SNIA tech review maps road to commercial DNA storage
The SNIA’s DNA Storage Alliance has published a 52-page technology review looking at the data encode/decode tech, commercial readiness metrics, and the challenges ahead.
DNA data storage relies on the...
Storage news ticker – July 18
AWS said customers can boot Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances on AWS Outposts using boot volumes backed by NetApp on-premises enterprise storage arrays and Pure Storage FlashArray,...
Quantum expands all-flash DXi line with higher-capacity backup boxes
Quantum has added two more DXi all-flash deduplicating backup storage products to its range, doubling and quadrupling the previous all-flash maximum capacity.
The DXi product line is built to store...
Veeam lays groundwork for AI agents to vacuum up backup data
Interview: Veeam is developing software to enable large language models (LLMs) and AI agents to trawl through reams of Veeam backup data and analyze it to answer user or...
Simulated ransomware attack reveals gaps in recovery planning
Participating in a simulated ransomware attack showed up the glaring need for attack response playbooks and insulated clean room recovery facilities, as even immutable backups could contain undetected ransomware-infected...
Quantum sheds senior staff as financial woes mount
Beleaguered storage vendor Quantum, which replaced CEO and chairman Jamie Lerner in June and CRO Henk Jan Spanjaard earlier this month, has made “a very large reduction” in staff,...
HoloMem’s drop-in holographic tape drive for LTO tape libraries
UK startup HoloMem is developing a ribbon-based cartridge and drive that uses multi-layer holographic storage with a 50+ year life span, and can be inserted as a rack shelf...
Quantum and Chief Revenue Officer to part ways
Henk Jan Spanjaard, Quantum Corp's Chief Revenue Officer, will be the latest exec to leave the company, according to an SEC filing by the beleaguered business. The 8-K, filed...
Commvault promotes partner chief, integrates with Platform9
Commvault has shuffled its leadership team and struck a new partnership with private cloud supplier Platform9.
Alan Atkinson was hired as Commvault’s Chief Partner Officer in September 2022. He had...
Graid going for Nvidia RAID gold
Graid occupies a technology niche with its Nvidia GPU-powered RAID cards and is powering ahead with a development roadmap featuring AI and high-performance computing (HPC) products.
The company, which says...
Storage news collection – July 3
Commvault announced a strategic partnership with Bytes, “a leading provider of IT solutions across the UK and Ireland. This partnership will focus on providing the joint customer base with...
Cristie verifies backup recoverability in clean room for major platforms
Cristie Software can automatically verify the recoverability of backups and systems from Rubrik, Cohesity, IBM, and Dell within a clean room environment.
UK-based Cristie is a system recoverability and replication...