Storage and Data Protection News for the Week of November 6; Updates from NetApp, Rubrik, Simplyblock & More

Solutions Review Executive Editor Tim King curated this list of notable storage and data protection news for the week of November 6, 2026.

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Expert Insights

SR Expert Network: High Availability is Not Set & Forget: How to Validate Before an Outage by SIOS Technology’s Cassius Rhue

From my view of the chess board, data sovereignty is usually explained through the lens of regulation and geography. That is, companies needed to know where sensitive information was stored, which jurisdiction governed it, and whether their infrastructure complied with applicable requirements.

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Solutions Review Hosted Kaseya for the Exclusive Spotlight Show “Scale Fast, Stay Safe: The Playbook for the AI Era” on November 5

Johnny Ghibril, GM of Endpoint Solutions at Kaseya, shared a practical playbook for using AI without losing control. Learn why the RMM is the right place to start, how to progress from AI-assisted insights to verified remediation, and how to build in human approval points where they matter. See a live demo of a single-prompt ticket workflow, plus how the same approach extends to continuous compliance.

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Data Protection News for the Week of November 6, 2026

Comparitech Tracks 1,020 October Ransomware Attacks As Healthcare And Education Hit New Highs

Comparitech recorded 1,020 ransomware attacks in October, the year’s second-highest monthly total, including 81 acknowledged by affected organizations and 939 unconfirmed claims. Healthcare recorded 85 attacks and education 47, both new monthly highs in the tracker’s recent data, while transportation attacks rose to 61 from 27 in September. The United States accounted for 442 tracked attacks, or 43%. Because most entries remain unconfirmed and disclosures can arrive later, the figures represent observed activity and claims—not a final count of independently verified incidents.

Read on for more→ Ransomware Roundup: October 2026

Commvault Extends Identity Recovery Toward Continuous Risk Discovery And Guided Remediation

Commvault is expanding IDRecover to track identity, permission, and configuration changes across Active Directory, Entra ID, and Okta. Planned identity attack intelligence will identify highly privileged Tier 0 assets and reveal who controls them, while AI-guided recommendations help administrators address risky access, reverse unwanted changes, and restore trusted configurations. The approach connects recovery with proactive oversight as human and agent identities multiply across overlapping providers.

Read on for more→ Commvault Looking to Identify Identity Attack Risks and Get Them Fixed

Everpure Research Finds A Gap Between Executive Sovereignty Concerns And Operational Readiness

Everpure’s Global Data Sovereignty Report found that 88% of large-enterprise C-suite leaders believe a sovereignty failure could cost them their jobs, while 64% of organizations lack a formal strategy. Commissioned from Vanson Bourne, the June survey covered 2,100 C-suite and IT leaders across eight countries. Sixty-two percent lack full visibility into who can access and control their data, and 56% have no mitigation plans for geopolitical data exfiltration or service disruption, highlighting risks that extend beyond where information is physically stored.

Read on for more→ 88% of Executives Fear Data Sovereignty Failures Could Cost Them Their Jobs

LogicGate Adds EMEA Managing Director And General Counsel To Support AI GRC Expansion

LogicGate has appointed Steve Smith as Managing Director, EMEA, and Amanda Meglemre as General Counsel, strengthening its leadership as it expands agentic AI for governance, risk, and compliance teams. Smith joins after nine years as NAVEX’s SVP of International, where LogicGate says he grew international revenue twentyfold and expanded into new markets. Meglemre previously led Avalara’s global legal department, bringing experience in privacy, corporate governance, enterprise agreements, and intellectual property.

Read on for more→ LogicGate Appoints Steve Smith as Managing Director, EMEA and Amanda Meglemre as General Counsel

NetApp Acquires PEAK:AIO To Advance Metadata And Parallel File Storage For AI

NetApp has completed its acquisition of PEAK:AIO, adding metadata services and parallel namespace technology to its ONTAP-based architecture and NetApp Novus roadmap. Separating metadata from data is intended to improve concurrency and keep large GPU fleets supplied as file counts and shared-storage demands grow. The acquisition targets AI clouds and GPU-as-a-service providers while preserving enterprise security, resilience, and management.

Read on for more→ NetApp Completes Acquisition of PEAK:AIO to Accelerate Zettabyte-Scale AI Deployments

Nutanix Expands Partner Program With Systems Integrator Incentives And Verified Services

Nutanix has expanded its FY27 Elevate Partner Program to include systems integrators, adding referral incentives and opportunities to differentiate through Powered by Nutanix: Verified Services. The program rewards qualifying new business, expansion, growth, and renewals while helping partners build services around hybrid cloud, modernization, and enterprise AI. Planned Partner Central enhancements include an AI-powered Deal Coach later this fiscal year and customer-authorized visibility into selected environment health, adoption, and lifecycle signals. Benefits remain subject to eligibility, regional availability, and program terms.

Read on for more→ One Platform. One Program. More Ways to Grow.

Rubrik Launches Hosted NAS Protection Without Customer-Managed Backup Storage

Rubrik has introduced Rubrik-Hosted Protection for On-Premise Unstructured Data, taking responsibility for backup storage, capacity, and updates while lightweight data movers connect customers’ existing NAS systems to its cloud. Backups reside in an isolated, immutable vault on a separate identity domain, with ransomware detection and recovery across storage vendors. Generally available since November 3, the service also supports scheduled data migration and recovery testing in isolated environments.

Read on for more→ Rubrik Launches Cloud-Hosted NAS Backup Service for Enterprises

Simplyblock Earns Red Hat Certification For OpenShift Storage With Integrated Disaster Recovery

Simplyblock’s CSI driver and Kubernetes operator are now Red Hat certified, providing validated NVMe block storage for containers and OpenShift Virtualization workloads on standard servers. The platform includes synchronous metro replication with zero recovery point objective, asynchronous cross-cluster replication with RPOs as low as one minute, and backups to S3-compatible object storage. Supporting OpenShift 4.19 through 4.22, the certified stack combines storage, mobility, and disaster recovery for organizations moving VMs from VMware without requiring a separately licensed DR product.

Read on for more→ Simplyblock Earns Red Hat Certification for OpenShift Virtualization Storage, With Zero-RPO DR Built In

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