Storage news roundup – 3 August
Zivan Ori, founder of NVMe flash array company E8, is leaving AWS for a to-be-revealed destination. AWS bought E8 in 2019. Ori said in a LinkedIn post: “The last...
Fortra battles misuse of its cyber security tools
The GoAnywhere file transfer product and unsupported versions of Cobalt Strike have been manipulated into malware delivery channels, and the supplier, Fortra, says it is actively working to counteract...
Commvault revenues static as subscriptions soar
Commvault's quarterly revenues have consistently been around $200 million for the past seven quarters as subscription and Software as a Service (SaaS) revenues begin to overtake traditional license sales.
The...
Infinidat reckons it’s bucked storage array sales downturn trend
High-end array supplier Infinidat says bookings bounced 29 percent year-over-year during the first six months of 2023.
The company sells InfiniBox storage arrays with a memory-caching capability that it says...
Storage news collection – 28 July 2023
Today is SysAdmin Day. The concept was created by Ted Kekatos, a system administrator, in 1999. He wanted to establish a special day to recognize the hard work and...
Backblaze warns of AI-assisted cyber threats
Humans are often the weakest link in a corporate network and the entry point for ransomware attackers, a factoid that underscores the necessity for persistent vigilance against this growing...
DLP could not prevent Fortra, MOVEit breaches
Data loss prevention (DLP) measures are supposed to prevent data loss yet they did nothing to stop the large scale file exfiltration caused by malware that disrupted the widely...
Cisco and HPE reselling Cohesity Cloud Services
Cisco and HPE, along with their channel partners, have entered into agreements to resell a suite of data protection managed services from Cohesity, using the AWS and Azure clouds.
Cohesity...
Azure MANA smartNIC boosts network speed
Microsoft’s Azure is using MANA smartNICs to accelerate network and storage speed, giving it AWS Nitro-like functions. Users will soon have access to MANA benefits through the upcoming Azure...
Dell cosies up to Microsoft with services for Azure and 365 users
Dell has introduced a set of professional services for Microsoft cloud and SaaS application users.
It reckons that by using Azure, Microsoft 365 and Dynamics 365 can be so complicated...
IBM intros safer entry-level FlashSystem
IBM has upgraded its FlashSystem entry-level with a 5045 model to replace the 5035, adding immutable snapshots to improve its resilience against malware attacks.
These snapshots are IBM’s Safeguarded Copy...
Storage news ticker – July 4
Data protector Acronis has released its Mid-Year Cyberthreats Report, From Innovation to Risk: Managing the Implications of AI-driven Cyberattacks. It found that there were 809 publicly mentioned ransomware cases...