Enterprise Storage news stories

NetApp has been recognised as a leader in the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Primary Storage based on its completeness of vision and ability to execute. 

"Pure Storage’s new software innovations further our goal of making infrastructure invisible to developers, using it as simple as calling an API, and delivering it as a service.”

Revenue generated by the group of ODMs selling directly to hyperscale data centres declined by 7.7% year over year in 2Q21 to $6.4 billion, while capacity shipped grew 13.8% year over year to 88.7 exabytes.

Running disparate systems on a single architecture minimises complexity while modernising IT, writes Pure Storage VP and field CTO Mark Jobbins.

That means that most data was essentially created to be consumed, or cached and overwritten with new data, says IDC.

“Having a hybrid architecture strategy and the right technology partners helps enterprises achieve more than ever in today’s environment."

NetApp and Google Cloud have announced the availability of the containerised, software-based variant of NetApp Cloud Volumes Service in the Asia Pacific. 

New features include cloud tiering for objects storage, hybrid cloud file storage, and simplified disaster recovery, all of which build on the recent launch of Nutanix Clusters.

The overall APAC storage market revenue is now expected to grow at a CAGR of 5.5% during 2019-2024, compared to the previous forecast of 14.6% before the COVID-19 outbreak.

The DCIG guide has recognised Huawei’s OceanStor Dorado V6 and OceanStor F V5 series, which have both achieved ‘Recommended’ ratings. 

Cloudian aims to bolster its local team and partner network in the region and has already signed distribution agreements with Exclusive Networks and NEXTGEN.

Nutanix and Veeam Software have teamed up to offer a data protection and management solution, designed to support storage environments. 

The enterprise storage systems market as well as server markets will see declines in the first two quarters of 2020, but are expected to recover near the end of the year, according to IDC.

The appointment will enable Leader and its regional channel resellers to distribute Western Digital’s solutions to meet growing demand for storage solutions and services among SMB and distributed enterprises. 

"Lack of senior buy-in, coupled with budget constraints, will create ongoing challenges when securing, organising and gleaning insights from data effectively."

DC1000B is designed in a 2280 form factor that includes onboard power-loss protection and is engineered with 0.5DWPD endurance for extended service life.

Companies that want to make the most of data storage should be on top of these developments.

Dell, HPE, NetApp, Hitachi and IBM all lead the global market for backup software – a market that is expected to reach US$14.23 billion (AU$20.8 billion) by 2022.

“[The acquisition of Hedvig] allows us to break out of the data management conversation and start thinking more strategically with customers.”

Zadara upgraded its fully managed enterprise storage-as-a-service (STaaS) platform to include critical enhancements such as NVMe.

Research shows that most data goes unstored or unanalysed, data siloes persist, governance remains inadequate, and a disproportionate amount of time is spent.

The acquisition will bring Elastifile’s cloud file storage for enterprises into Google Cloud Filestore.

The companies’ new solution claims to offer private cloud at up to 70% lower total cost of ownership than Storage-as-a-Service options.

The movement to hybrid storage, proliferated use of smart phones, laptops, and tablets has increased penetration of storage data management.