COVID-19 shakes up all 2020 storage predictions

Storage Digest: A roundup of storage content from TechTarget

Storage Digest A roundup of storage content from TechTarget's network | August 04, 2020 FEATURED STORY COVID-19 dominates enterprise storage news so far this year by Dave Raffo, Executive News Director The year hasn't gone as expected in enterprise storage, with the pandemic affecting conferences, sales results, use cases, funding and even CEO health. Advertisement NEWS   Qumulo cloud approach gang-tackles file-to-object conversion Qumulo grabs $125 million in funding as the file storage world shifts to the cloud; CEO Bill Richter says unstructured data growth presents an opportunity that could lead to IPO.   Fujifilm offers subscriptions for tape-based object storage AWS established Glacier as a cloud alternative to on-premises tape storage. Now Fujifilm positions its Object Archive to tape as an on-premises alternative to Glacier.   Pivot3 Acuity streamlines streaming video with automation Pivot3 Acuity refresh injects health analytics and tools to orchestrate system-wide HCI upgrades. The vendor targets organizations with dense streaming media.   What's in a name? Dell EMC PowerFlex brand replaces VxFlex Vendor claims hundreds of Dell EMC PowerFlex customers in education, finance and healthcare. It marks the second name change for ScaleIO platform that EMC bought in 2013.   MinIO object storage supports Veeam backup MinIO's partnership with Veeam promises it can make Veeam Backup and Replication run at primary storage speeds while also providing immutability for backup data.   Backblaze cloud offers free S3 migration service Backblaze provides a point-and-click migration service out of Amazon S3. In related news, the Backblaze S3-compatible APIs became generally available. EXPERT ADVICE   What is HPE GreenLake and how does it work? GreenLake allows users to pay only for the IT resources they use. Find out how it works for HCI, composable infrastructure and other purposes, its benefits and potential drawbacks.   Modern HDD technologies that are bringing hard disks back Don't write off HDDs just yet. Energy-assisted technologies such as MAMR and HAMR may keep hard disk drives competitive in an evolving secondary storage market.   Steps to building a pandemic business continuity plan Your business continuity plan may address some concerns that come along with a pandemic, but COVID-19 has emphasized the importance of having remote work as part of it.   HAMR vs. MAMR, and the future of high-capacity hard drives Energy-assisted hard drive technology is here, and heat-assisted and microwave-assisted magnetic recording technologies are about to bring even more changes to the HDD market.   What are Microsoft Teams backup and recovery best practices? Backup and recovery of Microsoft Teams is often a complex process. Explore these guidelines to help simplify the important protection of your Teams data.   5 consumption models help simplify storage buying options Consumption-based pricing offers organizations flexible options to purchase storage and other infrastructure on-premises, just like they would cloud services. About This E-Newsletter The Storage Digest is published by TechTarget, Inc., 275 Grove Street, Newton, Massachusetts, 02466 US. Click to: Unsubscribe. You are receiving this email because you are a member of TechTarget. When you access content from this email, your information may be shared with the sponsors or future sponsors of that content and with our Partners, see up-to-date Partners List, as described in our Privacy Policy. For additional information, please contact: webmaster@techtarget.com. © 2020 TechTarget, Inc. all rights reserved. Designated trademarks, brands, logos, and service marks are the property of their respective owners. Privacy Policy | Partners List