Data Storage

Veeam Targets Cloud Security, Modernization With Veeam v12

by Joseph F. Kovar

‘We have an opportunity to modernize when we go to the cloud. It should be something we think about as we‘re going, not once we’re already there. ... If we‘re going to go to the cloud, and we’re going to adopt this as the platform of the future, we need to play by the rules and act accordingly inside of that ecosystem,’ says Billy Cashwell, senior manager of product marketing for Veeam Software.
Pure Storage, Snowflake Bring Cloud Analytics To On-prem FlashBlade

by Joseph F. Kovar

‘Today, to do analytics with on-prem data, a customer has to migrate the data to Snowflake in the cloud before they can take advantage of data warehousing. But customers have data from a variety of sources, all of which have different governance requirements. They want to benefit from queries in the cloud, but many can’t get past regulatory concerns of holding data in the cloud,’ says Pure Storage CTO Rob Lee.
Druva, AWS Extend Data Protection Strategic Agreement

by Joseph F. Kovar

‘AWS sees the opportunity that Druva has created with AWS. ... We have helped AWS expand its MSP and other channel markets. And AWS doubles down where it sees opportunity,’ says Robert Brower, Druva’s senior vice president of worldwide partners and alliances.
Dell Injects 500 New Storage Software Features Across Portfolio

by O’Ryan Johnson

‘We are bringing multi-cloud and enterprise data storage services together to really bring the ability to pool storage resources, to allow our partners to be able to participate in that ecosystem,’ Dell vice chairman and co-chief operating officer Jeff Clarke says.
Nasuni Buys DBM’s Cloud Mobility Tech, Expanding Multi-cloud Focus

by Joseph F. Kovar

With the acquisition of DBM’s cloud-native data migration technology, Nasuni is making a bigger play for multi-cloud data management by making it easier for customers to quickly migrate data between Azure, AWS, and Google clouds.
2022 Storage 100: Who’s Got Your Backup?

by Joseph F. Kovar

Solution providers looking to place their bets on vendors with the most innovative technologies can turn to the Storage 100, which shines a spotlight on 2022’s forward-thinkers.
NetApp, Cisco Bring FlexPod To Hybrid Cloud, As-A-Service

by Joseph F. Kovar

‘FlexPod XCS was designed for hybrid clouds. It’s the first and only natively integrated converged infrastructure with the three major hyperscalers. We do it with tight and deep integration with Cisco Intersight,’ says Mike Arterbury, NetApp’s vice president and general manager for hybrid cloud infrastructure and OEM solutions.
Infinidat Introduces InfiniSafe: Cyber Resilience For High-Performance Storage

by Joseph F. Kovar

‘Storage is critical from the core to the edge. Focusing on cyber security at the network and the edge is not enough. For partners working with customers on cybersecurity plans, storage needs to be included. Customers need to be able to restore from both their primary and secondary storage,’ says Eric Herzog, Infinidat’s chief marketing officer.
Asigra’s New CEO Vows Tighter Tie Between Security, Data Protection

by Joseph F. Kovar

“[David and Eran Farajun have] been leaders in terms of innovation. They are looking to bring in a new team and support new initiatives. The rise of ransomware has made it important to do more to protect data. They also want the company to expand its markets and bring storage and security closer together,” says new Asigra CEO Eric Simmons.
MinIO Makes Multi-Cloud Object Storage Play With $103M Funding Round

by Joseph F. Kovar

‘The number of people we hire, or the money we raise, is not a measure of status. We want to build a viable business. This funding shows we are here to stay. We don’t need this amount of funding. But it shows we have the right business model,’ says Anand Babu Periasamy, MinIO CEO and co-founder.
Dell, AWS Collaborate On Cybersecurity Technology

by Joseph F. Kovar

‘The channel is key to bringing our cyber recovery technology to customers. This gives our partners additional options to implement cyber recovery vaults,’ says Rob Emsley, Dell’s director of product marketing for data protection and cyber resiliency.
NetApp’s Strong Quarter Led By All-Flash Storage, Cloud Revenue Growth

by Joseph F. Kovar

‘We are gaining share in the key markets of all-flash and object storage, while rapidly scaling our public cloud business. Our industry-leading innovation and unique and deep cloud partnerships position us well to capitalize on significant opportunity ahead,’ says NetApp CEO George Kurian.
NetApp Debuts Astra Data Store With Kubernetes-Native, Software-Defined File Services

by Joseph F. Kovar

‘NetApp Astra Data Store offers a way for customers to grow their Kubernetes management. ... Our technology provides a software-approach as a way to do infrastructure as code. Kubernetes administrators get full data services in a scale-out fashion in a software-only approach, not hardware-based,’ says Eric Han, NetApp’s vice president of product management for the cloud.
Veeam Goes All In On Cloud With New Veeam Backup & Replication Version

by Joseph F. Kovar

‘Version 11a of the Veeam platform provides consolidation of management across all the different solutions that Veeam is able to protect. ... With 11a, you now get a consolidated view across the clouds,’ says Danny Allan, Veeam’s CTO and senior vice president of product strategy.
DNA Storage Tech Developer Catalog Raises $35M For DNA-Based Compute

by Joseph F. Kovar

‘We can create collections of molecules and probes. The molecules can be manufactured in mass so someone can create a chemical instruction which, unlike classic electronic instructions, can achieve scales of parallelism not possible today. Parallel computing today requires multiple self-contained conventional servers. With DNA, on a molecule level, you can have millions and billions of layers of parallelism,’ says David Turek, Catalog’s chief technology officer.