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December 2024
- Storage news ticker – December 20
- HYCU upgrades R-Cloud to make it easier and cheaper to move data
- The case for high-cap SSDs overtaking HDDs as datacenter standard
- Hammerspace teams with Cachengo in edge hosting biz
- Ceramic storage player Cerabyte receives slice of €411M in European funding
- Singapore university improves AI research with Xinnor storage platform
- GPUDirect support added to Quantum Myriad
- WD’s HAMR switch could be closer than we think
- Micron boosted by AI-driven sales surge, but shares dip after forecast disappoints
- Komprise grabs top unstructured data management spot
- SanDisk rebrands with minimalist logo
- SK hynix joins high-capacity SSD club
- Databricks collects $10 billion in latest funding round
- Rubrik will climb Gen AI Annapurna with external vectorization and databases
- The data-driven holiday hustle
- Databricks edges toward $9.5 billion investment
- Western Digital flash unit boss to exit amid split in the biz
- BMC Software enhances mainframe data storage and AI services
- Keepit raises cash to grow self-hosted SaaS backup business
- Veeam protection platform updated with added identity and threat analysis tools
- Storage Ticker – December 16 2024
- N2WS enhances data protection for AWS and Azure users
- Predatar cleans and validates backups and snapshots for recoverability
- US companies struggle with AI success due to data quality issues
- Virtuozzo leadership revamp targets VMware switchers
- WEKA replaces president, chief financial and revenue officers as it doubles down on late stage, pre-IPO growth
- MariaDB adds vector search in Gen AI DB push
- Storage news roundup – December 13 2024
- EasyVirt helps firms streamline the data workloads that damage the planet with greenhouse gasses
- Indexima offers business data analytics tool for Snowflake users
- Solidigm SSDs supercharge VergeIO performance for VMware switchers
- Rubrik adds data sensitivity labels to secure access control
- GigaOm scale-out storage report redraws vendor landscape
- Database accelerator ProxySQL aiming for 10 times increase in revenue
- Cohesity completes Veritas NetBackup acquisition
- Panzura makes Symphony data intelligence music with GRAU’s Metadata Hub
- From big data to better healthcare
- Amazon adds Iceberg to make S3 a more functional data lake
- Federated AI learning platform Scalytics scales up market reach
- Manticore is on search for new investment and partners
- Kioxia and Western Digital joint venture facing corporate earthquakes
- Rubrik Annapurna is a RAG ETL service for GenAI
- DigiFilm introduces Archiflix as ‘sustainable’ data archive
- HPE hits $8.5B quarterly revenue driven by AI server boom and Alletra storage
- Bumper Rubrik quarter takes revenues past Commvault
- Storage news ticker – December 5
- Couchbase unveils Capella AI Services to accelerate agentic app development
- Why GPU-powered AI needs fast storage
- Samsung developing 400-plus-layer 3D NAND
- Veeam announces $2B secondary share offering at $15B valuation
- Pure Storage notches up hyperscaler deal, revenue uptick
- ‘Leading CSP’ gives Seagate HAMR drives the all-clear
- Availability, performance and capacity your applications and data will need
- Synology appoints US subsidiary CEO to drive enterprise expansion
- Weaviate launches vector embeddings generation service
- From RAG to fine-tuning, data management enriches AI results
- FADU’s SSD controller edge: Multiple parallel PPUs
- Freely access NetBackup files without using Veritas software
- AWS introduces Data Transfer Terminals for high-speed cloud uploads
- Pinecone integrates AI inferencing with vector database
- NetApp supplies block volumes to AWS Outposts
November 2024
- Nutanix getting GPUDirect ducks lined up
- Samsung shuffles exec deck again amid AI chip ‘crisis’
- Amazon Web Services pledges cheaper and 12x faster AI speeds with Lustre storage
- PEAK:AIO targets underserved AI workloads with cost-effective storage
- NAND flash revenue rises despite bit shipment decline
- Global DRAM market up almost 14% in Q3
- Dell misses revenue targets despite growth in AI and trad servers
- Nutanix beats forecast with 16% revenue growth for Q1 FY25
- Why Hitachi Vantara partners with both Hammerspace and WEKA
- HYCU and partners launch service to help with DORA compliance
- Commvault tops Forrester data resilience report again
- Storage News Ticker – 26 November
- How cyber resilient storage hardware can defeat ransomware
- Quantum DXi9200 hybrid backup appliance replaces previous models
- Hammerspace hammers MLPerf Storage benchmark results
- PEAK:AIO finding widespread use of small language models in sub-20 GPU datacenters
- Panmnesia scores $60M to push CXL switch chip designs
- Acronis scrums down with MSP rugby union club sponsorship
- N-able acquires Adlumin for $266M
- Rubrik rolls out improved data protection for Azure Blob Storage
- Storage news ticker – November 22
- All flash array sales give NetApp Q2 topline a boost
- IBM updates Storage Ceph platform across the board
- Enfabrica secures $115M to ship AI networking chip next quarter
- SK hynix begins mass production of 321-layer 3D NAND
- Microsoft bolsters Azure infra with Fungible-derived DPU
- HPE announces object storage software for Alletra MP
- Qumulo lays claim to ‘fastest’ enterprise cloud data platform title after hitting 1 TB/sec
- Dell brings APEX file and protection services to Azure
- Quantum wants to claw its way back to profitability – and growth
- Scaling the AI frontier and powering the future of innovation
- WEKA unveils WARRP reference architecture and previews Nvidia Grace-powered storage cluster
- Hitachi Vantara adds Nvidia HGX GPUs to iQ framework
- DDN supplying storage for xAI’s Colossus supercomputer
- Pure Storage’s FlashBlade//S500 gains Nvidia SuperPOD certification
- DDN boosts A³I IO speeds and IOPS for Nvidia AI workloads
- Cloudian integrates Nvidia GPUDirect acceleration for object storage
- Dell expands lakehouse and AI server range at SC24
