Today Avere Systems announced its new Cloud-Core NAS (C2N) System. This system is what Avere is calling the only storage solution to combine the simplicity of NAS and the efficiency of object storage to deliver cloud-enabled infrastructure to the enterprise. The C2N system helps companies follow the trend of moving their storage environments to the
DDN EXAScaler 3.0 Offers New Scalability & Management Capabilities, Open Source Contributions
DataDirect Networks has unveiled the next generation of EXAScaler, their high-performance Lustre solution developed in collaboration with Intel. Touted as simple to install, scale and manage, EXAScaler 3.0-based solutions are designed specifically for HPC and data-intensive Enterprise environments. It couples storage platforms from DDN with the Intel Enterprise Edition for Lustre 3.0 to offer advanced
Nasuni Announces The GA Of File Services 7.5
Today Nasuni announce the availability of the latest version of its Nasuni File Services, version 7.5. This updated version features upgrades to the Nasuni Management Console, improved support for OS X and key engineering applications, and the ability to side load local filers. Nasuni is also announcing that individual storage volumes within its cloud-native filesystem,
Zetta Disaster Recovery Now Available
Zetta has announced Zetta Disaster Recovery, a cloud-first disaster recovery solution that features a "sub-five minute failover". Zetta has designed their new disaster recovery solution specifically for small and mid-sized enterprise customers and partners, allowing them to access business-critical applications with minimal disruption to everyday operations during a downtime event, both expected and unexpected. Zetta indicates
IBM Announces Systems and Expanded Partnerships for the Hybrid Cloud Era
At IBM Edge 2016, IBM has announced a range of cloud-ready systems, services, and solutions designed to make the movement of data, applications, and services much simpler in a hybrid cloud-environment. These include Power Systems for cloud, z Systems for cloud, and IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management and Protect. IBM also announced a series of
SNIA Releases New Swordfish Specifications
Today the Storage Network Industry Association’s (SNIA) Storage Management Initiative (SMI) announced the completed version (Version 1.0) of the SNIA Swordfish storage management specification. This specification extends the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) Redfish application programming interface (API) to handle the management of storage equipment and storage services found in modern data centers. The new
News Bits: Netlist Gets New Patent, Unitrends’ New Backup Solutions, & HPE Partners With Zerto
We receive quite a bit of news every week, some times dozens of pieces per week. While we strive to cover those topics that are most relevant to our readers or the topics we think that our readers will be most interested in, we can’t cover them all. Other times we are presented with several
Dell EMC Introduces ScaleIO Ready Nodes
Today Dell EMC announced that its ScaleIO will now be available on a Ready Node, a software-defined, all-flash offering running on Dell EMC PowerEdge x86 servers. This is the second announcement since the two companies finished their merger last week. The previous announcement combined the powerful DSSD D5 NVMe storage with PowerEdge servers. The merger gives customers the
Violin Memory Announces New AFAs, Customer & Cloud Services
Today Violin Memory announced that it new all-flash arrays (AFAs) in its Flash Storage Platform (FSP) family, the 7650 and 7450. Along with the new arrays, Violin announced a new platinum level of customer support for its entire FSP line, including the two new models announced today. And Violin is announcing a new cloud servicer,
Datos IO Joins Google Cloud Platform Partner Program
Following its announcement of joining Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner program last month, Datos IO announced today that it was joining Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Partner program. The company is also announcing that latest release of its flagship software, RecoverX 1.5, also called Orion. Orion will support Google Compute Engine and Google Cloud Storage services,




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