The EMEA purpose-built backup appliance (PBBA) market finished the second quarter with an increased 26.8% year-on-year to reach $239.7 million, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Purpose-Built Backup Appliance Tracker. This is the second period in a row of double-digit growth for the market, and the first half of 2018 ended with a 19% increase compared to the first half of 2017.
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NetApp has acquired StackPointCloud, a leader in multi-cloud Kubernetes as-a-service and a contributor to the Kubernetes project.
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BMC has published the results of its 2018 Mainframe Research Report, revealing increasingly optimistic attitudes towards mainframes. With 93% of executives and 92% of all respondents viewing the mainframe as a strong long-term platform the highest level in five years this year's survey also sheds light on how organisations are becoming more proactive with their mainframe strategy to facilitate the changing dynamics of modern digital business.
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The British Film Institute (BFI), the lead organisation for film in the UK, has commissioned OvationData to deploy two Spectra® T950 Tape Libraries and two Spectra® BlackPearl® Converged Storage Systems for long-term digital preservation of the UK's film history, as part of its Unlocking Film Heritage digitisation project. The solution will enable the BFI to protect and preserve its valuable digital assets for decades to come, and make its archives easily accessible to filmmakers,...
Read MoreCloud adoption and rndisaster recovery testing is growing, yet 30 percent of organisations rnsay they still experience data loss - proving there is still work to be rndone.
Read MoreDatrium has closed an oversubscribed $60M round of Series D rnfunding. Led by Samsung Catalyst Fund, with participation from Icon rnVentures, and existing investors NEA and Lightspeed Venture Partners. rnMichael Mullany of Icon Ventures, who has had a rich career in Silicon rnValley including a role as VP of Marketing and Products for VMware, willrn join the Datrium Board of Directors in conjunction with the financing.
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