Object First announced general availability of Fleet Manager, a cloud-based management service designed to simplify operations across distributed Ootbi backup storage deployments for Veeam environments. The service is included at no additional cost for customers with active support contracts and is targeted at enterprises and service providers managing multi-site backup infrastructure. More on Object First:
At Think 2026, IBM made a broad set of announcements to show how it wants enterprises to operationalize AI across data, infrastructure, governance, and regulated environments. The company’s updates included a new enterprise AI operating model, the general availability of IBM Sovereign Core, and a separate quantum computing milestone with Cleveland Clinic and RIKEN, advancing
IBM and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have launched the MIT-IBM Computing Research Lab, a new joint research organization intended to advance foundational work in artificial intelligence, algorithms, and quantum computing, with an emphasis on computing methods that can extend beyond the practical limits of classical systems. The lab evolves from the MIT-IBM Watson
Scality has announced ARTESCA+ Veeam HA, an updated version of its unified software appliance that combines the Veeam Data Platform with Scality ARTESCA object storage on a single system. The release extends the original single-node design into a multi-node, highly available architecture, positioning the platform as a turnkey backup and recovery solution for mid-size enterprises.
At Google Cloud Next, Google announced its next-generation AI accelerators: the TPU 8t “Sunfish” for training and the TPU 8i “Zebrafish” for inference, along with its new Virgo data center fabric. From Google’s blog posts, it is clear these chips are optimized for “the agentic era”: training frontier mixture-of-experts models at the hundreds-of-thousands-of-chips scale, and
QNAP Systems has introduced the QAI-h1290FX, an edge AI storage server designed for organizations that want to run large language models, retrieval-augmented generation search, and other generative AI workloads on their own infrastructure. The system is designed for enterprises that balance AI adoption with requirements for data privacy, low latency, governance, and operational control, enabling
HPE has announced an expansion of its ProLiant edge compute portfolio, introducing new hardware designed to support AI inferencing and mission-critical applications in distributed or harsh environments. The update includes the new HPE ProLiant Compute EL2000 chassis, which serves as the foundation for two Gen12 servers, and an enhanced version of the HPE ProLiant DL145
Proxmox has released Proxmox Backup Server 4.2, a new update built on Debian 13.4 “Trixie” with refreshed packages, improved hardware support, and security updates from the newer base system. The release also moves to Linux kernel 7.0 as the stable default and includes ZFS 2.4 for storage environments that rely on ZFS-backed infrastructure. The update
Backblaze’s Q1 2026 Network Stats report shows a slower winter period for neocloud and hyperscaler traffic, with activity beginning to rise again in March. The report examines network-level infrastructure data across Backblaze’s environment, providing context on how data movement is changing as AI-related workloads continue to influence cloud and storage usage patterns. Since the launch
KIOXIA has introduced the BG8 Series, a new client SSD line aimed at PC OEMs that brings the PCIe Gen5 interface into more mainstream systems. The lineup is designed for a broad range of everyday computing hardware, including slim laptops, consumer and commercial notebooks, and desktop PCs. KIOXIA BG8 Features and Performance KIOXIA’s BG8 Series
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