Storage and Data Protection News for the Week of April 18; Updates from Hammerspace, Hitachi Vantara, Infinidat & More

Solutions Review Executive Editor Tim King curated this list of notable storage and data protection news for the week of April 18, 2025.

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.

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Top Storage and Data Protection News for the Week of April 18, 2025

AvePoint Unveils New Risk Posture Command Center

The Risk Posture Command Center adds to AvePoint’s growing repertoire of Command Centers available in the AvePoint Confidence Platform, all designed to provide business and IT leaders with the insights and recommended actions necessary to understand, manage, and mitigate potential vulnerabilities across their digital ecosystem.

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Hammerspace Raises $100 Million New Funding

Whether training thousands of GPUs on-premises or in the cloud, deploying large-scale inference or maximizing NVMe performance in local GPU servers, Hammerspace is purpose-built to unleash data performance at scale.

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OpenMetal Unveils New GPU Servers and Clusters

The company’s GPU offerings feature Nvidia H100 and A100 GPUs and can be deployed as standalone nodes or part of larger clusters. They have been launched to enable AI, machine learning, and HPC workloads.

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Pure Storage Releases New RC20 FlashArray

It has a 148 TB entry-level capacity compared to the prior entry-level //C50’s 187 TB. This could consist of 2 x 75 TB DFMs, whereas the C50 uses 2 x 75 TB and 1 x 36 TB DFMs but Pure can mix and match drive capacities as it sees best.

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SteelDome Delivers New Joint Solution with Supermicro

By combining Supermicro’s industry-leading hardware with SteelDome’s advanced virtualization and software-defined storage (SDS) technologies, businesses gain a robust and adaptable alternative to traditional IT infrastructures. This joint solution enhances workload flexibility, facilitates data migration, and improves data resilience, making it ideal for both HCI (Hyperconverged Infrastructure) and AI computing environments.

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Western Digital Announces Multi-Party Tech Collaboration on Rare Earth

Together, the companies transformed ~50,000 pounds of shredded end-of-life HDDs, mounting caddies and other materials into critical high-value materials, all while significantly reducing environmental impact.

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Solutions Review Set to Host Ping Identity for Exclusive Show on Stopping Account Takeover on April 24

Join us on Monday April 24 for an exclusive Solution Spotlight Event: “Stopping Account Takeover in Business Ecosystems” with Ping Identity. Hear from industry expert Maya Ogranovitch Scott, Fraud Solution Manager at and discover how you can prevent ATO without adding unnecessary friction, ensuring security, trust, and operational continuity. Live product demo and Q&A included!

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Solutions Review Set to Host Radware for Exclusive Show on API Security in an AI-Driven World on April 29

Join us on Tuesday April 29th for an exclusive Solution Spotlight Event: API Security in an AI-Driven World: Stopping Business Logic Attacks. Hear from industry expert: Jeremie Ohavon Senior Product Manager at Radware. Live product demo and Q&A included!

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Solutions Review Set to Host Concentric AI for Exclusive Show on Data Security Readiness and ROI on May 14

Hear from industry Concentric AI’s Karthik Krishnan, 451 Research’s Justin Lam, and Southern Nevada Health’s Jason Frame to learn how to strengthen your own organization’s data security initiatives for improved resilience and increased ROI.

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On-Demand! Insight Jam Hosted Cher Fox for the Jam Session: Data Trust Decoded: Moving Beyond Compliance

Great news! We’ve added a second Jam Session each month. Kick back and watch or get on screen and chat with the experts. Cher Fox is bringing together 3 amazing experts for an informal and informative chat around transparency, accountability, and ethical practices in the world of data governance.

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