- AI processing speeds continue to improve in MLPerf Training
- Arcitecta and Wasabi team up to simplify cloud storage
- Hitachi Vantara becomes Hammerspace’s first major storage supplier partner
- PEAK:AIO names new leadership, claims US growth
- Storage news ticker – November 15
- Capitalize on your edge with AI
- CoreWeave hits $23B valuation with Pure Storage among investors
- Hammerspace boosts GPU server performance with latest update
- Quantum faces revenue drop but anticipates turnaround with operational overhaul
- Infinidat offers RAG for GenAI riches
- MinIO releases AIStor with GPUDirect-like S3 over RDMA
- Solidigm, Phison both break 100 TB SSD capacity barrier
- Nutanix provides cloud-native AI stack
- Hitachi jumps into QLC flash array pool and adds object storage to VSP One
- DeepTempo unveils AI-powered app for detecting security incidents
- VDURA enhances VDP performance and scalability for AI
- Micron launches world’s fastest 60 TB PCIe 5 SSD
- 45Drives adds ransomware protection and encryption to Ceph
- Apache Cassandra survey highlights growing adoption for AI workloads
- NetApp upgrades low-end flash arrays and StorageGRID
- Storage news ticker – November 8
- NetApp expands security channel activity with Exclusive Networks deal
- Huawei developing SSD-tape hybrid amid US tech restrictions
- Tintri opens lid on Kubernetes container storage interface for streamlined management
- Lightbits backs up Crusoe’s sustainable AI cloud scale-up
- Nutanix tightens ties with AWS on hybrid cloud solutions
- LucidLink offers global teams tools for real-time, secure file access
- Datadobi boosts StorageMAP with faster data mobility
- NAKIVO adds Microsoft 365, Proxmox, and Spanish language support
- Toshiba drives power CERN’s data demands at the LHC
- Veeam partners with Continuity Software to fend off ransomware attacks
- Pure Storage intros on-prem VMware migration service to Azure
- Lightbits brings high-performance block storage to Oracle cloud
- Seagate developing ruggedized SSD for orbiting satellites
- Qumulo CEO charts path to tackle hybrid cloud and AI markets
- Panzura intros CloudFS 8.4, with improved access security
- SK hynix unveils 16-Hi HBM3e chips, sampling set for 2025
- Backblaze partners with Opti9 to launch Canadian datacenter region
- UALink Consortium invites new members to shape open AI interconnect standard
- Syniti CEO discusses company’s evolution and Capgemini acquisition
- Cisco not included in Nvidia AI Enterprise Reference Architecture
- Storage news ticker – October 31
- Chorology claims it has an ACE system to deal with sensitive data
October 2024
- Storj names new CEO to continue distributed storage mission
- Demand for data security in cloud boosts Commvault’s top line
- WEKA intros fresh WEKApod AI storage server appliances
- MinIO’s Arm chipset code optimizes for faster AI work
- Scality: AI-focused RING XP runs circles around slow object storage
- Paradigm4’s flexFS puts fast file front end on cloud object storage
- Tesla has a need for SSD speed as reports say it’s talking to SK hynix about supply deal
- Nvidia puts out architectural references for an enterprise AI factory
- High-quality data key for effective AI agents
- What’s behind YanRong’s MLPerf benchmark? Parallel file system software, GPUDirect, and PCIe 5 SSDs
- Storage news ticker – October 28
- Wharton Business School study claims enterprises buying into Gen AI
- Methylated DNA storage goes parallel
- Hammerspace, CTERA and NetApp are ‘leaders’ in cloud-native file systems, says GigaOm
- Ten strategic tech trends that firms must explore, according to Gartner
- Disks spin Western Digital cloud revenues higher
- DapuStor demos superiority of BaM over GPUDirect by eliminating SW bottlenecks
- Flatfile speeds data readiness for migrations and new workflows
- SK hynix posts record results driven by AI memory demand
- Lenovo hires WD disk exec to head infrastructure business
- Scale Computing talks up edge site and VMware replacement business
- View’s AI data-as-a-service: part 2
- Semantic Web Company and Ontotext merge to form Graphwise
- Seagate revenues soar on strong high-capacity drive demand
- ExaGrid on acquisition path, claims some of its rivals ‘on life support’
- Dell enhances high end PowerMax array
- Cohesity unveils visual data explorer for Gaia assistant
- Kioxia to present fresh DRAM, SCM, and NAND tech in December
- YanRong leads MLPerf AI benchmarks on GPUs supported per compute node
- Irish researchers score €4M grant to work on DNA storage
- Global file technology iRODS aims for wider commercial reach
- Cyera acquires Trail Security to build AI-driven data loss prevention
- Startup provides AI data as a service from its own abstracted metadata
- Hydrolix and Mux team up to boost video performance at media firms
- Panmnesia expands GPU memory pool with CXL
- Arcserve unveils UDP 10 with improved backup, ransomware protection
- Storage hacks for hungry GPUs
- Rubrik adds moat around Microsoft 365 data for Copilot use
- Storage news ticker – 17 October 2024
- UltiHash pitches storage aiming to cut AI data bloat
- Hammerspace and Parallel Works simplify AI/HPC workload orchestration
- Amazon zeroes out ETL for shifting Aurora and DynamoDB data into Redshift
- Dell expands AI factory scope with PowerScale upgrade
- Databricks partners with AWS to accelerate GenAI development
- Kioxia speeds up RocksDB with Flexible Data Placement SSD
- Western Digital matches Seagate’s 32 TB HAMR capacity with 11-platter ePMR HDDs
- Stanford team proposes hybrid gain cell memory to boost GPU performance
- The role of Slough in AI infrastructure
- Hydrolix pipes in more data lake growth via key partners
- Microsoft and AWS lead Gartner report on distributed HCI market
- MLPerf storage benchmark: A user guide from the maker
- Gartner’s file and object MQ drops Cloudian, DDN, NetApp and Quantum
- Wasabi CEO sees IPO ramp as firm reaches 100,000 customers
- Storage news ticker – October 10
- The future of security: Harnessing AI and storage for smarter protection
