Storage and Data Protection News for the Week of April 3; Updates from Exabeam, Hammerspace, Object First & More

Solutions Review Executive Editor Tim King curated this list of notable storage and data protection news for the week of April 3, 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 April 3, 2026

Backblaze Q1 2026: No Single Cloud Storage Provider Wins Everywhere

Backblaze’s Q1 2026 Performance Stats report shows cloud storage performance varies significantly by region and workload, with no single provider dominating across geographies. In US-East, upload and download times improved quarter-over-quarter, with Backblaze leading uploads for 256KiB and 5MiB files while Wasabi took 2MiB; in EU-Central, Cloudflare R2 and Wasabi performed best across many categories, and AWS did not lead consistently. Backblaze argues these results make a strong case for multi-cloud architectures and ongoing independent benchmarking rather than assuming one default cloud fits all performance needs.

Read on for more→ https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260402857819/en/Backblaze-Publishes-Q1-2026-Performance-Stats-Data-Shows-Cloud-Storage-Performance-Varies-Significantly-by-Region-With-No-Single-Provider-Dominant-Across-Geographies

BigID Unifies Privacy Management Across People Data And AI In A Single Platform

BigID has launched Unified Privacy Management for People Data and AI, combining personal-data discovery, data rights automation, consent enforcement, and AI privacy governance in one system. The platform automatically discovers and classifies personal data across structured and unstructured sources, correlates it back to individuals, and enforces access, deletion, and consent policies—even across AI training sets and vector databases. BigID emphasizes that every action is validated, logged, and audit-ready, aiming to replace fragmented tools that make privacy programs difficult to prove under scrutiny.

Read on for more→ https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bigid-unifies-privacy-management-across-people-data-and-ai–from-preference-portals-to-deletion-in-one-platform-302728538.html

Cohesity REDLab: Identity Resilience Is The Foundation For Defending Microsoft Entra ID

Cohesity’s REDLab advisory on Microsoft Entra ID defines identity resilience as the ability to secure, recover, and investigate identity systems so organizations can bounce back quickly from attacks. The guidance stresses proactive hardening—reducing excessive privileges, configuring controls like Multi-Admin Approval correctly—and then automating clean recovery of Active Directory and Entra ID with immutable backups if compromise occurs. Cohesity says its Identity Resilience capabilities can cut identity recovery time by up to 90%, automate complex 40‑step manual processes into a few clicks, and make it easier to regularly test and simulate identity recovery so teams are prepared before an incident hits.

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Exabeam Extends Behavior Analytics To ChatGPT And Copilot To Tackle AI Insider Threats

Exabeam has expanded Agent Behavior Analytics to monitor how employees and AI agents use OpenAI ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot, adding to existing visibility for Google Gemini. By treating agent interactions as behavior telemetry—queries, shared data, frequency, and location—Exabeam can baseline normal use and detect misuse or exfiltration via AI assistants. The telemetry feeds directly into Exabeam’s TDIR workflows so AI-assisted misuse is investigated with the same rigor as traditional insider threats.

Read on for more→ https://www.exabeam.com/press-releases/exabeam-confronts-ai-insider-threats-extending-behavior-detection-and-response-to-openai-chatgpt-and-microsoft-copilot/

Hammerspace Adds FIPS 140-3 Validation As It Pushes Deeper Into Regulated AI Data Estates

Hammerspace has announced FIPS 140-3 validation for its cryptography modules, paving the way to integrate certified encryption into its AI data platform. The certification is key for governments and regulated industries that require validated crypto for protecting sensitive data at rest and in motion in AI and analytics workflows. Hammerspace plans to fold the certified cryptography directly into its global data orchestration layer.

