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• February 14, 2022 14 Feb'22

  The best enterprise storage products of 2021

• February 14, 2022 14 Feb'22

  Cut down on containerized environment complexity

  Containerized environments were supposed to speed up IT operations. However, too much of a good thing brings complexity challenges for organizations to overcome.

• February 14, 2022 14 Feb'22

  Ruggedized storage takes autonomous vehicle research to edge

  Mississippi State University's Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems selected Quantum Corp.'s R-Series SSDs to collect sensor data at the edge.

• February 08, 2022 08 Feb'22

  IBM upgrades FlashSystem to tackle ransomware

  Addressing the continuing onslaught of cyber attacks, IBM has delivered an offering that combines its FlashSystem and Cyber Vault products for fast recovery.

• February 03, 2022 03 Feb'22

  Panzura enables multi-cloud replication with CloudFS update

  CloudFS customers can now replicate to a backup cloud instantly, enabling recovery in case of a cloud outage. New support for Microsoft Hyper-V hypervisor expands VM features.

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• February 01, 2022 01 Feb'22

  NVMe-oF storage provider Pavilion Data raises $45 million

  NVMe-oF startup Pavilion Data completed a series C1 funding with an additional $45 million, while keeping its focus on helping customers tackle modern workloads.

• February 01, 2022 01 Feb'22

  MinIO CEO, CMO talk unicorn status, future of object storage

  In this Q&A, CEO Anand Babu Periasamy and CMO Jonathan Symonds talk about how multi-cloud has positioned MinIO to become a player in the object storage market.

• February 01, 2022 01 Feb'22

  Web3 use cases for storage flimsy for now

  The marketing lingo of Web3 is slinking into the storage industry, but the use cases are few and the technology immature.

• January 31, 2022 31 Jan'22

  CyArk migrates digital archive to Seagate's Lyve Cloud

  On a mission to create 3D digital blueprints of cultural heritage sites, CyArk discovered its storage infrastructure was too brittle for the task. It turned to Seagate for help.

• January 26, 2022 26 Jan'22

  Illinois college uses Wasabi cloud storage to cut ties with tape

  Moraine Valley Community College's IT department replaced its tape backup system with modern cloud storage using Rubrik and Wasabi, saving on time and costs.

• January 26, 2022 26 Jan'22

  Hard disk drives to remain dominant storage media in 2022

  Hard disk drives are increasing in density and maintaining a lower price point than alternatives, but flash is gaining ground. Here, experts sound off on the fate of HDDs in 2022.

• January 19, 2022 19 Jan'22

  Dell Apex introduces new multi-cloud management tools

  Dell is adding more capabilities to its Dell Apex cloud as-as-service portfolio, which are billed as tools to simplify and manage a multi-cloud infrastructure.

• January 18, 2022 18 Jan'22

  Hammerspace CEO: Storage flexibility is now crucial

  In this Q&A, David Flynn, CEO of Hammerspace, reflects on how COVID-19 and remote work have affected storage vendors that specialize in data storage management.

• January 11, 2022 11 Jan'22

  Top 10 storage stories highlight trends of 2021

  The top 10 storage stories of 2021 highlight both large vendors and startups and demonstrate reader interest in performance, better pricing and new features.

• January 06, 2022 06 Jan'22

  Analysts predict cloud storage trends for 2022

  Cloud storage vendor competition will heat up in 2022, with new managed services, support for hybrid deployments and persistent storage services, industry experts predict.

• December 17, 2021 17 Dec'21

  Vast Data: New NVMe enclosures will cause HDD demise

  Vast Data is using 30 TB QLC SSDs in its Universal Storage system, putting itself on par with enterprise HDDs in pricing, while bringing more performance to a smaller footprint.

• December 16, 2021 16 Dec'21

  NetApp AFF A900 brings more performance to same chassis

  NetApp AFF A900 adds higher efficiency, additional OnTap features and optional anti-ransomware software to the flagship array. There's also an upgrade option for A700 users.