- Spotting signs of malware in the age of ‘alert fatigue’
- IBM says mainframes and AI are essential partners
- HYCU expands SaaS data protection ahead of DORA regulations
- Macrium brings bare metal restore to CoPilot+ Windows PCs
- ExaGrid reports record Q3 with 150 new customers
- CTERA launches Data Intelligence to link file data to AI models
- Commvault expands cloud and cyber resilience solutions, including Cloud Rewind
- AI vectorization signals end of the unstructured data era
- Catalogic adds clean-room recovery, immutability to DPX
- Data lakehouse Starburst makes senior hires for key markets
- Numemory reinvents Optane storage-class memory
- Ocient hyperscale data warehouse supports machine learning but not GenAI
- SingleStore acquires BryteFlow to better digest ERP and CRM data
- DataPelago unveils software accelerator for GenAI and lakehouse analytics
- MongoDB says it’s winning with targeted commercial AI projects
- Storage news ticker – October 3
- Western Digital opens separate websites for HDD and flash businesses
- Discover what it takes to build your AI-ready infrastructure strategy
- Analyst warns of memory oversupply from AI server demand
- Pliops XDP LightningAI is a memory tier for GPU compute
- NetApp responds to VAST with ONTAP Data Platform for AI
- Veeam survey uncovers apathy toward EU’s NIS2 security directive
- VAST links up with Equinix and Cisco
- VAST integrates Nvidia GPUs and NIM for AI insights
- VAST sets up Cosmos partner-user group to spread platform
- Eon secures $127 million to turn cloud backup headaches into searchable snapshots
- AI-assisted malware resistance, response and recovery
- Storage news ticker – October 1
- Huawei shares views on MLPerf Storage benchmark
September 2024
- Crusoe scales up its AI cloud with VAST Data systems
- Veeam integrates with Palo Alto Networks on attack response
- Micron reveals MLPerf Storage benchmark results for SSDs
- Pure CEO on single storage environments, hyperscalers buying flash, and PII protection
- MLPerf Storage V1.0 results show critical role of next gen storage in AI model training
- Samsung pitches latest SSD at automotive AI … which is now properly a Thing
- Nvidia and Hive team up to tackle problem of rogue AI content
- Micron revenues surge 93% driven by AI demand
- MLPerf AI benchmark tests how storage systems keep GPUs busy
- NetApp unveils all-flash SAN arrays, AI tech at INSIGHT 2024
- Data protection company pays $47M to stick Clumio in its Commvault
- Huawei unveils next-gen OceanStor Dorado all-flash array
- The role of data governance in AI
- Pure Storage extends FlashBlade with file services, capacity boost
- Gartner moves Magic Quadrant goalposts for primary storage
- Storage news ticker – September 24
- Veeam acquires SaaS backup outfit Alcion
- Ugreen flies the flag for AI entry-level network-attached storage
- Cleondris unboxes three-in-one data protection for NetApp
- Sigma tweaks cloud data management console with some new tools
- NetApp and Aruba.it to launch data solutions across Europe
- Veritas reveals clutch of updates to remove data recovery ‘uncertainty’
- Panzura unveils Symphony to make data operations sound easier
- Lakehouse startup promises big data processing savings after $10M funding round
- Odaseva widens data management, security support for Salesforce
- Seagate seasons with Starchive to improve media asset management
- Storage News Ticker – September 16
- Samsung targets AI with first mass production of quad-level QLC V-NAND
- VDURA appoints former Cray CEO to the board and brings back founder to drive AI effort
- Dell and Red Hat upshift OpenShift for APEX
- Samsung and SK hynix gain NAND market share as Kioxia, Micron and Western Digital lose it
- Datashelter has global ambitions for its automated backup
- Spectra Logic streamlines content management in Avid Media Composer
- Druva AI assistant adds cyber incident support copilot
- Where retail meets the intelligent edge, great things are happening
- Cohesity gets closer to threat hunter CrowdStrike
- WEKA report finds storage a challenge for AI projects
- Seagate livens up Lyve Cloud
- Arcitecta expands Mediaflux to tackle edge, multi-site, burst workloads
- Rubrik reports 35% revenue growth for Q2 2025
- Iodyne to ship Pro Mini SSD with Frore Airjet cooling tech in Q1
- Ultimate digital defense: five essentials for your backups
- Toshiba joins 24 TB CMR and 28 TB SMR disk drive club
- Google Cloud adds backup vaults and centralized management
- WIIT partners with Cubbit to provide decentralized cloud storage
- MooseFS keeps it small and neat in the distributed market space
- ZeroPoint aims to tackle AI memory bottlenecks with compression IP
- Microsoft says its opting for robots to recycle disk drives
- Academics break down the evolution of database architectures
- Storage news ticker: 6 September 2024
- Dell serves Gen AI-optimized Linux from Red Hat
- Plucky European lakehouse goes for new funding round to take on Databricks
- Technology combinations for complex chip projects
- EU-backed archiving initiative secures fresh funding
- No hallucination: HPE logs $6.4B of orders for AI servers, share price falls
- DNA tech could store thousands of laptops’ data in a device the size of an eraser
- Hitachi Vantara arrays lead in energy-efficient data storage
- Veeam beefs up Microsoft 365 backup with immutability
- How Nvidia assesses SuperPOD AI storage performance
- Couchbase releases AI vector search and Capella Columnar on AWS
- Local language support sets up ADP-Rubrik LatAm partnership deal expansion possibilities
- Storage news ticker – September 2
- Hammerspace launches Dell-hosted data orchestration appliances
- IBM’s watsonx.data and Storage Scale accelerated AI platform
- NetApp rolls out new tools to deliver ‘value’ to VMware customers
August 2024
- Rubrik and Cisco in joint go-to-market to better protect customers
- Dell’s server revenue bumper jumper
- Nutanix raises revenue notwithstanding large deal pushout
- SK hynix targets AI datacenters with industry’s first 1c DDR5 memory
