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NetApp security updates target future quantum threats
The latest data protection and recovery updates bring post-quantum cryptography to NetApp's block and file workloads alongside new BlueXP services.
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This guide to Dell Technologies World 2025 is your window to vendor announcements and news from the conference floor. Check back regularly to read the latest.
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Dell storage lines get refresh for AI workloads
Dell Technologies rolls out PowerEdge, ObjectScale and PowerScale hardware updates, alongside new capabilities for the PowerProtect and PowerStore software.
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Security, cost attention mark new era of storage modernization
According to recent research, enterprises are prioritizing cybersecurity and cost management. Storage vendors such as NetApp are making these elements a focal point of products.
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Google Cloud storage offerings bolstered for AI apps
Storage for Google Cloud now supports many features akin to AWS' catalog for AI app development, but could lead to cloud lock-in as best practices and strategies emerge.
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Accelerate business innovations by modernizing Windows Server and SQL Server workloads with AWS purpose-built services and open-source technologies. Benefit from the knowledge and expertise working with AWS Partners to achieve faster time-to-market for new service creation and delivery.
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While employees still work from home, some may not have taken the security and training precautions that remote work requires. Storage security is paramount amid cyberthreats.
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A clustered network-attached storage (NAS) system is a scale-out storage platform made up of multiple NAS nodes networked together into a single cluster.
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NetApp security updates target future quantum threats
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Google Cloud storage offerings bolstered for AI apps
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