Industry News and Analysis

DNA and Storage
May 16, 2013 -- Is it time to start developing standards for storing data in DNA?

Is SATA Going the Way of the Dodo Bird?
May 15, 2013 -- SAS offers numerous benefits over SATA.

Software Defined Storage Startup PernixData Raises $20M
May 15, 2013 -- Server Server-side flash software specialist tackles virtualized application performance.

StorageQuest Launches All-Flash Archiving Appliance
May 9, 2013 -- Flash comes to the data archiving market in an unconventional way.

Stranger Than Fiction: Hitachi Discusses Holographic Storage
May 8, 2013 -- They plan to launch by 2015.

EMC ViPR Adds More Bite to Software-Defined Storage
May 6, 2013 -- The new controller helps data centers virtualize and manage a central pool of storage.

Extreme Enterprise Applications Drive Parallel File System Adoption
April 30, 2013 -- High-performance parallel file systems are becoming commercially available just in time to support today's "extreme applications."

NTP Tackles Secure BYOD File Sync
April 30, 2013 -- Firm's new Universal File Access leverages public cloud infrastructures without leaving behind copies of files for hackers to try to nab.

EMC Focuses on Data Protection for VMAX, VPLEX Refresh
April 30, 2013 -- EMC boosts the continuous data protection capabilities of VMAX and VPLEX system and brings RecoverPoint to midrange organizations.

Fusion-io Snaps up NexGen for Hybrid Storage
April 26, 2013 -- Enterprise flash pioneer acquires a maker of hybrid flash-HDD storage arrays for a foothold on the SMB storage market.

Exablox Launches OneBlox Object-based NAS
April 25, 2013 -- Startup tackles data growth challenges with NAS systems that perform most of the heavy lifting.

Cisco Unveils Next-Gen MDS SAN Director and Switch
April 24, 2013 -- The new, multiprotocol MDS 9710 makes room for enterprises that are mulling a switch to FCoE.

Skyera: RAID 5 Kills SSD Arrays
April 23, 2013 -- Enterprise flash storage startup warns about using traditional RAID configurations on all-flash arrays.

Who Is Making Money?
April 17, 2013 -- Currently, the lowest-cost storage products appear to be winning.

EMC Boosts Backups with Data Domain and SourceOne Upgrades
April 17, 2013 -- IT storage vendor updates its deduplication appliances and archiving software to tackle bigger enterprise backup challenges.

Great Storage Conference Worth Attending
April 15, 2013 -- If you're in the storage business, you'll want to attend the 29th IEEE Mass Storage Conference.

Avere Announces Hybrid NAS Filer
April 8, 2013 -- Storage startup enlists RAM, SSD and traditional hard drives to deliver fast file operations to enterprise environments.

CloudSigma and SolidFire Team for All-SSD Public Cloud Storage
April 4, 2013 -- Cloud services provider gives its public storage offering an all-flash makeover.

Cloudian Unveils Cloud 'Storage-as-a-Utility' Platform
April 2, 2013 -- Cloud storage specialist updates its software to improve security and ease of management across multi-datacenter deployments.

NetApp and Equinix Team for Private AWS Cloud Storage
March 27, 2013 -- New offering harnesses NetApp hardware, Equinix's fast data center connections and Amazon-powered cloud storage to get businesses comfortable with storing their critical data on the cloud.

MezeoCloud Enterprise Cloud Storage Platform Updated
March 22, 2013 -- Mezeo rolls out with new cloud storage connectors, access control options and ways to lock down data on mobile devices.

QLogic's Mt. Rainier PCIe Flash Tech Launches as FabricCache
March 21, 2013 -- First teased six months ago, QLogic's server-side, SAN-friendly PCIe caching card officially launches.

SSD Consolidation?
March 19, 2013 -- Are the big disk players picking and choosing the winners of SSD market?

Fusion-io Acquires Open Source SCST Innovator ID7
March 18, 2013 -- Flash server PCIe card maker hints that it plans to delve deeper into advanced, flash-enabled storage management by snapping up ID7.

Skyera Lands Western Digital Cash in $51M Round
March 13, 2013 -- With the support of a big hard drive manufacturer, the SSD storage startup feels it has the mainstream enterprise storage market within its grasp.