Will the flash storage market see another major acquisition?

Storage Digest A roundup of storage content from TechTarget's network |May 2, 2017 FEATURED STORY HPE's Nimble deal stirs flash acquisition speculation Carol Sliwa Acquisition speculation ratchets up in flash storage market in wake of HPE's $1.2 billion deal to purchase Nimble Storage. (SearchSolidStateStorage) Advertisement NEWS   Datera adds L3 network support, focuses on containers Datera EDF 2.2 preps for Layer 3 network adoption for cloud hosting and containers. Adaptive data compression works across node types and storage media. (SearchStorage)   Pivot3 launches Acuity, its new HCI platform The Pivot3 Acuity hyper-converged infrastructure platform targets enterprises running multiple workloads in the same cluster. (SearchConvergedInfrastructure)   Violin emerges from bankruptcy with updated flash arrays New strategy uses Violin Flash Storage Platform 7000 Series arrays to underpin private clouds and Concerto OS to replicate to public clouds. (SearchSolidStateStorage)   Load DynamiX 5.3 improvements focus on NFS, flash Virtual Instruments' software update adds support for time-based NFSv3 workloads, eases preconditioning of all-flash arrays and improves the user interface. (SearchStorage) EXPERT ADVICE   How to make the most of hyper-converged vendor lock-in An organization should expect to purchase software from its hyper-converged technology vendor, but that's not out of the ordinary in IT. (SearchConvergedInfrastructure)   How NVMe is democratizing Tier 0 Startups launching Tier 0 storage systems based on NVMe will need to add data services to hold off established all-flash players with NVMe on their roadmaps. (SearchSolidStateStorage)   Where do convergence and hyper-convergence work best? When deciding between converged and hyper-converged systems, the varying vendor definitions aren't always clear. Use cases can help with an evaluation. (SearchConvergedInfrastructure)   Reduce the costs related to copy data storage Storing multiple copies of data can be costly, but implementing an effective copy management strategy can help control data sprawl. (SearchStorage) About This E-Newsletter This e-newsletter is published by the TechTarget network. To unsubscribe from Storage Digest, click here. Please note, this will not affect any other subscriptions you have signed up for. TechTarget Storage Media Group, 275 Grove Street, Newton, MA 02466. Contact: webmaster@techtarget.com Copyright 2017 TechTarget. All rights reserved.