CTO discusses the future of data storage
Interview: Compared to file, object has simply become a protocol absorbed into an analysis solution, and proprietary GPUDirect will be followed by more generic multi-GPU-vendor technology. These are points...
NetApp, SpectraLogic link up for on-prem archival storage
SpectraLogic is providing validated on-premises object archival storage on tape for NetApp StorageGRID systems as an affordable alternative to S3-based public cloud long-term retention.
StorageGRID is NetApp’s S3-based object storage...
Komprise unveils elastic replication for non-critical data
Komprise has pushed out elastic replication that it says provides more affordable disaster recovery for non-mission-critical file data at sub-volume level.
Komprise’s Intelligent Data Management product can tier data between...
NetApp and VAST Data take rivalry to the F1 racetrack
NetApp has partnered with the Aston Martin Aramco Racing team and VAST Data is linking up with the Williams Racing team as the two file storage suppliers duke it...
Data steward Rimage pivoting from optical disk publishing to data lifecycle management
Established optical disc-based archiver Rimage is pivoting to data management with an AI-powered digital asset metadata extraction and search product announced, and advanced optical storage in its roadmap.
Rimage describes...
Commvault achieves record Q3 but forecasts sequential downturn
Commvault earned $216.8 million in its third fiscal quarter ended December 31, a record amount for the biz, yet a quarter-on-quarter downturn has been forecast.
Revenues for the data protector...