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Storage
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August 29, 2018
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Aug'18
Cloudian’s $94m new funds to target 100PB-scale operations
CEO Michael Tso says funding in engineering efforts aims to make sure Cloudian can meet the challenge of object storage deployments growing to hundreds of petabytes
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August 29, 2018
29
Aug'18
Toshiba drives add Marvell cards to give native NVMe-over-fabrics
Piggy-backed cards allow drive shelves that can connect to remote servers as if directly attached and at NVMe speeds, with box maker Aupera getting in on the JBOF act
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August 29, 2018
29
Aug'18
HPE pins hopes on intelligent edge as hybrid strategy flattens
HPE sees hybrid as the future of enterprise IT, but revenue has been affected by currency fluctuations and its intelligent edge business is growing quickly
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August 28, 2018
28
Aug'18
Arsenal puts Acronis in defence for analytics cloud backup
Football club is increasingly driven by video and data analysis and opts for cloud backup software-as-a-service and quick restore to any location to replace ad-hoc staff solutions
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August 28, 2018
28
Aug'18
Taking stock of Dell EMC’s growth in Asia
Tech supplier Dell EMC is riding on growing demand for servers and hyper-converged infrastructure, and investing in more technical resources to support enterprises in digital transformation efforts
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August 26, 2018
26
Aug'18
VMware debuts VMware Cloud on AWS in Australia, cuts entry price
Virtualisation juggernaut VMware rolls out its hybrid cloud service in Australia and has halved the entry price to sweeten the deal for enterprises
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August 22, 2018
22
Aug'18
Newisys bare metal NVMe box targets performance market
Former OEM supplier come out of stealth with dual-server box that can mount 56 NVMe drives for hyperscale datacentres or build-your-own NVMe shared storage hardware
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August 21, 2018
21
Aug'18
Veritas aims to boost NetBackup with simplified UI and setup
Two decades-old enterprise product upgraded with backups that can be set in three clicks, down from 30, plus instant VM workload recovery and capacity monitoring and planning
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August 20, 2018
20
Aug'18
StorageCraft launches OneXafe scale-out backup appliances
Product revamp sees firm launch OneXafe scale-out secondary and primary storage with ShadowXafe data protection software in backup appliance for physical and virtual environments
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August 15, 2018
15
Aug'18
Quest goes software-only with QoreStor. Next stop, the cloud
Quest makes backup product software-defined with QoreStor, with dedupe functionality that can be added to other backup products, and plans cloud backup with native storage next
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August 10, 2018
10
Aug'18
Atos sets out vision for a digital Scotland
Scotland has the potential to create a competitive advantage in the global economy through digital technologies, and could even become a cloud datacentre hub, according to Atos
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July 26, 2018
26
Jul'18
Cities key to making data a new form of infrastructure, says Nesta
City governments need to take charge of data use and leverage responsible innovation, as data should not be seen as a saleable commodity, but a common good, according to the innovation foundation
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July 20, 2018
20
Jul'18
Interview: Dan Phelps, chief architect, Travelex
Travelex is changing the way it works by combining people, processes and technology to transform the company and by setting up a digital platform
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July 17, 2018
17
Jul'18
JWT slashes server estate in move to Ctera cloud appliances
Marketing agency deploys Ctera cloud-attached NAS for 10,000 employees to simplify IT infrastructure, cutting server count and slashing software and hardware costs
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July 15, 2018
15
Jul'18
New industry network to bolster data protection in ASEAN
The Data Protection Excellence network will assist organisations and individuals new to data protection laws by providing hands-on training and professional certification courses
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July 12, 2018
12
Jul'18
Hedvig teams up with Veeam to support scale-out backup appliances
Scale-out software-defined storage supplier reaches agreement with Veeam for backup software to build clusters of nodes with flash, cloud and block, file and object storage access
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July 11, 2018
11
Jul'18
Cloudian adds Storage Made Easy file-sync-and-share compliance
Object storage maker adds file-sync-and-share with compliance filters from Storage Made Easy to restrict movement of potentially sensitive data between endpoints and datacentres
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July 09, 2018
09
Jul'18
Casino group bets on Pivot3 hyper-converged infrastructure for surveillance
Caesars’ ageing digital video recording equipment risked running foul of court and police requirements, and cost tens of thousands annually, so it switched to Pivot3 hyper-converged infrastructure
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July 04, 2018
04
Jul'18
Dell/VMware and Nutanix dominate a growing hyper-converged market
As hyper-converged system revenues get set to overtake those of converged systems, Dell/VMware and Nutanix are dominating the market for combined server and storage nodes
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July 02, 2018
02
Jul'18
Bolloré Group partners with Alibaba for cloud and co-development
French transportation conglomerate will use Alibaba cloud, and Alibaba will look at using Bolloré's battery technology in its datacentres
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June 25, 2018
25
Jun'18
VM-aware storage pioneer Tintri on verge of bankruptcy
Recent first-quarter results by the VM-aware storage pioneer throw light on a fragile financial situation that needs new funds or a buyer to avoid bankruptcy by the end of June
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June 22, 2018
22
Jun'18
Vexata doubles capacity in NVMe flash storage VX family
NVMe flash storage Vexata maker ups capacity to just under half a PB with 8TB drives, claims near-bare metal performance, and aims at analytics, trading and simulations workloads
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June 21, 2018
21
Jun'18
CDO interview: Andrei Belevtsev, Gazprom Neft
Russian oil giant will harness the latest technologies right across its business, says chief digital officer
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June 20, 2018
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Jun'18
San Francisco 49ers add pace to the team with NVMe flash from Datrium
US NFL football team plans high-performance NVMe flash to power in-game statistics and video decision-making, plus access for scouts to player databases during draft
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June 19, 2018
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Jun'18
NHS trust dumps creaking EMC SAN for Nutanix hyper-converged
