{"id":764,"date":"2021-07-28T10:54:03","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T10:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/data-storage\/?p=764"},"modified":"2021-07-28T14:54:36","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T14:54:36","slug":"the-biggest-data-storage-news-items-during-the-first-half-of-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/data-storage\/the-biggest-data-storage-news-items-during-the-first-half-of-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"The Biggest Data Storage News Items During the First Half of 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-765\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/data-storage\/files\/2021\/07\/MicrosoftTeams-image-29.jpg\" alt=\"The Biggest Data Storage News Items During the First Half of 2021\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/data-storage\/files\/2021\/07\/MicrosoftTeams-image-29.jpg 800w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/data-storage\/files\/2021\/07\/MicrosoftTeams-image-29-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/data-storage\/files\/2021\/07\/MicrosoftTeams-image-29-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/data-storage\/files\/2021\/07\/MicrosoftTeams-image-29-540x270.jpg 540w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/data-storage\/files\/2021\/07\/MicrosoftTeams-image-29-162x81.jpg 162w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/data-storage\/files\/2021\/07\/MicrosoftTeams-image-29-360x180.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>Our editors curated this list of the biggest data storage news items during the first half of 2021, as highlighted on Solutions Review.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span class=\"TextRun BCX0 SCXW205083862\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW205083862\">Enterprise data storage is a centralized repository for information, which commonly offers data management, protection, and sharing functions. Because enterprises handle massive amounts of business-critical data, storage systems\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun BCX0 SCXW205083862\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW205083862\">that are<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun BCX0 SCXW205083862\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW205083862\">\u00a0highly scalable<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun BCX0 SCXW205083862\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW205083862\">,<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun BCX0 SCXW205083862\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW205083862\"> offer unlimited connectivity<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun BCX0 SCXW205083862\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW205083862\">\u00a0and support multiple platforms<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun BCX0 SCXW205083862\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW205083862\">\u00a0would benefit them the most<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun BCX0 SCXW205083862\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW205083862\">.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun BCX0 SCXW205083862\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW205083862\">\u00a0There are multiple approaches to data storage to choose from, including Storage Are<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun BCX0 SCXW205083862\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW205083862\">a<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun BCX0 SCXW205083862\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW205083862\">\u00a0Networks (SANs), Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Direct-Attached Storage (DAS), and cloud storage.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun BCX0 SCXW205083862\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW205083862\">\u00a0The importance of data storage is underlined by the exponential generation of new data and the proliferation of Internet of Things (<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun BCX0 SCXW205083862\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW205083862\">IoT<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun BCX0 SCXW205083862\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW205083862\">) devices.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Part of Solutions Review&#8217;s ongoing analysis of the data storage marketplace includes covering the biggest data storage news stories that have the greatest impact on enterprise technologists. This is a curated list of the most important data storage news items from the first half of 2021. For more on the space, including the newest product releases, funding rounds, and mergers and acquisitions, follow our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/data-storage\/category\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>popular data storage news section.<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><div class=\"widget\"><div class=\"aside-card\">\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><a class=\"speedbump-1\" href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/data-storage\/data-storage-buyers-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1682\" title=\"Data Storage Buyer's Guide\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/data-storage\/files\/2019\/07\/data-storage-speedbump.jpg\" alt=\"Download Link to Data Storage Buyer's Guide\" width=\"800\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>The Biggest Data Storage News Items During the First Half of 2021<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><div class=\"hr hr\"><\/div><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/data-storage\/hitachi-vantara-launches-new-hitachi-kubernetes-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Hitachi Vantara Launches New Hitachi Kubernetes Service (January)<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Hitachi Vantara\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hitachivantara.com\/en-us\/newsroom-hvtv\/in-the-press\/2021\/gl210119.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">recently announced<\/a>\u00a0the availability of Hitachi Kubernetes Service. It is an enterprise-grade solution designed to address the complex challenge of managing multiple Kubernetes environments. Hitachi Kubernetes Service enables users to consistently and securely deploy, manage, monitor, and govern Kubernetes clusters across major cloud providers and on-prem. This allows developers to deploy workloads on their platform of choice and eliminates vendor lock-in.