Storage and Data Protection News for the Week of November 14; Updates from Datadog, Dell, Druva & More

Solutions Review Executive Editor Tim King curated this list of notable storage and data protection news for the week of November 14, 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 November 14, 2025

Cohesity Research Finds Cyberattacks Forcing Enterprises to Rethink Data Security and Backup

Cohesity’s new survey highlights an increase in enterprise cyberattacks, prompting organizations to reevaluate data backup strategies and prioritize modern, resilient data protection against ransomware threats.

Read more → https://finance.yahoo.com/news/cohesity-research-finds-cyberattacks-forcing-140000500.html

Commvault Unveils Cloud Unity Platform for a New Era in Enterprise Resilience

Commvault launched Cloud Unity, a modern platform that accelerates cloud-based backup, disaster recovery, and cyber resilience across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Key features include unified management, flexible data protection, and increased automation for business continuity.

Read more → https://www.commvault.com/news/new-era-in-enterprise-resilience-commvault-cloud-unity-platform-release

Cyera Introduces Access Trail to Uncover Details Behind Every Data Touchpoint Across Humans and AI

Cyera launched Access Trail, a solution providing visibility into every human and machine interaction with enterprise data. Access Trail tracks all data touchpoints, uncovering usage, changes, and compliance risks as organizations scale agentic AI and automation.

Read more → https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251112242260/en/Cyera-Introduces-Access-Trail-to-Uncover-Details-Behind-Every-Data-Touchpoint-Across-Humans-and-AI

Cyware Introduces Agentic AI Workflows to Strengthen Its Cyware Quarterback AI

Cyware announced new agentic AI workflows for Cyware Quarterback AI, enabling organizations to automate threat detection, incident response, and cybersecurity intelligence using purpose-built reasoning agents across multi-vendor environments.

Read more → https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251112076683/en/Cyware-Introduces-Agentic-AI-Workflows-to-Strengthen-its-Cyware-Quarterback-AI

Datadog Launches Storage Management to Help Teams Eliminate Unnecessary Cloud Object Storage

Datadog unveiled new storage management features that provide granular insight, cost optimization, and automation to help teams discover and eliminate redundant cloud object storage, boosting efficiency and reducing expenses.

Read more → https://www.newsfilecorp.com/release/273280/Datadog-Launches-Storage-Management-to-Help-Teams-Eliminate-Unnecessary-Cloud-Object-Storage

Dell PowerProtect Delivers Faster, Smarter Cyber Resilience

Dell announced new advancements in its PowerProtect line, boosting cyber resilience with accelerated backup, AI-driven threat detection, and rapid recovery features to defend enterprise data against sophisticated cyber risks.

Read more → https://www.dell.com/en-us/blog/powerprotect-faster-smarter-cyber-resilience/

Druva Expands Cyber Resilience for Microsoft and Azure Environments

Druva introduced new cyber resilience advancements for Microsoft and Azure, enabling automated backup, rapid data recovery, and enhanced protection against ransomware for critical cloud-based workloads.

Read more → https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251113087431/en/Druva-Expands-Cyber-Resilience-for-Microsoft-and-Azure-Environments

LTO Program Announces New 40 TB LTO-10 Cartridge Specifications and Refreshes Roadmap for Ultra High-Density, AI-Ready Archival Storage

The LTO Program revealed specifications for the 40TB LTO-10 tape cartridge and announced an updated roadmap emphasizing greater density and performance engineered for AI and large-scale archival needs, ensuring future-ready and cost-effective data preservation.

Read more → https://www.lto.org/2025/11/lto-program-announces-new-40-tb-lto-10-cartridge-specifications-and-refreshes-its-roadmap-for-ultra-high-density-ai-ready-archival-storage/

MinIO Unveils ExaPOD: The Reference Architecture for Exascale AI

MinIO announced ExaPOD, a reference architecture engineered for exascale AI performance, offering the scalability, speed, and data durability needed to support massive enterprise AI workloads and data lakes.

Read more → https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251113966242/en/MinIO-Unveils-ExaPOD-The-Reference-Architecture-for-Exascale-AI

PeakAIOS Debuts Scale-Out Flash PNFS Meta Data Server

PeakAIOS announced its next-generation meta data server architecture, combining scale-out flash storage with parallel network file system (PNFS) protocol to deliver ultra-fast, highly resilient data access for demanding AI and analytics workloads.

