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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
BigID Expands Capabilities with New Features to Enhance Security and Compliance
BigID, a company specializing in data security, privacy, compliance, and AI-driven data management, has revealed several advancements focused on improving cloud security, enhancing compliance measures, and reinforcing da Read more…
Alation Introduces Document Hubs for Unified Data Access and Governance
The way organizations manage and share data can make or break their ability to collaborate and make informed decisions. Inconsistent data definitions and fragmented documentation often create barriers between teams, limi Read more…
AWS Expands Sagemaker To Combine Data, Analytics, and AI Capabilities
AWS SageMaker has long served as the go-to platform for managing the entire lifecycle of machine learning (ML) and GenAI models. It offers tools to build, train, and deploy these models. The platform is also used to acce Read more…
New AWS Service Lets Businesses Upload Data to Cloud From Secure Terminals
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is introducing a new feature that allows customers to schedule time slots at designated physical locations to connect their storage devices and upload data to AWS cloud. The AWS Data Transf Read more…
Google Kubernetes Engine Now Supports Trillion-Parameter AI Models
The exponential growth in large language model (LLM) size and the resulting need for high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure is reshaping the AI landscape. Some of the newer GenAI models have grown to well over a Read more…
This Just In
SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 19, 2024 — Quantum Corporation has announced development of a new highly parallel file system client for the Quantum Myriad all-flash file system, designed to fully enable NVIDIA GPUDirect Storage capability while offering on-the-fly client node deployments with cross platform compatibility, including NVIDIA Grace Hopper with Grace ARM-based architectures. Read more…
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Dec. 18, 2024 — Vultr today announced it has completed a growth financing at a $3.5 billion valuation, led by LuminArx Capital Management and AMD Ventures. Read more…
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 17, 2024 — Zilliz, the company behind the open-source vector database Milvus, today announced the release of Milvus 2.5, which includes powerful advancements to hybrid vector and keyword search capabilities that process queries 30 times faster than traditional solutions while eliminating the need for separate vector and keyword search systems. Read more…
NEW YORK, Dec. 13, 2024 — On November 14, 2024, Datalogz convened a compelling fireside chat as part of its Future Frontiers event series, exploring how data is transforming the federal government to address the nation’s most pressing challenges. Read more…
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 11, 2024 — With the rapid adoption of AI across industries, nearly two in five (37%) U.S. companies identified data as their top concern when implementing AI projects, but few IT leaders are taking steps to ensure proper data quality and management, jeopardizing the success of AI initiatives according to a new survey from Hitachi Vantara, the data storage, infrastructure, and hybrid cloud management subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. Read more…