Storage and Data Protection News for the Week of February 27; Updates from Everpure, Object First, Scality & More

Solutions Review Executive Editor Tim King curated this list of notable storage and data protection news for the week of February 27, 2026.

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 February 27, 2026

AWS Security Hub Extended Turns Curated Partner Stack Into One-Click Plan

AWS has launched Security Hub Extended, a new plan that lets enterprises procure, deploy, and integrate a curated set of partner security products—spanning endpoint, identity, email, network, data, browser, cloud, and AI—directly from the Security Hub console. Customers get pre‑negotiated pay‑as‑you‑go pricing, unified billing, and Level 1 support through AWS, while partners like CrowdStrike, Okta, Zscaler, Splunk, and others feed normalized OCSF findings into a single operations view. The aim is to collapse fragmented procurement cycles and tool silos into a full‑stack security experience managed through one pane of glass inside Security Hub.

Read on for more→ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-security-hub-extended-o%EF%AC%80ers-full-stack-enterprise-security-with-curated-partner-solutions/

Backblaze B2 Neo Targets Neoclouds With White‑Label, GPU‑Ready Object Storage

Backblaze has introduced B2 Neo, a high-performance, white‑label object storage service designed for “neocloud” platforms that are scaling GPU capacity for AI and HPC but don’t want to build their own storage backends. Built on nearly 20 years of cloud storage operations and more than five exabytes under management, B2 Neo can deliver up to 1 Tbps throughput and integrates via partner APIs so neoclouds can expose storage as a native, branded service with their own pricing and controls. With multiple major platforms already signed on and the neocloud market projected to grow into the hundreds of billions, Backblaze pitches B2 Neo as a way to cut time-to-market while eliminating storage-related bottlenecks and egress penalties for AI workloads.

Read on for more→ https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260223820546/en/Backblaze-Launches-B2-Neo-to-Power-Surging-Neocloud-Market-Multiple-Major-Platforms-Already-Signed-On

CloudCasa Deepens Red Hat OpenShift Protection With SMB Targets And VM File‑Level Restore

CloudCasa has expanded its cloud‑native backup and recovery platform to better protect Red Hat OpenShift deployments across core, edge, and hybrid environments. New SMB protocol support lets organizations use existing SMB-based storage as backup targets for Kubernetes and OpenShift clusters, while storage efficiency enhancements reduce footprint and bandwidth at constrained edge sites. CloudCasa also extends file-level recovery from persistent volume claims to Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization, enabling granular file restores from VM backups without bringing back entire virtual machines.

Read on for more→ https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/02/25/3244570/0/en/CloudCasa-Expands-Data-Protection-Capabilities-for-Red-Hat-OpenShift-Environments.html

Commvault Pipes Backup Integrity Signals Directly Into CrowdStrike’s Falcon SIEM

Commvault has expanded its integration with CrowdStrike to deliver bi-directional visibility between Commvault Cloud and CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen SIEM. In addition to consuming Falcon threat intelligence to identify potentially compromised backups, Commvault now feeds AI-powered anomaly alerts and data integrity analytics back into Falcon, giving SOC teams richer context for incident response. The goal is to reduce reinfection risk and speed “clean” recoveries by making sure security and backup teams are working from the same view of which restore points are trustworthy.

Read on for more→ https://www.commvault.com/news/integration-with-crowdstrike-falcon-next-gen-siem

Datadobi Previews “Data Access Review” To Bring Permissions Intelligence Into StorageMAP

Datadobi has launched an Early Access Program for Data Access Review, a new StorageMAP capability that analyzes who can access unstructured data and flags excessive, outdated, or risky permissions. The feature integrates into existing StorageMAP workflows so access governance becomes a natural extension of visibility, classification, and remediation, instead of a separate project. Early Access is limited to current StorageMAP customers, who get an advance look at permissions intelligence and a direct feedback loop to shape the final product.

Read on for more→ https://martechseries.com/analytics/data-management-platforms/datadobi-announces-early-access-program-for-data-access-review-a-new-addition-to-storagemap/

Dell’s PowerEdge XR9700 Takes Cloud RAN And Edge AI Outdoors

Dell has introduced the PowerEdge XR9700, a closed-loop liquid‑cooled, fully enclosed x86 server engineered for Cloud RAN and edge AI workloads in harsh outdoor environments. The IP66-rated system mounts on utility poles, rooftops, and building exteriors, delivering zero-footprint compute for 5G densification and latency‑sensitive applications where traditional shelters or cabinets won’t fit. Built on Intel Xeon 6 with vRAN Boost, the XR9700 can support up to 15 5G sectors per server, targeting operators that want to push open, virtualized RAN and AI processing as close as possible to radio sites.