Derbyshire-based NHS trust had reached end-of-life with Dell servers and EMC SAN, so it took the plunge with Nutanix hyper-converged to reap space, power and reliability gains
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June 18, 2018
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Jun'18
Rubrik CDM 4.2 extends data protection to Amazon cloud storage
Backup software and appliance specialist adds protection to apps in Amazon cloud to existing on-premise and cloud-to-cloud functionality, along with service provider features
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June 14, 2018
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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
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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
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June 08, 2018
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Jun'18
Medical firm puts vTax and SAN to sleep to save £30,000 with Scale
Penlon replaces HPE servers and storage and VMware virtualisation to escape the high costs of licensing, and deploys Scale Computing hyper-converged appliances at two UK datacentres
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June 06, 2018
06
Jun'18
GDPR and backup: A potential minefield easily avoided
The right to be forgotten will be impossible in backups and snapshots, but systems can be built that automate for compliance, says Andy Barratt of security consultancy Coalfire
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June 06, 2018
06
Jun'18
Singapore government to form AI advisory council
New council will develop standards and guidelines to address ethical issues arising from the growing use of artificial intelligence
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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
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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
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May 29, 2018
29
May'18
Pure debuts new FlashArray //X arrays with NVMe across the range
Pure is set to replace //M series boxes with FlashArray //X arrays in which NVMe is standard with NVMe-over-fabrics connectivity to servers and expansion shelves
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May 24, 2018
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May'18
England and Wales Cricket Board to improve players’ medical data
Cricketers’ medical images will be stored securely in an independent clinical archive, enabling clinicians to access medical data and make treatment decisions more quickly
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May 24, 2018
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May'18
How AWS keeps its rivals at bay
A relentless focus on building for customers and inking partnerships with enterprise software bigwigs while lowering prices has given AWS a leg-up over rivals in the ANZ market
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May 23, 2018
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May'18
Compliance in the cloud: Avoiding the cloud compliance trap
When you hand over data to a cloud provider, you don’t hand over responsibility for legal and regulatory compliance. Beware of falling into a cloud compliance trap
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May 23, 2018
23
May'18
Technicolor speeds up movie production with Excelero NVMe flash
Film giant Technicolor had to duplicate workstreams or schedule access to movies being worked on, but Excelero NVMe allows concurrent access to 10 or more workstations at a time
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May 22, 2018
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May'18
Zerto previews 2019’s version 7 with Elastic Journal backup
CDP-based data protection product will allow point-in-time copies from seconds to years ago with Elastic Journal, as part of a move to unify backup, disaster recovery and cloud data protection
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May 21, 2018
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May'18
Micron first to market with QLC flash drive 5210 QLC SSD
Micron’s 5210 QLC SSD is aimed at analytics and content delivery in cloud and web-scale operations that currently use 7,200rpm spinning disk in huge Raid sets to gain IOPS
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May 21, 2018
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May'18
IBM adds deduplication to Spectrum Virtualize, and Storwize arrays
IBM has added data deduplication to Spectrum Virtualize and array products that run it. It has also upgraded array analytics and the cloud version of Spectrum Virtualize
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May 09, 2018
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May'18
NetApp adds Google Cloud NAS and AFF A800 NVMe flash array
NetApp gets on the cloud NAS bandwagon with Google Cloud Platform file storage access, while adding its first NVMe flash-equipped storage array, the AFF A800
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May 09, 2018
09
May'18
Nutanix builds hooks to SDN and cloud with Flow, Era and Beam
Hyper-converged pioneer builds in functionality from acquisitions with Flow software-defined networking, Beam cloud monitoring and Era database provisioning and data protection
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May 07, 2018
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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
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May 04, 2018
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May'18
Dell EMC freshens high-end SANs with VMAX makeover, PowerMax
Dell EMC rebrands VMAX high-end SAN arrays as PowerMax, with CPUs upgraded, new inline data deduplication, controller code re-worked and NVMe and Optane hardware on the roadmap
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May 04, 2018
04
May'18
Dell EMC unveils Isilon scale-out NAS in the Google cloud
The trend to cloud NAS continues as Dell EMC announces beta phase of Isilon Cloud for GCP that will see fully-featured scale-out NAS available to customers via the Google cloud
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May 02, 2018
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May'18
StorageOS makes hybrid cloud container storage platform generally available
StorageOS releases tool that allows management of persistent storage for containers that can operate on-premise, in public cloud and hybrid cloud to provide deployment, QoS and protection
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April 24, 2018
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Apr'18
Unitrends launches ‘Veeam killer’ VM Backup Essentials
Backup specialist Unitrends says Veeam has become “arrogant” and abandoned large elements of its customer base. VM Backup Essentials aims to fill gap for VMware users
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April 24, 2018
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Apr'18
How application container technology is helping YMCA open up access to education
Youth charity YMCA is in the midst of a push to reduce its reliance on paper-based education aids, with the help of Droplet Computing’s application container technology
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April 18, 2018
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Apr'18
Backup 101: Incremental vs differential backup
In this Backup 101 article, we look at incremental versus differential backup and walk through the advantages and disadvantages of these two key backup strategies