In yet another October acquisition/integration announcement, Cisco has announced that it plans on acquiring ParStream. ParStream was part of the Cisco Entrepreneurs in Residence start up program. The ParStream team will be integrated into Cisco’s Data and Analytics Group. Currently, the acquisition it expected to close by the second fiscal quarter of 2016

Today Ravello Systems announced the cyber security company, LightCyber, is the latest to use Ravello’s security sandboxing in the cloud. This sandboxing allows companies to run hacker simulations on life-like user environments, but inside a secure capsule in the cloud.

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.