- Veeam targets VMware migrations with latest Data Platform update
- Pure Storage eyes hyperscaler and AI market expansion as Q2 revenues surge
- NetApp reports strong Q1 growth driven by all-flash arrays
- QiStor says its FPGA-accelerated storage engine can slash server costs
- SAP data migrator and manager Syniti bought by France’s Capgemini
- ExaGrid shines up systems, gets Metallic
- Storage news ticker – August 27
- Rubrik and MSP bring managed data protection to Latin America
- Hitachi Vantara and Broadcom unveil updated Unified Compute Platform RS
- Pinecone vector database available on AWS, Azure, and Google clouds
- Quantum executes reverse stock split to avoid Nasdaq delisting
- Demanding environments? HighPoint reveals NVMe enclosures
- Starburst research highlights key strategies driving AI success
- Tintri developing autonomous disaster recovery solution
- Kioxia has filed IPO papers
- Veeam has knocked Veritas off backup top spot
- Onehouse launches vector embeddings generator
- Storj and CUDOS partner to ease access to high-end AI compute
- Storage news ticker – August 22
- VergeIO adopts HashiCorp tool to set up virtualized datacenter infrastructure faster
- US colo LightEdge offers single tenant Nutanix cloud
- DDN gets Nvidia nod to supply storage to GPU-serving cloud partners
- Fortanix brings File System Encryption to Data Security Manager
- Western Digital all-flash OpenFlex box outpaces NetApp in GPUDirect data serving
- Get your data house in order for GenAI
- Lenovo and Cloudian launch AI data lake system powered by AMD
- Own Company launches Continuous Data Protection for Salesforce
- Rubrik expands SaaS data protection to Salesforce
- Western Digital flash spinoff valuation could mirror Solidigm’s
- NetApp becomes data storage partner of top Silicon Valley ice hockey team
- Votiro and Zscaler join forces to offer ‘total’ zero trust security for web files
- File-sharing phishing attacks on the rise, report reveals
- Omdia sees strong rebound in datacenter storage market
- SSD capacities set to surge as industry eyes 128 TB drives
- Ferroelectric RAM looking rusty and stuck
- NAKIVO trumpets data protection growth across the board
- HYCU report suggests many SaaS apps are open windows for malware attacks
- MinIO DataPOD takes aim at GPU Direct parallel filers
- Couchbase reports 20% Q2 revenue growth, though analysts expected more
- Commvault reckons AI might improve its sales force’s productivity
- All taped up: Quantum’s hyperscaler tape sales dive hits bottom line
- Storage news ticker – August 14 2024
- VDURA looking to increase its channel’s Velocity
- Building blocks of AI: How storage architecture shapes AI success
- Dell ups stakes in VMware battle with Nutanix-powered servers
- WD loses hard drive patent lawsuit, owes $262M damages
- VAST’s Data Engine previewed
- Commvault scores top spot on GigaOm’s cloud-native data protection list
- Investors chase Nutanix founder and engineer’s do-it-again DevRev dream
- Toshiba’s video surveillance disk drive rocket
- A VAST Data IPO closer with first CFO appointment?
- IBM unveils tenth-gen DS8000 mainframe arrays
- Veeam sticks with the enterprise backup supplier top dogs in Gartner’s MQ
- Micron develops PCIe Gen6 datacenter SSD for AI
- ExaGrid steps up its support for Veeam with latest platform
- Storage news roundup – 9 August 2024
- WEKA helps Contextual AI get rid of chatbot hallucinations
- Kioxia unveils SSD with flexible optical interface that can reduce power
- SK hynix computational object storage accelerates analytics
- Data orchestration coming to Datadobi unstructured data management
- Solidigm shipping PCIe 5 datacenter SSDs
- Private equity house EQT buys majority stake in Acronis
- Backblaze drive type profiling predicts replacement and migration
- VergeIO claims fast VM migration from VMware
- Mastering the AI terrain: Why optimal storage is essential for competitive edge
- Samsung’s mobile memory gets thinner
- Pliops and Kalray merger is off
- Bringing Lucidity to AWS, Azure and GCP block storage
- Cisco: Move on. Nothing to see here. We’re still selling Select Cohesity services
- IEEE report: When it comes to SSD and HDD tech roadmaps, money talks
- IBM Storage Scale using Blue Vela AI supercomputer
- Microsoft offers 365 Backup service with partner API onramp
- Storage news ticker – August 2
- IBM uses Storage Scale in its AI model training
- Hundreds of servers could share external memory pools across Panmnesia CXL fabric
- Western Digital’s recovery accelerates
July 2024
- Marvell intros CXL 2.0 memory acceleration and expansion gear
- Commvault revenues hit quarterly record
- Scale Computing sales surge following Broadcom VMware takeover
- GenAI only as good as its data and platforms
- VAST providing storage for Vapor IO’s hyperlocal AI colos
- Micron unveils 2650 SSD with 276-layer NAND technology
- Hazelcast embraces vector search
- Surprise move as Pure Storage invests in ceramic storage tech
- Comparing IBM and Pure Storage proprietary flash drives
- We have 3D NAND, and now Macronix’s 3D NOR is coming
- IBM revenues rise as AI drives software business higher
- SK hynix reportedly planning to float Solidigm unit in US
- StorMagic gets Palatine capital booster for edge business
- Hitachi Vantara unveils AI infrastructure with Nvidia BasePOD certification
- AI PCs, storage and memory: ‘The hardware appears to be ahead of the software’
- SK hynix posts record profits amid global HBM demand
- Your AI strategy called: It wants you to free the data
- Storage Ticker – 25 July 2024
- Veeam adds Splunk connector for improved SIEM
- Dell enhances data lakehouse with faster query speeds and more
- Seagate signals turnaround with strong Q4 performance
- StorONE partners with Accessium Group to provide storage for healthcare
- OpenDrives composable storage software boasts capacity-free licensing
- Micron launches datacenter SSD powerhouse
- SingleStore: We do vectors and you don’t need knowledge graphs
- For Object First, its first and only backup source is Veeam. Why?
