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NetApp unveils object storage for unstructured data with StorageGRID 12.0

September 10, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on NetApp unveils object storage for unstructured data with StorageGRID 12.0
The new StorageGRID capabilities in their software-defined S3-compatible object storage solution boost performance for AI workloads and simplify cyber resiliency.

Artificial Intelligence

Cisco uses NVIDIA AI Data Platform reference design for VAST Data integration

September 8, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cisco uses NVIDIA AI Data Platform reference design for VAST Data integration
Cisco to offer a validated solution with VAST Data using Secure AI Factory with NVIDIA to enable faster data extraction and retrieval for agentic AI.

Artificial Intelligence

Log analytics provider Hydrolix posts major financial and channel momentum

September 5, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Log analytics provider Hydrolix posts major financial and channel momentum
Hydrolix, the streaming data lake company transforming the economics of log data for observability, security, and media performance, has also done extremely well in its channel business.

Big Data

Hitachi Vantara expands hyperscaler support with Azure, Google relationships

August 27, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Hitachi Vantara expands hyperscaler support with Azure, Google relationships
An initial deal with Google was followed up by one with Azure, although many of the strategies and principles of both agreements are similar.

Artificial Intelligence

Hitachi Vantara introduces Hitachi EverFlex AI Data Hub as a Service

July 7, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Hitachi Vantara introduces Hitachi EverFlex AI Data Hub as a Service
The new as a service offering combines the Vantara Virtual Storage Platform One with technology from Cisco and software firm Zetaris to provide customers with smarter AI.

Storage

Nexsan adds new Unity NV4000 for distributed and small enterprises

May 20, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nexsan adds new Unity NV4000 for distributed and small enterprises
Nexsan upgrades the low end of its unified storage portfolio with the Unity NV4000, which is aimed at small and medium enterprises as well as distributed enterprises, and which also adds some new software capabilities.

Cloud

HPE beefs up unified private cloud portfolio portfolio powered by HPE Morpheus Software.

May 14, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on HPE beefs up unified private cloud portfolio portfolio powered by HPE Morpheus Software.
HPE is redefining the full-stack private cloud through HPE Private Cloud Business Edition with HPE Morpheus VM Essentials, and made new storage announcements and guarantees as well.

Artificial Intelligence

Channel strategy helps drive strong growth of cloud storage company Backblaze

May 11, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Channel strategy helps drive strong growth of cloud storage company Backblaze
Backblaze’s CEO goes beyond the numbers in the company’s latest financial report to examine how the channel plays a key part in their Go-to-Market strategy.

No Picture
Artificial Intelligence

Hitachi Vantara, Cisco and Red Hat announce new co-engineered solution

February 28, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Hitachi Vantara, Cisco and Red Hat announce new co-engineered solution
Hitachi Vantara has announced a new co-engineered solution with Cisco with Red Hat OpenShift, a co-engineered joint solution leading hybrid cloud application platform powered by Kubernetes, which combines Cisco’s compute and networking systems with Hitachi Vantara’s Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) arrays using Red Hat OpenShift container management tools.

Artificial Intelligence

Hybrid cloud infrastructure vendor Hitachi Vantara launches new partnership with Virtana and its platform suite 

December 4, 2024 Mark Cox Comments Off on Hybrid cloud infrastructure vendor Hitachi Vantara launches new partnership with Virtana and its platform suite 
Hitachi Vantara and Virtana have announced a new collaboration with AI-powered monitoring and observability vendor Virtana, which will integrate Virtana’s suite with the Hitachi Vantara  EverFlex infrastructure-as-a-service offering.