Today DataGravity announced its new data security and governance features, DataGravity Discovery Series V2. This new series combines functions of data security, search and discovery, and data protection into a single platform, available in three models the DG1100, DG2200 and DG2400. DataGravity Discovery Series V2 is aimed at helping companies with security at the point
Carbonite Saves $100k per Month With A New Data Center Project
I recently had the chance to speak with Carbonite about a datacenter migration effort they undertook in late 2014. It’s important to understand that a datacenter migration is about more than the movement of software or data, but a true relocation effort for every of a datacenter to a new physical location. Given the recent
Tintri Raises An Additional $125 Million In Funding
Today Tintri Inc. announced that they have raised an additional $125 million in series F funding, bringing their total capital raised up to $260 million. This latest series of funding, series F, was lead by Silver Lake Kraftwerk along with existing investors Insight Venture Partners, Lightspeed Ventures, Menlo Ventures, and NEA. Tintri plans on using
X-IO Announces iglu Bridging Fully Featured And Software-Defined Storage
Today X-IO Technologies announced a new portfolio of storage systems, iglu. The iglu family is designed to bridge the paths between fully featured storage and software-defined storage (SDS). iglu will bring X-IO’s intelligent storage element (ISE) arrays into the world of SAN. X-IO is stating that iglu will be a worry-free SAN that will run
Cisco Confirms It Is Ending Its Invicta Storage Appliance
According to both The Register and CRN, Cisco has confirmed that will cease its Invicta Storage Array line. Cisco first acquired the Invicta All-Flash array when it purchased Whiptail in 2013 for $415 million. Within a year Cisco halted shipments from apparent customer complaints. After two years of issues, Cisco will no longer develop the Invicta Appliance and
Dell Adopts New Flash Technology Driving Down Adoption Price
Today Dell Inc. announced that it was the first storage array provider to adopt the industry’s newest, highest-density and lowest-cost for performance enterprise flash drives. The adopting of this technology will dramatically drive down price per GB while improving performance as customers can switch to SSDs from HDDs. Dell states it can offer all-flash mid-tier
HP Enhances Its MSA Storage To Make Flash Faster
Today HP announced that is was making a series of enhancements to its MSA Storage line. These enhancements include firmware upgrades to boost performance and new systems aimed at smaller sites. These new enhancements are aimed at making small to medium businesses more competitive.
Teradata Launches First Configurable Appliance For Big Data
Teradata has released the latest version of its Appliance for Hadoop, version 5. Version 5 is unique as it is the industry’s first configurable platform for Hadoop. On top of that it also provides customers with the choice of Hadoop from either Hortonworks (HDP 2.3) or Cloudera (Cloudera Enterprise 5.4). The latest version of Teradata
Seagate ClusterStor Gets Added To HP’s HPC Portfolio
Seagate Technology announced that HP will resell its ClusterStor 1500 and 9000 appliances along with HP’s high performance computing (HPC) solutions. HP’s HPC solutions, including its Apollo portfolio, will be equipped with ClusterStor scale-out storage capabilities. This partnership will further advance HPC workloads in complex computing environments.
Seagate Integrates IBM Spectrum Scale Into ClusterStor
Today Seagate Technology announced that it is integrating IBM’s Spectrum Scale software into its ClusterStor High Performance Computing (HPC) storage. This integration will deliver a new software defined storage appliance, which will help users manage the demands of data-intensive workloads, such as genomic research, computer aided design, digital media, data analytics, financial model analysis and




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