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July 12
- Kanguru unveils self-encrypting flash drives for sensitive PC data1. Kanguru introduces self-encrypting SSDs for data protection; 2. Targeted at healthcare, military, and energy sectors; 3. Features AES 256-bit hardware encryption and FIPS 140-2 certification.
- Hitachi Vantara builds mammoth data backup system for German universities1. Hitachi Vantara has developed a backup and recovery solution for over 40 universities in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. 2. The solution enhances data resilience, protects against future threats, and reduces costs and power consumption. 3. The project, Datensicherung.NRW, consolidates digital infrastructure services and sets new standards for modern storage technologies in university data backup and recovery.
July 11
- Storage News Ticker – July 111. Lightbits Labs' storage technology enables Nebul to offer AI services with 16x better performance at lower costs. 2. VAST Data Platform certified for high-performance storage in Nvidia Partner Network. 3. Datadobi appoints Denise Natali as VP of Americas sales. 4. NetApp introduces new capabilities for strategic cloud workloads including GenAI and VMware. 5. Research from Enterprise Strategy Group and Hitachi Vantara highlights challenges in GenAI projects. 6. Volumez raises $40 million to expand cloud services for AI and machine learning workloads. 7. Chorology emerges from stealth with AI-powered data governance solutions. 8. Alluxio launches Enterprise AI Version 3.2 with improved GPU utilization and I/O performance.
- Soda gets $14M to fizz into North America1. Belgian data quality startup Soda has raised $14 million to expand in North America. 2. The company develops software and cloud services for continuous data monitoring and validation. 3. Soda plans to use the investment to enhance its global team and expand its New York City headquarters.
- Spectra Logic and Cohesity pair up to manage archived data1. Spectra Logic and Cohesity integrate technologies to offer a comprehensive data protection and archival solution. 2. The solution uses Cohesity Data Cloud and Spectra Logic’s BlackPearl products for disk and tape. 3. It provides cyber protection, scalable storage from terabytes to exabytes, and secure data retention from days to decades.
July 5
- Juicedata gives data processing giants a big squeeze on price1. Juicedata, a startup, has launched an Enterprise Edition of its open source JuiceFS software, promising cheaper data management for large workloads. 2. The company claims JuiceFS is a POSIX-compliant distributed file system with strong consistency guarantees and cost-effective pricing starting at $0.04/GB-month. 3. Juicedata plans to expand its marketing and sales team in North America and later in the EMEA region.
- Northern Data Group to launch Europe’s first cloud service with Nvidia H200 GPUs1. Northern Data Group will launch Europe's first cloud service using Nvidia's H200 GPUs. 2. The service will be provided by Taiga Cloud in datacenters, powered by renewable energy. 3. The deployment aims to enhance high-performance computing solutions and support AI and ML innovation.
- Next-gen data storage market to be worth $90 billion by 20291. The global next-generation data storage market is expected to grow from $65.1 billion in 2024 to $90 billion by 2029. 2. The growth is driven by the adoption of IoT technologies, increasing data generation, and the rise of AI-driven technologies. 3. Storage Area Networks (SANs) and Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) are projected to see significant growth, with technological advancements enhancing their capabilities.
- Oxide ships first ‘cloud computers’ and awaits customer scale-up1. Oxide Computer Company has shipped its first on-premises hyperscale 'cloud computers' targeting government, financial services, e-commerce, and service provider markets. 2. The company aims to revolutionize the private datacenter industry by combining cloud computing efficiency with on-premises security and control. 3. Oxide has shipped under 20 racks so far and hopes for customer scale-up based on positive outcomes.
July 4
- Cloud storage slinger Wasabi sets up Italian region1. Wasabi, a cloud storage provider, is expanding to Italy in partnership with Italian telco Retelit. 2. The company offers S3-compatible cloud storage at a lower cost than Amazon and has a secondary service track for the entertainment and media industry using AI-powered content curation. 3. The new Italian region will be hosted in Retelit's Avalon 3 data center in Milan, aiming to provide high-speed, reliable, and cost-efficient data storage services.
July 3
- Australia launches Virga cluster with Dell AI rackservers for health research1. Australia's CSIRO has launched the Virga cluster, a high-performance computing system using Dell XE9640 AI rackservers and BeeGFS flash storage for various health research projects, including cystic fibrosis diagnosis and treatment. 2. The Virga cluster, located at the CDC Hume Data Center in Canberra, is the first of its kind in Australia, utilizing direct liquid cooling for energy efficiency. 3. The cluster features 60,000 cores and 448 Nvidia H100 GPUs, aiming to accelerate AI performance and support large model training within days or hours.
- Kioxia sampling highest capacity NAND chip at 2 terabits1. Kioxia is sampling 2 terabit NAND chips with a QLC design and BiCS 8 218-layer architecture. 2. The new chip offers higher bit density and power efficiency compared to previous generations. 3. Pure Storage plans to use these chips to enhance their all-flash storage solutions.
- Samsung takes on Solidigm with 61.44 TB QLC SSD1. Samsung introduces the BM1743, a 61.44 TB QLC SSD, competing with Solidigm's D5-P5336; 2. The BM1743 uses 176-layer NAND, offering 1,600,000/110,000 random read/write IOPS and 7.2/2.0 GBps sequential read/write bandwidth; 3. Samsung suggests a 122.88 TB model may be in development, and the BM1743 supports 0.26 DWPD and three months of power-off data retention.
July 2
- NetApp intros AI-driven ransomware detection1. NetApp previews an AI-powered ransomware detection service with a 99% detection rate; 2. The service uses real-time analysis to detect abnormal activities and protect data; 3. NetApp aims to provide the most secure storage solutions with continuous updates to combat new ransomware variants.
July 1
- Odaseva bags $54M to enhance Salesforce data security1. Odaseva, a Salesforce data security and backup platform, has raised $54 million in a Series C funding round, bringing its total funding to over $90 million. 2. The round was led by Silver Lake Waterman and included existing investors and new participants. 3. The funds will be used to enhance data security and zero trust product offerings, and to support growth in new markets.
- Storage news ticker – July 11. Alcion joins Carnegie Mellon’s CyLab Venture Network. 2. Aston University sets new data transmission record using optical fiber. 3. Biomemory hires Dr. Dominique Loque as CSO. 4. Cirata proceeds with General Motors under a master license agreement. 5. Cloudera appoints Francisco Mateo-Sidron as SVP of sales for EMEA. 6. Druva makes a Gartner report available for download. 7. Fivetran partners with Intercom for centralized data management. 8. Hydrolix launches its Powered by Hydrolix Partner Program. 9. Huawei and Wuhan Xinxin collaborate on HBM chips. 10. Kioxia plans to file a preliminary IPO application. 11. Reltio appoints Mihir Shah to its advisory board. 12. Rubrik named Healthcare and Life Sciences 2024 Microsoft Partner of the Year. 13. Seagate reduces HAMR component requirements. 14. SK Group to invest $74.6 billion in AI memory chips. 15. Solidigm sets new world record for calculating π. 16. Swissbit introduces new DRAM-less SSD product families. 17. Teradata to offer VantageCloud Lake on Google Cloud.
June 28
- Illumex secures $13M to combat chatbot hallucinations1. Illumex, an Israeli startup, has raised $13 million to develop software that integrates structured data to prevent GenAI chatbot hallucinations. 2. The company has developed a Generative Semantic Fabric (GSF) that aligns organizational data with business meaning and domain-specific context. 3. GSF creates a unified semantic knowledge graph, enabling LLMs to map user questions to relevant data points for accurate responses.
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