This week’s News Bits we look at a number of small announcements, small in terms of the content, not the impact they have. Liqid announces $28 Million in funding. Tintri by DDN reports great third quarter for 2019 and DDN finishes its acquisition of IntelliFlash. KIOXIA introduces 512GB automotive UFS. Igneous DataProtect now supports Azure Blob. Ryussi releases MoSMB-S3 Gateway. Unisys launches CloudForte for ServiceNow. Rackspace and NetApp partner to reduce Costs of VMware Cloud on AWS.
Liqid Announces $28 Million In Funding
Liqid announced that it has raised an additional $28 million in Series B funding bringing their total raised to $50 million. The Series B funding led by Panorama Point Partners, with participation from Iron Gate Capital, and affiliates of DH Capital. Liqid will use the funding for accelerated growth, increasing budgets for personnel in operations, sales, marketing, engineering, and other business-critical functions.
Tintri by DDN Reports Great 3Q19
Tintri by DDN announced four consecutive quarters of growth and that it exceeded $80 million in annualized sales. Tintri was also awarded two new patents. In other DDN news, the company has finished its acquisition of IntelliFlash from Western Digital Corp.
KIOXIA Introduces 512GB Automotive UFS
KIOXIA America, Inc. announced what it is calling the industry’s first 512GB Automotive Universal Flash Storage (UFS). The new UFS is built on the company’s BiCS Flash 3D flash memory and can withstand a wide temperature range (-40°C to +105°C), meets AEC-Q100 Grade2 requirements and offers the extended reliability required by various automotive applications. The new UFS is sampling now.
Igneous DataProtect Now Supports Azure Blob
Igneous announced that its DataProtect Backup and Archive as-a-Service is now able to target all Microsoft Azure Blob Storage tiers. Combining the technology with Azure Blob Storage gives users a cost-effective option for replacing all on-premises backup and archive with cloud storage. Now both DataProtect and DataDiscover are available in the Azure Marketplace.
Ryussi Releases MoSMB-S3 Gateway
Ryussi Technologies announced the release of its MoSMB-S3 Gateway for Object Storage vendors. Key features include:
Unisys Launches CloudForte For ServiceNow
Unisys Corporation announced the availability of Unisys CloudForte for ServiceNow. Benefits include:
Rackspace & NetApp Partner To Reduce Costs Of VMware Cloud on AWS
Rackspace has partnered with NetApp to deliver a fully managed, globally available, cloud attached storage solution that integrates natively as a datastore with VMware Cloud on AWS. Key features include:
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