Today Fujitsu announced that it was enhancing its strategic partnership with NetApp for data management. The Companies announced that the four new storage series of Fujitsu ETERNUS leveraging NetApp data management software. The companies state that the deepening or their partnership can help make customers more efficient at management and the rapid us of data,

KIOXIA has successfully demonstrated an E3.S full-function development vehicle in conjunction with a leading server original equipment manufacturer (OEM). This Enterprise and Datacenter SSD Form Factor (EDSFF), also known as E3, is designed to maximize system density, efficiency, and simplicity. It is purpose-built for servers and storage.

Today, Diamanti released a new major version of its hybrid cloud Kubernetes control plane and operating system, Diamanti Spektra 3.0. This comes as a surprise. The company released Diamanti Spektra 2.4 just two months ago, on April 1st. We did not expect to see a new major release so soon after the last update. Diamanti

This week’s News Bits we look at a number of small announcements, small in terms of the content, not the impact they have. Cloudian obtains FIPS certifications. Cohesity announces SmartFiles. TYAN announces several new servers. HYCU announces cloud services provider program. Fujifilm Object Archive Software pricing model announced. Komprise extends Intelligent Data Management capabilities. Zerto raises $53

Today, Dell Technologies has announced the Dell EMC PowerFlex software-defined storage (SDS) solution. The PowerFlex family, previously known as VxFlex, is now part of Dell’s Power portfolio, by which the company aims to deliver consistent, predictable outcomes that drive businesses forward. The solution, further enables transformational agility for organizations looking to modernize their data center

Today, OpenDrives released three new data storage hardware solutions, the OpenDrives Ultra Hardware Platform. The three solutions map well with their existing lineup, and while the company hasn’t explicitly said so, it appears to be a complete refresh of their entire product line. OpenDrives was founded in 2011 and provides shared network attached storage (NAS)

StorONE has announced the All-Flash Array.next (AFAn), which uses Intel Optane SSD as a storage tier, delivering solutions for enterprise storage. The SSD technology, which is used as a storage tier, not as a cache, integrates Intel QLC 3D NAND SSDs for cost-effective, high capacity, moving data between the two storage tiers as it ages.

Today, Western Digital (WD) announced plans to begin shipping its Western Digital OpenFlex Data24 NVMe-oF (NVMe over Fabrics) Storage Platform in the fall. WD’s OpenFlex Data24 device will ship with 24 NVMe SSDs inside.  We covered WD’s OpenFlex architecture when they announced it two years ago.  Western Digital was founded 50 years ago as General Digital.

Lightbits Labs is rolling out the newest version of its OS, Lightbits Labs LightOS 2.0. The company states that the new version enables cloud-native persistent storage integration for Kubernetes with unprecedented scaling and availability via clustering. Lightbits goes on to say that containerized applications can enjoy reliable disaggregated storage that performs like local flash.