Flash glut hits Western Digital in the gut
Western Digital execs blamed declining flash prices and demand for a three per cent drop in Q1 2019 revenues.
And they expect it to get much worse, forecasting a 19...
DDN completes clean SPEC SFS 2014 benchmark sweep
DDN has submitted a winning VDA workload benchmark in the SPEC SFS 2014 performance suite.
The SPEC SFS2014 benchmark tests filer performance. Earlier this month DDN submitted four SPEC SFS...
Samsung outlines QLC and Z-SSD roadmap
Samsung has been slow to develop QLC (4bits/cell) SSD products, compared with Intel and Micron. But it appears to be catching up, judging by a roadmap unrolled at its...
Micron ejects Intel from flash JV. What will Intel do next?
Micron last week said it would exercise its right to buy out Intel's share of IM Flash Technologies, a joint venture between the two to fabricate NAND and 3D...
Pure Storage goes old school with Veritas alliance
Pure Storage has struck an alliance with old school data protection vendor Veritas to protect FlashBlade and use it as a backup target and also to protect FlashArray with...
Intel vet takes the helm at Toshiba Memory Corp
There’s a new exec chairman at Toshiba Memory Corporation (TMC).
Step forward, Stacy Smith, who most recently worked at Intel as group president of manufacturing operations and sales. Other senior...
Together we can build a better SSD controller – CNEX bags $23m funding
CNEX Labs, a startup that enables big cloud computing vendors to customise SSDs, has picked up $23m in Series D funding.
Typically, SSD controllers are one size fits all -...
Kaminario CEO completes Epic Israel bikeathon
Once upon a time Kaminario CEO Dani Golan streaked above the Israel landscape in fighter jets. Now he uses self-propelled wheeled transport and has just completed an Epic Israel...
You’re an AI startup? Micron has $100m up for grabs
Artificial intelligence is a huge money opportunity for memory and storage vendors, according to Micron boss Sanjay Mehrotra. And he is putting the company's money where his mouth is.
The...
Memory prices are on their way down
Trendforce forecasts a five per cent or greater fall in DRAM contract prices in 2018’s fourth quarter, following 1 to 2 per cent rise in the third quarter. The...
Your Irregular Storage Digest with Delphix, HTF Market Intelligence, Mimecast, and Korean fabbers
Here's the speed read version: Delphix has picked up a UK TV broadcaster as a customer; a somewhat limited cloud backup market report appears; Mimecast is losing its CFO;...
Tintri co-founders join DDN
Tintri co-founders Kieran Harty and Mark Gritter have joined DDN's Tintri business unit. Gritter assumes the CTO position while Harty has the more nebulous role of "full-time advisor".
In a...