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Centacare halves Azure storage costs in DR overhaul
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Centacare halves Azure storage costs in DR overhaul

Centacare slashes Azure storage costs by 50% in disaster recovery revamp with 11:11 Systems, boosting resilience against cyber threats.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Wed, 18th Feb 2026

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Wasabi buys Seagate's Lyve Cloud business in storage push
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Wasabi buys Seagate's Lyve Cloud business in storage push

The deal gives Seagate an equity stake in Wasabi as enterprise customers face a more crowded cloud storage market and uncertain pricing.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Sat, 11th Apr 2026
Catalogic adds web NDMP management & encryption controls
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Catalogic adds web NDMP management & encryption controls

Administrators can now manage NAS backups in a browser as the latest DPX update adds encryption key controls and VMware tag policies.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Fri, 10th Apr 2026
Nutanix adds AI & cloud tools amid infrastructure push
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Nutanix adds AI & cloud tools amid infrastructure push

Customers facing supply constraints are gaining new ways to run AI and hybrid workloads across on-premises systems, cloud and bare metal.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Wed, 8th Apr 2026
Komprise unveils Flash Stretch to cut flash storage costs
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Komprise unveils Flash Stretch to cut flash storage costs

Enterprises could reclaim more than 70% of primary capacity as rising DRAM and SSD prices squeeze flash storage budgets.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Fri, 27th Mar 2026
Nasuni partners with Oracle for cloud file storage
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Nasuni partners with Oracle for cloud file storage

Nasuni teams with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to deliver global file storage, aiming to cut legacy costs and prepare data estates for AI.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Wed, 25th Mar 2026
Object storage emerges as the backbone for private AI
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Object storage emerges as the backbone for private AI

Object storage emerges as the quiet workhorse of private AI, with 91% of enterprises relying on it to scale production deployments.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Thu, 19th Mar 2026
CTERA debuts Fusion Direct to unify file & object data
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CTERA debuts Fusion Direct to unify file & object data

CTERA launches Fusion Direct, unifying file and object storage in one global namespace to streamline AI, analytics and collaboration data use.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Fri, 13th Mar 2026
Scality & WEKA partner on tiered AI storage design
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Scality & WEKA partner on tiered AI storage design

Scality and WEKA unveil a validated tiered AI storage design, marrying flash and object storage to cut infrastructure costs and boost scale.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Thu, 26th Feb 2026
Hitachi Vantara tops APeJ high-end storage rankings
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Hitachi Vantara tops APeJ high-end storage rankings

Hitachi Vantara claims top APeJ spot in IDC's Q3 2025 rankings for high-end external storage, leading key markets including India and Korea.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Thu, 26th Feb 2026
F5 & Scality link object storage & security for AI
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F5 & Scality link object storage & security for AI

F5 and Scality deepen their tie-up, fusing security and S3 object storage to bolster hybrid AI workloads across sites and clouds.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Thu, 19th Feb 2026
SentinelOne debuts lifecycle platform for AI security
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SentinelOne debuts lifecycle platform for AI security

SentinelOne has launched an end-to-end AI security lifecycle platform, adding DSPM, CSPM and runtime protections for enterprise AI deployments.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Tue, 10th Feb 2026
OVHcloud unveils Veeam-powered Backup Agent for Bare Metal
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OVHcloud unveils Veeam-powered Backup Agent for Bare Metal

OVHcloud launches Veeam-based Backup Agent for Bare Metal servers, offering immutable offsite backups with no egress or licence fees.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Tue, 20th Jan 2026

Stories from Other Regions

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Worldstream & Cubbit unveil Dutch sovereign S3 cloud
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Worldstream & Cubbit unveil Dutch sovereign S3 cloud

Worldstream and Cubbit launch Netherlands-only S3 cloud storage, promising data sovereignty, predictable pricing and European compliance.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Thu, 12th Mar 2026
Hitachi Vantara debuts AI-ready storage in Singapore
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Hitachi Vantara debuts AI-ready storage in Singapore

Hitachi Vantara launches new AI-ready block and object storage in Singapore to unify data platforms as enterprises scale production AI.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Thu, 12th Mar 2026
Ailanto, Cubbit launch sovereign S3 storage in Switzerland
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Ailanto, Cubbit launch sovereign S3 storage in Switzerland

Ailanto partners with Cubbit to launch sovereign, canton-aware S3 cloud storage in Switzerland, targeting strict data residency needs.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • Thu, 12th Feb 2026
OVHcloud unveils Veeam-based managed backup for Bare Metal
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OVHcloud unveils Veeam-based managed backup for Bare Metal

OVHcloud rolls out Veeam-based managed backup for Bare Metal servers, promising rapid setup, encrypted offsite copies and no agent licence fees.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Mon, 19th Jan 2026