In this podcast episode, Chris chats to Shiva Raja, Director of Product Management at HYCU, discussing the benefits of using Data Domain Virtual Edition (DDVE) with MFR (Managed File Replication) to store and replicate backup data within the HYCU platform.

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In this podcast episode, Chris talks to Bill Basinas, Senior Director of Marketing at Infinidat. The topic in question is the evolution in requirements for modern data protection, specifically addressing the challenges of ransomware attacks. As this conversation highlights, modern storage systems with cyber protection capabilities are a must.

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In this episode, Chris Evans chats to EMEA Field CTO at Pure Storage, Patrick Smith, on the issues of data sovereignty.

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Dell Technologies, Inc. has announced financial results for the second quarter of FY2026 (ending 1st August 2025).  Revenue rose 19.0% year-on-year to $29.8 billion for the quarter, a record for the company.  The improvement was driven by a massive rise in server revenue year-on-year of 68.7%.  However, other parts of the business appear to be languishing behind the drive to sell more GPU-based servers.

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In this episode, Chris discusses the concept of the Open Data Lakehouse, with Sam Pierson (CTO, Qlik) and Ori Rafael (Senior Director of Engineering, Qlik). As data beings an increasingly important strategy within the enterprise, business want to scale access to information rapidly, while maintaining a control on costs.

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HYCU, Inc. has announced an update to the HYCU R-Cloud Platform, extending data protection integration to cover hypervisor and SaaS workloads.  In a modern technology environment, diversity of support is critical, but also needs standardisation and centralisation of management, a key feature of the latest R-Cloud update.

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Pure Storage, Inc. has announced financial results for the second quarter of FY2026, ending on 3rd August 2025.  Revenue increased 12.7% year-on-year to $861.0 million, with a gross margin of 70.2% and income of $50.6 million before tax.  Arguably, Pure Storage now leads the data storage industry, with the best approach to products and services. 

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NetApp, Inc. has announced financial results for the first quarter of FY2026.  Revenue rose 1.2% to $1.56 billion for the quarter compared to Q1 FY2025, although sequentially that figure represented a 10% decline.  Product sales declined 2.2%, while Public Cloud revenues increased by just 1.3% (year-on-year).  Has NetApp reached another inflection point?

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Nutanix, Inc. has announced financial results for the fourth quarter of FY2025, showing a revenue increase of 19.2% year-on-year and 2.2% sequentially.  The company closed out the year with its first-ever GAAP profit, representing a turning point for this growing business. Background Nutanix, Inc. published financial results for Q4 FY2025 (the period ending 31st July 2025) on 27th August 2025.  ...

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In this podcast episode, Chris Evans discusses Storage.AI, a new initiative from the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) with Chair, Dr J Metz. Dr J works for AMD as a Technical Director but is also on several industry committees, acting as Chair for SNIA and the Ultra Ethernet Consortium.

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