In my last column, we looked at the fundamentals of object storage as it applies to the media industry and as applicable to archiving. Object stores have become a principle solution for long-term data ...

Object storage has attracted a lot of attention in recent years. Indeed, it has become the foundation data storage layer for much of the cloud and for many of the very popular services that have ...

Hitachi Data Systems Tuesday expanded the definition of "unified storage" with the introduction of a new platform for combining block, file, and object storage under a single management framework. HDS ...

Data is transforming the world of business by enabling companies to find new efficiencies, gain new customer insights and enter new markets. However, all of this information comes at a cost. The ...

Cloudian, a long-time leader in scalable object storage technology, directly addresses the complexity of AI storage infrastructure with its new Cloudian HyperStore with Nvidia GPUDirect for Object ...

Software-defined storage promises enterprises greater flexibility and freedom of choice when it comes to their data storage deployments. By taking lower-level software operations and day-to-day ...

MinIO Inc., developer of a high-performance, Kubernetes-native object store compatible with Amazon Web Services Inc.’s S3 service, today announced a version of its cloud storage service designed to ...

Storing data in fixed chunks called "blocks," each with a unique address. A file or object can be made up of many blocks that can be stored across multiple storage drives. Block storage is used in ...

Market leaders in distributed file systems and object storage include Dell Technologies, IBM, Pure Storage, Scality, NetApp and Qumulo, according to Gartner’s new 2020 Magic Quadrant. Gartner’s 2020 ...