Dell server sales boom but storage lags
Dell reported $23.9 billion in revenue for the quarter ended January 31, 2025, up 7 percent year-over-year, with a 27 percent jump in GAAP profit to $1.53 billion. Full...
Broadcom tests end-to-end PCIe Gen 6 switch and retimer
Broadcom has tested an end-to-end PCIe Gen 6 setup with a Micron SSD and Teledyne LeCroy protocol analyzing equipment.
The multi-lane PCIe (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express) bus is used to...
Storage news ticker – February 21
Cloud and backup storage provider Backblaze is partnering with Kandji to deploy Backblaze with zero-touch across a fleet of Macs to back up their data. More info here.
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Kioxia, SanDisk tease 332-layer 3D NAND future
Joint venture partners Kioxia and SanDisk are previewing faster 218-layer 3D NAND with accelerated interface speed and better power efficiency, plus a forthcoming 332-layer technology.
Their current Gen 8 BiCS...
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...
Volumez expands DIaaS to optimize cloud block storage for AI
Volumez has updated its cloud-delivered block storage provisioning service for containerized applications to GenAI with its Data Infrastructure-as-a-Service (DIaaS) product.
The company says its technology can maximize GPU utilization and...
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...
Catalog launches first commercial DNA-encoded book
DNA-based storage platform provider Catalog Technologies claims that its tech, which uses parallelization, minimal energy, and a low physical footprint, offers an alternative to established data management systems, and...
UnifabriX taking CXL external memory mainstream
Israel-based UnifabriX, founded in 2020 by Ronen Hyatt (CEO and chief architect), Danny Volkind (CTO), and Micha Rosling (chief business officer), has taken in $11 million in seed funding...
Index Engines wants to stop ransomware payments
Interview CyberSense developer Index Engines uses AI and machine learning to look inside databases, as well as backup and other file types to detect signals of malware-caused corruption. It...
Predatar cleans and validates backups and snapshots for recoverability
Interview. We came across UK-based Predatar when its Cyber Recovery Orchestration achieved Veeam Ready Security status in November. This was followed by an email interview with marketing head Ben...
EasyVirt helps firms streamline the data workloads that damage the planet with greenhouse gasses
Digital technology currently generates around 4 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions – and, according to estimates, may rise to 6.5 percent by 2040, if the technology...