At the OpenStack Summit in Tokyo, the Ceph Community announced it will help drive the direction of open source software-defined storage (SDS) technology through the formation of an advisory board. Working closely with with the community’s technical and user committees, the advisory board will attempt to expand and enhance community participation and collaboration for the

Today at Microsoft SQL Summit, SanDisk Corporation announced the latest version of FlashSoft, version 3.8. FlashSoft is SanDisk’s server-side, caching software that can accelerate performance 3 to 5 times. The latest version of the software now has updates for Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Hyper-V, and Linux.

In addition to Veeam’s announcements concerning their Managed Backup Portal and Backup for Linux solutions, the company has unveiled a solid improvement in their Q3 2015 results compared to Q3 2014. This is highlighted by a 17 percent growth in quarterly revenue bookings, or an increase of 26 percent in constant currency; an 86 percent year-over-year

Today at VeeamON, Veeam Software announced a new way for service providers to deliver backup services (including BaaS) and propel cloud-based availability, Veeam Managed Backup Portal for Service Providers. Through this new service partners will be able to easily acquire new customers and build new revenue streams.

Today at VeeamON in Las Vegas, NV, Veeam Software announced Veeam Backup for Linux. Veeam Backup for Linux is a standalone agent that delivers backup and recovery for Linux servers running on either the cloud or on premises while ensuring the availability of Linux server instances. This free tool can be used to backup cloud

Unitrends has announced the availability of Release 9.0, the latest update to their data protection technology that powers its physical backup Recovery-Series family as well as its virtual Unitrends Enterprise Backup. Improving on Release 8.1, the newest version of the software has completely overhauled the customer experience by making it much easier for organizations to use and manage

Quantum Corp. announced its new high-performance storage solution that is designed to optimize demanding workflows, accelerate time to insight, and empower organizations to drive greater success, Xcellis. Xcellis tackles unstructured data giving users the ability to capitalize on its value and utilize it faster and more cost-effectively. Xcellis is powered by StorNext and can be

Just one day after FalconStor announcing OpenStack Cinder Integration for FreeStore, as well as Tintri expanding its support for the open-source Cloud computing software platform, Intel and Rackspace have unveiled the opening of the OpenStack Innovation Center during this week’s OpenStack Summit in Tokyo. This includes the world's largest OpenStack developer cloud consisting of two

Today at OpenWorld XtremIO introduced its efficient copy data management at the storage layer, integrated Copy Data Management (iCDM) in its All-Flash arrays. XtremIO’s announcement comes fresh on the heels of Actifio’s commissioned study showing that two-thirds of enterprises fail to meet best practices for copy data control. XtremIO states its new iCDM will reduce