Network Storage

ArkHub promises low cost archive storage with no “bill shock “

Broadcasting industry supplier MediaHub Australia has developed a new multi-industry platform for low cost archive storage with the launch of ArkHub.

Alfresco adds WORM Storage for Regulatory Compliance

Alfresco Software, the open source, content management platform and solutions provider, has announced the addition of immutable, Write-Once-Read-Many (WORM) regulatory compliant storage to its Alfresco Governance Services – a modern records management capability of the Alfresco Digital Business Platform.

Hitachi Vantara speeds up Unstructured Data workloads

Hitachi Vantara, the digital infrastructure and solutions subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., has announced a new distributed file system and management solution that will users gain faster access to and insights from unstructured data such as emails, documents, health records, audio, video and images.

Cloudian Launches in ANZ

Object Storage Specialist Cloudian has launched its operations in Australia and New Zealand, led locally by Australian industry veterans James Wright and Jason Mantell - both with prior experience at Nutanix and Pure Storage.

Igneous enhances data management services for unstructured data

Igneous, the SaaS data management company for file-intensive environments, has announced enhancements to DataDiscover and DataFlow. Igneous DataFlow now enables data-heavy organizations to move data in native format from where it lives to where it needs to be, on-premises or cloud.

Integration with Azure Blob Helps You Cut Storage Costs

There is no doubt that cloud storage systems are becoming a popular option for businesses. On-premise storage can be costly, and it usually requires an IT staff to manage it.

A Backup is not an Archive …

I first wrote about the differences between backups and archives almost 20 years ago. At the time, organizations were struggling to get to grips with the requirements to retain electronic records and the new-fangled world of e-discovery. So why are we still talking about this? And, more importantly, what’s changed? One word – cloud! And the right to be forgotten – more about that later.

A NAS solution designed for Web scale

Cohesity has announced Cohesity SmartFiles, a software-defined storage solution for a variety of workloads including collaboration and productivity apps, large-scale document management, life sciences and medical research, digital archives, and video and surveillance

OpenText buys SMB data backup company

Open Text has announced a deal to acquire Carbonite Inc., a provider of data-protection services, for about $US1.4 billion.

FUJIFILM launches 30TB data cartridge

FUJIFILM has released the LTO Ultrium8 Data Cartridge (LTO-8) for backup and archive of large-capacity data with a storage capacity of 30TB (12TB for non-compressed data), twice the capacity of the previous generation. 

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