• December 16, 2021 16 Dec'21

  Panzura debuts managed cloud migration service for CloudFS

  Enterprises considering a move to the cloud now have another provider to help them get there with Panzura's CloudFS cloud migration services.

• December 14, 2021 14 Dec'21

  Nexsan Unity 7.0 boosts security, performance

  StorCentric's unified storage product line, Nexsan Unity, hits version 7.0 and brings more protocol support, security features and performance for existing hardware.

• December 13, 2021 13 Dec'21

  Pure Storage CEO talks FlashArray//XL, Fusion and QLC

  In this Q&A, Pure Storage CEO Charles Giancarlo talks about pandemic adjustments, the effects of the supply chain shortage and how the company is positioning itself for 2022.

• December 10, 2021 10 Dec'21

  AWS Cloud Storage VP talks data growth, price cuts

  The market-leading hyperscaler plans more customer cost savings in the future alongside a push for cloud tech education, says AWS Cloud Storage VP Mai-Lan Tomsen Bukovec.

• December 08, 2021 08 Dec'21

  AWS expands managed file service with FSx for OpenZFS

  AWS grows its managed file service portfolio with support for OpenZFS and improvements to FSx Lustre. Experts say AWS could be getting ready to compete with on-premises vendors.

• December 07, 2021 07 Dec'21

  Pure Storage launches highest performing FlashArray//XL

  Pure Storage releases FlashArray//XL, its highest performance array that completes the puzzle for on-prem customer storage.

• December 03, 2021 03 Dec'21

  Seagate's 20 TB hard drives ship

  Seagate has pumped its max-capacity hard drive up to 20 TB, with a version for the enterprise, Exos X20, and another for SMBs, IronWolf Pro 20 TB.

• December 02, 2021 02 Dec'21

  AWS shakes up cloud storage pricing, expands Free Tier

  AWS Free Tier users benefit from increased data transfer limits and the removal of some limited time trials as the hyperscaler further compartmentalizes storage tiers and services.

• November 23, 2021 23 Nov'21

  Kioxia releases PCIe 5.0 EDSFF SSDs

  Kioxia became the first vendor to release a PCIe Gen 5.0 SSD with its new CD7 series. Still, it highlighted the EDSFF specification over beating the Gen 5 drum.

• November 19, 2021 19 Nov'21

  DataCore Software acquires MayaData and OpenEBS software

  MayaData and OpenEBS, its open source container storage software, are now part of DataCore Software's portfolio following a joint venture between the companies last year.

• November 17, 2021 17 Nov'21

  Panzura to offer free and premium data management features

  Panzura Data Services features are now part of CloudFS, providing free data management tools to all customers. Premium features are available to purchase on a per-user basis.

• November 15, 2021 15 Nov'21

  Hammerspace opens Global Data Environment to all customers

  Data management vendor Hammerspace expands unstructured and structured silo visibility with launch of Global Data Environment. The software update also marks new awareness push.

• November 09, 2021 09 Nov'21

  Cloudian updates HyperIQ with security, simplicity features

  Cloudian HyperIQ added management and security features in its latest update to help customers handle large-scale, distributed storage infrastructure.

• November 04, 2021 04 Nov'21

  MemVerge takes Big Memory to the cloud

  MemVerge Big Memory Cloud makes stateful applications portable so that they can be moved from on premises to private clouds to public clouds.

• November 03, 2021 03 Nov'21

  Backblaze files IPO to grow brand, data center presence

  Cloud storage and backup vendor Backblaze enters the public market with an IPO filing. New capital will expand marketing campaigns, technology investments and vendor partnerships.

• October 28, 2021 28 Oct'21

  Upgrades to Vast Data OS emphasize simplicity, security

  Vast Data released VastOS 4, which includes security features such as indestructible data snapshots and visualization tools aimed at making storage simpler to use and manage.

• October 25, 2021 25 Oct'21

  NetApp Insight 2021 conference news and coverage

  NetApp went virtual again for its annual Insight conference. Get the latest NetApp news in this updating 2021 conference guide.

