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Alerify taps Zadara to deliver sovereign edge AI cloud -
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Alerify taps Zadara to deliver sovereign edge AI cloud
US datacenter and cloud services provider Alerify is using Zadara cloud offerings to provide Edge AI private cloud services.
https://blocksandfiles.com/2026/01/27/zadara-bags-us-csp-for-its-sovereign-edge-cloud/
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Commvault sets revenue record – and restructures -
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Commvault sets revenue record - and restructures
Data protection and cyber-resilience business Commvault went well past the $300 million high-end guidance for its third fiscal 2026 quarter, with a thumping 19 percent revenue jump to $314 million. Th...
https://blocksandfiles.com/2026/01/27/commvault-sets-revenue-record-and-restructures/
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Redis hits $300M ARR as AI workloads drive growth -
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Redis hits $300M ARR as AI workloads drive growth
Redis has passed $300 million in annual recurring revenue for its eponymous real-time, in-memory database.
https://blocksandfiles.com/2026/01/27/redis-300-million-arr/
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VAST Data launches Amplify to reclaim stranded NVMe SSD capacity -
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VAST Data launches Amplify to reclaim stranded NVMe capacity
VAST Data’s Amplify is a formal program to determine whether data reduction can recover stranded capacity in a customer’s NVMe SSDs.
https://blocksandfiles.com/2026/01/27/vast-amplify-scheme/
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Databricks said to top up war chest with $1.8B debt financing - a billion here, a billion there -pretty soon we'll be talking real money -
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Databricks said to top up war chest with $1.8B debt financing
Databricks has raised yet more cash with a $1.8 billion debt financing round, taking its total debt access to more than $7 billion.
https://blocksandfiles.com/2026/01/26/databricks-debt-finance/
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Memory and SSD shortage will end in tiers, say storage vendors - Hammerspace, NetApp amd WEKA -
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Memory and SSD shortage will end in tiers, say storage vendors
WEKA and Hammerspace have issued guides on how to respond to the memory and SSD supply shortages and price hikes.
https://blocksandfiles.com/2026/01/26/memory-and-ssd-shortage-tiers/
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Storage news ticker - 23 January - Airbyte, Arcitecta, Assured DP, DapuStor, HDD prices, HighPoint, Lightbits, Phison, Quantum, SK hynix, Softbank, Virtuozzo -
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Storage news ticker - 23 January
Data source connector Airbyte has joined the Linux Foundation’s newly formed Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) as a Silver Member. The Agentic AI Foundation is building a collaborative ecosystem of technol...
https://blocksandfiles.com/2026/01/23/storage-news-ticker-22-january/
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OpenDrives appoints new CEO amid shift to video software -
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OpenDrives appoints new CEO amid shift to video software
OpenDrives has appointed Trevor Morgan as its new CEO as the company continues its shift to a software-led video data and workflow platform.
https://blocksandfiles.com/2026/01/23/opendrives-new-ceo/
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ExaGrid launches all-flash backup appliances -
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ExaGrid launches all-flash backup appliances
ExaGrid has launched four all-flash backup appliances with faster ingest speeds and larger capacities.
https://blocksandfiles.com/2026/01/23/exagrid-launches-all-flash-backup-appliances/
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Coldago's new report has four leading unstructured data managers -
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Coldago has four leading unstructured data managers
Research house Coldago has evaluated 11 unstructured data management suppliers and identified four market leaders: Komprise, Arcitecta, Hammerspace and Data Dynamics as leaders, in that order, in its ...
https://blocksandfiles.com/2026/01/22/coldago-has-four-leading-unstructured-data-managers/
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Hammerspace appoints new sales head -
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Hammerspace appoints new sales head
Jeff Giannetti, Hammerspace’s Chief Revenue Officer, has left the company, with Tony Asaro, Chief Strategy and Business Development Officer, taking over the role. Giannetti joined Hammerspace in Janua...
https://blocksandfiles.com/2026/01/22/hammerspace-sales-head-new/
6 days ago
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Komprise’s response to SSD shortages and delivery slowdowns -
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Komprise’s response to SSD shortages and delivery slowdowns
Data manager Komprise has its own take on how organizations should respond to substantial enterprise SSD prices rises and lengthened delivery times; manange data better so as to use less SSD capacity....
https://blocksandfiles.com/2026/01/21/komprises-response-to-ssd-shortages-and-delivery-slowdowns/
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Quobyte's quiet performance and scale superiority -
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Quobyte's quiet performance and scale superiority
In a high-performance computing (HPC) world that’s historically focussed on parallel file systems for feeding data as fast as possible to a supercomputer’s multiple processors what does a supplier do ...
