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DDN Nabs $300M From Blackstone As AI Keeps Data Storage Hot

Crunchbase News

Private equity giant Blackstone Group is making a $300 million strategic investment into DDN , valuing the Chatsworth, California-based data storage company at $5 billion. In general, datacenters and data storage and management have been hot among investors as businesses of all sizes try to use their data to scale up AI initiatives.

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Keep Labs’ smart storage redefines medication management

TechCrunch

Keep Labs built a lockable storage container for medicine, and it doesn’t matter if the meds come in bottles, boxes or dime bags. The company launched in 2019, won — and lost — an innovation award at CES 2020, and this week started […] The Keep is designed to hold them safely and track their use.

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Comprehensive data management for AI: The next-gen data management engine that will drive AI to new heights

CIO

The data is spread out across your different storage systems, and you don’t know what is where. As the next generation of AI training and fine-tuning workloads takes shape, limits to existing infrastructure will risk slowing innovation. Through relentless innovation. What does the next generation of AI workloads need?

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The Week’s Biggest Funding Rounds: Data Storage And Lots Of Biotech

Crunchbase News

DDN , $300M, data storage: Data is the big-money game right now. Private equity giant Blackstone Group is making a $300 million strategic investment into DDN , valuing the Chatsworth, California-based data storage company at $5 billion. However, as usual, a company with AI ties is on top. billion to develop data centers in Spain.

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Simplify your storage management by leveraging a universal storage layer

CIO

A universal storage layer can help tame IT complexity One way to resolve this complexity is by architecting a consistent environment on a foundation of software-defined storage services that provide the same capabilities and management interfaces regardless of where a customer’s data resides.

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Infinidat Recognizes GSI and Tech Alliance Partners for Extending the Value of Infinidat’s Enterprise Storage Solutions

Infinidat

Infinidat Recognizes GSI and Tech Alliance Partners for Extending the Value of Infinidats Enterprise Storage Solutions Adriana Andronescu Thu, 04/17/2025 - 08:14 Infinidat works together with an impressive array of GSI and Tech Alliance Partners the biggest names in the tech industry.

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Map an AI strategy that’s yours, not SAP’s

CIO

Moreover, many current and future AI innovations will only be accessible with the premium plus package that incurs added fees. While the SAP S/4HANA Cloud premium plus package advertises AI innovations, they aren’t a precise match for all enterprises, much less reflective of AI needs outside of the core SAP digital backbone. “You

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