Storage

Cloud

Cloud storage provider Backblaze ramps up Canadian presence with new Opti9 partnership

November 5, 2024 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cloud storage provider Backblaze ramps up Canadian presence with new Opti9 partnership
Backblaze will leverage the new partnership to open its first data region in Canada, which will be based in Toronto, service the whole country, and become available in the first quarter of 2025.

Green

Hitachi Vantara further expands Virtual Storage Platform One portfolio with block storage component

May 31, 2024 Mark Cox Comments Off on Hitachi Vantara further expands Virtual Storage Platform One portfolio with block storage component
Hitachi Vantara adds another component to its newish hybrid cloud platform, with yet another on the way.

Artificial Intelligence

New strategic partnership with Nutanix highlights Dell channel initiatives

May 22, 2024 Mark Cox Comments Off on New strategic partnership with Nutanix highlights Dell channel initiatives
The extended partnership with Nutanix, which Dell will formally announce at a later date, was accompanied in Dell’s new channel related moves by other initiatives like a new Dell AI Partner Focused Network, and the addition of client to server and storage for partner of record status.

Green

Hitachi Vantara launches Virtual Storage Platform One hybrid cloud platform

May 7, 2024 Mark Cox Comments Off on Hitachi Vantara launches Virtual Storage Platform One hybrid cloud platform
In addition to the Virtual Storage Platform One launch, Hitachi Vantara has announced its inaugural Sustainability Report.

Artificial Intelligence

VAST Data launches key new partnerships with NVIDIA and Super Micro

March 18, 2024 Mark Cox Comments Off on VAST Data launches key new partnerships with NVIDIA and Super Micro
Both partnerships expand AI capabilities by combining VAST’s software with NVIDIA and Super Micro’s hardware, with more such partnerships on the way.

Backup

Startup Object First pleased with momentum for Veeam-focused backup appliance

March 12, 2024 Mark Cox Comments Off on Startup Object First pleased with momentum for Veeam-focused backup appliance
Object First’s Ootbi now has over 80 installations for Veeam environments, with six of them worth over $100,000, as they stress how their storage immutability and Zero Trust capabilities are effective weapons against ransomware.

Storage

VMware end to free ESXi opens up new options from spurned customers and partners

February 15, 2024 Mark Cox Comments Off on VMware end to free ESXi opens up new options from spurned customers and partners
While these major changes are not good news for developers and SMBs, there are still options, from the cloud to smaller hypervisor vendors like Proxmox, which has an open source hypervisor that led storage vendor 45Drives to partner with them.

Backup

Nexsan adds high end unified storage Unity NV6000 to data protection offerings

January 24, 2024 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nexsan adds high end unified storage Unity NV6000 to data protection offerings
Back on its own, following the bankruptcy of former parent company StorCentric last year, Nexsan adds a new high-end model with immutable backups and S3 object locking.

Storage

Qumulo enhances elasticity, performance and audibility with rearchitected Scale Anywhere platform

November 9, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Qumulo enhances elasticity, performance and audibility with rearchitected Scale Anywhere platform
The new architecture disaggregates the storage from the compute, and is a key factor in both the much lower pricing and the greatly increased scalability.

Partnerships

NetApp announces integration with the VMware Sovereign Cloud, and simplified data management for modern virtualized applications 

November 7, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on NetApp announces integration with the VMware Sovereign Cloud, and simplified data management for modern virtualized applications 
The Sovereign Cloud integration brings the VMware compliance technology to enterprise storage, while the modernization of APIs between ONTAP and VMware vSphere improves the scalability and effectiveness of VMware’s VVols architecture.