You can add another member to your list of storage startups being swallowed up by storage giants like Sandisk and EMC. This week, flash-storage startup Skyera was bought out by HGST,… Read more »
Fusion.io’s software expertise will bolster SanDisk’s hardware business, echoing Western Digital’s recent purchase of server-side flash storage company Virident. Read more »
Like Protonet, Sherlybox offers a collaboration-friendly alternative to public cloud services — although this Raspberry Pi-based device can also play nicely with those services as well, for those who want it. Read more »
Cloud storage provider Backblaze is at again, this time detailing which models of hard drives last the longest in its open source storage pod arrays. If money were no object, it… Read more »
Amazon has a history of big-footing into markets when it is ready to impose lower price points and create concomitant, increased demand in a sector. Thus, with the introduction of its… Read more »
Further evidence that hard disk drive storage lives on — Seagate is buying Xyratex, a maker of HDD testing gear, to solidify its supply chain. Read more »
Hightail, the file sync-and-share company formerly known as YouSendIt, has announced raising $34 millions in a series E round, led by hard drive maker Western Digital. This comes on the same day… Read more »
HGST is now selling helium-filled hard drives that can hold more capacity (and more disks) while using less energy than traditional hard drives. One early use of the tech is CERN,… Read more »
When it comes to flash memory, everyone’s buying and everyone’s for sale, apparently. Cisco says it will integrate Whiptail flash memory into its UCS servers. Read more »