Storage and Data Protection News for the Week of August 16; Updates from Cohesity, Cerabyte, HYCU & More

Solutions Review Executive Editor Tim King curated this list of notable storage and data protection news for the week of August 16, 2024.

Keeping tabs on all the most relevant storage and data protection news can be a time-consuming task. As a result, our editorial team aims to provide a summary of the top headlines from the last week, in this space. Solutions Review editors will curate vendor product news, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital funding, talent acquisition, and other noteworthy storage and data protection news items.

Top Storage and Data Protection News for the Week of August 16, 2024

Cerabyte Brings New Data Storage Tech to World Stage

With more data being retained for increasingly longer periods of time, there is a growing demand for sustainable and affordable long-term data storage technologies. Cerabyte technology works toward minimizing electronic waste and reducing the energy consumption of data centers worldwide.

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Cockroach Labs Partners with PwC

Commenting on this, PwC UK cloud transformation and payments leader, Jon Maskery, said: “Designing for operational resilience is paramount as significant regulatory headwinds underscore the importance of multi-cloud and multi-region platforms.

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Cohesity Releases New Report on Cyber Resilience

Cyber resilience is the technology backbone for business continuity. Cyber resilience defines companies’ ability to recover their data and restore business processes when they suffer a cyberattack. However, cyber resilience remains a challenge that threatens business continuity, according to respondents.

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HYCU Drops New SaaS Resilience Report

As the research indicates, IT decision-makers still are not aware of the exact number of SaaS applications in use across their organization, with twelve being the number most respondents felt they had. With research indicating that the average midsize enterprise has well over 200 SaaS applications across their IT environment, these gaps are quickly becoming the most significant challenges facing modern enterprises today.

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Myriad360 Partners with VAST Data

By leveraging Myriad360’s industry expertise and customer relationships alongside VAST Data’s innovative technology, Myriad360 can deliver significant value to the enterprise by catering to their evolving data storage needs.

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Nutanix Partners with Dell

As part of this collaboration, Dell will offer an integrated turnkey hyperconverged appliance combining Nutanix Cloud Platform and Dell servers. The solution will be available with a broad portfolio of PowerEdge server models and configurations to meet requirements from a wide range of applications.

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Pure Storage Joins Ultra Ethernet Consortium

As part of this collaboration, Dell will offer an integrated turnkey hyperconverged appliance combining Nutanix Cloud Platform and Dell servers. The solution will be available with a broad portfolio of PowerEdge server models and configurations to meet requirements from a wide range of applications.

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StorMagic Appoints New Chief Growth Officer

Leading enterprise strategic sales, Odle will develop the enterprise go-to-market strategy, build the supporting team, and create programs and processes to rapidly acquire new enterprise customers while deepening relationships with existing customers.

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VDURA Launches New Partner Program

Led by Samantha Clarke and Brad Painter, this program underscores VDURA’s commitment to accelerating growth and innovation through strategic collaborations with world-class resellers, distributors, and technology partners.

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Expert Insights Section

Watch this space each week as our editors will share upcoming events, new thought leadership, and the best resources from Insight Jam, Solutions Review’s enterprise tech community where the human conversation around AI is happening. The goal? To help you gain a forward-thinking analysis and remain on-trend through expert advice, best practices, predictions, and vendor-neutral software evaluation tools.

Editorial: Expert Insights from IT Leaders on Ransomware Protection

To provide a well-rounded perspective, we published a group of leading experts who specialize in ransomware protection for enterprises. Their insights highlight the importance of a layered defense strategy. These experts also emphasize the need for ongoing education and awareness to empower employees to recognize and respond to phishing attempts and other tactics commonly used to deploy ransomware.

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NEW: Continuity’s Doron Youngerwood Reveals How to Manage Configuration Drift in Storage & Backup Systems

Storage and backup system configurations change on a regular basis. So, it’s clear that staying on top of configuration drift and actively managing security misconfigurations can significantly mitigate these risks.

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