Today, VAST Data released Universal Storage 3.0. Universal Storage is VAST’s name for their disaggregated, shared everything, (DASE) all-flash server storage architecture. VAST Data (yes, all the letters in VAST are capitalized) released Universal Storage 1.0 as their first product just last year. Vast Data has gone through four rounds of funding since its founding

Today, Clumio announced that it had added Microsoft 365 to its backup as a service strategy. With this joining, the company wants to provide other organizations running Microsoft 365 with a globally consolidated data protection service. Clumio provides backup as a service for enterprise and seeks to eliminate the complexity of infrastructure management.

Today, Cumulus Networks released the latest version of NetQ, 3.0. NetQ is a realtime network monitoring and analytics tool. JR Rivers and Nolan Leake founded Cumulus Networks in 2010. NetQ is one of their two main products. The other is an open-source Linux (Debian based) operating system for network switches.

QNAP has announced the immediate availability of their new quad-core TS-x31K NAS series, which includes 1-bay (TS-131K), 2-bay (TS-231K) and 4-bay (TS-431K) models. These NAS solutions provide centralized data backup and management with file access and sharing, snapshot protection, and a range of multimedia applications. Coupling these features with its compact design makes the TS-x31K

Today Rubrik announced the latest release of its Cloud Data Management solution, Rubrik Andes 5.2. The latest update is said to come with the following benefits: “blazingly” fast VMware performance, improved control for Oracle DBAs, and additional enterprise advancements to address compliance within highly regulated industries. Rubrik goes on to state that Andes 5.2 will

Today, Alluxio announced a plan to collaborate with Intel to offer an in-memory acceleration layer. Alluxio develops open-source data orchestration software for the cloud and has done so since 2014. Version 2 of their eponymous Alluxio software was released just last year.

Today, Igneous announced that it plans to release a new feature for its DataDiscover software in the middle of next month. Igneous DataDiscover helps teams see and analyze the usage of Network-Attached Storage (NAS). We covered the announcement of Igneous’s first product in 2016. Igneous has two main products, both related to data management and

Today, Micron announced that an open-source project they’d been working is ready for broader adoption. Micron is calling the project HSE for Heterogeneous-memory Storage Engine. HSE provides a modern back-end for databases and other storage applications.

Today Kingston Digital, Inc. announced yet another new M.2 SSD in what seems to be a new spree of drive announcements. The new drive is the Next-Gen KC2500 NVMe PCIe SSD, an M.2 drive aimed at desktop, workstations and high-performance computing (HPC) systems.