- Pure Storage CTO discusses future scalability challenges in data storage
- World’s biggest firms struggle with data debt … and therefore AI
- Energy efficient storage candidate ULTRARAM moves to production
- HBM4 set to land sooner than expected
- Pure’s Portworx product gets nod from GigaOm for Kubernetes data storage
- Denodo to build global growth through its first CRO
- ePlus offers NetApp’s Keystone storage system as-a-service
- Panzura goes on a Moonwalk, acquires hybrid cloud outfit
- Neo develops computational 3D memory for AI that sidesteps HBM
- VDURA argues HDD systems are greener than flash arrays
- CTERA gets $80m war chest for AI and acquisitions
- China’s DapuStor using Pliops to accelerate NoSQL storage engine
- Storage news ticker – July 17 2024
- Druva develops a malware threat hunter
- DataCore gets AI development funding dollars
- Backup bods at ExaGrid claim sales boosted in latest quarter
- Cubbit gets cash to develop European decentralized storage biz
- Cerabyte brings archival glass tablets to the US
- Nutanix hybrid cloud, AI and GPU Direct support
- Illumex: Chatbot response to be improved with knowledge graph help
- Wasabi: customers can now track hot storage emissions
- Kanguru unveils self-encrypting flash drives for sensitive PC data
- Hitachi Vantara builds mammoth data backup system for German universities
- Storage News Ticker – July 11
- Soda gets $14M to fizz into North America
- Spectra Logic and Cohesity pair up to manage archived data
- Nasuni hits $1.2B valuation after private equity backers buy majority share
- Storj marries cloud object storage with GPU compute with Valdi acquisition
- Qumulo hires new CEO to accelerate AI hybrid cloud business
- Commvault hires first CCO to help fuel dash to $1B in ARR
- TS Cloud and Google link arms, dangle AI data readiness package
- IGXGlobal hoists Pure Storage as-a-service flag across Europe
- Rubrik extends protection to OpenShift and Proxmox VE
- HYCU recognized as Leader in G2 Software Market report
- Juicedata gives data processing giants a big squeeze on price
- Northern Data Group to launch Europe’s first cloud service with Nvidia H200 GPUs
- Next-gen data storage market to be worth $90 billion by 2029
- Oxide ships first ‘cloud computers’ and awaits customer scale-up
- Cloud storage slinger Wasabi sets up Italian region
- Elastic Playground facility aims to reduce hallucinations in LLMs
- Australia launches Virga cluster with Dell AI rackservers for health research
- Kioxia sampling highest capacity NAND chip at 2 terabits
- Qdrant unveils hybrid vector algorithm for improved RAG
- Samsung takes on Solidigm with 61.44 TB QLC SSD
- NetApp intros AI-driven ransomware detection
- Odaseva bags $54M to enhance Salesforce data security
- Storage news ticker – July 1
June 2024
- Illumex secures $13M to combat chatbot hallucinations
- Datadog puts a leash on Kubernetes cloud costs
- Infinidat launches automated cyber resiliency system
- SK hynix unveils high-speed SSD for AI PCs
- SingleStore makes it easier for firms to put Iceberg data to work
- Denodo updates key for growing AI data customer demand
- Micron revenues soar amid surging AI demand
- Pure’s as-a-service portfolio takes STaaS to the max
- StorONE improves auto-tiering and data protection features with latest update
- Storage news ticker – June 26
- Toshiba MG10D HDD boasts enhanced speed, efficiency
- MaxLinear upgrades storage accelerator with PCIe generation and lane count bumps
- Cloudian gets more funding as it reaches breakeven, bags HPE GreenLake wins
- Nasuni expands operations in France
- Ransomware thieves beware
- The Synnovis cyber attack, glaring neglect, and business discontinuity
- GigaOm identifies unstructured data management leaders
- OpenAI acquires Rockset for vector database capabilities
- Datadog helps detect ‘problem’ Spark and Databricks jobs
- WD mixes TLC and QLC NAND in SN5000 gumstick product line
- Next DLP improves data protection using origin and movement
- IBM unveils uStore for faster remote data access using NVMe-oF in Storage Scale
- Actian unveils ‘faster and smarter’ database for edge working
- Storage news ticker – June 21
- Bookings up over 800% at backup appliance firm Object First
- Scality tops GigaOm’s enterprise object storage Radar
- Avaneidi secures €8M to enhance SSD endurance, security
- Quantum confirms dramatic sales plunge for FY 2024
- Datadobi brings mapping order to unstructured data chaos
- Qumulo edges out WEKA in Azure cloud performance benchmark
- Storage news ticker – 18 June 2024
- Eminent Sun alumnus says NFS must die
- Nutanix to hand Bain Capital $1.7B amid continued growth
- Rubrik grows revenues with monster loss; spends big to grow even more
- Arc Compute enters GPU management fray ahead of first big funding
- Storage news ticker – June 14
- SentinelOne intros protection for containerized workloads on AWS
- Hammerspace outlines IPO plans
- Data integrity specialist Index Engines to expand channel reach
- StorMagic seeks to creep in at the HCI edge amid VMware ‘fiasco’
- Apica upgrades through integrations to provide better data observability
- Tobiko comes out of stealth mode to tackle data transformation obstacles
- Informatica expands Databricks partnership to tackle expanding AI workloads
- OpenDrives replaces CEO to refocus on core M&E business
- Ransomware attack on Synnovis paralyzes UK hospitals
- Rubrik and Commvault bat for US cricket teams
- IT pros rush to cloud-native Kubernetes platforms to speed app development
- Cirata pushes path to migrate data in Databricks
- Neo4j graph analytics integrated with Snowflake’s AI cloud
- Storage news ticker – June 7
- Backblaze goes live with continuously updating storage for media types
- Pure Storage takes slice of visual AI specialist LandingAI
- Western Digital claims AI-optimized storage with new SSDs and HDD
- Matching the cloud database to real workload needs
- Databricks buys Tabular to win the Iceberg war
- Veeam serves up own branded cloud backup storage
- AI systems boost shines up HPE quarterly revenue outlook
- VAST Data joins forces with Cisco to boost AI datacenters
- N2WS providing cross-cloud server restore from AWS to Azure
- Storage news ticker – June 4
- Redefining multicloud with performance and scalability for AI
- NetApp and Porsche Motorsport aim to win races together
- Nasuni unveils brand refresh amid rapid growth
- Asigra expands SaaS data protection suite for MSPs
- Clumio anoints new CEO as co-founder steps down
- Druva CSO on ransomware’s impact on cyber insurance
- Quobyte tackles high-speed file querying demand with new engine
- Nutanix reports solid revenue rise, signs Dell deal to aid VMware migration
May 2024
- AI server sales drive topline growth for Dell
- Komprise is praised by analyst for its unstructured data management effort
- All-flash leads NetApp revenues higher
- Scality launches partner recruitment drive in response to growth
- Keepit makes big promises around its SaaS backup service
- Pure Storage pitching hard to hyperscalers as it reports Q1 topline boost
- Scality pushes out latest ARTESCA object storage, claiming to give ransomware a 5-level brush-off
- Quantum’s accounting checks reveal increased revenues and profits
- Hitachi Vantara launches VSP One Block appliance
- Let them eat tape: Multi-decade information storage problems
- Lenovo sees AI re-igniting its growth
- Don’t fall for the bring-your-own-AI trap
- Don’t mind if I DPU: Pliops and Kalray continue merger talks as former shows off Hammerspace integration
- Qumulo has built a Microsoft Copilot AI connector
- Storage news ticker – May 28, 2024
- Micron hit with $445M Netlist damages award
- Dell to take a shot at adding parallelism to PowerScale, but how?