Read on for more→ https://www.fierce-network.com/broadband/dell-debuts-ruggedized-outdoor-server-cloud-ran-and-edge-ai

Druva’s DruAI Deep Analysis Agents Compress Multi-Day Forensic Work Into Minutes

Druva has expanded its DruAI platform with Deep Analysis Agents that can autonomously run complex forensic, compliance, and operational investigations and produce shareable reports in minutes. The agents pull from logs, telemetry, identity data, configurations, and historical trends to decompose investigations into steps, correlate signals across systems, and assemble narrative findings that previously took teams two to three days of manual work. New capabilities like Agentic Memory and “Notify Me” workflows let users kick off long-running analyses, walk away, and receive a completed, context-rich report when the job finishes.

Read on for more→ https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260224935401/en/New-DruAI-Agents-Process-Days-of-Forensic-Reporting-in-Minutes

Exabeam: AI-Fueled Security Spending Is Surging, But Accountability Is Lagging

New Exabeam research on the “economics of AI in cybersecurity” finds that 95% of organizations plan to increase security budgets in 2026, with AI and automation cited as the top driver of that growth. Yet many security leaders struggle to measure and communicate the business value of AI investments, creating a widening “justification gap” even as tools and automation proliferate. Exabeam argues that AI accountability—clear ownership, outcome metrics, and board-ready narratives—has become the new mandate if organizations want today’s budget boom to be sustainable.

Read on for more→ https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260224474207/en/Exabeam-Research-AI-Accountability-Becomes-the-New-Mandate-as-Cybersecurity-Economics-Shift

Illumio Adds Agentless Hybrid Visibility To Its Breach Containment Platform

Illumio has introduced Illumio Insights, an agentless capability that ingests telemetry and policies from Check Point and Fortinet firewalls to deliver real-time traffic maps across data centers, clouds, and endpoints. By pairing agentless visibility with Illumio Segmentation’s microsegmentation and enforcement, the Illumio Platform now promises unified breach containment across hybrid environments without waiting on widespread agent rollout. The company pitches the approach as a faster on-ramp to Zero Trust, turning existing firewall investments into a data source for spotting lateral movement and accelerating response.

Read on for more→ https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/02/26/3245672/0/en/Illumio-Delivers-the-First-Platform-to-Combine-Agentless-Visibility-and-Breach-Containment-for-Hybrid-Environments.html

Kioxia Adds Data Center‑Optimized NVMe SSDs With Higher Capacities And Power Efficiency

Kioxia has announced new additions to its data center NVMe SSD portfolio, extending its PCIe Gen5 CD-series drives with higher capacities and improved performance-per-watt for hyperscale and cloud workloads. The latest drives build on Kioxia’s 8th‑generation BiCS FLASH with CMOS directly bonded to the array, enabling dense E3.S and 2.5-inch form factors aimed at AI, analytics, and scale-out storage systems. By pairing high capacities with enterprise endurance options, Kioxia is targeting providers that need to squeeze more usable storage and throughput into each server without rewriting applications.

Read on for more→ https://americas.kioxia.com/en-us/business/news/2026/ssd-20260223-1.html

Crowe And LogicGate Launch Prebuilt GRC Accelerators For Banks And Credit Unions

Crowe and LogicGate have formed a strategic alliance to deliver a library of preconfigured risk and compliance “accelerators” on the LogicGate Risk Cloud platform tailored specifically to financial institutions. The solutions package Crowe’s regulatory methodologies into ready-to-use workflows, assessments, and content for use cases like third-party risk, compliance monitoring and testing, and risk and control self-assessment. By replacing heavy customization projects with bank-specific templates and shared experts from both firms, the partners aim to cut GRC implementation time and effort while keeping programs aligned with examiner expectations.

Read on for more→ https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/crowe-and-logicgate-form-strategic-alliance-to-deliver-financial-services-grc-accelerators-302695327.html

Scality And WEKA Pair Flash-Speed AI Storage With Exabyte-Scale Object Capacity

Scality and WEKA have unveiled a jointly validated architecture that combines WEKA’s NeuralMesh high-performance storage with Scality RING’s cost-efficient object tier for AI and HPC workloads. Active data runs on WEKA’s flash layer to maximize GPU utilization and time-to-first-token, while colder datasets tier to Scality RING, which Scality says can cut infrastructure costs by up to 20% compared with traditional S3 object integrations. The design gives enterprises a unified pipeline for AI training and inference that balances performance, durability, and cost at petabyte-to-exabyte scale.

Read on for more→ https://finance.yahoo.com/news/scality-weka-partner-deliver-high-130200313.html

Splunk’s 2026 CISO Report: Agentic AI Is Rising, But So Is CISO Accountability

Splunk’s latest CISO Report, “From Risk to Resilience in the AI Era,” finds that 96% of CISOs now say their remit includes AI governance and enterprise-wide risk, not just cybersecurity operations. While 92% report that AI helps their teams review more security events and 89% see better data correlation, 95% still cite increasingly sophisticated threat actors as their top risk and many worry that agentic AI will also boost attacker capabilities. The report argues that agentic AI is moving to center stage in security operations, making CISO accountability, talent retention, and clear guardrails just as important as the tools themselves.

