This week’s News Bits we look at a number of small announcements, small in terms of the content, not the impact they have. SQream and X-IO partner on ultra-fast computing. SolarWinds introduces cloud-first backup service. Pivot3 announces Cloud Edition. SwiftStack demonstrates multi-cloud media workflows at NAB Show 2018. HYCU expands data protection to the Nutanix Enterprise Cloud. Gluster releases version 4.0. MariaDB acquires MammothDB. Veritas acquires fluidOps. Adobe and NVIDIA announce AI partnership.
SQream & X-IO Partner On Ultra-Fast Computing
The GPU database company, SQream, announced it is collaborating with X-IO to bring a GPU-based edge computing solution with database and storage in one converged appliance for analyzing massive datasets. Testing the solution provided the following results:
SQream DB and X-IO Axellio Solution
SolarWinds Introduces Cloud-First Backup Service
SolarWinds introduced its backup solution targeted to protect physical and virtual server whle being targeted for direct use by end-users, SolarWinds Backup. Features include:
SolarWinds Backup is available now starting at $2,995
Pivot3 Announces Cloud Edition
Pivot3 announced its Cloud Edition on AWS. This allows its customers to extend their HCI software platform to the cloud as part of Pivot3’s strategy to unify on-premises and public cloud infrastructures. The new Cloud edition allows customers to use innovations and intelligence of Pivot3’s policy-based management for data protection while leveraging AWS for backup and DR.
SwiftStack Demonstrates Multi-Cloud Media Workflows at NAB 18
SwiftStack announced that it will be demonstrating multi-cloud media workflows at the upcoming NAB Show in Las Vegas April 7-12 at the Las Vegas Convention Center at booth # SU8502CM. SwiftStack will demonstrate a production eSports workflow built around SwiftStack software, Cisco UCS S-Series Storage Servers, and Vizrt’s Viz One Media Asset Manager. Also the company will show off how this innovative workflow can extend into Google Cloud Platform and be orchestrated by Cisco CloudCenter.
HYCU Expands Data Protection To The Nutanix Enterprise Cloud
HYCU has extended its data protection to Nutanix Enterprise Cloud, giving it the ability to protect and manage data across both Nutanix and non-Nutanix virtualized environments. Key benefits include:
Gluster Releases 4.0
The Gluster Community announced the latest version of its Scale-out storage solution Gluster 4.0. New features include:
MariaDB Acquires MammothDB
MariaDB announced that it has acquired the analytics database company MannothDB. This acquisition will strengthen MariaDB’s analytic solution MariaDB AX and its larger DBaaS strategy while allowing the company to expand into Europe more. The sum of the acquisition was not disclosed.
Veritas Acquires fluidOps
Veritas Technologies announced that it has acquired fluid Operations AG, known as fluidOps. This German-based software company focused on managing, integrating, orchestrating, and optimizing both structured and unstructured data sources housed in silos across on-premises, private, public and hybrid cloud environments. Veritas will take the new technology and integrate it into their current and future data management solutions, such as Veritas Access 7.4 and 360 Data Management to give customers better insight into their data.
Adobe + NVIDIA Announce AI Partnership
At the Adobe Summit that followed right behind the GTC 2018, Adobe and NVIDIA announced a partnership where Adobe’s Sensei AI and machine leanding framework will be optimized with NVIDIA GPUs. The partnership is aimed at speeding time to market and improving performance of new Sensei-powered services for Adobe Creative Cloud. The companies also state that this collaboration will extend the availability of Sensei APIs and to broaden the Sensei ecosystem to a new audience of developers, data scientists and partners.
Ampere Computing has unveiled its annual update, showcasing upcoming products and milestones that underscore its ongoing innovation in sustainable, ARM-based…
IGEL Disrupt 2024 was held from April 29th to May 1st at the Diplomat Hotel in Hollywood, Florida, and we…
ZutaCore has unveiled a waterless, direct-to-chip liquid cooling system specifically designed for NVIDIA's GB200 Grace Blackwell Superchip. At next week’s…
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has introduced new solutions within the HPE GreenLake cloud platform that aim to simplify enterprise storage,…
Veeam Software has announced the upcoming introduction of Proxmox Virtual Environment (VE) support, responding to strong demand from its SMB…
The IBM Power S1012 is the portfolio's edge-level server. It is a one-socket, half-wide, Power10 processor-based system for edge computing…