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In a press statement, Bobby Soni, president of Digital Infrastructure at Hitachi Vantara, said, \u201cwhile our customers love container technology, they are challenged by the complexity to deploy and securely manage containers at scale across multiple cloud environments. Today, we are helping simplify and solve the multi-cloud Kubernetes challenge for our customers with the introduction of Hitachi Kubernetes Service. With this enterprise-grade service, our customers now have the freedom of a true agnostic platform, the flexibility of an extensible self-service catalog, accompanied with world-class training and Hitachi global support to help their development teams drive business results.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><div class=\"hr hr\"><\/div><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/data-storage\/caringo-inc-acquired-by-datacore-software\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Caringo Inc. Acquired By DataCore Software (January)<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">DataCore Software\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.datacore.com\/news-post\/caringo-acquisition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">has announced<\/a>\u00a0its acquisition of Caringo, Inc. The combined entity will allow DataCore to provide complete software-defined storage solutions for block, file, and object from a single vendor. This acquisition will add both talent and expertise to the DataCore team, as well as users in key markets, including cloud service providers, media, and government. DataCore\u2019s acquisition of Caringo furthers the DataCore ONE vision, which is to realize the power of software-defined storage to unify the storage industry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In a media statement, Barry Griffiths, Managing Director of NAS UK Ltd., a long-term Caringo and DataCore partner, said, \u201cDataCore\u2019s acquisition of Caringo offers compelling use case advantages and product synchronization, with both platforms offering enterprises the benefits of fast recovery, zero downtime and fast throughput software-defined storage running on x86 commodity hardware. It will bring together best of breed software solutions for managing and archiving structured and unstructured data \u2014 not least because one of the biggest challenges that IT managers worldwide will face in 2021 is how to effortlessly move swiftly growing capacities of unstructured block and file data easily into the cloud\/object world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><div class=\"hr hr\"><\/div><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/data-storage\/red-hat-completes-its-acquisition-of-stackrox\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Red Hat Completes its Acquisition of StackRox (February)<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Red Hat\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.redhat.com\/en\/blog\/red-hat-closes-acquisition-stackrox\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">has announced<\/a>\u00a0it has closed the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/data-storage\/red-hat-announces-intent-to-acquire-stackrox\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">transaction to acquire<\/a>\u00a0the container and Kubernetes-native security provider, StackRox.\u00a0Kubernetes, one of the fastest-growing open-source projects, is the bedrock of cloud-native applications, which are crucial to the digital transformation that is happening across industries. By bringing StackRox\u2019s Kubernetes-native security functionality to Red Hat OpenShift, Red Hat will extend its vision to provide a single, holistic platform that enables users to build, deploy, and securely run almost any application across the entirety of the hybrid cloud.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In a blog post, Ashesh Badani, senior vice president of Cloud Platforms at Red Hat, wrote, \u201cover the past several years we have paid close attention to how our customers are securing their workloads, as well as the growing importance of GitOps to organizations. Both of these have reinforced how critically important it is for security to \u201cshift left\u201d \u2014 integrated within every part of the development and deployment lifecycle and not treated as an afterthought. With StackRox, we will be working to add security into container build and CI\/CD processes. This helps to more efficiently identify and address issues earlier in the development cycle while providing more cohesive security up and down the entire IT stack and throughout the application cycle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><div class=\"hr hr\"><\/div><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/data-storage\/dell-technologies-launches-next-generation-poweredge-servers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Dell Technologies Launches Next-Generation PowerEdge Servers (April)<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Dell Technologies\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/corporate.delltechnologies.com\/en-us\/newsroom\/announcements\/detailpage.press-releases~usa~2021~03~20210317-dell-technologies-powers-ai-and-edge-computing-with-next-generation-poweredge-servers.htm#\/filter-on\/Country:en-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">recently introduced<\/a>\u00a0its next-generation secure Dell EMC PowerEdge server portfolio. With these new servers, Dell Technologies is following a path towards autonomous infrastructure to deliver greater IT efficiency, embrace artificial intelligence (AI), and address the demands of IT at the edge. The server portfolio provides the power needed to gain and act on real-time insights from data wherever it lives, from core data centers to public clouds and edge locations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In a media statement, Jeff Boudreau, president and general manager of the Infrastructure Solutions Group at Dell Technologies, said, \u201cdata is being created and used in more places than ever before, and organizations are challenged to act on it as quickly as possible. As we innovate for the future of IT, advanced automation is a must, no matter where infrastructure resides. Our new PowerEdge servers offer next-level performance to help customers accelerate data insights and the move toward autonomous compute.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><div class=\"hr hr\"><\/div><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/data-storage\/hitachi-vantara-to-acquire-digital-engineering-services-company-globallogic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Hitachi Ltd. to Acquire Digital Engineering Services Company GlobalLogic (April)<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Hitachi Ltd.\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hitachivantara.com\/en-us\/newsroom-hvtv\/in-the-press\/2021\/gl210330.