Public cloud AI‑focused storage vendor Backblaze unveiled a proposed $150‑million private offering of convertible senior notes. Holders may convert notes to cash, Backblaze Class A common stock, or a mix, at Backblaze’s discretion. Net proceeds will partly fund capped‑call transactions; remaining funds support general corporate needs and capital expenditures.
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Cristie launched Cristie S3‑2‑Tape, a new add‑on for Cristie Recovery Solution powered by Rubrik (CRS‑r). It enables secure, policy‑governed direct S3‑object‑to‑tape transfers, delivering immutable, air‑gapped long‑term retention plus extra ransomware defence for European organisations and their partners. Built on Cristie Archival Gateway, a software object‑storage layer supporting tape libraries as archive storage, the gateway exposes standard S3 REST APIs for archiving applications and abstracts underlying freely‑selectable, swappable tape hardware.
Cristie S3‑2‑Tape is now available for CRS‑r via Cristie’s European MSP, distributor and reseller network under monthly pay‑per‑use and subscription licensing. Hardware is assembled at Dell’s Irish OEM facility per Rubrik requirements. Cristie is an authorised Rubrik support provider across the Nordics, Baltics, DACH, Poland, France and Benelux, with Rubrik‑trained engineers delivering support in nine languages.
[See also Versity, XenData, and the BeeGFS‑GRAU DATA combo.]
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Stephen Manley …
Druva CTO Stephen Manley resigned in July and joined Securonix as CTO. He succeeds Venkat Kotla, who departed in May to become Google VP of Product Engineering — a return to Google after leaving in June 2022 for Atlassian’s VP‑Engineering role. Manley spent nearly seven years at Druva.
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Data‑protection firm HYCU named Anant Chintamaneni Chief Product Officer. He previously served as Google Cloud Director of Products. HYCU co‑founder and ex‑VP‑Products Subbiah Sundaram left in March for Veeam as SVP of Products.
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IBM released a new Red Book: IBM Storage Scale Container Native: Implementation Guide for Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift. It delivers full technical guidance for deploying and operating IBM Storage Scale Container Native within these environments. Content covers architectural principles including management‑data‑plane separation, plus deployment models for remote, local and direct‑attached storage.
It includes detailed installation workflows, OpenShift‑versus‑upstream‑Kubernetes platform considerations and troubleshooting guidance. Real‑world use cases detail deployments for enterprise workloads: IBM FileNet Content Manager, PostgreSQL, IBM DB2 Data Warehouse, VM storage and GenAI jobs running vLLM. PDF download available here.
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Lightbits Labs added native Okta integration to Lightbits software v3.20.1, tightening storage security for enterprise clients including one major US financial‑services firm. Building on existing ADFS federated authentication, native Okta lets organisations manage cluster access via their standard identity provider instead of local user accounts. Storage admins may authenticate to clusters over CLI using existing Okta identities, with REST‑API support coming later. Further details here.
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SSD‑controller and drive vendor Phison CEO Pua Khein‑Seng forecasts a four‑year lag before rising NAND output matches demand; prices will keep climbing amid growing consumption.
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SanDisk partnered with Purdue University on Semiconductor Memory 101, a 20‑hour online curriculum offering practical, industry‑aligned memory‑technology training. Developed by Purdue’s Professor Muhammad Mustafa Hussain alongside Stanford, Georgia Tech and UT Austin faculty, the course features eight SanDisk engineers as lecturers sharing hands‑on industry insight. It builds comprehensive knowledge of modern‑computing memory technologies (DRAM, SRAM, NOR/NAND Flash, emerging memory) plus reliability, packaging and system‑level topics normally learned on‑the‑job. The $20‑enrolment course requires no prerequisites and grants a joint Purdue‑SanDisk certificate. Course details and registration here.
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TrendForce reports top‑five NAND vendors posted 77% quarter‑over‑second‑quarter‑2026 revenue growth; Micron climbed to third place. Suppliers secured substantial ASP increases via contract negotiations. TrendForce’s rankings exclude Chinese manufacturer YMTC, skewing results. More here.
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TrendForce NAND supplier rankings Aug 2026. TrendForce NAND supplier rankings Aug 2026.
Veeam Software earned Champion status — Omdia’s highest tier — in the latest Global Managed Backup and Disaster Recovery (BDR) Leadership Matrix, a four‑quadrant report assessing vendors supplying BDR services for MSPs. Fifteen vendors were evaluated across analyst assessment, ecosystem feedback and performance metrics. Veeam achieved top‑tier Leadership positioning, recognised for its robust MSP ecosystem with over 12 000 VCSP‑program partners.
Six vendors attained Champion status: Acronis, Kaseya, N‑able (Cove), NinjaOne (Dropsuite), and Veeam. Four retained their Champion ranking from the prior release. Remaining vendors fall into Contenders (strong channel scores yet flat/declining year‑on‑year), Scalers (improved partner sentiment without consistent top‑tier channel excellence), and Foundations (lowest ratings plus worsening partner sentiment over 12 months).
Veeam published public material reproducing the “not‑for‑external‑distribution” Omdia chart, effectively overriding that restriction.
Access the report here.
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VergeIO‑commissioned research across 400 IT buyers identifies software‑defined storage as the leading target for major new investment amid memory‑and‑flash shortages. VergeOS developer VergeIO released Navigating the Great Enterprise Storage Squeeze, multi‑client Omdia research surveying 400 North‑American IT professionals owning storage‑infrastructure responsibilities. 98 % of respondent organisations are consolidating or evaluating consolidation of infrastructure layers. Register for the webinar to obtain full research copy.
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HDD manufacturer Western Digital and Tohoku University launched the WD × Tohoku University AI Data Infrastructure Lab, a joint‑research institute advancing next‑gen storage technologies and nurturing AI‑infrastructure talent. Hosted at Tohoku University Sendai campus’s RIEC research institute, it combines expertise in advanced recording materials, device physics and storage‑system engineering.
“AI is reshaping global digital infrastructure and driving unprecedented storage‑innovation demand. Addressing this requires materials‑science, recording‑technology and engineering breakthroughs no single entity can deliver alone. Combining Tohoku University’s world‑class research with WD’s decades‑long storage‑innovation leadership accelerates relevant technologies and talent for tomorrow’s AI infrastructure,” stated WD Japan Country Officer Hisashi Takano. “WD invests today in scientific breakthroughs defining AI storage for the coming decade.”
The institute commenced operations July 1 2026 and will run under Tohoku University RIEC until June 30 2029.
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