WEKA restructures for the GenAI era
Scale-out file system provider WEKA is laying off 50 employees roles, according to sources, as it restructures go-to-market functions in the era of generative AI.
CEO Liran Zvibel blogged about...
Qumulo takes on mainstream data fabric suppliers
Qumulo has launched Cloud Data Fabric (CDF), a central file and object data core repository with coherent cache at the edge.
Scale out file system supplier Qumulo has unified its...
Panzura’s upgraded software has halfway-house high availability and faster remote office data access
Just two months after Panzura released v8.4 of its CloudFS core technology, it has pumped out v8.5, claiming it delivers instant recovery and “unparalleled resilience.”
CloudFS is the underlying global...
VAST Data: ‘No one needs a file system for AI training’
VAST Data co-founder Jeff Denworth posted on X that: “No one needs a file system for AI training… More specifically, no one needs a system that is *only* a...
Very large AI model training uses object storage
HPC expert Glenn Lockwood says that the largest AI language models are being trained with object storage, not file storage.
AI model training needs unstructured data. Most unstructured data is...
Storage news ticker – February 3
The UK-based part of Rubrik Backup-as-a-Service supplier ADP (Assured Data Protection) is partnering cyber-security, comms and tech MSP Wavenet – the UK's largest independent IT MSP – to provide...
Quantum seeks to strengthen balance sheet with SEPA share sale deal
Nasdaq-listed storage player Quantum has struck a standby equity purchase agreement (SEPA) with Yorkville Advisors Global.
The deal will give Quantum access to additional equity capital and liquidity. Limited initially...
WEKA boosts GenAI speed with Mooncake vLLM tech
File system provider WEKA wants to make its customers’ GenAI models respond faster by using a vLLM Mooncake tech combination.
This was revealed in a blog post by new hire Val...
AWS: S3 Metadata goes GA stateside to speed analytics
Amazon Web Services has made Amazon S3 Metadata generally available following its introduction in preview at the company’s re:Invent 2024 conference in Las Vegas.
Amazon describes S3 Metadata as the...
Scality launches pay-as-you-go ARTESCA storage for Veeam Backup
Scality has an all-new pay-as-you-go licensing program featuring ARTESCA as a software storage backup target for Veeam Backup-as-a-Service offerings. It’s aimed at Scality Cloud & Service Providers (SCSP), meaning...
Hammerspace claims tenfold revenue growth for 2024
Hammerspace has reported a tenfold increase in revenue from 2023 to 2024, showcasing the confidence behind its recent hiring of Jeff Gianetti as chief revenue officer. As a private...
NetApp touches down with the San Francisco 49ers
NetApp has become a founding level partner of the San Francisco 49ers professional football team in a multi-year deal and is now its Official Intelligent Data Infrastructure Partner.
NetApp is...