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VDURA index tracks volatile SSD pricing & AI impact
DataCentre infrastructure

VDURA index tracks volatile SSD pricing & AI impact

VDURA launches index and modelling tool as AI-fuelled SSD volatility drives 189% flash cost surge and widens gap with hard drives.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Wed, 21st Jan 2026
Nasuni names new CTO & CFO to drive AI data growth
Software-as-a-Service

Nasuni names new CTO & CFO to drive AI data growth

Nasuni appoints Jerry Carter as CTO and Ross Grainger as CFO, strengthening leadership to scale unstructured data and AI-focused growth.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Thu, 15th Jan 2026
AI data management market to hit USD $239.15bn by 2034
Unified Communications

AI data management market to hit USD $239.15bn by 2034

AI data management is set to surge to USD $239.15bn by 2034 as cloud, streaming data and governance needs reshape enterprise data strategy.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Thu, 15th Jan 2026
Hands-on review: Silicon Power Hypera microSDXC Express card
Storage

Hands-on review: Silicon Power Hypera microSDXC Express card

Silicon Power's Hypera microSDXC Express card brings near-SSD speeds and affordable extra storage to Nintendo Switch 2 gamers.

By Darren Price • 5 min read • Thu, 15th Jan 2026
Dell boosts PowerStore QLC density & replication features
Storage

Dell boosts PowerStore QLC density & replication features

Dell boosts PowerStore with 30TB QLC drives, metro sync replication and new NFSv4.2 features to pack in more data and harden resilience.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Wed, 14th Jan 2026
Hybrid storage & cloud set to reshape data in 2026
Storage

Hybrid storage & cloud set to reshape data in 2026

Hybrid cloud and mixed-media storage will overtake single-cloud and all-flash designs in 2026 as AI, costs and outages reshape data strategy.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 5 min read • Wed, 14th Jan 2026
Index Engines to showcase AI cyber resilience at Gartner
Malware

Index Engines to showcase AI cyber resilience at Gartner

Index Engines to demo AI-driven CyberSense at Gartner Las Vegas, pitching continuous data integrity checks to speed ransomware recovery.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Thu, 8th Jan 2026
Hitachi Vantara names Wendy Koh APAC Sales Vice President
Storage

Hitachi Vantara names Wendy Koh APAC Sales Vice President

Hitachi Vantara has named veteran executive Wendy Koh vice president of sales for Asia Pacific to drive AI data and hybrid cloud growth.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Tue, 6th Jan 2026
MocaProof beta brings gamified Web3 identity to testnet
Data Protection

MocaProof beta brings gamified Web3 identity to testnet

Moca Network launches MocaProof beta on Moca Chain testnet, gamifying privacy-preserving Web3 identity with rewards and NFT campaigns.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Tue, 6th Jan 2026
Cloudera forecasts disposable apps & AI governance shift
Data Protection

Cloudera forecasts disposable apps & AI governance shift

Cloudera predicts 2026 will bring disposable AI-built apps, tougher scrutiny of patchwork systems and AI agents policing data governance.

By Shannon Williams • 5 min read • Wed, 17th Dec 2025
Hitachi Vantara storage named leader in GigaOm AI era
Storage

Hitachi Vantara storage named leader in GigaOm AI era

Hitachi Vantara's VSP One platform is named a GigaOm primary storage Leader again, praised for AI-era cyber resilience and hybrid cloud support.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Tue, 16th Dec 2025

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UK ambulance data breaches surge past 4,000 in three years
Data Protection

UK ambulance data breaches surge past 4,000 in three years

UK ambulance services logged over 4,000 data breaches in three years, with incidents rising annually amid growing digital and cyber risks.

By Melania Watson • 4 min read • Wed, 21st Jan 2026
Selector gains eight US patents for AI-driven observability
Network Infrastructure

Selector gains eight US patents for AI-driven observability

Selector secures eight US patents for AI-driven observability, spanning causal inference, LLM training, path tracing and predictive maintenance.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Wed, 21st Jan 2026
Royal Navy tests sovereign AI at sea on flagship ship
Edge Computing

Royal Navy tests sovereign AI at sea on flagship ship

The Royal Navy is trialling a sovereign AI system on HMS Prince of Wales, processing mission data at sea without relying on shore-based links.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Tue, 20th Jan 2026
Madhya Pradesh to digitise 50m records on EDU Chain
EduTech

Madhya Pradesh to digitise 50m records on EDU Chain

Madhya Pradesh will digitise up to 50 million university records on Open Campus's EDU Chain in an 18-month blockchain credential push.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Wed, 14th Jan 2026
NetApp crowns joint India partners of the year for FY25
Storage

NetApp crowns joint India partners of the year for FY25

NetApp names Binary Global and Swan Solutions as joint India partners of the year, as it eyes a USD $126.8 billion digital market by 2033.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Tue, 13th Jan 2026
National AI plan to turbocharge Australia's AI uptake
Storage

National AI plan to turbocharge Australia's AI uptake

Australia's National AI plan is set to ignite a 2026 surge in AI adoption, data centre build-outs and subscription-led tech investment.

By Shannon Williams • 8 min read • Fri, 12th Dec 2025