Storage news ticker – November 22
Cloud backup and storage supplier Backblaze announced the launch of a proposed follow-on public offering of $30,000,000 of shares of its Class A common stock. In addition, Backblaze expects...
Microsoft bolsters Azure infra with Fungible-derived DPU
At its Ignite event, Microsoft announced the Azure Boost data processing unit (DPU) to accelerate storage and networking efficiency in the Azure public cloud.
DPUs were a storage industry phenomenon...
Qumulo lays claim to ‘fastest’ enterprise cloud data platform title after hitting 1 TB/sec
Qumulo says its Cloud Native Qumulo on AWS achieved over a terabyte per second throughput and more than one million IOPS using standard Network File System clients.
The company's Core...
Dell brings APEX file and protection services to Azure
Dell will provide APEX file and protection services to Microsoft's Azure cloud customers and supply AI services for Copilot use.
APEX is a set of compute, storage, and networking services...
Arcitecta and Wasabi team up to simplify cloud storage
Data orchestrator Arcitecta is partnering with Wasabi Technologies to allow organizations to integrate Wasabi’s “hot” cloud storage into their workflows.
Arcitecta provides MediaFlux Universal Data System products covering file and...
Infinidat offers RAG for GenAI riches
Storage array supplier Infinidat has devised a RAG workflow deployment architecture so its customers can run generative AI inferencing workloads on its InfiniBox on-premises and InfuzeOS public cloud environments.
The...
MinIO releases AIStor with GPUDirect-like S3 over RDMA
Open source supplier MinIO has evolved its Enterprise Object Store software to develop the faster and more scalable AIStor for GenAI workloads, including training.
GenAI training requires shipping data at...
Nutanix provides cloud-native AI stack
Nutanix has built a cloud-native Nutanix Enterprise AI (NAI) software stack that can support the deployment of generative AI (GenAI) apps "in minutes, not days or weeks" by helping...
Hitachi jumps into QLC flash array pool and adds object storage to VSP One
Hitachi Vantara has added a low-cost all flash array and object storage to its Virtual Storage One (VSP One) portfolio.
The VSP One portfolio is described as unified hybrid cloud...
VDURA enhances VDP performance and scalability for AI
VDURA has upgraded its VDURA Data Platform (VDP) storage operating system to provide more performance, scalability, and simpler management – with a twin focus on AI and HPC users.
VDURA...
Lightbits backs up Crusoe’s sustainable AI cloud scale-up
Lightbits Labs says its block storage is supporting the expansion of Crusoe Energy Systems’ sustainable AI cloud service. Crusoe powers its datacenters with a combination of wasted, stranded, and...
LucidLink offers global teams tools for real-time, secure file access
LucidLink is providing unified real-time file-based collaboration among distributed teams working on massive projects, with instant, secure file access across desktop, web, and soon mobile.
Startup LucidLink sells file collaboration...