Object storage stories
The ranking boosts Google Cloud's bid to win more AI infrastructure spend as firms look for cheaper, scalable systems for training and inference.
French organisations deploying AI workloads will now get local sales and French-language support as Scality takes the front line for WEKA's joint stack.
Audited feedback has lifted Nasuni's customer-service standing, with a 98% CSAT score and top G2 placements across 15 categories.
European firms can now keep sensitive data local while using cloud-style storage for AI and disaster recovery under the new platform.
Enterprises face mounting pressure to govern unstructured data for AI, after GigaOm again ranked Hitachi Vantara as a leader and fast mover.
Existing resellers and distributors will get higher margins and longer deal protection as Scality shifts rewards towards certifications and demand creation.
AI and HPC users could cut storage costs as WD's new designs shift colder data to hard drives while keeping active workloads on NVMe.
Enterprises can now query file-based data in Snowflake and Databricks without first moving petabytes into a lakehouse, cutting AI prep delays.
Service providers can now run Veeam-based backup storage on existing infrastructure, after Virtuozzo Storage gained certified object storage status.
Shared storage teams will gain tighter oversight and automation as the new software arrives for V5000 systems in late 2026.
Teams under pressure from AI-driven telemetry growth can now query logs in object storage without indexing, cutting storage and search costs.
Research teams can now run HPC and AI workloads without rebuilding storage and cloud stacks, as CIQ adds support for major file systems.
Research centres can now keep existing Lustre and GPFS data in place as Fuzzball 4.0 adds Azure support, caching and a registry.
The platform could cut the time and cost of preparing siloed files for AI, with queries fed from metadata rather than full data copies.
Only 10% of banks and asset managers are prioritising AI-ready storage, leaving many to tackle compliance and rising data costs first.
The rollout aims to help customers tame rising AI-driven complexity as Datadog adds autonomous monitoring, security and agent oversight tools.
Cost pressures are keeping banks focused on storage basics, with just 10% of firms ranking AI-ready platforms as a top priority.
Customers with data-heavy workloads can now buy compute, connectivity and storage from one provider, avoiding egress fees and internet bottlenecks.
Japanese firms seeking local AI capacity will gain new GPU-backed cloud resources as the service keeps data inside AT TOKYO's data centres.
The system is aimed at enterprises seeking S3-compatible storage that cuts flash use, lowers cloud fees and hardens data against ransomware.
