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News•Feb 10, 2026
Simplyblock Provides Postgres Git-Style Branching
Simplyblock has launched Vela, a self‑hostable platform that provides instant, Git‑style branching for PostgreSQL databases without copying data. The solution leverages copy‑on‑write on local NVMe storage and deep Kubernetes integration to deliver high‑performance, low‑latency environments. Vela targets AI workloads that suffer from throttling and cost overruns on managed Postgres services. A sandbox offering lets developers test the model before deploying on any cloud, bare‑metal, or virtual machine.
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News•Feb 10, 2026
Simplyblock Provides Postgres Git-Style Branching
Simplyblock unveiled Vela, a platform that delivers instant PostgreSQL branches using copy‑on‑write technology on its high‑performance block storage. The solution eliminates traditional snapshot‑restore cycles, offering developers rapid, cost‑effective cloning without data duplication. Vela is cloud‑agnostic, Kubernetes‑native, and supports NVMe/TCP and...
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News•Feb 10, 2026
IBM Refreshes FlashSystem Lineup with Faster 5600, 7600, and 9600 Arrays
IBM has refreshed its FlashSystem all‑flash portfolio, introducing the 5600, 7600 and 9600 arrays to replace the 5300, 7300 and 9500 models. The new 9600 delivers up to 6.3 million IOPS, 3.3 PB raw capacity and a compact 2‑RU chassis, while the...
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News•Feb 10, 2026
IBM Refreshes FlashSystem Lineup with Faster 5600, 7600, and 9600 Arrays
IBM announced a refresh of its FlashSystem all‑flash storage family, introducing the 5600, 7600 and 9600 models that replace the 5300, 7300 and 9500 generations. The new arrays feature Gen 5 FlashCore Modules with up to 105.6 TB per drive and a...
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News•Feb 9, 2026
Storage News Ticker – 9 February 2026
The storage‑focused news ticker highlighted a wave of AI‑centric and security‑driven product launches, from Aerospike’s default Dynamic Data Masking to Cloudera’s on‑prem AI inference and Trino‑powered warehouse. Databricks secured a $5 billion equity round, reporting $5.4 billion ARR with strong AI revenue,...
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News•Feb 9, 2026
VMware Exiteeers Targeted by Alibaba’s NexaVM
Swiss‑based NexaVM, backed by Alibaba, delivers an all‑in‑one VMware replacement aimed at mid‑market cloud service providers, sovereign‑cloud operators, and hardware‑agnostic OEMs. The platform bundles a production‑grade KVM hypervisor, Ceph‑based hyper‑converged storage, integrated Kubernetes‑as‑a‑Service, and multi‑tenant management under a subscription licence....
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News•Feb 5, 2026
VAST Data Plans Funding Round so Early Stock Holders Can Get Cash
VAST Data is closing a $1 billion financing round that values the AI‑focused storage vendor at roughly $30 billion. The bulk of the cash will come from a secondary sale where existing shareholders dump 5‑6 shares for each new issue, generating $700‑$850 million...
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News•Feb 5, 2026
Cohesity Deepens Google Cloud Integration
Cohesity has integrated Google Cloud Threat Intelligence directly into the Cohesity Data Cloud UI and added Google Private Scanning for secure, privacy‑preserving malware detonation. The enhancement gives customers real‑time visibility into indicators of compromise and streamlines threat analysis without leaving...
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News•Feb 5, 2026
MinIO Plugs Apache Iceberg Tables Directly Into AIStor
MinIO has made its AIStor Tables feature generally available, embedding the full Apache Iceberg V3 Catalog REST API directly into its object storage platform. The integration lets enterprises treat Iceberg tables as first‑class citizens, unifying structured and unstructured data for...
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News•Feb 5, 2026
DDN Appoints Vice Chairman Amid Enterprise AI Expansion
Data Direct Networks (DDN) has named former Cisco and Groq executive Mohsen Moazami as vice chairman, a move seen as positioning the high‑performance computing firm for a public offering. The appointment follows a $300 million Blackstone investment and a strategic shift...
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Deals•Feb 5, 2026
VAST Data Announces Planned Funding Round
VAST Data, a high‑performance data storage provider, announced plans to raise a new funding round, giving early stockholders an opportunity to cash out. The round is intended to provide liquidity for early investors, though details on size, valuation, and participants...
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News•Feb 4, 2026
MariaDB Discusses Database Scale and Active:active and Active:passive Architectures
MariaDB’s chief product officer Vikas Mathur explained the trade‑offs between active‑passive and active‑active database architectures. Active‑passive relies on a primary server with idle standby replicas, offering low complexity but higher cost and unused capacity. Active‑active runs multiple nodes handling reads...
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News•Feb 3, 2026
Hitachi Vantara May Be up for Sale
Hitachi Ltd. is exploring a sale of its Hitachi Vantara data‑storage unit for up to ¥200 billion ($1.3 billion). The move follows a strategic pivot toward higher‑margin businesses such as energy transmission and digital SaaS services. Hitachi Vantara generated roughly ¥300 billion in...
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News•Feb 3, 2026
Samsung Shipping Fast and Small PCIe Gen5 Bus 4TB Mini-Gumstick Drive
Samsung has begun shipping a 4 TB PM9E1 M.2 2242 SSD that targets space‑constrained AI workstations such as Nvidia DGX Spark. The drive uses Samsung’s 236‑layer Gen 8 V‑NAND, dual‑sided DRAM, and a 5 nm Presto controller, delivering up to 2 million random read IOPS, 2.64 million...
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News•Feb 3, 2026
Western Digital Blows Hard Disk Drive Future Wide Open
Western Digital announced qualification of a 40 TB UltraSMR hard‑disk drive and unveiled a roadmap that could reach 100 TB using heat‑assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) by 2027. The company introduced High‑Bandwidth Drive (HBD) technology that initially doubles I/O throughput, with plans for...
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News•Feb 2, 2026
Commvault Pitches Geo Shield for Sovereign Data Protection
Commvault has launched Geo Shield, a sovereign‑data protection suite that lets enterprises dictate where data resides, who controls access, and who holds encryption keys. The offering spans four deployment models—from local hyperscaler SaaS to private sovereign clouds—supporting both BYOK and HYOK...
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News•Feb 2, 2026
Storage News Ticker – February 2
The February 2 storage news ticker packed a series of vendor recognitions, product launches and strategic moves across data quality, protection, AI and memory markets. Ataccama earned the top Forrester strategy score, while Coldago’s 2025 map highlighted Cohesity, Commvault, Rubrik and...
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