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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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Jamie Lerner, the chairman, CEO, and president of tape and storage systems vendor Quantum, has resigned and been replaced by…
Latest generation LTO-10 tape arrives at Spectra Logic
Tape library and systems vendor Spectra Logic announced LTO-10 support across its tape library product set, but IBM’s tape drive…
Seagate claims spinning disks beat SSDs on carbon footprint
A Seagate Decarbonizing Data report says energy usage is a top concern for more than half of business leaders and…
Storage news ticker - April 11
Cloud storage and backup provider Backblaze announced a partnership with PureNodal, “a next-generation cloud platform purpose-built for AI and high-performance…
Auwau lifts lid on multi-tenant BaaS provisioning and billing
Auwau provisions multi-tenant backup services for MSPs and departmental enterprise with automated billing and stats. It is a tiny Danish…
Panzura Symphony taps IBM tape tech to cut cloud costs for cold data
The Symphony unstructured data estate data manager from Panzura has extended its reach into IBM Storage Deep Archive territory, integrating…
Storage news ticker – March 31
Amazon Web Services (AWS) wants to build a two-story datacenter for tape storage in Middlesex, England. Its building application has…