Datera completes defensive funding round and lays off staff
Update: May 19. Two more exited execs listed.
Datera is cutting staff and reducing some salaries to reduce cash burn. The storage software startup last week raised an undisclosed sum...
Nimbus Data touts ExaFlash One array for ‘dense enterprise workload consolidation’
Update: May 18 - TouchSupport customer review of ExaFlash One.
Nimbus Data, a data storage vendor based in Los Angeles, has announced the ExaFlash One all-flash array with a...
StorONE challenges storage array makers to stop hiding prices
StorONE CEO Gal Naor today challenged storage array vendors to reveal their prices in public. "Buying an enterprise storage system shouldn’t be as hard as buying a car, but...
Critical thinking: NetApp builds Scale-out Data Protection with Commvault
NetApp has launched a backup / disaster recovery system based on Commvault software that runs NetApp HCI and stores backup data on its all-flash FAS arrays and StorageGRID object...
Caringo claims cost advantage for object storage appliances
Caringo, an object storage software supplier, has launched a set of appliances that run a new version of its Swarm software.
Swarm 11.1 includes built-in content management, search and metadata...
Quantum, a $400m t/o data storage vendor, nabs $10m small business PPP loan
Updated; 17.22 BST, April 22. Quantum statements added. NAICS classification corrected.
Quantum, the veteran data storage vendor, has received a $10m loan from the US PPP fund, which is designed...
Datera co-founder heads off to pastures new
Datera co-founder Marc Fleischmann has announced his departure from the data storage startup via a LinkedIn posting.
In his statement he said he was proud of what he and...
Your occasional enterprise storage digest featuring CTERA, Nutanix, OpenIO, StorONE and Veritas
This week's digest covers file-sharing, flash, hyperconverged infrastructure, all-in-one storage, object storage, data protection and supplier responses to the Covid-19 pandemic. Dive straight in with Nutanix.
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VAST Data scores $100m and transforms into a data storage unicorn
VAST Data has completed a $100m funding round during the covid-19 pandemic which values the all-flash array storage startup at $1.2bn.
The company will spend the new money on...
Cohesity pumps out ransomware alerts 24×7 via Helios smartphone app
Cohesity has developed a smartphone app for its Helios management software, to better enable admin staff to respond to external threats in real time.
For instance, the manager of a...
Infinidat: Our speedy storage arrays do not run any faster with Optane
Infinidat has no immediate plans to add Optane support because its memory-caching technology is already faster than Intel’s 3D XPoint.
In a press briefing today, Yair Cohen, VP of product...
Pavilion Data unfurls NVMe-oF array roadmap
Pavilion Data is developing a NVMe-oF flash array that is double the speed and capacity of its current line-up. The storage vendor also plans to release several software enhancements...