Storage and Data Protection News for the Week of April 11; Updates from Cohesity, Object First, Qumulo & More
Solutions Review Executive Editor Tim King curated this list of notable storage and data protection news for the week of April 11, 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 11, 2025
Accelsius Touts Two New Liquid Cooling Thermal Testing Milestones
These breakthroughs address critical cooling challenges for next-generation AI infrastructure and support sustainability goals through significant energy efficiency improvements.
DDN Partners with Google Cloud
Accessible for Google Cloud customers, this solution features a persistent parallel file system as a key differentiator, delivering speed, scalability, and efficiency for enterprises and startups building AI, GenAI, and HPC applications, while enabling customers to harness the large breadth of Google Cloud services.
Cohesity Extends its Partnership with Google Cloud
These new solutions will enable organizations to prepare for cyber threats by helping them detect threats earlier, respond to incidents comprehensively, and recover critical data rapidly when attacks occur, dramatically reducing business risk and operational disruption for joint customers.
Concentric AI Secures Patent on AI-Based Permission Creep
Documents and data that an enterprise user has access to evolve as employees move across projects and roles, causing users over time to accumulate access permissions to resources they no longer need, or permission creep. These unnecessary permissions create significant risks in the form of increased opportunities for inappropriate data access.
ESG & Object First Release New Study on Zero Trust in Backup Environments
Many organizations still have gaps in their data recovery and backup strategies. Enterprise Strategy Group’s findings highlight the importance of securing the backup environment to effectively recover or protect from the impact of a ransomware attack.
JetStor and NAKIVO Partner to Launch JetPack
JetPack is JetStor’s growing line of curated infrastructure bundles: each one combining industry-leading software with JetStor’s rock-solid storage platforms. Whether you need backup, file orchestration, or scale-out cloud storage, there’s a JetPack for that.
Kingston Digital Unveils Gen5 Data Center SSD for the Enterprise
DC3000ME enterprise class U.2 SSD utilizes a high-speed PCIe 5.0 NVMe interface and 3D eTLC NAND, while being backward-compatible with PCIe 4.0 servers and backplanes. The ideal drive for a wide range of server applications such as AI, HPC, OLTP, cloud services and edge computing, DC3000ME is engineered to meet strict QoS requirements to ensure I/O consistency and low latency.
Panzura Announces Symphony Data Services Integration with IBM Storage Deep Archive
The integration directly addresses the challenge of managing enormous amounts of cold data – which are typically retained in perpetuity – while maintaining security, regulatory compliance, and cost efficiency.
Qumulo Announces the Launch of New NeuralCache
Integrated into Qumulo’s Cloud Data Fabric, this innovative technology leverages an ensemble of AI and machine learning models to dynamically optimize read/write caching, delivering unparalleled efficiency and scalability across both cloud and on-premises environments.
Secureframe Says Firms Subject to Billions in Fines for Poor Compliance
For example, analysis of $144.9 million in HIPAA fines reveals that inadequate safeguards for electronic protected health information (ePHI) were the primary cause. Multiple breaches exposing sensitive patient data, such as Montefiore Medical Center’s $4.75 million settlement, resulted in the largest penalties.
Rubrik Drops New Cyber Resiliency Solution on Google Cloud
Rubrik’s strengthened protection of Google Cloud Engine is available now. New threat analytics capabilities, expanded protection of Google Cloud SQL, expanded protection of Google Workspace, and Cloud-Based Isolated Recovery Environment are planned to be generally available at a later date.
StorMagic Names Susan Odle New CEO
Before joining StorMagic, Odle served as founder and CEO of 8020CS, COO of BDO Lixar, and VP of operations at both GFI Software and Youi.TV. Additionally, she was honored as one of Top 50 Women in SaaS by The Software Report in 2020. Former CEO of 4 years, Danial Beer, will remain as a non-executive member of StorMagic’s board of directors.
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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!
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!
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.
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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Tim King
Executive Editor
Tim is Solutions Review's Executive Editor and leads coverage on data management and analytics. A 2017 and 2018 Most Influential Business Journalist and 2021 "Who's Who" in Data Management, Tim is a recognized industry thought leader and changemaker. Story? Reach him via email at tking@solutionsreview dot com.
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