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Kingston launches 30.72TB DC3000ME SSD for data centres

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Kingston unveils 30.72TB DC3000ME SSD for data centres, targeting AI, HPC and cloud workloads with PCIe 5.0 speeds and PCIe 4.0 support.
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Hetzner launches EX131 server with Intel Xeon 6731P

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Hetzner rolls out EX131 dedicated server line with Intel Xeon Gold 6731P, Gen5 NVMe drives and pricing from EUR €560.70 a month.
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Commvault expands Flex with Hitachi Vantara & NetApp

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Commvault broadens Flex support with Hitachi Vantara and NetApp as enterprises seek scalable cyber recovery for AI-heavy storage demands.
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Adobe just rewrote the rules of graphic design

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Adobe unveils Firefly AI Assistant to automate multi-step creative work across Photoshop and Premiere, as design roles shift.
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Enterprise SSD prices jump 24% amid flash volatility

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Mixed-fleet storage gains appeal as VDURA says enterprise SSD prices surged 24% in three weeks, driving costs sharply higher for AI and HPC systems.
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Komprise unveils Flash Stretch to cut flash storage costs

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Komprise debuts Flash Stretch service to analyse NAS data, reclaim flash capacity and counter rising DRAM and SSD costs for enterprises.
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World Backup Day shifts focus from speed to recovery

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World Backup Day now spotlights recoverability and data integrity as AI, cloud volatility and flash costs reshape corporate storage priorities.
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VDURA adds RDMA & AI-focused context-aware tiering

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VDURA adds RDMA and unveils context-aware tiering to cut CPU bottlenecks and speed AI training and inference across its data platform.
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Dell & NVIDIA boost AI data orchestration & storage

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Dell and NVIDIA deepen AI data platform to automate data prep, boost storage throughput and accelerate GPU performance for agentic workloads.
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External OEM storage revenue rises 3.9% to USD $33bn

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IDC says the external OEM enterprise storage market returned to growth in 2025 as delayed refresh cycles lifted spending, with all-flash arrays leading gains.
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Scality & WEKA partner on tiered AI storage design

Thu, 26th Feb 2026
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Scality and WEKA unveil a validated tiered AI storage design, marrying flash and object storage to cut infrastructure costs and boost scale.
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Everpure rebrands from Pure Storage with 1touch deal

Tue, 24th Feb 2026
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Everpure debuts as Pure Storage's new name and moves deeper into AI-ready data management with a planned acquisition of 1touch.
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Everpure rebrands & moves into AI data intelligence

Tue, 24th Feb 2026
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Everpure debuts new name on Wall Street and moves deeper into AI by agreeing to acquire data intelligence specialist 1touch.
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StorONE targets flash cost surge with 9x ROI tiering push

Fri, 20th Feb 2026
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StorONE's 3.9 platform debuts 9x ROI flash tiering, mixing SSD and HDD to curb soaring flash costs without sacrificing performance.
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VDURA adds AI infrastructure leaders to strengthen board

Fri, 13th Feb 2026
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VDURA taps AI infrastructure veterans from Dell and Google Cloud to bolster its board as GPU-driven storage and flash volatility reshape demand.
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WD maps 100TB-plus hard drives for AI data centres

Wed, 4th Feb 2026
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WD maps a path to 100TB-plus hard drives, unveiling faster, lower-power designs as cloud data centres scale storage for AI workloads.
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VDURA pledges 50% undercut on rival all-flash storage

Fri, 30th Jan 2026
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VDURA launches Flash Relief Programme, vowing to beat rival all-flash file system quotes by 50% amid surging SSD prices and supply strain.
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VAST Amplify aims to unlock stranded enterprise flash

Wed, 28th Jan 2026
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VAST Data's new Amplify programme promises up to 6× more usable flash by reclaiming stranded SSD capacity amid global supply constraints.
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Nokia picks Pure Storage to power Red Hat telco cloud

Tue, 27th Jan 2026
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Nokia taps Pure Storage and Red Hat OpenShift for a new telco cloud blueprint targeting cloud-native, AI-ready, low-energy networks.
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Hybrid storage & cloud set to reshape data in 2026

Wed, 14th Jan 2026
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Hybrid cloud and mixed-media storage will overtake single-cloud and all-flash designs in 2026 as AI, costs and outages reshape data strategy.