Tag Archives: Announcement

Pure Storage Announces New Program, New Hardware, New Software Services

Posted on 1 June 2015 by GeekFluent

Today, Pure Storage, an all-Flash array vendor I’ve written about before, made three major announcements covering a new program for customers, new hardware, and new management software. Specifically, they announced: Evergreen Storage The FlashArray//m family (also called FA//m) Pure1 Management … Continue reading →

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Qumulo Announces New High-Density Storage Node

Posted on 13 April 2015 by GeekFluent

Less than one month after emerging from stealth, storage startup Qumulo announced the availability of a new high-capacity storage node today. The announcement was timed with Qumulo’s attendance at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show. Qumulo makes a data-aware … Continue reading →

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Qumulo Comes Out of Stealth Offering Data-Aware Scale-Out NAS

Posted on 16 March 2015 by GeekFluent

I’ve let several people know that I’m traveling today, and I even told some folks that I was in Seattle, but it wasn’t until today that I can go public on why I’m here. Today, storage startup Qumulo came out … Continue reading →

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SimpliVity Closes $175 Million D Round of Funding

Posted on 11 March 2015 by GeekFluent

Yesterday, hyperconverged infrastructure vendor SimpliVity announced that they had raised $175 Million in series D funding. Waypoint Captial led the round, with previous investors Accel Partners, Charles River Ventures, DFJ Growth, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers (KPCB), and Meritech Capital … Continue reading →

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SolidFire Announces New Hardware Node, FlashForward Guarantees, and Software-Only Offering

Posted on 26 February 2015 by GeekFluent

Yesterday, SolidFire released a hat-trick of announcements: The addition of a new hardware node to its all-Flash, scale-out storage platform The FlashForward program — a combination of a platform compatibility guarantee and an unlimited drive wear guarantee ElementX — the … Continue reading →

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PernixData Announces Version 2.5 of Their FVP Software

Posted on 25 February 2015 by GeekFluent

Today, PernixData announced version 2.5 of their FVP software product. This product can provide huge storage performance benefits in VMware environments. Since it’s not something I’ve written about before, and it seems that not everyone has heard of PernixData and … Continue reading →

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EMC Announces New High-Density Isilon Node – the HD400

Posted on 20 February 2015 by GeekFluent

Yesterday, EMC announced the addition of a new node type to their Isilon scale-out storage line. This new node offers higher-density storage than any other Isilon nodes, specifically 354TB raw capacity in 4U of rack space. The new node, known … Continue reading →

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Storage Field Day 7 (#SFD7) — A Delegate is Me

Posted on 13 February 2015 by GeekFluent

I’ve been a fan of the folks at Gestalt IT for a while now. I follow them on Twitter, I read the stuff they post, and I’ve always followed their Tech Field Day events with great interest. If you’re not … Continue reading →

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Stealth Storage Startup Qumulo Closes Series B Round of Funding

Posted on 9 February 2015 by GeekFluent

Last week, storage startup Qumulo completed a Series B round of funding, gaining an additional $40 Million in investor backing — while still in “stealth mode”. This new round of funding brings the total amount invested in Qumulo to $67 … Continue reading →

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VMware Announces vExperts for 2015

Posted on 5 February 2015 by GeekFluent

Today, VMware announced the list of 2015 vExperts. The “vExpert” designation is not a technical certification, but instead a recognition of community engagement and personal influence within the various VMware and virtualization communities. I am simultaneously happy, honored, proud, and … Continue reading →

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