Storage

Pure Storage announces GA of next-gen native block and file services with File Services for FlashArray

While unified block and file storage systems have been around for some time, Pure says that they bolt management onto one primary system, whereas their new service manages blocks, files and VMs on an equal plane, allowing admins to have the native benefits of all.

New Scality CRO Peter Brennan looks to further leverage channel to take sales to next level

Brennan sees the channel as critical to accelerating the success of their new midmarket-focused Artesca solution, and thinks some things can be done to the Go-to-Market generally which will pour more gas on the fire.

Pure Storage tackles broad sub-$0.20 per GB disk market with FlashBlade//E

Pure says only the lack of a scale-out flash solution that is price compatible with disk has prevented the disruption of disk in the data centres, something the company says that they have now overcome with FlashBlade//E.

WEKA launches new WEKA X partner program to drive focus and profitability around AI and machine learning

The new program has been simplified, reducing the number of tiers, and while benefits for top tier partners have been increased, it is also now easier for new partners to enter the program

HPE adds support for data storage servers to cloud-native Alletra portfolio with Alletra 4000 series

The latest in HPE’s cloud-native Alletra line comes in two models, a 1U one designed for extreme use cases and a 2U that fits a broader range of use cases.

Hammerspace, Seagate introduce bundles combining Seagate enterprise storage with Hammerspace’s single global file system

MSP360 looks to slash MSP costs by adding forever forward incremental backup and intelligent retention to their backup

The company estimates this will cut costs by 20-25% for existing MSP360 partners, and up to 50% for those who switch from other backup products.

NetApp introduces unified multi-cloud and on-prem storage management with NetApp BlueXP

In addition to announcing the availability of BlueXP, NetApp also reiterated its commitment to ESG goals, which includes capabilities within BlueXP itself.

ScaleFlux signs North American disti deal with TDSYNNEX to complete construction of channel Go-to-Market capabilities

The distribution deal complements ScaleFlux’s channel expansion, which has seen the release of a product for partners, and the launch of their first partner program.

Lenovo announces joint hybrid and edge solutions with VMware at Explore event

Lenovo announced enhanced collaborations with VMware around their ThinkAgile VX, TruScale Hybrid Cloud and the VMware Edge Compute Stack, as well as a partnership with Micron which uses their NVME SSDs, vSAN ESA and  Lenovo ThinkAgile VX to provide all NVMe storage.

StorPool Storage adds file storage, NVMe/TCP and AWS support in 20th version of their storage platform

The Bulgaria-based scale-out provider has always specialized in providing high-value around a limited number of use cases, but with this release, is expanding the use cases that they support.

ScaleFlux reaches out to channel with new 3000 series computational storage SSDs

ScaleFlux sold its first two generations of computational storage SSDs direct, but the new series is more plug and play, so they are selling it through channel partners as well, and have built a channel program to facilitate this.

StorONE enhances Storage Engine to drive new scale-for-free pricing model

The model is based on drives rather than capacity, and the changes to the engine give customers confidence they can use maximum sized drives without concerns about restore times.

New Toronto data centre to be key element in OVHcloud expansion

OVHCloud just celebrated their tenth anniversary in Canada, and while to date their facilities have been in Montreal, they plan to open up a Toronto data centre next year.

Pure Storage sees major pluses for partners in major Accelerate product announcements

The major announcement at Accelerate was a major upgrade to FlashBlade//S, which doubles density and performance as well as power efficiency, but the announcements also see a new offering adding to the Evergreen portfolio and the next generation of AIRI//S, designed and sold in partnership with NVIDIA.

Major enhancements to Portworx portfolio add new Kubernetes Database-as-a Service platform plus new services

This major series of enhancements to Pure Storage’s Kubernetes platform expands the number of use cases in which it can be deployed, and makes it easier to deploy it.