Today Pure Storage announced new Purity software versions for both its FlashBlade (3.2) and FlashArray (6.1) products. These new versions will be delivered through its Evergreen program. The company is promising that the enhancements will deliver new features for every customer, furthering the company’s vision for a Modern Data Experience.

Recently NetApp announced an upgrade to its StorageGRID SG6060 appliances through a software upgrade. Through the newer NetApp StorageGRID 11.4 software, the company has been able to increase the flexibility of the SG6060. Aside from increased flexibility, the updated SG6060 now supports scaling out, making them larger.

In this week’s News Bits we look at a number of small announcements, small in terms of the content, not the impact they have. TEAMGROUP Launches XTREEM ARGB WHITE GAMING MEMORY and DELTA MAX WHITE RGB SSD. Lexar announces the new Professional 1066x SDXC UHS-I Card SILVER Series. LucidLink Filespaces will be a turnkey solution

Today Dell Technologies expanded the solutions it offers through Cloud Console with the Dell Technologies Cloud Platform (DTCP) Private Cloud. DTCP is said to be a simple and scalable way for customers to build their own private clouds. Dell also points out the cost-effectiveness with instances being as low as $14/month.

Today IBM announced its latest high-speed, entry-level flash storage system with the IBM FlashSystem 5200. This new flash storage system has been created to bring enterprise-class storage to businesses of all sizes and needs. The 5200 can store up to 1.7PB in its compact form factor and support IBM Cloud Satellite.

Today, IBM announced that it is partnering with Palantir Technologies to bring AI-infused applications to businesses with Palantir for IBM Cloud Pak for Data. The new product combines IBM’s hybrid cloud data platform designed to deliver AI for business, with Palantir’s next-generation operations platform for building applications. The solution will be infused with IBM Watson

In this week’s News Bits we look at a number of small announcements, small in terms of the content, not the impact they have. Trilio technology to be leveraged in Veritas For OpenStack. Canonical unveils Ubuntu Core V20. Microchip Switchtec PFX PCIe 5.0 family unveiled. Lightbits Labs announces new patents and revenue growth. Alluxio achieves

This week, Veeam launched Veeam Backup for Google Cloud Platform, which delivers native protection for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Virtual Machines (VMs) most cost-effectively and securely. With this new addition, Veeam rounds out the cloud-native backup support for the leading hyper-scale public cloud providers: AWS, Azure, and GCP. Now, for Enterprises to embrace a multi-cloud strategy

Today VMWare, Inc. announced a refresh across its entire portfolio of on-premises and Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions that fall under its VMware vRealize Cloud Management banner. Along with the refresh, the company announced VMware vRealize Automation 8.3. The new enhancements are said to help users to more securely deploy and operate their hybrid