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Solutions Review Executive Editor Tim King curated this list of notable storage and data protection news for the week of March 20, 2026.<\/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 Archive360 And EVT Automate Retention Compliance For Regulated Data<\/strong><\/p>\n Archive360 and EVT have teamed up to automate retention compliance by embedding policy enforcement directly into enterprise data and AI governance workflows. The solution gives organizations centralized control over retention policies, automated enforcement tied to regulation, and fast access to records for legal and compliance teams. The partnership is aimed at highly regulated industries that need defensible controls, less manual intervention, and better alignment between storage costs and data value.\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n Read on for more\u2192\u00a0https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/archive360-and-evt-partner-to-automate-retention-compliance-using-enterprise-data-and-ai-governance-302715662.html<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Bedrock Data Expands ArgusAI To Map The Full Enterprise AI Risk Surface<\/strong><\/p>\n Bedrock Data is expanding ArgusAI from AI guardrail validation into full AI risk-surface governance, covering the agents, MCP servers, connectors, entitlements, and data they can touch. The platform builds a continuously updated Data Bill of Materials and exposes data-risk context through a new MCP server so AI workflows can query governance metadata in real time before taking action. Bedrock positions the release as a way to make AI security explainable and auditable at the data layer, not just at the model or endpoint layer.<\/p>\n Read on for more\u2192\u00a0https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20260319726829\/en\/Bedrock-Data-Expands-ArgusAI-to-Govern-the-Enterprise-AI-Risk-Surface<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n BigID Wins FedRAMP Path To Bring AI Governance And Data Security Into Federal Environments<\/strong><\/p>\n BigID has achieved FedRAMP certification through its partnership with Knox Systems, enabling U.S. federal agencies to use its platform for discovery, classification, protection, and AI governance under federal security requirements. The authorization covers sensitive-data visibility across cloud, on-prem, and AI environments, with use cases including Zero Trust support, continuous posture management, and monitoring how AI systems access and use data. BigID says the milestone lowers the compliance barrier for agencies that need to govern AI without losing visibility into data lineage, exposure, or regulatory context.<\/p>\n Read on for more\u2192\u00a0https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/bigid-achieves-fedramp-certification-through-partnership-with-knox-systems-bringing-ai-and-data-security-to-federal-agencies-302719001.html<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Cloaked Raises $375M To Make Privacy Continuous, Not Manual<\/strong><\/p>\n Cloaked has raised $375 million in a mix of Series B funding and growth financing to expand its consumer privacy platform into a broader, AI-driven privacy layer. The product already covers virtual identities, automated data removal, and AI-powered call screening, and the company says it will add AI agents that autonomously monitor and enforce privacy preferences across a user\u2019s digital footprint. Cloaked is also leaning on compliance credentials like ISO 27001, ISO 27701, PCI-DSS, and annual SOC 2 Type II audits as it pushes privacy from a point solution into a default behavior.<\/p>\n Read on for more\u2192\u00a0https:\/\/fintech.global\/2026\/03\/20\/cloaked-bags-375m-to-make-data-privacy-the-default\/<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Cloudian And Lenovo Validate An AI Data Lake For Sovereign, Object-Scale Workloads<\/strong><\/p>\n Cloudian and Lenovo\u2019s validated AI data lake design pairs Cloudian HyperStore with Lenovo servers to deliver an S3-compatible object platform for AI, ML, and HPC workloads. The stack emphasizes exabyte-scale capacity, military-grade security, Object Lock ransomware protection, and sovereign deployment flexibility for customers that need to keep data on premises. This kind of object-first design is increasingly being used as the storage substrate for private AI pipelines and multi-agent systems.<\/p>\n Read on for more\u2192\u00a0https:\/\/cloudian.com\/press\/cloudian-ai-data-platform-lenovo-validated-design-certification\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Cohesity Adds Sophos Scanning To Strengthen Recovery-Ready Cyber Resilience<\/strong><\/p>\n Cohesity is enhancing its cyber-resilience stack with next-generation malware scanning powered by Sophos, integrating the capability into its data-protection and recovery workflows. The goal is to identify malware and indicators of compromise in protected backups before restore, helping teams verify clean recovery points and avoid reintroducing infection during recovery. Cohesity frames the move as part of a broader strategy to fuse backup, threat detection, and recovery into one operationally coordinated platform.