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">recently announced<\/a>\u00a0that it will acquire GlobalLogic Inc., a US-based digital engineering services company. The acquisition is based on the definitive agreement among Hitachi Global Holdings Corporation (HGDH), a US subsidiary, an SPC established by HGDH for the acquisition, and GlobalLogic Worldwide Holdings, Inc., the parent company of GlobalLogic. The transaction is subject to customary conditions and regulatory approvals and is expected to be completed by the end of July 2021.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In a press statement, Toshiaki Higashihara, President and CEO of Hitachi, said, \u201cthe acquisition of GlobalLogic creates an exciting new opportunity for Hitachi to expand our offerings of Lumada solutions and services, provide value to customers in their digital transformation journey, and grow our Lumada business globally. The synergy of GlobalLogic\u2019s leading experience design and innovation with Hitachi\u2019s expertise in IT, operational technology, and products, will help us realize our goal to be the leading digital transformation innovator in social infrastructure worldwide. Together, we will create new social, environmental, and economic value for our globally expanding client companies and elevate QoL (quality of life) for people through contributions to realize sustainable society.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><div class=\"hr hr\"><\/div><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/data-storage\/vast-data-earns-83-million-in-series-d-funding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>VAST Data Earns $83 Million in Series D Funding (May)<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">VAST Data\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/vastdata.com\/news-post\/vast-data-triples-valuation-in-one-year-to-3-7-billion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">recently announced<\/a>\u00a0it raised $83 million in Series D funding. The funding round was led by Tiger Global Management at a post-money valuation of $3.7 billion, tripling VAST\u2019s valuation since April 2020. This round also features strong participation from NVIDIA and several other existing investors and is driven by VAST\u2019s combination of rapid customer adoption and positive cash flow. The Series D funding adds to the company\u2019s Series B and Series C investments, positioning VAST as the next independent infrastructure provider that is poised to disrupt the market.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In a press statement, Renen Hallak, Founder and CEO of VAST Data, said, \u201cthe pioneering and inventive spirit of our team influences every aspect of our product and business and has redefined how successful businesses can be built. We are humbled by today\u2019s validation from Tiger and NVIDIA. It is evidence of our accomplishments to date and serves as a launchpad for the opportunity ahead of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><div class=\"hr hr\"><\/div><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/data-storage\/western-digital-launches-new-ultrastar-edge-server-family\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Western Digital Launches New Ultrastar Edge Server Family (June)<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Western Digital\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westerndigital.com\/company\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2021\/2021-06-15-western-digital-fuels-faster-decision-making-at-the-edge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">recently announced<\/a>\u00a0the availability of its new high-performance Ultrastar Edge server family. The new suite brings compute closer to where data is generated for faster processing, lower latency, and real-time decision-making, even when disconnected. Designed for cloud service providers, telcos, and system integrators, the Ultrastar Edge servers are easy to deploy and scale in the field, at colocation facilities, in a factory, or in remote data centers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In a press statement, Kurt Chan, vice president of data center platforms at Western Digital, said, \u201cas a storage technology leader, we\u2019re constantly looking ahead and anticipating how we\u2019ll continue to serve our customers\u2019 needs. The growth in data creation at the edge, the opportunities to extract value from that data, and the total available markets and customers innovating and doing work at the edge, gives us a great opportunity for our new Ultrastar Edge server family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><div class=\"hr hr\"><\/div><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/data-storage\/netapp-acquires-data-mechanics-to-optimize-data-analytics-and-machine-learning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>NetApp Acquires Data Mechanics to Optimize Data Analytics and Machine Learning (June)<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">NetApp\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.netapp.com\/newsroom\/press-releases\/news-rel-20210622-428076\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">recently announced<\/a>\u00a0that it has acquired Data Mechanics, a managed platform provider for big data processing and cloud analytics. The acquired company has offices in Paris, France, and helps businesses capitalize on Apache Spark, an open-source unified analytics engine for large-scale data processing and machine learning, in Kubernetes. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In a media statement, Amiram Shachar, vice president and general manager of Spot by NetApp, said, \u201calthough there are significant benefits to moving analytics and application workloads to the cloud, managing analytics technologies and cloud infrastructure can be resource and time-intensive, impeding employee productivity and return on investment. We\u2019re excited to welcome Data Mechanics to Spot by NetApp as we further enable organizations to put their data to work and get even more value from their cloud infrastructure investments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><div class=\"hr hr\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><div class=\"widget\"><div class=\"aside-card\">\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><a class=\"speedbump-3\" href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/data-storage\/data-storage-buyers-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1682\" title=\"Data Storage Buyer's Guide\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/data-storage\/files\/2019\/07\/data-storage-speedbump.jpg\" alt=\"Download Link to Data Storage Buyer's Guide\" width=\"800\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our editors curated this list of the biggest data storage news items during the first half of 2021, as highlighted on Solutions Review. 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