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NetApp Insight: Going Big On Multi-Cloud Storage, Compute, VDI
by Joseph F. Kovar
‘NetApp is working hard in a really competitive environment to be not just a partner of cloud provider, but to be integrated in Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud,’ says John Woodall, vice president of engineering west at General Datatech, a longtime NetApp partner.
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NetApp Updates Storage Software, Services, Hardware With Eye On Cloud
by Joseph F. Kovar
NetApp is continuing to enhance its technologies for melding on-premises and cloud-based data into a single data fabric with new enhancements to its Ontap data management platform, Keystone services platform, SolidFire software-defined storage, and entry-level all-flash arrays.
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Quobyte Goes Big On Security With New File System, Offers Free Edition
by Joseph F. Kovar
The free edition ‘lets customers see how it works and then provides an opportunity for channel partners to make a sale. We’re trying to focus on the low end of the market and let our partners focus on the more value-added opportunities,’ says Quobyte CEO Bjorn Kolbeck.
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Axcient Expands Cloud-based Data Protection With Direct To Cloud
by Joseph F. Kovar
“We’re bringing three capabilities without the need to manage three separate products. If we can make MSPs’ lives easier, then we can significantly cut the cost of managing their backup stacks,” says David Bennett, Axcient CEO.
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StorOne Debuts New Partner Portal, Preps Updates For S1: Enterprise Storage Platform
by Joseph F. Kovar
StorOne is betting heavily on the cloud with new enhancements to its S1: enterprise storage platform and is backing that up with a new portfolio aimed at helping partners more easily register deals and immediately get end-user and partner pricing.
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Veeam Acquires Kasten, Targets Kubernetes-Native Workloads For Data Protection
by Joseph F. Kovar
‘The speed at which the container market is evolving dictated we move to ensure leadership in this market. And Kasten has leadership in application-focused containers. We will maintain that leadership,’ says Danny Allan, Veeam’s chief technology officer and senior vice president of product strategy.
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Lightbits Labs Gets Intel Funding, Touts New Storage Strategic Relationship
by Joseph F. Kovar
‘We’ve gone beyond dating and have gotten engaged. This is a commitment to work together and to allocate resources from both companies. This is not just about money,’ says Josh Goldenhar, vice president of product marketing for Lightbits.
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Veritas’ Globanet Acquisition Simplifies Collection Of Zoom, Team, Slack Data
by Joseph F. Kovar
‘This completes our solution. We can help businesses go from capturing data to being able to consume the data, do analysis on it, move it to archive and recovery, add context, and provide the ability to do proactive and reactive actions based on risk,’ says Ajay Bhatia, Veritas’ general manager of compliance.
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Vast Data Aims At Artificial Intelligence With LightSpeed Architecture
by Joseph F. Kovar
The new Vast Data LightSpeed all-NVMe flash storage architecture, when combined with the Nvidia GPUDirect Storage architecture, brings NAS simplicity and high performance to artificial intelligence workloads, Vast Data said.
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Commvault Disaster Recovery In General Availability For VMware Cloud Environments
by Joseph F. Kovar
‘Partners are looking for simplicity and better economics. With the launch of Commvault Disaster Recovery, we are meeting both requirements. Customers can acquire what they need now, and disaster recovery is a critical need. And they can pay for only the services they need,’ says Mercer Rowe, vice president of Commvault’s global partner organization.
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NetApp Layoffs: CEO George Kurian Confirms Hit To Its SolidFire Business
by Joseph F. Kovar
‘[Headcount reductions] were driven by the strategic alignment and focus that we have to prioritize our resources in the core storage systems and software business, as well as accelerating our public cloud services business,’ says NetApp CEO George Kurian.
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NetApp Layoffs Stem From COVID-19 Impacts, Shift In Tech Focus: Channel Sources
by Joseph F. Kovar
‘NetApp is realigning resources and investments to best capture these opportunities and position the company for long-term success,’ the company said in a statement.
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NetApp Layoffs Approach 6 Percent Of Company Workforce: Report
by Rick Whiting
Data storage and management software vendor is scheduled to announce its fiscal 2021 first quarter results this afternoon.
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Pure Storage Unveils New QLC Module, Plans Low-cost 5.2-PB In 6U Flash Array
by Joseph F. Kovar
“We‘re not just going cheap and deep. We don’t want a lot of gimmicks to deliver QLC, such as the use of storage-class memory as a cache. We get rid of the gimmicks to deliver both performance and capacity. Every DirectFlash module has DRAM to support performance, but the entire array has bit-level access to QLC,” says Scott Baker, vice president of product marketing for Pure Storage’s Flash Array product line.
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