<\/p>\n Read on for more\u2192\u00a0https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20260319037008\/en\/Cohesity-Enhances-Cyber-Resilience-with-Next-Generation-Malware-Scanning-Powered-by-Sophos<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Commvault Extends Resilience To Structured Data And Real-Time AI Governance<\/strong><\/p>\n Commvault is extending enterprise resilience to structured and AI data with AI-enabled classification, structured data discovery, and real-time access governance for databases, including vector databases used in AI applications. The update expands its DSPM capabilities beyond unstructured data and adds policy controls that monitor how structured data is accessed and used, including reducing leakage through AI models or generative outputs. Commvault says the changes unify visibility, policy enforcement, and cyber recovery so organizations can reduce exposure before an incident and recover more effectively afterward.<\/p>\n Read on for more\u2192\u00a0https:\/\/www.commvault.com\/news\/commvault-extends-enterprise-resilience-to-structured-and-ai-data-with-real-time-governance-controls<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n DataGrail Launches Vera To Bring Governed AI Into Privacy Operations<\/strong><\/p>\n DataGrail has launched Vera, an AI agent purpose-built for privacy teams that need to automate operational work without sacrificing compliance or security. Vera is embedded into the DataGrail platform so it can use privacy context, connectivity, and policy controls to assist with routine tasks in a governed way rather than acting like a generic chatbot. The company\u2019s pitch is that privacy teams can finally scale operations in the agentic era while still meeting regulatory obligations and keeping humans in control.<\/p>\n Read on for more\u2192\u00a0https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/news-release\/2026\/03\/18\/3258251\/0\/en\/Data-Privacy-AI-Adoption-Is-Lagging-Behind-DataGrail-Launches-Vera-AI-Agent-to-Close-the-Gap.html<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Druva Expands Identity Resilience Across Okta, AD, And Entra ID<\/strong><\/p>\n Druva has launched Identity Resilience with support for Okta, Microsoft Active Directory, and Microsoft Entra ID, bringing identity-aware backup, cyber recovery, and threat detection into a single SaaS platform. The platform models identity as a living system of relationships and privilege inheritance, helping security teams understand impact over time and restore access to a clean, trusted state after an incident. Druva says this gives organizations a coordinated way to recover dependent applications and avoid reinfection while reducing the complexity of handling multiple identity providers.<\/p>\n Read on for more\u2192\u00a0https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20260317456947\/en\/Druva-Pioneers-Identity-Aware-Resilience-for-Okta-Active-Directory-and-Entra-ID<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Everpure\u2019s Evergreen\/\/One Expands Into AI Workloads To Remove Storage Friction<\/strong><\/p>\n Everpure says Evergreen\/\/One for AI now extends to FlashBlade\/\/EXA, giving customers an SLA-backed, capacity-based storage service tuned for large-scale training and inference. The company pairs that with Data Stream, an upcoming beta that simplifies getting data into AI pipelines and reduces the operational overhead that often slows production deployments. Pure\u2019s message is that AI scale is as much about flexible consumption and data readiness as it is about raw capacity.<\/p>\n Read on for more\u2192\u00a0https:\/\/www.purestorage.com\/company\/newsroom\/press-releases\/everpure-simplifies-enterprise-ai-with-evergreen-one.html<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Illumio Reframes Breach Containment Around Lateral Movement In AI-Driven Environments<\/strong><\/p>\n Illumio says the AI era has made containment more important than detection, because attackers move faster once they get a foothold and trust signals are increasingly easy to spoof. The company is promoting a system-wide containment model that maps application and identity dependencies so security teams can block lateral movement across hybrid environments rather than relying on isolated workload defenses. Illumio\u2019s message is that organizations need to assume compromise and focus on limiting blast radius, especially as AI amplifies the speed and scale of attacks.<\/p>\n Read on for more\u2192\u00a0https:\/\/www.illumio.com\/news\/illumio-defines-breach-containment-for-ai-era<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n InfluxDB 3 Grows Into A Larger Time-Series Scale Tier On Amazon Timestream<\/strong><\/p>\n InfluxData is expanding InfluxDB 3 on Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB to support clusters of up to 15 nodes, giving teams a much larger scale tier for mission-critical time-series workloads. The update also introduces a migration path from InfluxDB 3 Core to Enterprise so customers can scale without a disruptive rewrite or data loss. InfluxData positions the change as especially important for autonomous systems and high-stakes monitoring environments where latency is an operational risk, not just a performance metric.