XenData adds ALTO disk archive support
XenData, which sells tape and cloud archive systems, is adding support for ALTO spun-down disk archives so customers can manage tape, disk, and cloud storage under a single file...
Quantum loses CFO after just four months in post
Lewis Moorehead has resigned as beleaguered Quantum’s Chief Financial Officer only four months after being appointed to replace the departed prior CFO, Ken Gianella.
Quantum is in the midst of...
Storage news round-up – 11 August
Open-source storage hardware supplier 45Drives has a strategic partnership with LINBIT, creators of DRBD and LINSTOR, to deliver fully-integrated, enterprise-grade high-availability (HA) storage systems built on open-source technologies. It...
Why LTO-10 fell short on speed and backward compatibility
Analysis. LTO-10 tape was an advance on LTO-9 but not as much as expected with no increase in data I/O speed and loss of backward compatibility. We look at...
LTO tape market rebounds in 2024 with 176.5 EB shipped
There was 15.4 percent more LTO tape capacity shipped in 2024 compared to 2023 as growth resumed following three years of more or less level pegging after a pandemic...
Meta superintelligence push to drive huge demand for storage
Meta is eyeing a massive AI datacenter expansion program with the chosen storage suppliers set for a bonanza.
CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Facebook: "We're going to invest hundreds of...
Quantum sheds senior staff as financial woes mount
Beleaguered storage vendor Quantum, which replaced CEO and chairman Jamie Lerner in June and CRO Henk Jan Spanjaard earlier this month, has made “a very large reduction” in staff,...
HoloMem’s drop-in holographic tape drive for LTO tape libraries
UK startup HoloMem is developing a ribbon-based cartridge and drive that uses multi-layer holographic storage with a 50+ year life span, and can be inserted as a rack shelf...
Quantum and Chief Revenue Officer to part ways
Henk Jan Spanjaard, Quantum Corp's Chief Revenue Officer, will be the latest exec to leave the company, according to an SEC filing by the beleaguered business. The 8-K, filed...
Quantum accounting issues delay FY 2025 results
Quantum can’t file its fourth quarter and full fiscal 2025 results because of accounting problems similar to those it experienced 18 months ago.
The company provides StorNext data management software,...
Spectra Logic to archive Rubin Observatory’s 500 PB cosmic time-lapse
The first images have come from the Vera C. Rubin telescope in Chile showing an unprecedented view of the Southern Hemisphere’s night sky and the start of a ten-year...
Quantum swaps CEO after debt buyout and deepening losses
Jamie Lerner, the chairman, CEO, and president of tape and storage systems vendor Quantum, has resigned and been replaced by part-time board director Hugues Meyrath.
Beleaguered Quantum took a big...