Storage news ticker – August 22
Open source ETL provider Airbyte says its PyAirbyte Python library, introduced in late February, has helped more than 10,000 AI and data engineers sync over 6 billion records of...
Western Digital all-flash OpenFlex box outpaces NetApp in GPUDirect data serving
Western Digital claims its OpenFlex Data24 system loaded with NVMe SSDs and an NVMe over Fabrics (NVMeoF) adapter does read and write IO across an Nvidia GPUDirect link faster...
VAST’s Data Engine previewed
Analysis. VAST Data is getting ready to launch its DataEngine software, providing automated pipeline operations to make AI faster and more responsive to events. We referenced a VAST Data...
Storage news roundup – 9 August 2024
Cloud storage provider Backblaze pulled in $31.3 million revenues during calendar Q2, up 27 percent YoY, and it reported a $10.3 million loss versus the $14.3 million net loss...
IBM Storage Scale using Blue Vela AI supercomputer
IBM's Vela AI supercomputer, described here, was not powerful enough for IBM Research’s AI training needs. In 2023, it began the Blue Vela development to supply the major expansion...
Storage news ticker – July 17 2024
Data protector Acronis says its flagship Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office product is reverting to its original name – Acronis True Image – with a new version release. It has...
Storage news ticker – July 1
Cloud-native data protector Alcion has joined Carnegie Mellon's CyLab Venture Network as an inaugural startup partner. Several members of its leadership team – including co-founders Niraj Tolia and Vaibhav...
Don’t mind if I DPU: Pliops and Kalray continue merger talks as former shows...
Two DPU startups, Kalray and Pliops, have been working on a merger for several months, with Pliops recently announcing an integration with data orchestrator Hammerspace.
Pliops is an Israeli data...
Storage news ticker – June 14
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VAST Data joins forces with Cisco to boost AI datacenters
VAST Data is the first storage provider to be integrated with Cisco’s Nexus 9000 Ethernet switches in the networking giant’s Nexus HyperFabric for Ethernet AI stacks connected to Nvidia...
Storage news ticker – June 4
Startup AirMettle has joined the STAC Benchmark Council. AirMettle's analytical data platform is designed to accelerate exploratory analytics on big data – from records to multi-dimensional data (e.g. weather)...
Why GenAI has IT in the catbird seat
COMMISSIONED: In baseball, “sitting in the catbird seat" means holding a position of strategic advantage. Like a batter with no strikes and three balls.
The legendary commentator for the Dodgers,...