Read on for more→ https://newsroom.cisco.com/c/r/newsroom/en/us/a/y2026/m02/splunk-report-agentic-ai-takes-center-stage-in-cisos-path-to-digital-resilience.html

Thales Flags AI As The New “Insider” Threat In 2026 Data Risk Report

Thales’ 2026 Data Threat Report finds that 70% of organizations now rank AI as their top data security risk, as autonomous systems gain broad, often under-governed access to sensitive data. Nearly 60% of companies report experiencing deepfake-driven attacks and 48% say they have suffered reputational damage from AI-generated misinformation or impersonation campaigns. Thales argues that AI has effectively become a new type of insider, forcing enterprises to rethink identity, encryption, and data visibility so that automated systems are governed with at least as much rigor as humans.

Read on for more→ https://cpl.thalesgroup.com/about-us/newsroom/ai-the-new-insider-threat-facing-organizations

VAST And NVIDIA Roll Out Fully Accelerated AI Data Stack To Collapse Storage And Compute

VAST Data is rolling out an end-to-end, fully CUDA‑accelerated AI data stack through an expanded collaboration with NVIDIA, bringing its VAST AI Operating System directly onto NVIDIA-powered servers. The new VAST CNode‑X systems act as both high‑performance storage and compute nodes, eliminating separate storage, database, and AI infrastructure layers for RAG pipelines, vector search, analytics, and agent runtimes. By collapsing the stack into a single software platform, VAST aims to remove data bottlenecks and keep GPUs continuously fed with data across training, real-time inference, and large-scale production AI workloads.

Read on for more→ https://www.vastdata.com/press-releases/vast-data-introduces-end-to-end-fully-accelerated-ai-data-stack-with-nvidia

Veeam Launches “Agent Commander” To Detect, Govern, And Undo AI Agent Mistakes

Veeam has introduced Agent Commander, billed as the first unified platform to detect AI risks, protect AI systems, and precisely roll back harmful agent actions across production and backup environments. Built on Veeam’s data resilience stack and Securiti AI’s Data Command Center, the product maps data, identities, and autonomous agents into a single graph so teams can uncover Shadow AI, toxic access combinations, and anomalous behaviors. With the ability to “undo” AI mistakes at a granular level instead of restoring entire systems, Agent Commander targets enterprises that want to scale agentic AI while tightening security, privacy, and governance controls.

Read on for more→ https://www.veeam.com/company/press-release/veeam-introduces-agent-commander-to-confront-agentic-ai-risk-at-enterprise-scale.html

Versa Debuts Sovereign SASE‑As‑A‑Service For Jurisdiction‑Bound Networks

Versa Networks has announced the general availability of Sovereign SASE‑as‑a‑Service, a cloud‑delivered offering where the data, control, management, and logging planes all run within a specified jurisdiction’s infrastructure. Positioned for governments, critical infrastructure, and sovereignty‑sensitive enterprises, the service builds on Versa’s years of deploying sovereign SASE architectures with carriers such as Swisscom’s beem service in Switzerland. By turning sovereign SASE into a managed service, Versa aims to make full‑stack, regulation‑aligned networking and security accessible to organizations that lack the resources to build their own sovereign infrastructure.

Read on for more→ https://versa-networks.com/news/2026/versa-introduces-worlds-first-sovereign-sase-as-a-service/

Expert Insights

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In the hour-long webinar, the company’s VP of Product Marketing will examine the state of global AI adoption, the concerns it brings, and the tools an organization can and should put in place to utilize the full power of Agentic AI while still protecting its data and business. The conversation will also cover several threats, some of which were discovered and published only latterly. 

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Solutions Review is Getting Set to Host Object First for the Exclusive Session ‘Zero Trust: Good, But Not Good Enough?’ on March 12

In the hour-long webinar, two Object First experts will discuss the importance of data resilience in cybersecurity and examine how an evolved Zero Trust approach can empower organizations to achieve genuine data resilience in the face of emerging threats. The event also includes a demo of Object First’s on-prem backup storage solution.

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Solutions Review is Getting Set to Host Everpure for the Exclusive Session ‘Beyond Infrastructure: Managing Data Sovereignty in the Agentic AI Era’ on March 17

Solutions Review team has partnered with Everpure to demonstrate how its Enterprise Data Cloud offering can replace manual “ticket-based” workflows with automated, self-service data delivery to provide teams with the data sovereignty and massive agility they need for the era of AI. Reserve your spot now for the hour-long Q&A and demo to gain valuable insights for elevating your AI ventures to the next level!

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Insight Jam Launches Mesh Lab Episode 2 to Build a Framework for Work & Learning in the Age of AI: The Human Advantage

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NEW Series Live: The Human Conversation with Doug Atkinson Featuring David Linthicum

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