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MinIO Debuts DataPod, a Reference Architecture for Exascale AI Storage
The number of companies planning to store an exabyte of data or more is skyrocketing, thanks to the AI revolution. To help streamline the storage buildouts and calm queasy CFO stomachs, MinIO last week proposed a referen Read more…
Can Cerabyte Crack the $1-Per-Petabyte Barrier with Ceramic Storage?
A German startup named Cerabyte is hoping to solve the burgeoning market for secondary and archival data storage with a novel approach that uses lasers to etch bits onto glass with a ceramic coating. The “grey ceramic� Read more…
Starfish Helps Tame the Wild West of Massive Unstructured Data
“What data do you have? And can I access it?” Those may seem like simple questions for any data-driven enterprise. But when you have billions of files spread across petabytes of storage on a parallel file system, the Read more…
Faster Interconnects and Switches to Help Relieve Data Bottlenecks
Nvidia’s new Blackwell architecture may have stolen the show this week at the GPU Technology Conference in San Jose, California. But an emerging bottleneck at the network layer threatens to make bigger and brawnier pro Read more…
Inside AWS’s Plans to Make S3 Faster and Better
As far as big data storage goes, Amazon S3 has won the war. Even among storage vendors whose initials are not A.W.S., S3 is the defacto standard for storing lots of data. But AWS isn’t resting on its laurels with S3, a Read more…
News In Brief
ApertureData Raises $8.25 Million to Drive the Future of Multimodal AI
In the race to develop cutting-edge AI systems, data is the fuel that drives progress. From AI copilots to sophisticated AI-powered image recognition platforms, these AI systems rely on vast, diverse datasets to function Read more…
Lightdash Secures $11M To Bring AI To Business Intelligence
Lightdash, a business intelligence (BI) platform and open-source alternative to Google’s Looker, announced it has raised $11 million in an early-stage funding round to integrate artificial intelligence into BI solution Read more…
MongoDB 8.0 Release Raises the Bar for Database Performance
MongoDB, a leading NoSQL database platform, has launched version 8.0, offering a substantial performance improvement over its predecessors. This new release introduces scalable solutions and enhanced security features, g Read more…
MariaDB Transitions to Private Ownership as K1 Closes Acquisition
MariaDB, an open-source relational database management system (RDBMS), has been acquired by private investment company K1 Investment Management. MariaDB's tenure as a public company was brief, having gone public in Decem Read more…
Apache Cassandra 5.0 Brings Major Updates with Enhanced Indexing and AI Capabilities
The Apache Cassandra Community has announced the general availability of Apache Cassandra 5.0, offering better data efficiency, integration of GenAI functionality, and improved performance. Apache Cassandra is a dis Read more…
This Just In
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 15, 2024 — Hitachi Vantara, the data storage, infrastructure, and hybrid cloud management subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., has announced a strategic partnership with Hammerspace, the company orchestrating the next data cycle, to deliver a new set of AI-ready solutions. Read more…
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15, 2024 — Monte Carlo, the data and AI observability company, has announced a series of product enhancements and new capabilities at its annual IMPACT Data Observability Summit, aimed at helping enterprises deliver reliable, trustworthy data to power their data and AI products. Read more…
Nov. 14, 2024 — VAST Data, the AI data platform company, and the National Hockey League (NHL) today announced a multiyear North American partnership to help transform the way the NHL manages, stores, and distributes its media content. Read more…
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 14, 2024 — AMD has announced the AMD Versal Premium Series Gen 2, an adaptive SoC platform designed to deliver the highest levels of system acceleration for a wide range of workloads. Read more…
BOULDER, Colo. and MELBOURNE, Australia, Nov. 14, 2024 — Arcitecta today announced it has partnered with Wasabi Technologies, enabling organizations to seamlessly and transparently integrate Wasabi’s cloud storage into their workflows. Read more…