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Financial firms lag on AI-ready storage, study says
Hybrid Cloud

Financial firms lag on AI-ready storage, study says

Only 10% of banks and asset managers are prioritising AI-ready storage, leaving many to tackle compliance and rising data costs first.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last week
Datadog launches 100 AI tools for operations & security
Software-as-a-Service

Datadog launches 100 AI tools for operations & security

The rollout aims to help customers tame rising AI-driven complexity as Datadog adds autonomous monitoring, security and agent oversight tools.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Last week
Financial firms prioritise data growth over AI-ready storage
Data Analytics

Financial firms prioritise data growth over AI-ready storage

Cost pressures are keeping banks focused on storage basics, with just 10% of firms ranking AI-ready platforms as a top priority.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week
Megaport adds storage to its compute & network platform
Storage

Megaport adds storage to its compute & network platform

Customers with data-heavy workloads can now buy compute, connectivity and storage from one provider, avoiding egress fees and internet bottlenecks.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week
Scality & Biomemory team up on DNA archive storage
Data Protection

Scality & Biomemory team up on DNA archive storage

Enterprises seeking decades-long retention may soon get a DNA archive tier managed within familiar object storage systems, pending integration work.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 5 min read • This month
Gigamon & Splunk join forces on federated telemetry
Private Cloud

Gigamon & Splunk join forces on federated telemetry

Joint customers can search distributed telemetry without centralising it, cutting storage and ingestion costs across hybrid cloud and private systems.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • This month
Coralogix raises USD $200 million to expand AI observability
Software-as-a-Service

Coralogix raises USD $200 million to expand AI observability

The funding backs Coralogix's push to help companies cope with heavier AI telemetry and rising observability costs as software becomes more automated.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • This month
Marvell targets AI connectivity bottleneck with NVIDIA boost
Semiconductors

Marvell targets AI connectivity bottleneck with NVIDIA boost

AI data centres are hitting copper limits, pushing Marvell and Nvidia towards optics as clusters grow larger and more distributed.

By Sean Mitchell • 7 min read • This month
Cohesity wins US patent for Gaia backup AI approach
Data Protection

Cohesity wins US patent for Gaia backup AI approach

It may help regulated customers use archived data for AI without moving sensitive records into separate systems, reducing compliance risk.

By Mark Tarre • 5 min read • This month
LifeShip & SPhotonix send memory crystal into deep space
Digital preservation

LifeShip & SPhotonix send memory crystal into deep space

Preserving humanity's records for billions of years, the quartz crystal will ride AstroForge's DeepSpace-2 mission beyond lunar orbit in 2026.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • This month
WD to showcase AI storage platforms at Computex 2026
Semiconductors

WD to showcase AI storage platforms at Computex 2026

Growing AI data sets are putting storage economics under pressure, prompting WD to pitch harder drives and tiered platforms as part of the answer.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • This month
Liverpool FC renews Wasabi cloud storage partnership
Digital Transformation

Liverpool FC renews Wasabi cloud storage partnership

The renewed deal will help Liverpool speed up match content for its 26 million US fans as the club expands digital engagement worldwide.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • This month
Hitachi Vantara expands EverFlex with outcome-based SLAs
Data Protection

Hitachi Vantara expands EverFlex with outcome-based SLAs

Customers can now buy more predictable storage and infrastructure contracts as the new terms tie costs to availability, performance and recovery.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month

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Consistent expands GeM range with storage, CCTV gear
Data Protection

Consistent expands GeM range with storage, CCTV gear

Public sector buyers in India now have wider GeM access to storage and CCTV recorders, as institutional demand for digital security grows.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • This month
Xero's Claude integration gives only read-only summaries
Financial Systems

Xero's Claude integration gives only read-only summaries

Accountants cannot yet use Claude to pull invoices or amend records, as Xero's new link is limited to read-only financial summaries.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • This month
Space Solar & Lonestar to host data modules in orbit
Data centers

Space Solar & Lonestar to host data modules in orbit

Power constraints in orbit could now ease for data storage, as the tie-up aims to scale hosted systems across multiple orbital regimes.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • This month
StorONE says Q1 bookings top full-year 2025 on demand
Data Protection

StorONE says Q1 bookings top full-year 2025 on demand

Rising flash prices and hardware shortages are pushing enterprises to buy storage-efficiency software sooner, helping StorONE post a record quarter.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last month