• October 21, 2021 21 Oct'21

  Tintri expands VMstore T7000 line for better configurability

  Tintri expanded its all-NVMe VMstore T7000 line with two new appliances, supporting various use cases and configurability.

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  NetApp adds Kubernetes storage with Astra Data Store

  NetApp expands its container-focused Astra products with Astra Data Store, a new storage service offering persistent storage for Kubernetes and virtual machines.

• October 13, 2021 13 Oct'21

  Faster block storage, Actifio's fate outlined at Google Cloud Next

  Google Cloud Next announcements expand Google Cloud's enterprise storage portfolio with future native Actifio data protection and new extreme persistent disk for block storage.

• October 12, 2021 12 Oct'21

  Qumulo, Levi's Stadium kick off into clouds for storage savings

  Levi's Stadium, home of the San Francisco 49ers, moves data into the cloud and reduces data center redundancy with Qumulo by archiving security footage and media files.

• October 12, 2021 12 Oct'21

  Hitachi Vantara's new VSP 5600 hits 33 million IOPS

  Hitachi Vantara launched new VSP 5000 models and added storage options to its E Series. The products may help enable storage consolidation for customers.

• October 12, 2021 12 Oct'21

  New tools from Komprise focus on multi-cloud data movement

  Komprise's new update expands data management features with Deep Analytics Actions to catalog, search and make use of siloed data across on-prem and cloud storage.

• October 08, 2021 08 Oct'21

  Micron launches 7400 PCIe Gen 4 SSDs for data centers

  Micron unveiled NVMe SSDs with seven form factors this week, all with PCIe Gen 4 performance. The new family of SSDs could take Micron deeper into the data center.

• October 06, 2021 06 Oct'21

  Egnyte kindles SaaS with enterprise ransomware protection

  Egnyte introduces new ransomware protection for all SaaS subscribers. Features include protection at all tiers and new recovery services for the top-tier service.

• October 01, 2021 01 Oct'21

  Architecture firm shares ransomware recovery success story

  The architecture firm Leo A Daly executed a successful ransomware recovery using the Nasuni cloud file system. It also used Nasuni to move storage off premises and into the cloud.

• September 29, 2021 29 Sep'21

  IT pros talk benefits of cloud file storage at CloudBound21

  Three IT professionals from across the globe discuss the benefits of using cloud file storage over their previous on-prem setups during Nasuni's CloudBound21 conference.

• September 28, 2021 28 Sep'21

  Pure Storage adds automated storage API, databases on demand

  All-flash array vendor Pure Storage expands its cloud services with Fusion, enabling storage on demand for developers, and Portworx Data Services, a database-as-a-service.

• September 21, 2021 21 Sep'21

  Next Pathway execs offer cloud migration tips, savings

  Saving money in the cloud is possible, according to Next Pathway execs, but it requires rigorous planning and foresight before making a move.

• September 16, 2021 16 Sep'21

  Google Cloud pushes Filestore for enterprise, adds new features

  Google Cloud adds a new enterprise tier for Filestore, its public cloud file storage service, with new features including Kubernetes backup and custom dual-region selection.

• September 14, 2021 14 Sep'21

  Nasuni expands caching speed, availability for premium users

  Faster file caching and synchronization, as well as more frequent versioning, is now available through a new feature called Global File Acceleration for premium Nasuni subscribers.

• September 13, 2021 13 Sep'21

  Hybrid cloud requires more than data management vendor fixes

  Massive data storage needs for enterprises likely include hybrid cloud, but experts warn against expecting the cloud to fully reduce costs.

• September 02, 2021 02 Sep'21

  Amazon offers NetApp OnTap for managed AWS file storage

  Amazon rolled out new AWS features and improvements at its Storage Day 2021, including a file storage service with NetApp's OnTap, the first managed service for AWS files.

