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QLC flash storage specialist Vast Data has updated its operating system to include ransomware protection via immutable snapshots, cloud-based management functionality and data analytics for capacity planning.
The upgrade is to VastOS version 4 of Vast’s Universal Operating System, and sees the introduction of indestructible...
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Spectra Logic has launched Vail, a hybrid and multicloud object storage overlay that customers can use to create a single pool of storage between almost any onsite and cloud-based storage.
The company calls it “distributed multicloud data management software” and essentially it layers object storage access...
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What is storage capacity planning?
Storage capacity planning is the practice of assessing current data storage needs and forecasting future storage requirements. The goal is to purchase just enough disk space to meet the needs of users and applications.
Simply stated, storage capacity planning ensures...
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Spending on cloud technologies has increased by 25% year-on-year to top $235bn in the first half of 2021, fuelled by growing demand for cloud infrastructure services, according to data from Synergy Research Group.
The IT market watcher’s half-yearly cloud ecosystem market tracker shows that IT suppliers...
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Under a plan to offer multicloud services for enterprises and public sector organisations in Italy, Oracle, Telecom Italia (TIM) and Noovle, TIM Group’s cloud company, have signed a collaboration agreement to utilise advanced cloud infrastructure technologies to support TIM’s goal of advancing Italy’s digital modernisation and...
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The French deposits and consignments fund la Caisse des Dépôts, a state-run investment organisation, has opted for NetApp’s StorageGRID object storage to hold backup copies files from its NAS production arrays.
Object storage might appear a surprising choice, given that it is most suited to long-term...
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Harlow-based colocation provider Kao Data has secured up to £130m in additional funding as it sets it sights on expanding its operations after securing a sizeable financial services client.
The company, whose datacentre campus in Essex is home to the UK’s fastest supercomputer, Cambridge-1, has signed...
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The government is being called upon to put its money where its mouth is by using the forthcoming autumn Spending Review to allocate budget to fund the creation of a single enforcement body (SEB) to protect umbrella workers.
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy...
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Objects in your rear-view mirror may be closer than they appear. For datacentres, that driving warning might also apply to risk forecasting – with Brexit, Covid-19, supply chain shortages and other global uncertainties blurring perspectives.
Adam Bradshaw, commercial director at colocation and disaster recovery (DR) provider...