- Kioxia plots tech route to 1,000 layer 3D NAND by 2027
- Users complain Apple’s MacOS Sonoma screwed up their exFAT external drive access
- Storage news ticker – 23 May 2024
- Infinidat unveils EPYC 4th gen InfiniBox arrays
- HYCU gets a Dell boost by adopting DD Boost
- Komprise automates dataset-to-AI process workflows
- Why GenAI has IT in the catbird seat
- Nutanix and Cisco grease migration for VMware customers
- Nutanix expands AI initiatives with new partnerships
- Nutanix partners with EDB to fit database service for AI
- Dell unveils PowerStore Prime with enhanced NVMe performance and scalability
- Vawlt CEO thinks single cloud dependence is a mistake
- Dell PowerScale storage upgraded in grab for AI model training
- Nasuni: Copilot has won the Windows Gen AI chatbot race
- Liqid composability tech aims to turn Dell servers into GPU powerhouses
- Rockset upgrades database to meet the needs of AI hybrid search
- Databarracks goes to PlanB to boost business continuity
- DataCore’s Swarm of one object storage
- Western Digital offers 6 TB portable disk drives
- VAST Data boosts security for customers with Superna alliance
- Tintri reboots channel partner efforts
- Phison diversifies with Pascari enterprise SSD line
- Veeam expands Proxmox VE, partners with Hitachi Vantara
- NetApp adds RAG features to BlueXP and makes ONTAP more secure
- HPE expands GreenLake block storage to AWS
- WEKA joins unicorn ranks with $140M in GenAI boom cash
- HPE takes on Pure’s EverGreen with Alletra MP Timeless Program
- Spectra Logic and Geyser Data serve up TAPAS – Tape-as-a-service
- NetApp refreshes storage hardware, software for AI era
- NetApp boosts StorageGRID performance, capacity
- Modernizing storage for the age of AI
- Toshiba demos 32 TB HAMR and 31 TB MAMR disk drives
- Pure’s all-flash storage platforms: engineered for sustainability
- Sustainable systems for the Age of AI
- Mohit Aron, Cohesity’s founder, steps back as new CTO climbs aboard
- Google Cloud deleted a large customer’s infrastructure
- Analyst forecasts continued HDD sales beyond 2028
- Pure delivers first AI copilot for storage
- HPE’s Zerto Vault integrates with Alletra Storage to block ransomware
- GridGain in-memory data and generative AI
- HBM chip prices expected to jump by up to 10% in 2025
- Storage ticker – 10 May 2024
- Storage news ticker – May 8
- Huawei launches A800 AI storage system
- Lightbits touts performance, scalability for AI workloads
- Panasas pivots to SaaS under VDURA brand
- GigaIO debuts mini supercomputer on wheels for the edge
- Egnyte adds Microsoft Purview-compatible labeling for heightened security
- NetApp claims ‘incumbency is the new cool’ in the AI era
- Dasera forms alliances and launches monthly pricing to scale posture management
- Dremio paddles harder in the growing lakehouse market with product improvements
- SK hynix ZUFS tech promises faster AI performance
- Everspin’s MRAM revenues spin down a tad
- Storage Ticker – May 3, 2024
- Quantum takes wraps off subscription private cloud storage
- HPE launches cost-effective storage system for HPC and AI
- Disk failure rates in datacenters are falling, says Backblaze
- Arcserve backers bring in new CEO
- Seagate pushes back against SSD dominance claims
- Baffle enables computation on encrypted Amazon RDS and Aurora data
- Storage news ticker – May 1
- Commvault surpasses forecasts with strong subscriber growth
April 2024
- Tiger Tech gets a head transplant
- Demystifying multicloud complexity with a universal storage layer
- A guide: The ‘best’ storage devices for the main applications
- Dell pumps power higher for PowerProtect products
- Commvault extends Cleanroom Recovery to bolster ransomware defense
- SK hynix reports record Q1 with soaring demand for HBM chips
- Cribl extends data engine reach through Microsoft Azure and Wiz
- Veeam founders launch backup appliance in UK channel
- Kioxia unveils higher-performance 5G flash storage devices
- WD CEO: ‘Clearly, HDD plays a big role in the AI storage life cycle’
- IBM takes on Dell, HPE, Pure in FlashSystem fight
- Storage news ticker – 25 April 2024
- Veritas talks up AI-driven data protection capabilities
- Seagate sells more high-cap drives as it climbs out of disk slump
- NetApp AI expert says calculating text data estate vector embeddings could take minutes
- Veeam buys ransomware extortion negotiator Coveware
- Quantum introduces all-flash deduping backup target appliances
- Peer Software’s multi-master on-prem, cloud and & cross-cloud replication
- Cribl data lake starts filling up with firms’ IT and security data
- Atlan scores data control plane funding for AI data governance
- Micron strikes deal with Silvaco to optimize fabs
- Kioxia launches 1 TB SD memory cards for demanding multimedia
- IDC: Veeam has the largest share of the data protection market – and growing fastest
- RAAAM wants to shrink SRAM on-chip memory
- Panasas teams up with Avnet on hardware manufacturing
- Storage news ticker – 19 April 2024
- Databricks boasts about its fast European growth
- Nasuni gets into bed with Microsoft’s Copilot
- Qumulo launches Cloud Native file system on AWS
- Kioxia plans IPO to tackle $5.8B debt amid industry shakeups
- Hitachi Vantara brings VSP One hybrid cloud storage to AWS
- Commvault acquires cloud resiliency startup Appranix
- Samsung reportedly plans to leapfrog to 430-layer NAND in 2025
- CTERA adds data theft honeypot decoy
- Leil Storage trumpets green ‘hyperscaler’ backup for on-prem environments
- Micron unveils QLC NAND SSD with more than 200 layers
- Hammerspace erasure codes Global Data Environment
- Seagate, Storj, Tuxera and Western Digital get NABbed
- Backblaze introduces Event Notifications for enhanced workflow automation
- Rubrik’s IPO to raise up to $713 million
- Quantum sells service inventory assets for $15 million
- QStar Technologies targets expanding tape archive needs
- Veritas spinout set to innovate as Cohesity acquires key divisions
- Quantum getting SMB speed boost for StorNext and Myriad
- CTERA goes on the offensive to drive further growth
- Fujifilm to release new data archiving animal into the wild
- Storage news ticker – April 11
- VAST Data ports software to Google Cloud
- Pure Storage: We are the AI data platform – part 2
- Pure Storage: We are the AI data platform
- NetApp, Google preview retrieval-augmented generation AI toolkit
- Dell amplifies AI workload support with Intel Gaudi3
- Why It’s Time to Rethink Your Cloud Strategy
- Spectra Logic unveils denser Cube tape library and LumOS management software
- Panzura goes on the attack against ransomware
- Storage news ticker – April 9
- Bring down the HAMR: Multi-layer disk tech could triple storage capacity
- Datacenter storage system market declines 7%, says analyst
- iXsystems: No one is being ‘marooned’ by Debian focus
- Zluri gets ahead of SaaS privacy demands with data vault
- Deep-seated issues delay Cirata growth
- Precisely says it’s smoothing migration of Db2 analytics data to AWS cloud
- Vawlt fleshes out distributed ‘supercloud’ storage system
- DataStax acquires Langflow to boost LLM development
- IBM revamps storage product brand names for clarity
- YMTC extends QLC flash endurance to match TLC
- First draft of PCIe 7.0 spec doubles data transfer speeds
- Cloudian and Axle AI unveil hybrid media management system
- N2WS appoints CRO to fuel next growth phase
- Quantum flashifies ActiveScale object storage
- Business continuity in war time: Is it even possible?
