At the OpenStack Summit in Tokyo, the Ceph Community announced it will help drive the direction of open source software-defined storage (SDS) technology through the formation of an advisory board. Working closely with with the community’s technical and user committees, the advisory board will attempt to expand and enhance community participation and collaboration for the
Today at Microsoft SQL Summit, SanDisk Corporation announced the latest version of FlashSoft, version 3.8. FlashSoft is SanDisk’s server-side, caching software that can accelerate performance 3 to 5 times. The latest version of the software now has updates for Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Hyper-V, and Linux.
Today at OpenWorld XtremIO introduced its efficient copy data management at the storage layer, integrated Copy Data Management (iCDM) in its All-Flash arrays. XtremIO’s announcement comes fresh on the heels of Actifio’s commissioned study showing that two-thirds of enterprises fail to meet best practices for copy data control. XtremIO states its new iCDM will reduce
Today Code42 launched its fifth-generation platform. The latest release strengthens the platform’s core endpoint backup and restore capabilities. 5.0 also delivers new tools that will enable companies to easily perform legal holds on end-user data and allows for faster migration while protecting data.
At the OpenStack Summit in Tokyo, FalconStor Software Inc. introduced an OpenStack Cinder Integration for its FreeStor intelligent software-defined platform. The integration is ideal for companies wanting to take full advantage of FreeStor within OpenStack.
Today at Oracle OpenWorld in San Fransico, Veritas announced its new NetBackup Copilot for Oracle allowing a revolutionary new way to protect Oracle databases. Copilot extends Veritas’ enterprise-class product portfolio and gives users visibility into backup and recovery processes. NetBackup Copilot will be available as part of the new release of NetBackup Appliance 2.7.1.
Today SwiftStack announced that they are releasing the latest generation of their private cloud storage, SwiftStack 3.0. SwiftStack states that their latest version will deliver simplicity, pay-as-you-grow licensing, and Exabyte scale for enterprises.
Hedvig announced that it has joined the Cisco Solution Partner Program as a Solution Partner. This membership enables Hedvig to deliver integrated solutions to joint customers of Cisco and Hedvig. Hedvig also announced that Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara AB (LKAB), the world’s technologically leading supplier of iron ore to the global steel industry, has chosen Hedvig Distributed Storage
Actifio has commissioned IDC to research on how enterprises control their critical data, looking at copy data. The research found that two-thirds of companies failed to meet best practice standards for data control. With this study, Actifio is also announcing that it has seen dramatic growth in the number of its enterprise customers, as Actifio’s
Continuing on with the October theme of acquisitions, today SolarWinds announced that the private equity firms Silver Lake Partners and Thoma Bravo would acquire it. The deal is valued at $4.5 billion. The two firms state that they will pay shareholders $60.10 which is 44% over its closing price on October 8th.
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