Read more → https://blocksandfiles.com/2025/11/12/peakaios-scale-out-flash-pnfs-meta-data-server/

Pliops and DapuStor Join Forces to Advance AI Data Processing With Ultra-Low Latency Storage

Pliops and DapuStor announced a partnership to integrate Pliops’ data processors with DapuStor’s CSD series SSDs, delivering increased real-time AI performance, reduced latency, and enhanced data management capabilities for next-generation enterprise workloads.

Read more → https://finance.yahoo.com/news/pliops-dapustor-join-forces-advance-150000291.html

Protegrity and Cloudera Partner to Elevate Enterprise Data Protection

Protegrity and Cloudera entered a partnership to deliver enhanced data protection solutions for the enterprise, combining advanced encryption, governance, and compliance capabilities for cloud and hybrid data environments.

Read more → https://www.protegrity.com/news/protegrity-and-cloudera-partner-to-elevate-enterprise-data-protection

Quantum ActiveScale Object Storage Introduces New Capabilities for Cost-Effective Petabyte-Scale Data Management

Quantum announced enhancements to its ActiveScale object storage platform, including improved data durability, lower TCO, and expanded scalability for petabyte-scale enterprise data environments. The update empowers organizations to manage unstructured data more efficiently as demands grow.

Read more → https://investors.quantum.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/242/quantum-activescale-object-storage-introduces

Starfish Storage Announces New Tools for Managing Data and Storage Costs at Extreme Scale

Starfish Storage revealed powerful management solutions designed for organizations handling massive-scale data. These new tools give teams granular insight, control, and cost optimization for enterprise storage environments, supporting efficient operations and compliance at exabyte scale.

Read more → https://www.hpcwire.com/off-the-wire/starfish-storage-announces-new-tools-for-managing-data-and-storage-costs-at-extreme-scale/

StorONE Integrates IBM Storage Scale to Enhance Enterprise Data Protection and Performance

StorONE integrated IBM Storage Scale (formerly Spectrum Scale) into its S1:Enterprise Platform, enhancing data protection, tiering, and high-availability features for hybrid and cloud-centric enterprises running AI and performance-intensive workloads.

Read more → https://finance.yahoo.com/news/storone-integrates-ibm-storage-scale-130500513.html

SUSE Delivers Simplicity, Security, and Deeper Observability for AI Workloads

SUSE released new capabilities aimed at simplifying deployment, increasing security, and boosting observability for enterprise AI workloads. Enhancements include more seamless integration across hybrid environments and advanced monitoring tools for data-driven organizations.

Read more → https://www.suse.com/news/suse-delivers-simplicity-security-and-deeper-observability-for-ai-workloads/

VDURA Unveils Data Platform V12 Featuring Elastic Metadata Engine, Snapshot Support, and SMR HDD Optimization

VDURA released its V12 data platform, introducing features such as an elastic metadata engine, advanced snapshot support, and shingled magnetic recording (SMR) HDD optimization for scalable, high-performance enterprise data management.

Read more → https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251112436585/en/VDURA-Unveils-Data-Platform-V12—Featuring-Elastic-Metadata-Engine-Snapshot-Support-and-SMR-HDD-Optimization

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Solutions Review is Getting Set to Host Broadcom for ‘De-Risk Your Cloud Migration: 5 Tips for Proactive Network Observability’ on November 18

For the next Solution Spotlight event, Solutions Review’s team has partnered again with Broadcom, a global provider of infrastructure technology. In this hour-long webinar session, Alec Pinkham—a Product Marketing Manager for AppNeta at Broadcom—will explain how to establish performance baselines with synthetic monitoring to identify bottlenecks and improvement areas before migration.

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Solutions Review is Getting Set to Host Radware for ‘Unseen and Unchecked: The Hidden Risks Lurking in Your APIs’ on November 25

In this session, we’ll explore the anatomy of modern API attacks, from data harvesting and token replay to business logic abuse and AI-assisted reconnaissance. We’ll also examine why traditional application security controls fall short, and how Radware delivers visibility, behavioral anomaly detection, and mitigation at scale. Understand how Radware detect and mitigates attacks on APIs without slowing innovation.

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Contributor Series: How to Navigate PCI DSS Compliance in Cloud-Native Environments

As organizations increasingly adopt containers and Kubernetes to deliver scalable (e.g., an eCommerce platform handling a Black Friday rush), resilient (e.g., a mobile banking app that self-heals from a service failure), and agile systems (e.g., a fintech startup deploying new features daily), ensuring Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance becomes both more critical and more complex.

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