- Rubrik eyes public markets with S-1 filing
- JK Tech is not hallucinating over its AI business insights offer
- IPO looming – again – for Rubrik
- Starburst points to scale-up in AI and hybrid cloud with senior hires
March 2024
- Rubrik and CrowdStrike link arms for enhanced threat detection
- Databricks rolls out open source GenAI LLM
- Observe secures $115 million Series B funding on back of high growth
- Storage news ticker – March 27
- Syniti shines in structured data lifecycle management
- StoneFly serves up triple-decker air-gap sandwich
- Snowflake sees surge in AI analysis in cloud data warehouse
- Storage news ticker – March 22
- Redis expands data management capabilities with Speedb acquisition
- Quantum announces i7 Raptor tape library for hyperscalers
- Database startup Regatta emerges from stealth mode
- Micron roars back to profitability thanks to AI boom
- Samsung to offer SSDs on subscription
- Storage news ticker – March 21
- CXL a no-go for AI training
- Storage news ticker – March 20
- HPE pushes packet of next-gen AI products in partnership with Nvidia
- WEKA intros turnkey appliance to plug into SuperPOD
- Nvidia GTC storage news roundup
- DDN turbocharges AI400X2 appliance to beef up AI performance
- Dell building Nvidia-powered AI Factory for business analytics
- Hitachi Vantara launches industry-specific AI systems with Nvidia
- Nvidia powers Dataloop and NetApp AI solutions with NIM and NeMo
- Pure Storage unveils anti-hallucination AI tech at Nvidia’s GTC
- MemVerge uses CXL to drive Nvidia GPU utilization higher
- Quicksilver Western Digital QLC flash gumstick faster than stolid TLC predecessor
- DataStax runs ragged with vector embeddings for Astra DB
- Pure looks beyond DRAM limitations to scale SSD capacities
- Storage news ticker – March 15
- Nasuni launches Edge for Amazon S3
- Weka shines in cloud performance and efficiency benchmark
- OptraSCAN combines pathology imaging with ‘affordable’ storage
- Equinix brings in Google head as CEO to scale data services
- Storage news ticker – March 14
- DBOS raises $8.5M to get cloud apps off the ‘dirt roads’
- Meta hooks up with Hammerspace for advanced AI infrastructure project
- Cloudian becomes a file mount point
- ScaleFlux makes go-faster computational storage SoC
- Vawlt seals in €2.15M for its distributed data storage ‘supercloud’
- Generative AI and the wizardry of the wide-open ecosystem
- MinIO goes macro for mega AI workloads
- VAST Data turns BlueField3 DPUs into storage controllers for Nvidia GPU servers
- Cohesity Gaia and vector embedding the backup data estate
- Scality: there are degrees of immutability
- Huawei MED drive information emerging slowly
- Western Digital picks leadership for new divisions
- Acquired Model9 mainframe data extractor becomes BMC AMI Cloud suite
- Commvault, Rubrik want to lure folks from Cohesity-Veritas merger, CEO snaps back: ‘This is not Broadcom taking over VMware’
- Qumulo unveils Azure-native cold storage solution
- Solix brings AI assistants to enterprise data management
- NetApp brings AI-driven ransomware detection to ONTAP
- Quantum faces Nasdaq delisting again over stock price woes
- Huawei developing magneto-electric drive for cold storage
- Quantum adding AI focus and GPUDirect support to Myriad
- Veeam launches Azure-based managed Data Cloud service
- Storage News Ticker – March 4, 2024
- NetApp revenue surges as competitors struggle
- Dell eyes AI-fueled revival after fiscal 2024 downturn
- HPE storage results vanish in financial reporting revamp
- Snowflake replaces CEO as losses widen
February 2024
- Pure projects double-digit growth despite revenue dip
- Cohesity pushes out RAG-enhanced Gaia GenAI backup search chatbot
- Nutanix makes its first ever profit
- BitRipple moves liquid data using RaptorQ
- Mechanical Orchard updates mainframe migration with AI
- Storage news ticker – February 28
- Micron touts beefy HBM chips, and hot DRAM, Samsung’s releasing fresh stacked memory tech too
- IBM adds real-time malware IO detection to flash drives
- XenData launches media asset viewer for archived files
- VAST Data: From storage solutions to unified AI platform
- Arcitecta claims improvements in massive data transfers over flaky networks
- Developing AI workloads is complex. Deciding where to run them might be easier
- The Own Company and fragmented SaaS app backup
- Storage news ticker – February 26, 2024
- Quantum exec moves to Hammerspace
- Keepit has a unique approach to SaaS data protection
- Hammerspace claims fastest file system for AI training
- Catching up with Hitachi Vantara after strategic overhaul
- Clumio pockets $75 million D-round
- Nasuni adds ‘AI-ready’ data management to cloud file services
- Dell scales up PowerScale – adding models with faster CPUs and PCIe 5
- DataStax builds RAGStack to counter GenAI hallucinations
- Resilio: From BitTorrent offspring to collaboration contender
- Data speed limit breakers: Vcinity and Zettar
- Kioxia’s 5-quarter-long slump bottoming out
- Storage news ticker – February 19
- Backblaze reports strong Q4 amid cloud storage demand surge
- Simplyblock heads towards AI-powered storage tiering from fast AWS block storage base
- CloudFabrix integrating Macaw chatbot into its software stack
- Perforce Software inks deal to acquire DevOps outfit Delphix
- Generative AI designs: subscribe your way to faster ROI
- IBM using Ceph as underlying AI data store
- Azure Elastic SAN cloud onramp now available
- Nebulon, blink twice if Nvidia really has absorbed you
- Storage news ticker – February 13
- Professor Onur Mutlu and team win Huawei OlympusMons award for storage research
- Run:ai in full AI stack deal with VAST Data
- HPE extends GreenLake for Block Storage
- Ultra-runner CEO jogging on with Panzura plan
- StorageX is a ‘hybrid hardware, algorithms, and data’ provider
- Storage news ticker – February 9
- AirMettle touts parallel software storage architecture
- ionir helps train Israeli Defense Force through VR partnership
- VAST Data picks up 6% of DC all-flash storage market, says tech analyst – or does it?
