Freely access NetBackup files without using Veritas software
S2|DATA has launched a no-cost Libertas utility to read and access Veritas NetBackup disk images – without requiring NetBackup software or licensing.
Libertas is a Windows desktop application that catalogs...
Quantum DXi9200 hybrid backup appliance replaces previous models
Quantum has launched a high-end DXi9200 target backup appliance as its sole hybrid (flash+disk) hardware accompanying the two all-flash T-series and two V5000 virtual appliances.
As a consequence, its DXi...
Quantum faces revenue drop but anticipates turnaround with operational overhaul
Quantum reported subdued results for its second FY 2025 quarter but said operational improvements, a product portfolio refresh, and go-to-market enhancements would return the company to growth.
Revenues in the...
VDURA enhances VDP performance and scalability for AI
VDURA has upgraded its VDURA Data Platform (VDP) storage operating system to provide more performance, scalability, and simpler management – with a twin focus on AI and HPC users.
VDURA...
Huawei developing SSD-tape hybrid amid US tech restrictions
Huawei’s in-house development of Magneto-Electric Disk (MED) archive storage technology combines an SSD with a Huawei-developed tape drive to provide warm (nearline) and cold data storage.
MED technology was first...
Toshiba drives power CERN’s data demands at the LHC
CERN, with more than 120,000 disk drives storing in excess of an exabyte of data, is probably Toshiba’s largest end-user customer in Europe. Toshiba has released a video talking...
Disks spin Western Digital cloud revenues higher
Western Digital's disk drive revenues leapt 85 percent higher year-on-year in its latest quarter as hyperscalers stored more data on its drives, which contrasts with Seagate's 49 percent rise.
WD's...
Lenovo hires WD disk exec to head infrastructure business
Ashley Gorakhpurwalla has been hired away from running Western Digital’s disk drive operations to lead the Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG) business at Lenovo.
At Lenovo, from November 11, he will...
Seagate revenues soar on strong high-capacity drive demand
Seagate’s disk drive slump is over with a revenue rise due to US cloud providers buying more mass-capacity drives, and more to come from enterprises.
Revenues jumped 49 percent...
Western Digital matches Seagate’s 32 TB HAMR capacity with 11-platter ePMR HDDs
Western Digital has matched Seagate’s 32 TB HAMR disc capacity by adding an 11th platter to its conventional disk drives.
Seagate has developed heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) technology for smaller...
Storage news ticker – October 10
Analytics company Cloudera has launched Cloudera AI Inference, powered by Nvidia NIM microservices and accelerated computing (Tensor core GPUs), boosting LLM speeds by a claimed 36x. A service integration...
Storage news ticker – October 3
Adaptive announced a control plane that brokers access across all surfaces and safeguards sensitive information, protecting data closer to its source, minimizing sensitive data exposure. It uses an agentless architecture...