\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n Read on for more\u2192\u00a0https:\/\/www.influxdata.com\/blog\/scaling-amazon-timestream-influxdb<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n KIOXIA\u2019s GP Series Targets GPU-Initiated AI Storage At The Flash Layer<\/strong><\/p>\n KIOXIA has announced the GP Series, a new Super High IOPS SSD family designed specifically for GPU-initiated AI workloads and the NVIDIA Storage-Next initiative. The drive line uses XL-FLASH SCM and is meant to extend GPU-accessible memory with finer-grained 512-byte access, higher IOPS, and lower power per I\/O than conventional TLC SSDs. KIOXIA says evaluation samples will reach select customers by the end of 2026, positioning the GP Series as a building block for the next memory tier in AI infrastructure.<\/p>\n Read on for more\u2192\u00a0https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20260316056420\/en\/KIOXIA-Announces-New-SSD-Model-Optimized-for-AI-GPU-Initiated-Workloads<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n MinIO Brings AIStor Into NVIDIA\u2019s STX Reference Architecture<\/strong><\/p>\n MinIO has announced that AIStor will provide object data storage for NVIDIA\u2019s STX reference architecture, adding a unified data foundation for the full AI lifecycle. The platform is designed to support training, RAG indexing, and real-time inference with object-native storage that fits the broader NVIDIA ecosystem of Vera Rubin, BlueField-4, and Spectrum-X networking. MinIO is positioning AIStor as the object-store layer enterprises can standardize on when they need scalable, cloud-native storage for multi-agent AI systems.\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n Read on for more\u2192\u00a0https:\/\/www.hpcwire.com\/off-the-wire\/minio-aistor-brings-object-data-stores-for-the-nvidia-stx-reference-architecture\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Object Storage Has Become The Default Foundation For Private AI In Production<\/strong><\/p>\n A new Freeform Dynamics study finds that 91% of enterprises running private AI in production report meaningful use of object storage, making it the most widely adopted storage architecture for these deployments. The report also says 81% view private AI infrastructure under their own control as critical to success, with storage performance, governance, and lifecycle management now seen as core production concerns rather than afterthoughts. The takeaway is clear: production AI is less a compute story than a data-pipeline and storage-operations story.\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n Read on for more\u2192\u00a0https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/news-release\/2026\/03\/18\/3258124\/0\/en\/Research-finds-object-storage-underpins-91-of-private-AI-deployments-in-production.html<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Phison Extends Local AI Memory With Flash So Bigger Models Run Without New GPUs<\/strong><\/p>\n Phison\u2019s aiDAPTIV technology is extending effective AI working memory across GPU memory, system RAM, and flash, letting local and edge systems handle larger models and long-context inference without adding more GPU hardware. The announcement ties flash into a new AI memory tier, using high-endurance Pascari SSDs to support sustained paging and context retention for inference and fine-tuning workloads on fixed hardware configurations. Phison is pitching this as a privacy-friendly way to keep AI local while making infrastructure investments more predictable and less tied to scarce GPU memory.<\/p>\n Read on for more\u2192\u00a0https:\/\/www.rutlandherald.com\/news\/business\/phison-rescales-local-ai-inferencing-with-flash-memory-expansion\/article_e98fc911-cde0-5720-bbf8-0fb0713a340c.html<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n StorPool One Packages Virtualization, Backup, And DR Into A Single KVM Stack<\/strong><\/p>\n StorPool One is a new integrated KVM-based cloud platform designed to help organizations move away from VMware or bare metal into a lower-cost, production-proven virtualization stack. The platform bundles the core software-defined infrastructure components, plus backup, disaster recovery, and managed services, into a single vendor-supported offering with 24\/7 SLA coverage. StorPool is pitching the product as a fair-cost alternative for enterprises that want simplicity, resilience, and support without having to assemble the stack themselves.<\/p>\n Read on for more\u2192\u00a0https:\/\/www.storagenewsletter.com\/2026\/03\/20\/storpool-unveils-storpool-one-the-fair-cost-virtualization-platform-delivering-true-peace-of-mind\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n VAST Data Turns NVIDIA Blueprints Into Production-Ready Foundation Stacks<\/strong><\/p>\n VAST Data has introduced Foundation Stacks that extend NVIDIA AI Blueprints into production-ready templates for enterprise deployment on the VAST AI Operating System. The first stacks are based on NVIDIA\u2019s Video Search and Summarization and AI-Q blueprints, packaging semantic indexing, summarization, and custom AI researcher workflows into repeatable implementations. VAST\u2019s message is that enterprises need a faster path from blueprint to production, with the platform handling much of the integration and operational glue underneath.<\/p>\n Read on for more\u2192\u00a0https:\/\/www.vastdata.com\/press-releases\/vast-data-accelerates-nvidia-blueprint-adoption<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n VDURA Adds RDMA And Context-Aware Tiering To Cut CPU Bottlenecks<\/strong><\/p>\n VDURA has added RDMA to its V5000 and V7000-class systems, letting GPU nodes move data directly over the network fabric instead of burning CPU cycles on transport. Alongside that, the company previewed Context-Aware Tiering, which aims to keep data in the right place across memory, flash, and long-term storage depending on workload demand. VDURA says the combination is meant to improve throughput, reduce overhead, and make AI storage behave more intelligently as models and datasets scale.