Storage news ticker – December 20

Chris Mellor -
This is the last article I will post until the new year. It has been a fascinating 2024 with storage…
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HYCU upgrades R-Cloud to make it easier and cheaper to move data

Antony Savvas -
Data protection and management firm HYCU sayd it has has expanded its R-Cloud to improve data mobility for databases and…

The case for high-cap SSDs overtaking HDDs as datacenter standard

Chris Mellor -
Analysis: With the arrival of 122 TB SSDs, the case for disk drives being replaced by SSDs suddenly looks much…

Hammerspace teams with Cachengo in edge hosting biz

Antony Savvas -
Hammerspace is working with Cachengo on a service to widen the reach of a data processing, storage and orchestration solution…

Ceramic storage player Cerabyte receives slice of €411M in European funding

Antony Savvas -
Ceramic-based data storage firm Cerabyte has been awarded a grant from the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator, to help commercialize…

Singapore university improves AI research with Xinnor storage platform

Antony Savvas -
A leading university in Singapore has boosted the speed of its AI research with Xinnor's xiRAID storage technology, according to…

GPUDirect support added to Quantum Myriad

Chris Mellor -
Quantum’s Myriad OS now supports Nvidia GPUDirect file access for fast GPU Server data feeding. Myriad, announced in April 2023,…

WD’s HAMR switch could be closer than we think

Chris Mellor -
Analysis Intevac has said there is strong interest in its HAMR disk drive platter and head production machinery from a…

Micron boosted by AI-driven sales surge, but shares dip after forecast disappoints

Chris Mellor -
Micron revenues surged to a first quarter record in its sixth consecutive growth quarter with AI a long-term revenue booster,…

Komprise grabs top unstructured data management spot

Chris Mellor -
Research house Coldago has evaluated 17 unstructured data management suppliers and placed Komprise at the top of the tree. Coldago…

SanDisk rebrands with minimalist logo

Chris Mellor -
The soon to be spun-off SanDisk has a new minimalist logo, with a new harder to read font. Here’s the…

SK hynix joins high-capacity SSD club

Chris Mellor -
SK hynix has matched its subsidiary Solidigm with a 60TB-class PS1012 SSD and says it will develop 122TB and 244TB…

Databricks collects $10 billion in latest funding round

Chris Mellor -
Databricks has attracted a $10 billion investment in a tenth funding round to pay for early investor and staff stock…

Rubrik will climb Gen AI Annapurna with external vectorization and databases

Chris Mellor -
Rubrik, the cyber-protector and resilience supplier, will use third-party technology to make a customer’s protected and secured data available to…

The data-driven holiday hustle

Kelley Pargmann, Dell Technologies -
COMMISSIONED: AI and advanced storage systems ensure a smooth and profitable winter shopping season, so retailers don’t miss a beat…

Databricks edges toward $9.5 billion investment

Chris Mellor -
Databricks is reportedly close to finalizing a $9.5 billion - or greater - funding round. The 11-year-old biz, which supplies…

Western Digital flash unit boss to exit amid split in the biz

Chris Mellor -
Western Digital EVP and GM Robert Soderbery, head of the NAND and SSD business unit, is leaving on January 2.…

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