• September 02, 2021 02 Sep'21

  Look for PCIe 5.0, NVMe 2.0 to boost storage performance

  Enterprises that need high-performance storage for AI and ML workloads can keep an eye out for new products based on the latest PCIe 5.0 and NVMe 2.0 specifications.

• August 31, 2021 31 Aug'21

  Western Digital OptiNAND stretches HDD capacity, performance

  Western Digital unveiled a new storage drive architecture for hard drives that improves capacity, performance and reliability via an embedded flash drive to store metadata.

• August 24, 2021 24 Aug'21

  Infinidat and Virtana bring VirtualWisdom to InfiniBox

  Virtana's VirtualWisdom is now available for Infinidat's InfiniBox arrays. The software can expand to handle hybrid cloud workflows.

• August 23, 2021 23 Aug'21

  Rising NAND flash prices should start to fall in 2022

  Enterprise customers should see prices for NAND flash and enterprise SSDs start to fall in 2022, as flash and component shortages subside, market analysts predict.

• August 20, 2021 20 Aug'21

  Government heads to cloud for excess archival storage needs

  Boone County in Indiana found space and savings in public cloud, but experts say IT pros should follow smart policies and government regulations when managing vital data.

• August 19, 2021 19 Aug'21

  Experts: Ransomware protection needs smart storage strategy

  Vendor products can offer unique ransomware protections, but comprehensive strategies across storage clouds and formats still form core of IT protection.

• August 18, 2021 18 Aug'21

  Seagate promises predictable storage pricing with Lyve Cloud

  Seagate Technology's Lyve Cloud adds to the lineup of enterprise cloud storage offerings that give IT pros a way to retain more of the data being generated each year.

• August 16, 2021 16 Aug'21

  Data storage trends include increases in cloud, NAND flash

  "The cloud is here to stay," said analyst Scott Sinclair. So are containers. NAND flash is another popular storage trend highlighted in a recent report.

• August 05, 2021 05 Aug'21

  Nutanix, Red Hat partner to ease container app deployment

  A Nutanix-Red Hat partnership could help the vendors compete with VMware in the growing market for Kubernetes platforms that span public and private clouds.

• August 05, 2021 05 Aug'21

  Komprise COO talks 2021 growth and future software plans

  Krishna Subramanian, COO of Komprise, discusses improvements made to the company's flagship data management software and updates planned for the remainder of the year.

• August 03, 2021 03 Aug'21

  Mexican production studio storage needs supported by Quantum

  Quantum's StorNext File System supports new Mexican production studio looking to grow their business worldwide with an expandable NVMe storage setup and ongoing tape backups.

• July 30, 2021 30 Jul'21

  New HPE Alletra extends cloud console to Primera, Nimble

  Hewlett Packard Enterprise's new Alletra storage brand will bear striking similarity to Primera and Nimble arrays on the operating system and management front.

• July 28, 2021 28 Jul'21

  Distributed storage carves niches for enterprise use

  Numerous vendors specializing in distributed storage and other distributed services look to expand userbases and find new appeal for enterprise customers.

• July 27, 2021 27 Jul'21

  Datadobi touts SMB and product streamlining in update

  Datadobi's 5.12 update unites software under a single engine and adds SMB file transfer support, as the company looks to evolve next year.

• July 23, 2021 23 Jul'21

  Pure Storage adds service options for FlashStack, Portworx

  Pure Storage users can now choose consumption-based pricing for FlashStack converged infrastructure and Portworx storage for containerized workloads.

• July 22, 2021 22 Jul'21

  Cubbit offers 'green' distributed cloud storage option

  New EU startup aims to offer alternative to major cloud storage with a distributed model, offering increased security and potentially less environmental waste for a lower cost.

• July 20, 2021 20 Jul'21

  Civo and StorageOS partner for Kubernetes in the cloud

  Civo, a managed Kubernetes cloud service, selects StorageOS to provide lightweight, persistent storage for their customers' container application needs and future database storage.

