The Doctor Is In

The AI hype is starting to push the boundaries, memory-expansion SSDs, the effects of ransomware, ginormous capacities, some impressive FMS awards, more M&A drama, and a good friend’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

New AI and HPC Consortium, Hammerspace hits the big time, SSDs vs. HDDs (redux), Kioxia/WD news, Solidigm reaches for 64TB, FMS, SNIA news, and more.

“No new HDDs” still under discussion, a history lesson on AFAs, AI hype exceeds reality, links for education, and watch out for Memory Tiering.

Storage bloggers on a roll, some aggressive announcements and predictions in media, conference season is ramping up, and more webinars than time to watch.

Tape isn’t dead, NFS SSDs, Synology updates, Drive Sanitization, PLC NAND, loads of webinars, CXL, Kioxia and Western Digital, and more.

When you’re going non-stop at work and the time is creeping until it’s out of control, sometimes it takes a catastrophic event to wake you up.

Welcome to conference and webinar season! Lots of information about both, plus CXL, 7-cell NAND, 1PB SSDs, MinIO on the warpath, and data protection.

A plethora of new media technology, conferences are back in full swing, how many licks does it take to get to the center of profitability, and more.

A fantastic, near-perfect indie video game nails the puzzle genre with deftness and creativity, but could provided better closure. 8.5/10

A lot of company news in this Short Take, the predicted death of HDDs, ransomware guarantees, 300TB flash “drives,” IBM storage realignment, NVMe/TCP, the demise of SolidFire, and upcoming CFP deadlines.

A huge list of conferences, developments on HDD and SSDs, some WD updates, and SNIA’s 25th anniversary.