https://blocksandfiles.com/2026/01/20/quobytes-quiet-performance-and-scale-superiority/
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Dell plans single global IT stack to replace decades of internal sprawl -
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Dell plans single global IT stack to replace decades of internal sprawl
Dell is replacing internal IT systems with a single environment covering the Consumer Solutions Group and Infrastructure Solutions Group.
https://blocksandfiles.com/2026/01/20/one-dell-way/
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VDURA says enterprise SSDs now 16 times more expensive than disk drives -
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VDURA says enterprise SSDs now 16 times more expensive than disk drives
HPC and AI storage supplier VDURA says the price gap between SSDs and hard disk drives is widening as flash prices rise faster than HDD.
https://blocksandfiles.com/2026/01/20/vdura-sssds-now-16-times-more-expensive-than-disk-drives/
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Samsung, SK hynix cut NAND wafer output to shore up margins -
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Samsung, SK hynix cut NAND wafer output to shore up margins
Samsung and SK hynix are reducing their flash wafer output this year to increase profitability, according to analyst firm Omdia.
https://blocksandfiles.com/2026/01/20/flash-fab-giants-lowering-production/
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A window into HBF progress: Engineering prof talks of decade ahead -
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A window into HBF progress: Engineering prof talks of decade ahead
The high-bandwidth flash market could be bigger than high-bandwidth memory in 12 years time according to the leading HBF evangelist, Professor Kim Jung-ho of the School of Electrical Engineering at th...
https://blocksandfiles.com/2026/01/19/a-window-into-hbf-progress/
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Micron buying Taiwan DRAM fab -
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Micron buying Taiwan DRAM fab
Micron is buying a 300,000 sq ft cleanrooom fab site in Taiwan from Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation for $1.8 billion.
https://blocksandfiles.com/2026/01/19/micron-buying-taiwan-dram-fab/
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Storage news ticker – 16 January 2026 - with AWA, ClickHouse, Cloudflare, Datadobi, Dell, FalconStor, Hammerspace, Lightbits, Okta, SK hynix, and Starburst -
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Storage news ticker - 16 January 2026
There will be February 2026 Deposit Ceremony at the Arctic World Archive in Svalbard. AWA says “This ceremony is a rare opportunity to access the vault inside the mountain, and this edition will be p...
https://blocksandfiles.com/2026/01/16/storage-news-ticker-16-january-2026/
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DNA Data Storage: When the physics work but the economics don’t -
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DNA Data Storage: When the physics work but the economics don’t
DNA can store data for centuries, but at a price no one can pay – yet. Every few centuries, humanity reinvents how it remembers itself. Clay tablets became paper, paper became magnetic tape and more r...
https://blocksandfiles.com/2026/01/16/dna-data-storage-when-the-physics-work-but-the-economics-dont/
11 days ago
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Acronis adds archive service using Seagate’s Lyve Cloud -
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Acronis adds archive service using Seagate’s Lyve Cloud
Acronis has launched an Archival Storage service for managed service providers and their small/medium business customers. It provides S3-compatible object storage, based on Seagate’s Lyve Cloud, with ...
https://blocksandfiles.com/2026/01/16/acronis-adds-archive-service-using-seagates-lyve-cloud/
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HYCU, Keepit lead IDC SaaS data protection report - Druva not assessed -
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HYCU, Keepit lead IDC SaaS data protection report
IDC has positioned HYCU and Keepit as leaders in a SaaS data protection vendor assessment for 2025-2026.
https://blocksandfiles.com/2026/01/16/hycu-idcs-saas-data-protection/
11 days ago
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Dell VP (ex-VAST VP too) warns against reusing SSDs as flash shortages bite -
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Dell warns against reusing SSDs as flash shortages bite
A Dell VP has said reclaiming installed SSDs for reuse is risk-laden as data could be lost.
https://blocksandfiles.com/2026/01/15/dell-flash-reclaim/
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SK hynix developing split-cell 5-bit flash -
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SK hynix developing split-cell 5-bit flash
SK hynix presented its latest 5-bit cell NAND flash technology at the San Francisco-based 2025 IEDM conference in December.
https://blocksandfiles.com/2026/01/15/sk-hynix-developing-split-cell-5-bit-flash/
13 days ago
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Veeam’s Chief Product Officer resigns -
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Veeam’s Chief Product Officer resigns
Anton Gostev, Veeam’s Chief Product Officer, has resigned after a near 18-year stint at the company. Switzerland-based Gostev, who describes himself as “The ultimate startup warrior” in his LinkedIn p...
https://blocksandfiles.com/2026/01/14/veeams-chief-product-officer-resigns/
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Veeam confirms acquisition of Object First -
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Veeam confirms acquisition of Object First
Veeam has acquired Object First and its Veeam-only backup target appliance products in a near silent transaction, it has confirmed to B&F. A Veeam spokesperson said: “We can confirm the successful acq...
