Storage and Data Protection News for the Week of November 21; Updates from Hitachi Vantara, IBM, Wasabi & More

Solutions Review Executive Editor Tim King curated this list of notable storage and data protection news for the week of November 21, 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 21, 2025
Cypago and Archer Team Up on AI-Driven Controls Monitoring
Cypago and Archer announced a strategic partnership to deliver AI-driven controls monitoring, combining advanced risk management with automated, real-time compliance across multi-cloud and enterprise environments.
Read more → https://www.channele2e.com/brief/cypago-and-archer-team-up-on-ai-driven-controls-monitoring
Datadobi Introduces Advanced Storage Optimizer to Transform Data Visibility and Cost Management
Datadobi launched Advanced Storage Optimizer, empowering organizations to discover, analyze, and optimize storage infrastructure with fine-grained visibility and cost savings in hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
Exabeam and Recorded Future Partner to Power Intelligence-Led Threat Detection and Response
Exabeam and Recorded Future entered a partnership to strengthen threat detection, automating intelligence integration and response for faster, more accurate cyber defense across evolving attack surfaces.
Flex Expands Liquid Cooling Footprint at Equinix Co-Innovation Facility
Flex expanded its footprint at Equinix’s Co-Innovation Facility, deploying advanced liquid cooling technology to support high-density AI workloads and sustainable infrastructure for next-generation data centers.
Hitachi Vantara Launches Virtual Storage Platform One Block High-End Storage to Power the Next Era of AI and Mission-Critical Workloads
Hitachi Vantara introduced Virtual Storage Platform One Block, a next-generation high-end storage solution delivering unified infrastructure, advanced cyber-resilience, and performance for enterprise AI and mission-critical workloads across hybrid clouds.
Honeycomb Launches New Private Cloud Offering to Address Security, Compliance, and Cost Concerns
Honeycomb introduced its Private Cloud solution, providing enterprises with centralized, scalable observability in secure, compliant, cloud or on-premises environments while maintaining granular cost controls.
IBM Storage Scale 6000 Powers AI Factories by Eliminating Data Silos
IBM launched the Storage Scale 6000, a high-performance solution engineered to break down data silos and deliver fast, consistent data access for enterprise AI workloads and next-generation digital factories.
Parasoft Bridges the AI and Compliance Gap With Certified C/C++test CT Featuring GoogleTest
Parasoft introduced a new certified version of its C/C++test CT product with GoogleTest integration, delivering AI-powered static analysis and automated compliance capabilities for developers building safety-critical and regulated software.
Phison Pushes the Boundaries of Enterprise AI With Expanded Infrastructure Portfolio
Phison expanded its infrastructure solutions at SC25, delivering higher throughput and enhanced performance to help businesses accelerate AI and machine learning workloads at scale.
Quest Software Announces New AI-Powered Features for Identity Security and Modernization Products, Further Strengthening Its Microsoft Alliance
Quest Software released new AI-powered identity security and modernization features, enhancing its Microsoft partnership and empowering organizations to safeguard access, automate migration, and fortify cloud infrastructure.
Nexsan Launches Enterprise-Class Immutable Backup Storage Appliance Designed for Veeam Hardened Repository
Nexsan introduced a new immutable backup storage appliance purpose-built for Veeam Hardened Repository, providing advanced data protection, ransomware defense, and regulatory compliance for enterprise workloads.
Rubrik Debuts Resilience Capabilities for Microsoft Environments
Rubrik introduced enhanced cyber resilience solutions designed to protect, recover, and secure critical Microsoft workloads, including advanced ransomware protection and recovery automation.
Read more → https://www.channelinsider.com/security/tools-and-platforms/rubrik-debuts-resilience-capabilities-microsoft/
Safe Security Acquires Balbix, Expanding Cyber Risk Management Platform
Safe Security acquired Balbix to enhance its cyber risk management platform with attack surface management, risk quantification, and holistic visibility for enterprise customers.
Read more → https://safe.security/resources/press-release/safe-acquires-balbix-press-release/
Veeam Data Platform v13 Unifies Cyber Resilience, Data Protection, Security & AI
Veeam unveiled Data Platform v13, combining improved cyber resilience, smarter AI-enabled protection, and automated recovery solutions for modern enterprise data environments.
WEKA Unveils Next-Gen WEKAPOD Appliances to Redefine AI Storage Economics
WEKA announced its next-generation WEKAPOD appliances, designed to address the surging data requirements of AI workloads with greater cost efficiency, scalability, and performance for enterprise infrastructure.
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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.
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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