Read on for more→ https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/hammerspace-announces-fips-140-3-120000077.html

ValorC3 Rolls Out A Managed Private Cloud Built On Platform9 And Veeam

ValorC3 Data Centers is launching a modern private cloud platform that combines Platform9 Managed OpenStack, Veeam-powered data protection, and Valor’s resilient data-center infrastructure. The fully managed service aims to give enterprises cloud-like agility with stronger control over performance, sovereignty, and recovery than typical public-cloud setups. ValorC3 frames it as a “built differently” enterprise cloud for real-world workloads that still need colocation, cloud, and connectivity under one roof.

Read on for more→ https://valorc3.com/valorc3-data-centers-launches-private-cloud-platform/

Expert Insights

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Mini Jam, Q1 2026 On-Demand: The Skills Reckoning on March 31

This program is designed not simply to comment on change, but to explore the structural redesign of education and workforce systems now required to keep pace with it. For leaders operating at the intersection of AI, education, upskilling, and L&D, the Q1 Mini Jam offers a clear view into the forces reshaping how capability is defined, developed, and deployed in the years ahead.

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Solutions Review is Getting Set to Host P0 Security for the Spotlight event: Top Five Production Risks Lurking in Privileged Access on April 23

Modern engineering teams ship constantly. The cloud changes daily. Pipelines run all day. On-call needs access right now. And now agentic apps are starting to act on their own. Most privileged access controls weren’t built for that pace. So teams do what they have to do: grant broad permissions, reuse credentials, leave access in place “just in case.” Those shortcuts don’t fail loudly. They quietly turn into unmanaged paths into production.

In this session, Neha Duggal and Kelsey Brazill will walk through five production resources where standing privilege creates outsized risk:

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The Editors Lens: World Backup Day 2026: Expert Insights from the Field by Tim King

As ransomware escalates, regulatory pressure intensifies, and AI accelerates the volume and velocity of data creation, backup is no longer a back-office function. It is the last line of defense, the first step in recovery, and increasingly, the foundation of operational resilience. We’ve witness the evolution here at Solutions Review.

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NEW Episode of The Cyber Circuit with Michael Morgenstern: Red Teaming in the Age of AI Featuring Robert Pimentel

Robert breaks down his three-pronged approach to AI-augmented red teaming, from accelerating pre-operation setup and mid-operation enumeration to generating high-quality reports in minutes. He shares real metrics on what AI-assisted teams are producing compared to traditional workflows. The conversation also tackles the future of the profession, the skills that will separate high performers from “slop cannons,” and what red team leaders should be prioritizing in the next 18 months.

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The Editors Lens: The 9 Best Durable Skills Development Solutions for 2026 by Tim King

At Solutions Review, this shift aligns directly with our evolution as a media platform focused on the human impact of AI. As organizations rethink how work gets done, they are also rethinking how people are developed. The platforms in this list represent a new generation of solutions designed to build durable skills in a systematic, measurable, and scalable way. Listed alphabetically, these are ten of the best platforms to evaluate in 2026.

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Solutions Review Surpasses 250K on YouTube to Power Unmatched Media Momentum in Enterprise Tech & the Human Impact of AI

Solutions Review has officially surpassed 250,000 subscribers on YouTube, a milestone that’s about more than just the number. This moment marks the payoff of a deliberate, two-year strategy centered on authoritative video, human-led insight, and an early recognition of how AI search engines ingest information, assign trust, and surface sources at scale.

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Solutions Review Editors Launch New ‘Human-AI Ledger’ Newsletter to Chronicle the Human Impact of AI

Artificial intelligence is everywhere—but understanding its human impact has never been more urgent. That’s where Solutions Review‘s latest newsletter, The Human-AI Ledger, comes in. Designed to chronicle how AI is reshaping the way we learn, work, lead, and live, this newsletter explores the soft side of AI—the non-technical, deeply human dimensions that determine whether this technological revolution helps us thrive or leaves us behind.

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How One Solutions Review Article Reshaped AI Answers Across an Entire Software Category

Something just happened in the AI search landscape that most companies will miss. But the ones who understand it will have a multi-year advantage. In January, Solutions Review recorded a 324 percent increase in media domain citations across AI answer engines in less than 30 days.

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