Storage and Data Protection News for the Week of August 29; Updates from Broadcom, HYCU, OpenLight & More
Solutions Review Executive Editor Tim King curated this list of notable storage and data protection news for the week of August 29, 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 August 29, 2025
Commvault Unveils HyperScale Edge and Flex for On-Site Cyber Resilience
Commvault has introduced two new additions to its HyperScale portfolio—HyperScale Edge and HyperScale Flex—addressing escalating cyber threats at enterprise edge and data-intensive workloads. HyperScale Edge provides localized, cost-effective data protection and rapid recovery for remote sites, branch offices, and SMBs, working with major hardware partners like Dell, HPE, and Lenovo.
CTERA Survey: Data Cloud Strategies Key to AI and Security Initiatives
A new survey by CTERA finds that hybrid and multi-cloud data strategies are becoming central to enterprise AI, security, and efficiency. Respondents cited unified data management, cloud-native tools, and data mobility as top priorities for scaling advanced workloads and mitigating cyber risks.
Read more → https://www.channelinsider.com/ai/ctera-data-cloud-strategy-survey/
MSP360 Brings Advanced Data Protection to Personal Backup Users
MSP360 has released a major update to its free backup platform, delivering advanced data protection and cybersecurity features to personal users. The new release introduces ransomware protection, encrypted cloud backups, and expanded scheduling and retention controls—capabilities previously limited to MSPs and businesses. This democratizes robust data defense, making enterprise-grade backup security accessible to individual consumers worldwide.
OpenLight Raises $34M Series A for Next-Gen Photonics in AI Data Centers
OpenLight secured $34 million in Series A funding to scale development of integrated photonics technology, aiming to revolutionize data center performance for AI workloads. The investment will accelerate the commercialization of silicon photonics chips that promise to boost throughput, bandwidth, and energy efficiency for future AI infrastructure.
StorONE and Viking Enterprise Solutions Unify Storage Across Clouds
StorONE and Viking Enterprise Solutions have joined forces to deliver unified, software-defined storage across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud infrastructures. Their combined solution enhances storage efficiency, simplifies management, and supports rapid data migration, giving enterprises a flexible and scalable way to meet shifting storage and backup demands in the age of hybrid IT.
Read more → https://finance.yahoo.com/news/storone-viking-enterprise-solutions-unify-120000824.html
Expert Insights
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What to Expect at Solutions Review‘s Spotlight with HYCU on September 4 – SaaS Supply Chains: The Hidden Weak Link in Your Resilience Strategy
Your business runs on a complex web of SaaS applications that drive collaboration, development, and innovation. But every link in that chain, whether it is a trusted vendor, a critical integration, or even your own team, is a potential point of failure. Human error, insider threats, ransomware, vendor outages, and supply chain compromises are not rare, they are inevitable.
New Episode of The Cyber Circuit with Michael Morgenstern: The AI Revolution Needs Better Asset Management
From shadow AI implementations draining sensitive data to why “we went too fast with cloud and we’re doing it again,” discover why the organizations that can’t answer “what assets do we have?” are the ones AI will hurt most. Parker reveals why AI represents the fourth industrial revolution and what security leaders must do now before regulatory hammers drop.
Editorial: The Evolution of Enterprise Data Archives in the AI Era by Archive360’s George Tziahanas
For decades, enterprise data archives have occupied an understated position within organizational IT infrastructure. These vast repositories of information were treated as necessary for meeting legal and regulatory obligations, but only modestly accessed once data was safely stored away. The prevailing approach was simple: keep costs low, ensure compliance, and preserve the data until a court order or regulatory investigation demanded its retrieval.
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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.