• July 20, 2021 20 Jul'21

  IBM FlashSystem adds storage as a service, attack protection

  IBM introduces new consumption-based Storage as a Service for FlashSystem based on performance, capacity and contract term; and adds Safeguarded Copy to guard against cyberattacks.

• July 13, 2021 13 Jul'21

  StrongBox Data's StrongLink adds multisite storage management

  StrongLink version 3.2 adds new features to StrongBox Data's flagship software, including multisite storage management, a command-line interface and more.

• July 12, 2021 12 Jul'21

  Flexify.IO CTO says multi-cloud migration within easy reach

  Multi-cloud storage and migration can be a costly hassle, but Flexify.IO CTO Sergey Kandaurov claims his company's flagship product can help eliminate fees and woes about lock-in.

• July 01, 2021 01 Jul'21

  Micron 3D XPoint supply will end with $900M fab sale to TI

  Micron's $900 million deal to sell its Utah semiconductor factory to Texas Instruments will end the plant's 3D XPoint supplies for Intel Optane memory and storage products.

• June 30, 2021 30 Jun'21

  Nvidia finalizes GPUDirect Storage 1.0 to accelerate AI, HPC

  Nvidia GPUDirect Storage's driver hit 1.0 status to enable direct memory access between GPU and storage and boost the performance of data-intensive AI, HPC and analytics workloads.

• June 29, 2021 29 Jun'21

  Cloud storage market calms after historic year

  While 2020 became an unpredictable year for companies with regard to storage needs, analysts are predicting a much quieter and standard outlook for the rest of 2021.

• June 24, 2021 24 Jun'21

  New Seagate Exos storage uses self-healing drive technology

  Seagate's Exos Corvault petabyte-scale storage array introduces self-healing HDD capabilities to ease maintenance and adds erasure coding to protect data at lower overhead.

• June 24, 2021 24 Jun'21

  Datadobi's DobiMigrate helps Decathlon sprint to cloud storage

  Datadobi's DobiMigrate software allows Decathlon, an international athleticwear retailer, to transition its data to numerous major cloud providers and sunset on-prem data centers.

• June 23, 2021 23 Jun'21

  Ctera teams with Varonis on new file monitoring, controls

  Varonis adds another storage provider to its growing list of partners, and Ctera offers increased protection and controls for users via a new partnership.

• June 17, 2021 17 Jun'21

  Infinidat expands beyond HDDs with new all-solid-state array

  Infinidat's new all-solid-state InfiniBox SSA storage array is built on the same deep-learning software and DRAM cache technology that its flagship disk-based InfiniBox models use.

• June 14, 2021 14 Jun'21

  Animation studio adopts fully remote workflow using Qumulo

  Animation and advertising studio Psyop transitioned to fully remote work with the help of Qumulo, a hybrid cloud storage vendor with products specifically for media companies.

• June 08, 2021 08 Jun'21

  Cloudian gives AWS Outposts a bigger home in the data center

  Cloudian Hyperstore's AWS Outpost readiness lets customers deploy on-premises object storage alongside Outposts for more cost-effective and scalable storage.

• June 08, 2021 08 Jun'21

  NetApp, Equinix team up for hybrid cloud storage subscription

  NetApp will roll out numerous updates to its enterprise catalog, including a new storage-as-a-service subscription that provides hybrid cloud privacy with public cloud features.

• June 02, 2021 02 Jun'21

  Nasuni offers Windows File alternative on Google Cloud

  Cloud storage vendor Nasuni has made its flagship cloud file storage service available through the Google Cloud Marketplace, with the added enticement of migration services.

• May 27, 2021 27 May'21

  Wasabi CEO plots global expansion for its cloud storage

  New data centers, increased market attention and more are planned for cloud storage company Wasabi by its CEO David Friend after a $137 million Series C funding round.

• May 25, 2021 25 May'21

  Pure Storage CEO zones in on enabling digital transformation

  Pure Storage's CEO said the company will probably pursue acquisitions beyond its 2020 Portworx purchase to further assist customers in their digital transformation efforts.

