Storage
Solo.io and Networking Options in Kubernetes
Why is Solo’s service mesh needed? Why doesn’t Kubernetes already do this?
ClearSky Data Raises $20 Million To Fuel Expansion
Storage-as-a-Service vendor ClearSky Data raises $20 million to fund its expansion across the USA.
NetApp Finds Its Cloud Feet
NetApp appears to have turned the corner and finally found a solid story to tell about its cloud plans.
X-IO Brings The Cloud To The Edge With Portable Axellio
X-IO bring the cloud to the edge with a Portable Axellio appliance that fits in two suitcases.
Pure Storage Charts A Course To The Future Of Big Data
Pure Storage has unveiled a massive set of new functionality for its FlashArray, FlashBlade, and cloud based Pure1 monitoring platform at its annual Accelerate conference.
SwiftStack Cosies Up To Google, Goes Multi-Cloud
SwiftStack collaborates with Google to promote its multi-cloud approach to object storage.
SolidFire Aims To Make CapEx Great Again
SolidFire want to make CapEx great again with its FlashForward Capacity Licensing model.
Pure Storage Goes After NetApp’s Lunch With New FlashBlade
Pure Storage launch a new product line, the FlashBlade, aimed at customers who want fast, dense, NFS addressable flash.
Pure Storage Posts Strong Q4 Numbers Post IPO
Pure Storage has posted strong financial numbers in its first reported fiscal quarter since IPO.
Nutanix To Go Public In 2016, Files S-1 With SEC
Nutanix files S-1 in preparation for IPO early in 2016.
ClearSky Data Raise $27 Million For Cloud Storage Service
ClearSky Data want to turn data storage into a utility service you rent from the cloud, but which is nevertheless available everywhere you are. It’s an ambitious goal.
Intel and Micron 3D XPoint Memory Kicks Off A Revolution
Storage industry watchers, start your engines. Earlier today, Intel and Micron announced that they’ve cracked a way to make a new kind of storage. Partway between NAND Flash (the kind found in everything from your cellphone to expensive ‘all flash’ storage arrays) and RAM (the memory devices found in pretty much anything with a computer chip), this new type of storage is fundamentally and dramatically better than anything else we’ve seen in decades.
Flash Not Reducing Data Center Footprints
Flash storage isn’t having much impact on data center footprints in the real world. In speaking to a lot of data center providers lately, I threw in a question about infrastructure densities.