https://blocksandfiles.com/2026/01/14/object-first-bought-by-veeam/
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Wasabi raises $70 million for AI cloud storage -
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Wasabi raises $70 million for AI cloud storage
Wasabi has closed a second late-stage funding event to strengthen its AI data cloud storage infrastructure.
https://blocksandfiles.com/2026/01/13/wasabi-raises-70-million-for-ai-cloud-storage/
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VAST Data’s Flash Reclaim attacks competitors' installed bases -
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VAST Data’s Flash Reclaim attacks competitors' installed bases
VAST Data thinks the SSD and HDD supply shortage problem is so severe that it has a Flash Reclaim initiative to repurpose a customer’s installed SSDs for use in VAST Data storage with its claimed sign...
https://blocksandfiles.com/2026/01/13/vast-datas-flash-reclaim-attacks-competitors-installed-bases/
15 days ago
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ExaGrid logs record Q4 as customer and booking growth continue -
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ExaGrid logs record Q4 as customer and booking growth continue
Backup target appliance supplier ExaGrid had a record fourth 2025 quarter with its highest-ever overall revenue and bookings.
https://blocksandfiles.com/2026/01/13/exagrid-q4-2025/
15 days ago
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Nvidia's basic context memory extension infrastructure -
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Nvidia's basic context memory extension infrastructure
In an effort to get to know the basic Nvidia KV cache extension infrastructure, the ICMSP (Inference Context Memory Storage Platform) better, we asked Nvidia some questions about the Vera Rubin Pod ra...
https://blocksandfiles.com/2026/01/12/nvidias-basic-context-memory-extension-infrastructure/
16 days ago
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Phison extends aiDAPTIV+ to boost AI inference on PCs -
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Phison extends aiDAPTIV+ to boost AI inference on PCs
Phison is entering the AI KV cache memory extension to SSD market with expanded aiDAPTIV+ technology for personal computers.
https://blocksandfiles.com/2026/01/07/phison-ai-kv-cache-memory-extension/
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Sandisk and high-bandwidth flash efforts -
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Sandisk and high-bandwidth flash efforts
Analysis: Sandisk has published a blog about an interview with high bandwidth memory (HBM) pioneer Professor Joung-ho Kim from KAIST’s Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. KAIST is Kor...
https://blocksandfiles.com/2026/01/08/sandisk-and-high-bandwidth-flash-efforts/
19 days ago
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Rubrik’s booming base offering and two side bets -https://blocksandfiles.com/2026/01/08/rubriks-booming-base-offering-and-two-side-bets/
19 days ago
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Nvidia, Groq, KV cache context memory extension and Phison’s edge inferencing SW - Why buy Groq?https://blocksandfiles.com/2026/01/07/nvidia-groq-kv-cache-context-memory-extension-and-phisons-edge-inferencing-sw/
19 days ago
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Nvidia pushes AI inference context out to NVMe SSDs - Inference Context Memory Storage Platform -
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Nvidia pushes AI inference context out to NVMe SSDs
Nvidia has moved to address growing KV cache capacity limits by standardizing the offload of inference context to NVMe SSDs.
https://blocksandfiles.com/2026/01/06/nvidia-standardizes-gpu-cluster-kv-cache-offload-to-nvme-ssds/
22 days ago
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Unfortunate news: Infinidat founder Moshe Yanai has bankruptcy issues -
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Infinidat founder Moshe Yanai has bankruptcy issues
Lenovo has not yet formally completed its Infinidat acquisition. Coincidentally, and sadly, Infinidat founder Moshe Yanai is bankrupt, following insolvency proceedings in Tel Aviv, Israel. Israeli new...
https://blocksandfiles.com/2026/01/05/infinidat-founder-moshe-yanais-bankruptcy/
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DDN says Lustre-based EXAScaler remains central despite Infinia push -
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DDN says Lustre-based EXAScaler remains central despite Infinia push
After several Lustre engineers resigned to form The Lustre Collective, DDN briefed us on the future of Lustre and its storage portfolio.
https://blocksandfiles.com/2026/01/05/ddn-exascaler-and-infinia/
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Best wishes for a great 2026. Veeam CTO Niraj Tolia (Veeam-acquired Kasten and Alcion co-founder) steps back into advisory role -
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Veeam CTO Niraj Tolia steps back into advisory role
Veeam CTO Niraj Tolia has stepped back from the role and will continue with the company as a strategic advisor.
