Nutanix poaches new CEO from arch-rival VMware
HCI darling Nutanix has completed its search for a CEO with the hiring of Rajiv Ramaswami, a senior exec at arch-rival VMware.
“I have long admired Nutanix as a...
All-flash arrays shine in anaemic quarter for HPE storage
HPE revenues have returned to pre-pandemic levels - more or less - but data storage lags behind the rest of the business, with revenues down three per cent Y/Y...
Covid-19 dents Dell storage sales and midrange weakness persists
Dell Technologies has posted a strong quarter, with remote work driving up client systems and VMware revenues but servers and storage experienced declines. But it’s impatient for PowerStore sales...
Nutanix growth slowdown is temporary – says analyst
The latest results from hyperconverged player Nutanix show that business growth is slowing down, with the move to subscriptions and Covid-19 lockdown effects having unhelpful effects. Analyst Jason Ader...
Storage suppliers go Kubernetes crazy in this week’s roundup
Multiple data storage vendors surfed on this week's Kubecon conference to push out Kubernetes announcements. But first, let's kick off with a little acquisition.
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Cambridge University opts for NetApp HCI in cloud consolidation
The University of Cambridge has plumped for NetApp HCI in an IT infrastructure overhaul that underpins online teaching and learning.
The Covid-19 ready solution sees Citrix Workspace desktop software, running...
Cisco should junk UCS servers, says analyst. And HCI too?
Cisco's latest earnings (report) were dragged down by performance of the infrastructure platforms business. What gives?
In yesterday's earnings call, Bank of America Merrill Lynch analyst Tal Liani asked the...
Nebulon: Here’s why we are better (and cheaper) than SANs and HCI
Analysis. Nebulon, a storage startup that came out of stealth in June, aims to compete with SAN arrays and HCI. It has built a product that fits into neither...
Your occasional storage digest featuring Diamanti, HYCU, TrueNAS and more
Two Kubernetes-related news stories in this week's storage news round up. Diamanti has debuted a software-only offering and Robin.io has upgraded its core offering and introduced a full-featured but...
Your occasional storage digest with MariaDB, Chief Data Officers and more
The digest this week is cloud-centric with MariaDB updating its SkySQL product and Nutanix refreshing its Era database management offering. But we’re also startled to learn that Chief Data...
Dell bakes VMware support into VXRail, ObjectScale and PowerProtect systems
Dell Technologies has added a raft of VMware-support across its Cloud Platform, VxRail, ObjectScale and PowerProtect systems.
The updates, announced today at VMworld 2020, include:
Cloud Platform and VxRail hyperconverged systems...
Hitachi Vantara packs Optane into HCI systems
Hitachi Vantara has updated its hyperconverged infrastructure systems with faster processors.
Loosely speaking, the company's Unified Compute Platform (UCP) HC and RS lines are similar to Dell EMC’s VxRail and...