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Nvidia scoops up object storage startup SwiftStack

Months after saying it would change its focus to AI, SwiftStack has changed hands. Nvidia will acquire the object storage vendor to bolster its internal AI stack.

By Carol Sliwa • March 5, 2020

Coronavirus outbreak could impact NAND flash prices

Memory manufacturers report no major impact to NAND flash supply, but weakening demand could exert an impact on prices, according to industry analysts.

By Carol Sliwa • March 5, 2020

Veritas Enterprise Vault adds cloud-based supervision

Veritas added Advanced Supervision to its cloud archiving platform and said even customers outside of heavily regulated industries demand communications monitoring tools.

By Johnny Yu • March 5, 2020

Pure Storage layoffs signal turbulence in IT market

Layoffs at Pure Storage dampen the flash array vendor's better-than-expected quarterly revenue. Pure is the latest tech vendor to eliminate jobs amid fears of a global slowdown.

By Garry Kranz • March 4, 2020

Dell EMC midrange storage launch put on hold

Dell COO Jeff Clarke says he's to blame for delays in shipping the Dell EMC midrange storage array, claiming he pushed the launch so the vendor's sales force can get up to speed.

By Garry Kranz • March 3, 2020

Coronavirus impact: Dell, Nutanix flag Q1 revenue estimates

Storage vendors with operations and suppliers in Asia are keeping close tabs on the coronavirus outbreak and possible impact on supply chains. Some vendors expect sales to suffer.

By Carol Sliwa • Feb. 28, 2020

Pure Storage FlashArray//X goes pure NVMe

The third generation of Pure FlashArray//X includes a new 1 TB capacity DirectFlash module. Pure said the rollout completes its integration of NVMe flash on all arrays.

By Garry Kranz • Feb. 28, 2020

7 predictive storage analytics tools compared

Learn how storage management tools from Hitachi, Infinidat, Pure Storage and other vendors use AI to improve array operation and storage administration efficiency.

By Kurt Marko • Feb. 27, 2020

Qumulo NAS file system adds encryption, security

Qumulo juices its file system with encryption, real-time security audits and other capabilities designed to position the scale-out NAS for denser, more complex workloads.

By Garry Kranz • Feb. 26, 2020

New enterprise PCIe 4.0 SSDs from Kioxia, Samsung double speed

Kioxia's new performance-boosting PCIe 4.0 enterprise SSDs add support for NVMe 1.4 and U.3 universal backplane specs, join Samsung models offering a maximum capacity of 30.72 TB.

By Carol Sliwa • Feb. 25, 2020

5 storage class memory queries answered

Find out if emerging SCM technology is right for your organization with this look at the benefits, uses and products, as well as what to assess when considering it.

By Stacey Peterson • Feb. 25, 2020

Test your NVMe-oF storage acumen

Do you know the basics about implementing, enhancing and monitoring NVMe-oF? Check out our quiz to see if you're up to speed on this rapidly maturing technology.

By Stacey Peterson • Feb. 24, 2020

Google Anthos ‘ready’ storage includes Dell EMC, HPE, NetApp

Google christens Anthos Ready Storage program to give DevOps customers qualified on-premises storage system options from Dell EMC, HPE, NetApp, Portworx, Pure and Robin.io.

By Carol Sliwa • Feb. 20, 2020

CEO cites NetApp cloud storage as key to turnaround

NetApp CEO says cloud storage presents 'exceptional opportunity,' but he expects revenue declines to continue for the foreseeable future as new sales reps learn the ropes.

By Garry Kranz • Feb. 17, 2020

Forget emerging tech, consumption-based pricing booms in 2020

Cloud storage's appeal is based less on tech or total cost than on the value that comes from Opex pay-as-you-go pricing. Now you can get that cost model for on-premises storage.

By Dave Raffo • Feb. 17, 2020

Top data storage and management tools win Products of the Year

The winning system and application software products for 2019 innovated in their own ways, and each one is breaking new ground in storage performance and simplicity.

By Johnny Yu • Feb. 17, 2020

Time to rethink IT for containerized workloads

Employing IT tools that span on- and off-premises hybrid environments is a first step toward optimizing infrastructure design and management for container-based environments.

By Scott Sinclair • Feb. 17, 2020

Top 2019 enterprise storage arrays win Products of the Year

Winners of the 2019 Products of the Year signal a shift from disk to flash storage arrays. Vast Data takes gold, NGD Systems wins silver and DataDirect Networks captures bronze.

By Garry Kranz • Feb. 17, 2020

Top enterprise cloud storage systems win 2019 Products of the Year

Startups LucidLink and Hammerspace and object storage vendor Scality focus on hybrid and multi-cloud use cases to take top honors as best in cloud storage for the enterprise.

By Carol Sliwa • Feb. 17, 2020

The best enterprise storage systems and products of 2019

Get to know the top storage systems, products and services selected from a field of nearly 100 in the 'Storage' magazine and SearchStorage annual Products of the Year awards.

By James Alan Miller • Feb. 17, 2020

Illustrated guide to containerization security

Container security concerns are keeping IT pros up at night. Discover why and what they're doing to secure containers as well as the applications and data that run within them.

By James Alan Miller • Feb. 17, 2020

Choose the right storage management interface for you

While older storage interfaces were created to meet international standards at the time, storage has evolved, and updated interfaces may be required to manage your infrastructure.

By Robert Sheldon • Feb. 13, 2020

Enterprise HDDs hit 20 TB, boost throughput in 2020

While waiting for HAMR to drop, we have more immediate spinning disk developments to watch out for in 2020, such as dual-actuator and shingled drives.

By Carol Sliwa • Feb. 13, 2020

IBM Storage folds Storwize arrays into FlashSystem line

IBM merges Storwize and FlashSystem platforms to simplify its storage portfolio on updated Spectrum Virtualize software; adds Optane and Samsung Z-SSD options.

By Carol Sliwa • Feb. 13, 2020

Flash startup Vast Data strives to make disk storage extinct

VAST Data CEO has immense plans for storing big data on all-flash systems and predicts his startup's combination of storage class memory and consumer-grade QLC drives will make disk go the way of the dodo.

By Garry Kranz • Feb. 13, 2020