Apache Iceberg gets cloud-based ETL pipeline 

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Startup Etleap is introducing a cloud-based Extract-Transform-Load (ETL) pipeline for getting data into Apache Iceberg tables. Apache Iceberg is an…
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Samsung Electronics triples profit as HBM revenues rocket up

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Samsung Electronics’  ₩93.8 trillion ($65.58 billion) revenues for its final 2o25 quarter was up 24% year/year but its profits tripled,…

Pure Storage gets storage role in Nokia RA for telcos

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Pure Storage’s FlashArray is the storage anchor in Nokia’s reference architecture for global telcos buying its cloud-native network functions (CNFs).…

VDURA offers to undercut all-flash rivals amid SSD price surge

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VDURA is offering a Flash Relief Program whereby it will match or beat VAST Data and WEKA all-flash array quotes on…

High-bandwidth memory v4 supply takes shape

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Samsung, SK hynix, and Micron are gearing up to supply v4 high-bandwidth memory (HBM) to Nvidia and other AI accelerator…

SK Hynix posts record year as HBM boom supercharges profits

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SK Hynix revenues for the final 2025 quarter rose 63.3 percent year-on-year to ₩32.83 trillion ($22.93 billion) with net profit…

Seagate beats revenue forecast as datacenter disk demand surges

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Seagate surpassed the high end of the prior quarter’s $2.8 billion revenue outlook with $2.83 billion for its second fiscal 2026…

SK Hynix to spin Solidigm into new US AI investment vehicle

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SK Hynix is looking to restructure Solidigm, its acquired Intel NAND fab and SSD business, and invest in AI-related US…

Commvault sets revenue record - and restructures

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Data protection and cyber-resilience business Commvault went well past the $300 million high-end guidance for its third fiscal 2026 quarter,…

Redis hits $300M ARR as AI workloads drive growth

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Redis has passed $300 million in annual recurring revenue for its eponymous real-time, in-memory database. Downloads of its Vector Library…

VAST Data launches Amplify to reclaim stranded NVMe capacity

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VAST Data’s Amplify is a formal program designed to assess a customer’s installed NVMe SSDs and determine whether VAST’s claimed…

Alerify taps Zadara to deliver sovereign edge AI cloud

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

Databricks said to top up war chest with $1.8B debt financing

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Databricks has reportedly raised yet more cash with a $1.8 billion debt financing round, taking its total debt access to…

Memory and SSD shortage will end in tiers, say storage vendors

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WEKA and Hammerspace have issued guides on how to respond to the memory and SSD supply shortages and price hikes…

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

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

Storage news ticker - 23 January

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Data source connector Airbyte has joined the Linux Foundation's newly formed Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) as a Silver Member. The…

OpenDrives appoints new CEO amid shift to video software

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

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