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Solutions Review Executive Editor Tim King curated this list of notable storage and data protection news for the week of January 16, 2025.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n For early access to all the expert insights published on Solutions Review<\/em>, join Insight Jam<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/span>, a community dedicated to enabling the human conversation on AI.<\/p>\n BackBox and Nomios Partner to Accelerate Network Automation and Cyber Maturity<\/strong><\/p>\n BackBox and Nomios formed a partnership that combines BackBox\u2019s network automation and backup platform with Nomios\u2019s security and networking services to help enterprises automate configuration, patching, and compliance. The joint offering is aimed at improving cyber maturity by reducing manual network operations, standardizing changes, and strengthening resilience against outages and security incidents.<\/p>\n \u200bRead on for more.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Catalogic Software Releases DPX 4.1.4 to Simplify Long\u2011Term Data Protection and Hybrid Backup Strategies<\/strong><\/p>\n Catalogic\u2019s DPX 4.1.4 update adds enhanced immutability, cloud archive options, and expanded platform support to simplify long\u2011term data protection across on\u2011prem and cloud. New capabilities aim to strengthen ransomware resilience, streamline policy\u2011based tiering to cloud storage, and improve management of hybrid backups for VMware, physical servers, databases, and NAS workloads.<\/p>\n \u200bRead on for more.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Commvault Launches Unified Data Vault to Bring Resilience to S3 Data<\/strong><\/p>\n Commvault introduced Unified Data Vault, a service that lets cloud developers easily add immutable, air\u2011gapped protection and rapid recovery to S3\u2011compatible object storage without changing application code. The offering centralizes policy management and ransomware\u2011resilient backups across clouds, giving platform teams a simpler way to harden critical AI and data workloads.<\/p>\n \u200bRead on for more.<\/span><\/a>\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n Concentric AI Introduces Private Scan to Protect Sensitive Data in Private AI Applications<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Concentric AI launched Private Scan, a tool that scans prompts, responses, and embeddings in private AI applications to detect and control exposure of sensitive data such as PII, PHI, secrets, and regulated content. It works with vector databases and RAG pipelines to give security teams visibility into what data AI systems are accessing and sharing, enabling policies that curb data leakage while preserving AI utility.\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n \u200bRead on for more.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n DDN Report Reveals 65% of Organizations Struggle to Operationalize AI at Scale<\/strong><\/p>\n A new DDN\u2011sponsored study finds that about 65% of organizations say they are not fully realizing value from AI due to data bottlenecks, fragmented infrastructure, and low GPU utilization. The report highlights that leaders are consolidating data platforms and investing in AI\u2011optimized storage to push GPU utilization above 80% and shorten time\u2011to\u2011value for large\u2011scale training and inference.<\/p>\n \u200bRead on for more.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Dell PowerStore 5200Q Review Highlights QLC Performance for Mixed Workloads<\/strong><\/p>\n StorageReview\u2019s analysis of Dell\u2019s PowerStore 5200Q notes that the QLC\u2011based array delivers strong mixed workload performance and efficiency for midrange enterprise storage, especially in consolidated VM and database environments. The review emphasizes inline data reduction, AppsON support for running workloads directly on the array, and flexible NVMe\/TCP and FC connectivity as key strengths, while cautioning that extremely write\u2011intensive use cases still require sizing care.<\/p>\n \u200bRead on for more.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Dell Highlights \u2018Resilience Debt\u2019 as a Silent Risk Undermining Cyber Recovery<\/strong><\/p>\n Dell warned that many organizations have accumulated \u201cresilience debt\u201d by under\u2011investing in backup, recovery testing, and isolation, leaving them exposed despite strong perimeter defenses. The company argues that addressing this debt requires modernizing cyber\u2011recovery architectures (including clean rooms and immutable copies) and making recovery readiness a board\u2011level metric alongside prevention.<\/p>\n \u200b\u200bRead on for more.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n FalconStor Launches Habanero to Guard IBM Power Data<\/strong><\/p>\n FalconStor introduced Habanero, a cyber\u2011resilience and backup platform designed specifically to protect IBM Power (AIX, IBM i) environments from ransomware and data loss. Habanero offers immutable backups, rapid recovery, and integration with existing tape, disk, and cloud targets so enterprises running critical workloads on IBM Power can modernize protection without re\u2011architecting core systems.<\/p>\n \u200bRead on for more.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n HPE Expands Retail Portfolio With Edge Networking and Fault\u2011Tolerant Compute<\/strong><\/p>\n HPE added new Aruba edge networking gear and fault\u2011tolerant compute systems tailored for retail environments with many stores and real\u2011time AI workloads. The portfolio targets use cases like computer\u2011vision loss prevention, dynamic pricing, and in\u2011store analytics while maintaining uptime in harsh, distributed settings.<\/p>\n \u200bRead on for more.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Keepit Strengthens Global Channel Leadership With Consolidated Partner\u2011First Team<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Backup\u2011as\u2011a\u2011service provider Keepit announced a consolidated, \u201cpartner\u2011first\u201d global channel organization to deepen relationships with MSPs, resellers, and cloud integrators. The revamped structure is intended to accelerate growth by giving partners clearer programs, joint go\u2011to\u2011market support, and differentiated SaaS backup offerings for Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, and other cloud platforms.<\/span><\/p>\n \u200b\u200bRead on for more.<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n NIST Issues Request for Information on Securing AI Agent Systems<\/strong><\/p>\n NIST\u2019s new CAISI program issued an RFI seeking input on threats, safeguards, and evaluation methods for securing AI agent systems across sectors. Feedback will guide future standards and best practices for issues like agent identity, autonomy limits, oversight, and protection against prompt injection and data exfiltration.<\/p>\n \u200bRead on for more.<\/span><\/p>\n Scality Appoints Former French Armed Forces Cyber Commander as Strategic Advisor<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Scality appointed a former commander of French Armed Forces cyber defense as a strategic advisor to help shape its product and security strategy for mission\u2011critical data. The company plans to leverage his experience in national\u2011scale cyber operations to strengthen Scality\u2019s positioning for defense, government, and highly regulated customers that require resilient, sovereign object and file storage.\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n \u200bRead on for more.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Wasabi Technologies Raises $70 Million to Scale Hot Cloud Storage<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Wasabi closed a 70\u2011million\u2011dollar equity round to expand its low\u2011cost \u201chot cloud storage\u201d service globally and fund new data\u2011resiliency features. The company positions itself as a simple, S3\u2011compatible alternative to hyperscalers\u2019 tiered storage, targeting backup, archive, and AI data\u2011lake workloads.<\/span><\/p>\n \u200b\u200bRead on for more.<\/a><\/span><\/span>\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n Artificial intelligence is everywhere\u2014but understanding its human impact has never been more urgent. That’s where Solutions Review<\/em>‘s latest newsletter, The Human-AI Ledger<\/i><\/a><\/strong><\/span>, 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\u2014the non-technical, deeply human dimensions that determine whether this technological revolution helps us thrive or leaves us behind.<\/span><\/p>\n Sign up now to get a weekly debrief of the latest human-centric news, insights, and commentary coming out of this emerging discussion.<\/span><\/p>\n Sign Up Free<\/a><\/p>\n Modern organizations operate in an identity environment defined by scale and complexity: hundreds of applications, millions of human and non-human identities, and an expanding identity-driven attack surface. At the same time, many identity governance programs still rely on manual reviews, static roles, and fragmented access models that were never designed to operate at this level.<\/p>\nTop Storage and Data Protection News for the Week of January 16, 2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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