Sunday December 22, 2024

Cloud Storage Service SugarSync Abandons Freemium For A Paid Account Model

SugarSync, a gladiator in the long, hard battle that is hosted cloud storage, has decided to go mercenary. The company announced today that they will offer a “paid-only” service model, doing away with their free storage tiers. Current customers can still access their files and will be offered considerable discounts on the service – up […]

Hadoop, Web 2.0 get path to tape for cheap, long-term storage

An appliance designed for Web 2.0 companies may take them back to the future with tape storage. Tweet This Post

Violin Memory Struggles In IPO And Now Faces A Fierce Storage and Enterprise Market

On Friday, Violin Memory’s IPO did not exactly go that well. The company priced its IPO at $9 per share but opened at $7.41, 17.7 percent lower than the offering price. It closed trading at $7.02 per share, down 22 percent. It was a tough day for the Flash memory maker but it could get tougher as competition intensifies in […]

It’s Official, The Nirvanix Cloud Storage Service Is Shutting Down

It’s official, Nirvanix is shutting down its business. The cloud storage company has scrapped its website, leaving a statement and how to get in touch with customer support. The statement says customers need to actively participate in getting their data off the Nirvanix infrastructure. The company will also put its resources behind helping customers move […]

Pure Storage Raises $150M And Sets For Battle With The Storage Giants

Pure Storage has raised $150 million for its super-fast and feature-rich flash storage technology. The round was led by T. Rowe Price, Tiger Global Management and “other public market investors,” along with participation from previous investors Greylock Partners, Index Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Samsung Ventures and Sutter Hill Ventures. The new funding brings the company’s total […]

Cleversafe Raises $55M For Object Storage Service That Turns Data Into Tiny Pieces

Cleversafe has raised $55 million to invest in the expansion of its object storage business. This Series D funding round was led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA) with participation from all major existing investors. The Chicago-based company now has more than $100 million in funding. Cleversafe, used by services such as photo-sharing service Shutterfly, slices data […]

Oracle ups memory, storage of Exalytics analytics appliance

Oracle is introducing a new generation of its Exalytics appliance for high-speed data analysis that comes with a slightly higher price tag but major increases in memory and storage capacity. Tweet This Post

EMC Acquires Israeli Storage Startup ScaleIO For $200M-$300M To Compete Better With The Cloud Kings

Palo Alto-based ScaleIO is one of a new generation of startup storage providers that’s using intelligent software to help big companies streamline and converge their data storage operations at scale across thousands of servers. On a mission to re-imagine the very operations of enterprise data centers, the startup’s tech takes aim at the core business of […]

Norway Cloud Service Touts NSA-Free Storage As Alternative To Dropbox, SkyDrive And Other U.S. Services

Jottacloud, a cloud storage service based in Norway, is promoting itself as a safe and secure haven, free of the NSA’s long reach that it has with services such as SkyDrive, Dropbox and iCloud. According to a company blog post, the files stored on Jottacloud’s service are protected under Norwegian law, independent of the U.S. […]

Email Reveals Google App Engine Search API About Ready For Preview Release, Charges Planned For Storage, Operations

Google is readying to move the Google App Engine Search API from experimental to preview status with plans to charge for operations and storage. The news comes from an email sent by a Google product manager to developers experimenting with the Search API. He asked just one thing in the email: to keep the news confidential until […]