- Pure Storage cuts workforce amid competitive pressures
- NetApp, SpectraLogic link up for on-prem archival storage
- QiStor secures funding for key-value data store acceleration
- Komprise unveils elastic replication for non-critical data
- Clean sweep for NetApp, Pure and Infinidat in GigaOm’s mid-size primary storage Radar
- NetApp and VAST Data take rivalry to the F1 racetrack
- Rubrik planning IPO after US fraud investigation completes
- Data steward Rimage pivoting from optical disk publishing to data lifecycle management
- Storage news ticker – February 4
- Weka bags another GPU-as-a-Service farm customer
- Ex-Veeam CTO set to rock up at Snyk
- Researcher proposes DNA-based computing platform
- VCs embrace continuation funds for longstanding startups
January 2024
- Hitachi Vantara, Cisco sign managed hybrid cloud deal
- Storage news ticker – January 31
- Commvault achieves record Q3 but forecasts sequential downturn
- Samsung gives the 280-layer 3D NAND game away
- IBM touts Ceph for data lakehouses, generative AI
- HYCU offers generative AI SaaS app protection builder bot
- Two cloud file data services suppliers going gangbusters
- Kioxia and Phison spearhead advancements in UFS
- GigaOm puts NetApp, Pure Storage and Infinidat atop large enterprise primary storage array pack
- Kioxia and WD SSD merger on-off talks are back on again
- Qumulo CTO discusses the future of data storage
- SingleStore adds indexed vector search to Pro Max release for faster AI work
- Storage news ticker – January 29, 2024
- Western Digital roller coaster continues as Seagate brings down the HAMR
- GPU-fueled Nyriad is up for sale
- Recovering memory markets fuels SK hynix revenue growth
- LucidLink delivers Strawberries for creatives
- Flash Memory Summit officially extends into storage
- Graid sends GPU RAID card down to the edge
- Seagate spins up a revenue recovery
- Panzura appoints new CEO
- Samsung’s 990 EVO SSD is a PCIe gen 4 and 5 hybrid
- Storage news ticker – January 24
- Wasabi gets into AI-powered video content metadata generation
- Grokking Groq’s Groqness
- Cerabyte could be close to replacing tape archives
- Observability is key in the AI era
- 30TB HAMR disk drives get less shingled capacity increase than you’d think
- Scale Computing: Broadcom moves whack VMware’s channel program
- Coldago object storage rankings spark industry debate
- TSMC and ITRI unveil ultra-efficient SOT MRAM
- Safeguarding against the global ransomware threat
- Storage news ticker – January 19
- Pure STACs up benchmark wins against Dell, WekaIO, AWS
- Protect critical data underneath a SteelDome and inside an InfiniVault
- Quantum asks for more time to figure out true financial figures
- Biomemory DNA storage: The future or costly gimmick?
- Storage news ticker – January 17
- Neridio secure data manipulation prevents vault intrusion
- Backblaze adds enterprise appeal to its backup storage
- Seagate unveils 30 TB+ Exos HAMR disk drives
- Storage startup births, acquisitions and market exits in 2023
- Hammerspace expands Global Data Environment with archival tape system support
- Percona advocates for automated scaling of storage in Kubernetes
- Data protection in 2023 was all about resilience
- Effective storage strategies for a new year
- Storage news ticker – January 12
- NAND in 2023: Layer counts rise and QLC advances
- Veeam lays off 300 despite market share growth
- Where did the VCs invest storage startup dollars in 2023? (Clue: AI)
- StorMagic says it’s happy living on the edge
- Storage news ticker – January 10
- Nearline disk drive market showing signs of recovery
- Juniper Networks kit that HPE will get if $14B buy clears
- Recovering Cirata grows bookings, aims for cash flow break-even
- Discover the ‘2024 Block Data Storage Buyer’s Guide’
- Micron unveils compact and power-efficient laptop memory module
- Storage news ticker – January 9
- Micron NVDRAM may never become a product
- Storage news ticker – January 8
- ExaGrid says 48% of its business now outside of USA
- Pure Storage shifts focus to as-a-service model
- Huawei overtakes Dell EMC as leading AFA supplier
- Ferroelectric RAM update and Micron
- Storage news ticker – January 4
- Nearline drives will be last HDD holdout by 2028
- StorageX wants to end storage and compute separation… but for AI
- Cohesity buying Veritas’ data protection unit
- Tiger Technology takes surveillance storage to the cloud
- SSD controller, object and block cloud storage predictions
- Storage news ticker – January 2, 2024