• May 25, 2021 25 May'21

  Backblaze B2 update adds more S3 features

  The latest version of Backblaze's B2 cloud storage adds better security features and S3-compatible integrations ahead of a partner API rollout later this year.

• May 24, 2021 24 May'21

  WANdisco introduces Hive metadata migration to Databricks

  WANdisco LiveData Migrator can now move Hive metadata alongside Hadoop data to Databricks, saving customers from a lengthy and manual transformation process.

• May 20, 2021 20 May'21

  LucidLink eyes Filespaces upgrade, biz expansion with new funding

  LucidLink CEO Peter Thompson discusses his company's plans into 2021 and new storage market expansion possibilities after a $12 million Series A funding round.

• May 13, 2021 13 May'21

  StorOne moves into the cloud with Azure storage service

  StorOne has expanded its software-defined storage product to Azure, promising lower prices and the ability to adjust storage needs on demand.

• May 13, 2021 13 May'21

  Pure Storage updates management tool, integrates Portworx

  Pure launched its first Portworx container storage update since acquiring the startup last year and enabled management through its newly updated Pure1 management tool.

• May 11, 2021 11 May'21

  Dell EMC PowerScale adds all-NVMe, Nvidia GPUDirect options

  A Dell EMC PowerScale update adds a high-end all-NVMe F900 model with Nvidia GPUDirect support for AI and analytics workloads plus a OneFS 9.2 upgrade to improve performance.

• May 07, 2021 07 May'21

  Belgian telecom picks Datadobi for NAS migration

  Large-scale storage migrations can be difficult without the help of a software tool, as telecom Proximus Group found.

• May 05, 2021 05 May'21

  Dell Apex launches data storage, cloud as-a-service options

  Dell's new Apex data storage and cloud services take aim at HPE GreenLake and other as-a-service options that bring the public cloud operating model to on-premises infrastructure.

• May 04, 2021 04 May'21

  HPE storage hones cloud focus with new array, data console

  HPE has sharpened its cloudlike operations approach with a new Alletra storage array, management console and cloud data services available by consumption and subscription options.

• May 03, 2021 03 May'21

  Endeavor Energy sparks colocation move with Datadobi

  Facing impending office construction, Endeavor used Datadobi's DobiMigrate to move its production workloads and corporate file storage to a colocation facility.

• April 30, 2021 30 Apr'21

  StorCentric CEO Mihir Shah eyes more acquisitions

  StorCentric CEO Mihir Shah discusses the company's 2021 plans, future acquisitions and more.

• April 30, 2021 30 Apr'21

  Excelero adds option to pool NVMe storage on Azure cloud

  A new deployment option for Excelero's NVMesh software-defined storage will target some of the most demanding applications running on Microsoft Azure virtual machines.

• April 27, 2021 27 Apr'21

  Quantum updates StorNext architecture and appliance lineup

  Quantum distilled its StorNext file system down to a single 2U appliance. The new H4000 promises easier deployment without losing StorNext's speed or data management capabilities.

• April 27, 2021 27 Apr'21

  New IBM Spectrum Fusion storage takes aim at container users

  IBM introduces Spectrum Fusion to target enterprises in container environments that span data center, edge and hybrid cloud environments.

• April 27, 2021 27 Apr'21

  StorageOS powers media file movement for IMT's SoDa

  Integrated Media Technologies has selected StorageOS to support its platform for moving media and other unstructured files between storage tiers.

• April 27, 2021 27 Apr'21

  Scality launches Artesca object storage for Kubernetes

  With object storage increasingly becoming primary storage, Scality Artesca targets demanding workloads such as AI, machine learning, big data analytics and in-memory applications.

• April 22, 2021 22 Apr'21

  Intel breaks silence on effects of Micron's 3D XPoint exit

  Intel's director of technology initiatives was surprised by Micron's exit from 3D XPoint business and confirms company's plans to have Optane on emerging CXL interface.