\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n Read on for more\u2192\u00a0https:\/\/datacenter.news\/story\/vdura-adds-rdma-ai-focused-context-aware-tiering<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n WEKA Turns NVIDIA\u2019s AI Data Platform Into A Faster AI Factory Deployment Path<\/strong><\/p>\n WEKA is shipping NeuralMesh Data Platform as an enterprise-ready AI factory stack built on the NVIDIA AI Data Platform reference design. The company says the solution can cut AI factory deployment times from months to minutes by providing preconfigured, production-scale pipelines for search, RAG, and other agentic AI workloads. WEKA is pitching the platform as a way to make AI factory infrastructure more repeatable, secure, and cost-effective for enterprises standardizing on NVIDIA-powered AI systems.\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n Read on for more\u2192\u00a0https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/weka-accelerates-ai-factory-deployment-220000818.html<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n What to Expect at Mini Jam, Q1 2026: The Skills Reckoning on March 31<\/b><\/p>\n All-in, Mini Jam Q1, 2026 provides an unparalleled opportunity to gain insights, engage with experts, and stay at the forefront of the conversation on the human impact of AI. Be sure to\u00a0register for free at\u00a0Insight Jam<\/em><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to watch all the sessions live or on demand.<\/p>\n Read on Solutions Review<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n How One Solutions Review<\/em> Article Reshaped AI Answers Across an Entire Software Category<\/b><\/p>\n 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,\u00a0Solutions Review<\/em>\u00a0recorded a 324 percent increase in media domain citations across AI answer engines in less than 30 days.<\/p>\n Read on Solutions Review<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n The Editors Lens: The AI-Native Data Protection Stack: How Cyber Resilience is Evolving in Real-Time<\/strong><\/p>\n With the rise of ransomware, increasingly sophisticated cyber threats, and the emergence of AI-driven attacks, the concept of data protection is undergoing a fundamental shift. At the same time, agentic AI systems are beginning to play a larger role in both offense and defense, accelerating the pace at which threats can emerge and propagate. In response, data protection platforms are evolving from reactive recovery systems into proactive, intelligent resilience platforms capable of detecting, responding to, and mitigating threats in real time.<\/p>\n Read on Solutions Review<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n The Editors Lens: The AI-Native Identity Security Stack by William Jepma<\/strong><\/p>\n Legacy IAM vendors have spent years adding AI capabilities to architectures that were never designed to support them, which is roughly analogous to retrofitting autonomous driving technology onto a vehicle built around a manual transmission. The core assumptions are wrong, and layering intelligence on top of them does not fix that. AI-native platforms started from entirely different assumptions, and that starting point is now a structural competitive advantage.<\/p>\n Read on Solutions Review<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n –<\/p>\n Insight Jam<\/em> Launches Mesh Lab Episode 2 to Build a Framework for Work & Learning in the Age of AI: The Human Advantage<\/strong><\/p>\n Insight Jam<\/em> Mesh Lab is a year-long, monthly series of expert-led discussions<\/a><\/strong><\/span> dedicated to exploring and shaping the next generation of frameworks for work and learning in the age of AI. Rather than reacting to tools or trends, Mesh Lab is designed to initiate a sustained, cross-sector conversation about how human capability itself must be re-architected as AI becomes embedded across education, enterprise, and leadership.<\/p>\n Watch on Insight Jam<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n Solutions Review <\/i>Surpasses 250K on YouTube to Power Unmatched Media Momentum in Enterprise Tech & the Human Impact of AI<\/b><\/p>\n Solutions Review<\/em>\u00a0has officially surpassed\u00a0250,000 subscribers on YouTube<\/a><\/strong>, a milestone that\u2019s about more than just the number. This moment marks the payoff of a deliberate, two-year strategy\u00a0centered on authoritative video<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0human-led insight<\/a><\/strong>, and an early recognition of how AI search engines ingest information, assign trust, and surface sources at scale.<\/p>\n Read on Solutions Review<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n Solutions Review<\/em> Editors Launch New ‘Human-AI Ledger’ Newsletter to Chronicle the Human Impact of AI<\/strong><\/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>\nTop Storage and Data Protection News for the Week of March 20, 2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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