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Object storage

• June 14, 2018 14 Jun'18

  StorageCraft to unveil unified storage, backup and cloud appliances

  StorageCraft arose as a backup software maker but now plans converged storage, backup and analytics play in a move to unify offering built on core and acquired products

• June 14, 2018 14 Jun'18

  Case study: Mercedes F1 team makes gains with Pure Storage all-flash

  Two years ago, the Mercedes AMG Formula 1 team deployed Pure Storage all-flash arrays in its datacentre and in mobile racks out on the circuit. It’s a bet that has paid off for the racing team

• June 05, 2018 05 Jun'18

  Nexsan adds Assureon Cloud Transfer for hybrid cloud archiving

  Nexsan archiving appliances add hybrid cloud capability to AWS and Azure cloud for unstructured data, targeting users that want to retain files on-site with cloud access

• June 05, 2018 05 Jun'18

  Scality boosts Ring with easy deployment and lower node count

  Object storage maker Scality upgrades software-defined storage to give unified deployment, provisioning and management while cutting minimum nodes required to three

• May 07, 2018 07 May'18

  ASEAN seeks to tame data deluge with object storage

  Led by Singapore and Thailand, the object storage market in Southeast Asia is expected to grow at a double-digit rate in the next few years

• March 29, 2018 29 Mar'18

  Western Digital adds StorReduce deduplication to object storage

  US hardware giant Western Digital links up with StorReduce to provide data deduplication for object storage that combines WD ActiveScale scale-out appliances with the startup’s dedupe software

• March 27, 2018 27 Mar'18

  Pivot3 Cloud Edition adds backup from hyper-converged to AWS

  Hyper-converged infrastructure node maker dips its toes into hybrid cloud operations with Pivot3 Cloud Edition on Amazon Web Services to add cloud backup to HCI

• March 21, 2018 21 Mar'18

  Nodeum adds clouds to boost tape-to-hybrid-cloud platform

  Belgian startup’s Linux-based storage environment now stretches from on-premise disk, LTFS tape and NAS to hybrid cloud working via AWS and Azure public clouds, with more planned

• March 02, 2018 02 Mar'18

  Scality Zenko 'multi-cloud controller' offers hybrid cloud boost

  S3-based software control layer will support Amazon, Google and Microsoft clouds to bring hybrid cloud operations, with object storage across private and public clouds

• March 01, 2018 01 Mar'18

  It’s the year of the cloud, says backup giant Veeam

  Veeam roadmap adds cloud to virtual and physical backup with acquisitions that bring cloud and hybrid functionality. Object archives, CDP and NAS backup are also planned

• February 20, 2018 20 Feb'18

  Load Dynamix is now WorkloadWisdom and adds more NAS support

  Virtual Instruments enhances NAS testing and monitoring capabilities with SMB and 25GbE support in WorkloadWisdom but hybrid cloud monitoring will remain off limits for now

• February 19, 2018 19 Feb'18

  Rackspace upgrade to save $12m with Scality object storage

  Cloud services giant Rackspace brings in Scality object storage in a move that slashes 4,000 boxes from its server count as it separates compute and storage

• February 14, 2018 14 Feb'18

  Cohesity adds file and object to hyper-converged hybrid cloud

  Cohesity broadens out from hyper-converged backup and restore to offer file and object storage on its physical and virtual hyper-converged appliances and in the cloud

• January 25, 2018 25 Jan'18

  Cloudian upgrade brings hybrid cloud file and object storage

  Move to Cloudian Hyperstore 7 enables data storage operations across on-premise and Amazon, Google and Microsoft cloud environments with object and file access

• January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18

  ITV goes on air with SpectraLogic LTFS tape backup and archive

  2PB of SpectraLogic tape front-ended by Black Pearl LTFS object storage access creates integrated archive that lets broadcaster optimise use of existing Isilon clustered NAS