The “March to Milan” is finally at an end, as the release of AMD EPYC 7003 is here, and along with it, a slew of new information on the next-gen CPU release. The new EPYC CPUs are a technical feat in the processor world, building on the success of the first two versions by posting

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. Quantum releases reference architecture for surveillance. Qumulo integrates with Commvault. AWS announces One Zone storage. WekaIO awarded three new patents. Virtium releases StorFly Series 6 SSDs. CTERA launches remote work suite.

Today NetApp announced the general availability of NetApp Astra, formally known as Project Astra, on Google Cloud. Astra is said to be a fully managed application-aware data management service built for Kubernetes workloads. The service allows businesses to protect, recover, and move applications deployed on Kubernetes with no software to download, install, manage, or upgrade.

Today VMware Inc, announced updates to its two most popular solutions, VMware vSphere 7 and vSAN 7 Update 2. The updates are aimed to help IT teams support new and existing applications with infrastructure that is developer and AI-ready; scales without compromise; boosts infrastructure and data security, and simplifies operations. More specifically vSphere 7 U2

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. Dell Technologies reported fourth-quarter and full-year Earnings. Nexsan Assureon Cloud Edition announced. Robin.io supports IBM Cloud Satellite. KIOXIA is now sampling what they call the world’s thinnest 1TB UFS 3.1. OpenDrives

Yesterday Chris Mellor ran a story about NetApp phasing out its HCI appliance, the original article can be found here. This comes as no shock at all as most of the major vendors seem to be moving in the direction of getting more away from hardware and into software/cloud-based products and services. The NetApp HCI

Today Dell Technologies’ multi-cloud storage and data protection portfolios received updates that aim to hit the popular buttons of protection, simplicity, and flexibility. The new storage and protection revolve around the Power- line, specifically PowerProtect for Multi-cloud and PowerScale for Multi-cloud.

Today Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) released HPE SimpliVity 4.1.0 with an eye toward enterprise edge infrastructure. The latest enhancements to this hyper-converged stack include advanced data protection thanks to StoreOnce. Now SimpliVity customers can embrace native backup to the cloud with optional or additional centralized backup for compliance. The SimpliVity update also includes CSI plugin

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.  Alation 2021.1 hits general availability. Hammerspace partners with Supermicro on Kubernetes. DDN has record-breaking 2020. Supermicro announces multi-node A100 systems. Kaseya acquires RocketCyber. Arcserve and StorageCraft merge. CloudPhysics acquired by HPE.