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Cloud storage startup Wasabi raises $250M to reach unicorn status

TechCrunch

The cloud services sector is still dominated by Amazon and the other so-called “hyperscalers” — e.g. the Microsoft Azures, Google Cloud Platforms and IBM Clouds of the world. ” Friend and Flowers joined forces in 2015 to start Wasabi, when Friend was still the CEO of cloud backup company Carbonite. .

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Lucidity keeps cloud block storage neat, tidy and cost-efficient

TechCrunch

Cloud storage is expensive ( especially in this economy ), but many companies often over-provision, cutting their full return on investment. Lucidity was created to help them manage block storage more efficiently with a set of automated tools. The startup announced today that is has raised $5.3 million in seed funding.

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Storage: The unsung hero of AI deployments

CIO

As enterprises begin to deploy and use AI, many realize they’ll need access to massive computing power and fast networking capabilities, but storage needs may be overlooked. In that case, Duos needs super-fast storage that works alongside its AI computing units. “We We need to get that information out as quickly as possible.”

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Decentralized storage: Tailwinds and open questions

TechCrunch

Talking to Storj about its new version made me curious about decentralized storage. On the other, it also seems at odds with other trends, such as sovereign clouds. Anna Slashing cloud bills The volume of data generated by companies seems to be ever-increasing, but concerns about cloud costs are rising, too.

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10 most in-demand enterprise IT skills

CIO

The software and services an organization chooses to fuel the enterprise can make or break its overall success. And part of that success comes from investing in talented IT pros who have the skills necessary to work with your organizations preferred technology platforms, from the database to the cloud.

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Simplify your storage management by leveraging a universal storage layer

CIO

To optimize such environments, IT leaders should consider a multipronged approach, comprising common sets of software-defined infrastructure services, integrated cloud platforms, and modern as-a-service subscriptions that have been designed to address exactly these issues.

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Flexential: Perfecting a platform methodology for enterprises’ multi-cloud future

CIO

James Ochoa, vice president of cloud solutions at Flexential, views the company’s extensive portfolio not simply as a collection of innovative, bespoke, and proven technologies, but more fundamentally as the solution it uses to help more than 3,000 enterprises in more than 20 industries solve their business challenges.