StreamFast eSSD and the Open Flash Platform

How would StreamFast eSSD drives fit into the Open Flash Platform with the absence of storage servers?  StreamFast is focussed…

Storage news ticker - 9 February 2026

Massively scalable, Low-latency, real-time NoSQL database supplier Aerospike added Dynamic Data Masking (DDM) simplifying the protection of personally identifiable information (PII). To deploy…

VMware exiteeers targeted by Alibaba's NexaVM

Switzerland-based NexaVM has an all-in-one VMware replacement suited for mid-market and regional CSPs, sovereign cloud, and local integrators. It says…

OFP's data server killers aiming for AI system scalability and efficiency nirvana

The Open Flash Platform (OFP) group want to kill data servers and enable massive scale AI hardware/software systems with ten…

StreamFast: stream arbitrary length data to SSDs with device-assigned addresses and no FTL

Hammerspace founder and EEO David Flynn wants to collapse the data plane into silicon, with zero-DRAM and FTL-free SSDS,  and…

VAST Data plans funding round so early stock holders can get cash

VAST data is in the final stages of raising an estimated $1billion in cash at a $30 billion valuation according…

DDN appoints vice chairman amid enterprise AI expansion

DDN has appointed Mohsen Moazami as vice chairman, possibly signaling an IPO intention. DDN took in $300 million in January…

Hitachi Vantara may be up for sale

Bloomberg reports Japanese multi-national conglomerate Hitachi Ltd. is aiming to sell off its Hitachi Vantara data storage subsidiary for up…

Storage news ticker – February 2

Data trust company Ataccama has been named a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Data Quality Solutions, 2026. Ataccama received the highest score in…

Alerify taps Zadara to deliver sovereign edge AI cloud

US datacenter and cloud services provider Alerify is using Zadara cloud offerings to provide edge AI private cloud services.  Alerify…

Block storage has a role in AI training, says Lightbits Labs

It’s not either block storage or file/object storage for AI training and inference. It’s both. AI large language model (LLM)…

OpenDrives appoints new CEO amid shift to video software

OpenDrives has appointed Trevor Morgan as its new CEO, replacing Sean Lee, as the company continues its shift from a…

Hammerspace appoints new sales head

Jeff Giannetti, Hammerspace’s Chief Revenue Officer, has left the company, with Tony Asaro, Chief Strategy and Business Development Officer, taking…

Nasuni’s latest exec reshuffle

Andres Rodriguez, the founder and CTO at cloud file services supplier Nasuni, has relinquished his CTO role to Jerry Carter,…

PowerStore stores more, has better file ops and resiliency power

Dell has updated its PowerStore array, adding more capacity and resiliency while making file operations slicker  PowerStore is Dell’s dual-controller,…

DDN says Lustre-based EXAScaler remains central despite Infinia push

After several senior Lustre engineers resigned from DDN to form The Lustre Collective, a consulting-style firm focused on the parallel…

Storage news ticker – December 18

DNA storage startup Atlas Data Storage CEO Varun Mehta has written a blog, "Woolly Mammoth DNA Can Last 1.2 M…

Quobyte brings GPU-converged storage to AI clusters

Quobyte has introduced GPU-converged storage to bring data in its parallel file system and object storage software closer to GPUs,…