Data Storage

HPE Primera: New Storage Platform Combines Best Of Nimble, 3Par Storage With InfoSight AI Tech

by Joseph F. Kovar
HPE says its new HPE Primera all-flash storage array combines the simplicity of its Nimble platform with the mission-critical capabilities of 3Par, and comes integrated with InfoSight predictive analytics that can identify and help mitigate potential issues.
NetApp Expands Hybrid Cloud Tech With Consumption-based IT, New HCI Cloud Ties

by Joseph F. Kovar
NetApp is providing new cloud data services for its HCI hyper-converged infrastructure offering and adding consumption-based pricing in a move to make it easier to use as a jumping-off point for bringing hybrid cloud to customers' on-premises data centers.
5 Companies That Came To Win This Week

by Rick Whiting
For the week ending June 14, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their 'A' game to the channel.
NetApp Goes Sub-$20K On Full-Feature, Cloud-Capable All-Flash Storage

by Joseph F. Kovar
The new AFF C190 all-flash array includes the full range of NetApp storage services for building hybrid multi-cloud infrastructures and is central to a channel-only move by the vendor to build its largely untapped commercial storage market.
StorageCraft Expands ShadowXafe With Eye On MSP Market

by Joseph F. Kovar
The changes, the first since StorageCraft's original ShadowProtect data protection software was given virtualization and cloud capabilities and renamed ShadowXafe, are aimed at making the technology relevant to the growing MSP community.
Salesforce Helps Fund OwnBackup, A Salesforce-Focused Data Protection Provider

by Joseph F. Kovar
The company, which also unveiled its first Salesforce-focused data archiving technology, recently hired two new directors to develop its indirect sales business.
Datrium Automatrix Brings Software-Defined Converged Infrastructure To Multi-Cloud Environments

by Joseph F. Kovar
The first application for Automatrix, ControlShift, allows partners to manage and orchestrate compute, primary, backup, disaster recovery and data mobility across on-premises and multiple clouds.
Cisco-Linked Digital Alpha Leads Funding In DRaaS Provider JetStream

by Joseph F. Kovar
JetStream Software is looking not only at funding from Digital Alpha Advisors, but also on help with the investor's close relationship with Cisco and others to expand its disaster recovery as a service, or DRaaS, reach.
Pure Storage Misses Revenue, Earnings Expectations, Lowers 2020 Guidance

by Joseph F. Kovar
Pure Storage CEO Charles Giancarlo said on the company’s first fiscal quarter 2020 earnings call that although he was not satisified with the quarter’s results, the company is ‘broadening’ its customer base and ‘delivering new innovations through both organic and inorganic investments.’
Apple, Dell, Kingston, Seagate To Sell Shares In Toshiba Memory: Report

by Joseph F. Kovar
The sale, totaling about $4.5 billion, would close last year's move by the four companies to ensure a joint venture between Toshiba Memory and Western Digital did not fall into the hands of Western Digital and further consolidate the flash storage industry.
Qualcomm-Backed WekaIO Snags $31.7M For Scalable File Storage Tech

by Joseph F. Kovar
The list of strategic investors in WekaIO, developer of high-performance, scalable file storage, reads like the who's who of the storage industry.
Nutanix CEO On ‘Funky’ Nutanix On AWS Xi Clusters For Hybrid Cloud

by Mark Haranas
‘That’s the real deal about this whole thing -- that we can create hybrid clouds in one or two clicks. In less than half an hour, you have a hybrid cloud running,’ says Nutanix CEO Dheeraj Pandey in regards to Nutanix Xi Clusters for AWS.
Backup And Disaster Recovery Minute: OneXafe – The Ultimate Midmarket Opportunity

by Aaron Nobil
Discover how StorageCraft’s OneXafe provides your midsize enterprise customers with a simple next-generation data protection and business continuity solution at an affordable and differentiated price.
NetApp Eyes Consumption-Based Storage, Intros Cloud-Focused Ontap 9.6

by Joseph F. Kovar
‘People want on-premises, cloudlike offerings,’ says NetApp’s Joel Reich. ‘They don't want a rebranding of a private cloud. As hybrid cloud becomes the model people are moving toward, they will be looking at how to balance their spending while having new flexibility.’
Cohesity Acquires Imanis Data In Big Hadoop, NoSQL Data Protection Play

by Joseph F. Kovar
Cohesity also is expanding its data protection and management capabilities with native Kubernetes container and Microsoft OneDrive capabilities.