IBM developing S3 interface tape library
IBM is adding a server and software to its Diamondback tape library to build an on-premises S3 object storage archive.
The DiamondBack (TS6000), introduced in October last year, is a...
When hyperscalers catch a cold, Quantum sneezes
Storage supplier Quantum has encountered significant challenges due to a decrease in device and media sales, and reduced spending by hyperscale customers.
In the first fiscal quarter of 2024 ending...
Cobalt Iron touts tech to migrate backups to its SaaS vaults
Cobalt Iron has released fresh backup migration tech, Compass Migrator, that it says can shift your legacy IBM backups to Cobalt Iron’s SaaS backup service, with IBM’s Spectrum Protect...
VAST Data wins TACC supercomputer storage contract
VAST Data has secured a contract from the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) for its single-tier, NFS-based flash storage system, edging out traditional disk-based HPC parallel filesystems such as...
Storage news ticker – July 10
Apple’s coming iPhone 15 could have a memory range of 256GB, 512GB and 1TB, eliminating the 128GB entry point of the iPhone 14, according to Wells Fargo analyst Aaron...
Storage news ticker – June 28
Aerospike, focused on real-time data, is now a member of the HPE Complete program which allows customers to acquire Aerospike software directly from HPE and its authorized partners. The...
NAKIVO ups backup game with malware scan
Data protector NAKIVO has added bare-metal recovery, a malware scan capability plus direct recovery from tape in v10.9 of its Backup & Replication software.
The company provides backup, ransomware protection...
Versity open-sources S3 gateway with no poison pill
Archival software supplier Versity has produced an open source S3 gateway with an Apache license.
The gateway will enable users to send data to an S3 store and retrieve it...
A Quantum of growth, with more to come
Quantum reported its third growth quarter in a row and reckons it can see the end of a downturn affecting its markets. A prolonged downturn in its revenues has...
Storage news ticker – May 26
Data protector ArcServe paid DCIG to review its UDP 9.0 backup product. The resulting study found that ArcServe UDP 9.0 offers organizations a clear edge in protecting against ransomware...
Spectra Logic and Arcitecta take on NAS market
SpectraLogic and Arcitecta are partnering to enter the high-performance scale-out NAS market with the former's all-flash BlackPearl storage system and the latter's MediaFlux software.
BlackPearl is SpectraLogic's hybrid flash/disk, front-end...
Storage news ticker – April 27
The Active Archive Alliance has announced its 2023 State of the Industry Report: Effective Data Management Through Active Archives. It's not yet available on the alliance's website but we...