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Financial firms prioritise data growth over AI-ready storage
Data Analytics

Financial firms prioritise data growth over AI-ready storage

Cost pressures are keeping banks focused on storage basics, with just 10% of firms ranking AI-ready platforms as a top priority.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • 4 days ago
Synology outlines storage and surveillance roadmap
Virtualisation

Synology outlines storage and surveillance roadmap

Businesses will get cheaper storage and wider backup coverage as Synology adds SATA-based systems, object storage and AI tools to its roadmap.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • 5 days ago
Scality & Biomemory team up on DNA archive storage
Data Protection

Scality & Biomemory team up on DNA archive storage

Enterprises seeking decades-long retention may soon get a DNA archive tier managed within familiar object storage systems, pending integration work.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 5 min read • Last week
NetApp and Cisco expand FlexPod with enterprise AI systems
Hybrid Cloud

NetApp and Cisco expand FlexPod with enterprise AI systems

Enterprises could cut integration work and security risk as pre-tested FlexPod systems are aimed at production AI deployments and edge use cases.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Last week
Synology adds private AI & backup tools in DSM update
Malware

Synology adds private AI & backup tools in DSM update

Businesses will soon get on-site AI workflows and broader backup coverage as Synology's latest software updates target compliance and ransomware risk.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week
Cohesity wins US patent for Gaia backup AI approach
Data Protection

Cohesity wins US patent for Gaia backup AI approach

It may help regulated customers use archived data for AI without moving sensitive records into separate systems, reducing compliance risk.

By Mark Tarre • 5 min read • Last week
NVIDIA adds security features to Vera BlueField-4 STX
Data Protection

NVIDIA adds security features to Vera BlueField-4 STX

New silicon-level controls aim to curb unauthorised agent access and data exposure in enterprise AI storage, while keeping traffic fast.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week
WD to showcase AI storage platforms at Computex 2026
Semiconductors

WD to showcase AI storage platforms at Computex 2026

Growing AI data sets are putting storage economics under pressure, prompting WD to pitch harder drives and tiered platforms as part of the answer.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week
Ctera names Tal Sarfaty cyberstorage security chief
Data Protection

Ctera names Tal Sarfaty cyberstorage security chief

The hire underscores CTERA's push into a fast-growing segment as ransomware drives demand for stronger protection of live storage data.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Last week
Hitachi Vantara expands EverFlex with outcome-based SLAs
Data Protection

Hitachi Vantara expands EverFlex with outcome-based SLAs

Customers can now buy more predictable storage and infrastructure contracts as the new terms tie costs to availability, performance and recovery.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month
CTERA launches InsightAI for unstructured data analysis
Private Cloud

CTERA launches InsightAI for unstructured data analysis

It gives IT and security teams a way to spot risks, track usage and investigate incidents across sprawling unstructured data estates.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month
Vespertec teams with PEAK:AIO on AI storage systems
Digital Transformation

Vespertec teams with PEAK:AIO on AI storage systems

Enterprise buyers get a vendor-neutral option as the tie-up aims to ease AI data bottlenecks and speed deployments on open infrastructure.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last month
Wasabi boosts EMEA channel push with cyber resilience
Data Protection

Wasabi boosts EMEA channel push with cyber resilience

Ransomware fears and soaring AI data volumes are driving demand for Wasabi's new partner tools, aimed at faster recovery across EMEA.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last month
Education bodies boost AI budgets despite poor returns
Data Protection

Education bodies boost AI budgets despite poor returns

Storage and cloud fees are eroding education AI returns, even as 46% of institutions plan bigger budgets this year.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last month
Object First posts 118% bookings growth on backup demand
Data Protection

Object First posts 118% bookings growth on backup demand

Demand for immutable backup storage lifted bookings 118% as European customers sought on-premises control to meet sovereignty and ransomware risks.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last month

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StorONE says Q1 bookings top full-year 2025 on demand
Data Protection

StorONE says Q1 bookings top full-year 2025 on demand

Rising flash prices and hardware shortages are pushing enterprises to buy storage-efficiency software sooner, helping StorONE post a record quarter.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last month
How WD is reinventing the hard drive for AI at scale
Hyperscale

How WD is reinventing the hard drive for AI at scale

Australia's AI data-centre boom is forcing storage vendors to cut power use and costs, with WD betting on hard drives over flash.

By Sean Mitchell • 6 min read • Last month