https://blocksandfiles.com/2026/01/05/veeam-cto-exit/
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Storage news ticker – December 18 - with Atlas (DNA), Coreweave, Dell, GRAID, Infinidat, HPE, IBM, InfluxData, Keepit, Kioxia, Nexsan, Percona, Predator, Qdrant, Quantum, Scale, SK hynix, SNIA,StorONE, Stravito, VAST Data -
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Storage news ticker – December 18
A roundup of smaller storage news items from the week featuring Coreweave, Dell, GRAID, Infinidat, and more.
https://blocksandfiles.com/2025/12/18/storage-ticker-18-december-2025/
about 1 month ago
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Lightbits scales virtual SANs past 100 PB -
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Lightbits scales virtual SANs past 100 PB
Lightbits adds an intelligent control plane to federate block storage clusters for 100PB-scale Kubernetes and OpenStack deployments.
https://blocksandfiles.com/2025/12/18/lightbits-federated-control-plane-virtual-san/
about 1 month ago
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Micron rides HBM surge to record quarter -
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Micron rides HBM surge to record quarter
Surging demand for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) in AI servers pushed Micron to new quarterly heights.
https://blocksandfiles.com/2025/12/18/micron-q1-2026/
about 1 month ago
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JEDEC developing reduced pin count HBM4 standard to enable higher capacity -
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JEDEC developing reduced pin count HBM4 standard to enable higher capacity
JEDEC is developing a way to increase overall HBM capacity with longer channel distances to enable more HBM stacks per GPU.
https://blocksandfiles.com/2025/12/17/jedec-sphbm4/
about 1 month ago
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Databricks valued at $138B after $4B funding round -
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Databricks valued at $138B after $4B funding round
Databricks has raised more than $4 billion in venture funding, valuing the data warehousing and analytics company at $138 billion.
https://blocksandfiles.com/2025/12/17/databricks-funding/
about 1 month ago
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Cohesity deepens Google Cloud tie-up for AI and cyber-resilience -
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Cohesity deepens Google Cloud tie-up for AI and cyber-resilience
Cohesity is strengthening its partnership with Google Cloud, expanding its data protection, AI, and data sovereignty portfolio.
https://blocksandfiles.com/2025/12/16/cohesity-google-cloud/
about 1 month ago
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IDrive marches into Salesforce backup arena -
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IDrive marches into Salesforce backup arena
IDrive has a Salesforce Backup offering safeguarding customer data and metadata in their Salesforce accounts.. The company claims it is the world’s most popular backup service, with more than 5 millio...
https://blocksandfiles.com/2025/12/16/idrive-marches-into-salesforce-backup-arena/
about 1 month ago
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Pure Storage and Hitachi Vantara lead GigaOm's Primary Storage Radar rankings -
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Pure Storage and Hitachi Vantara lead GigaOm's Primary Storage Radar rankings
GigaOm’s latest Primary Storage Radar has 10 leaders amongst the 19 suppliers, with Pure Storage and Hitachi Vantara closest to the desirable central point. This year GigaOm has merged two previous la...
https://blocksandfiles.com/2025/12/16/pure-storage-and-hitachi-vantara-lead-gigaoms-primary-storage-radar-rankings/
about 1 month ago
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Quobyte brings GPU-converged storage to AI clusters -
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Quobyte brings GPU-converged storage to AI clusters
Quobyte has introduced GPU converged storage to bring data in its parallel file system and object software closer to GPUs.
https://blocksandfiles.com/2025/12/16/quobyte-gpu-servers-shared-pool/
about 1 month ago
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Nutanix provides tranche of sovereign cloud updates across its software portfolio -
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Nutanix provides tranche of sovereign cloud updates across its software portfolio
Nutanix has announced a Distributed Sovereign Cloud (DSC) offering adding more secure operations and management to multi-cloud environments. It says this is designed give enterprises greater flexibili...
https://blocksandfiles.com/2025/12/15/nutanix-provides-tranche-of-sovereign-cloud-updates-across-its-software-portfolio/
about 1 month ago
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Optical upstarts chase century-long archive storage - Cerabyte, Ewigbyte, HoloMem, Optera, Project Silica, and SPhotonix -
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Optical upstarts chase century-long archive storage
Five optical storage startups aim to provide long-term, energy-efficient archive tech: Cerabyte, Ewigbyte, HoloMem, Optera, and SPhotonix.
https://blocksandfiles.com/2025/12/15/optical-archive-startups/
about 1 month ago
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The nature of the VAST Data beast -
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The nature of the VAST Data beast
Analysis. VAST Data has had a hectic year as the Generative AI training boom has provided an enormous tailwind for its business progress. As a private company, it has no need to publish quarterly trad...
https://blocksandfiles.com/2025/12/11/the-nature-of-the-vast-data-beast/
about 2 months ago
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