Solutions Review Executive Editor Tim King curated this list of notable storage and data protection news for the week of January 16, 2025.
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Top Storage and Data Protection News for the Week of January 16, 2026
BackBox and Nomios Partner to Accelerate Network Automation and Cyber Maturity
BackBox and Nomios formed a partnership that combines BackBoxâs network automation and backup platform with Nomiosâs security and networking services to help enterprises automate configuration, patching, and compliance. The joint offering is aimed at improving cyber maturity by reducing manual network operations, standardizing changes, and strengthening resilience against outages and security incidents.
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Catalogic Software Releases DPX 4.1.4 to Simplify LongâTerm Data Protection and Hybrid Backup Strategies
Catalogicâs DPX 4.1.4 update adds enhanced immutability, cloud archive options, and expanded platform support to simplify longâterm data protection across onâprem and cloud. New capabilities aim to strengthen ransomware resilience, streamline policyâbased tiering to cloud storage, and improve management of hybrid backups for VMware, physical servers, databases, and NAS workloads.
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Commvault Launches Unified Data Vault to Bring Resilience to S3 Data
Commvault introduced Unified Data Vault, a service that lets cloud developers easily add immutable, airâgapped protection and rapid recovery to S3âcompatible object storage without changing application code. The offering centralizes policy management and ransomwareâresilient backups across clouds, giving platform teams a simpler way to harden critical AI and data workloads.
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Concentric AI Introduces Private Scan to Protect Sensitive Data in Private AI Applications
Concentric AI launched Private Scan, a tool that scans prompts, responses, and embeddings in private AI applications to detect and control exposure of sensitive data such as PII, PHI, secrets, and regulated content. It works with vector databases and RAG pipelines to give security teams visibility into what data AI systems are accessing and sharing, enabling policies that curb data leakage while preserving AI utility.â
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DDN Report Reveals 65% of Organizations Struggle to Operationalize AI at Scale
A new DDNâsponsored study finds that about 65% of organizations say they are not fully realizing value from AI due to data bottlenecks, fragmented infrastructure, and low GPU utilization. The report highlights that leaders are consolidating data platforms and investing in AIâoptimized storage to push GPU utilization above 80% and shorten timeâtoâvalue for largeâscale training and inference.
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Dell PowerStore 5200Q Review Highlights QLC Performance for Mixed Workloads
StorageReviewâs analysis of Dellâs PowerStore 5200Q notes that the QLCâbased array delivers strong mixed workload performance and efficiency for midrange enterprise storage, especially in consolidated VM and database environments. The review emphasizes inline data reduction, AppsON support for running workloads directly on the array, and flexible NVMe/TCP and FC connectivity as key strengths, while cautioning that extremely writeâintensive use cases still require sizing care.
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Dell Highlights âResilience Debtâ as a Silent Risk Undermining Cyber Recovery
Dell warned that many organizations have accumulated âresilience debtâ by underâinvesting in backup, recovery testing, and isolation, leaving them exposed despite strong perimeter defenses. The company argues that addressing this debt requires modernizing cyberârecovery architectures (including clean rooms and immutable copies) and making recovery readiness a boardâlevel metric alongside prevention.
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FalconStor Launches Habanero to Guard IBM Power Data
FalconStor introduced Habanero, a cyberâresilience and backup platform designed specifically to protect IBM Power (AIX, IBM i) environments from ransomware and data loss. Habanero offers immutable backups, rapid recovery, and integration with existing tape, disk, and cloud targets so enterprises running critical workloads on IBM Power can modernize protection without reâarchitecting core systems.
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HPE Expands Retail Portfolio With Edge Networking and FaultâTolerant Compute
HPE added new Aruba edge networking gear and faultâtolerant compute systems tailored for retail environments with many stores and realâtime AI workloads. The portfolio targets use cases like computerâvision loss prevention, dynamic pricing, and inâstore analytics while maintaining uptime in harsh, distributed settings.
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Keepit Strengthens Global Channel Leadership With Consolidated PartnerâFirst Team
Backupâasâaâservice provider Keepit announced a consolidated, âpartnerâfirstâ global channel organization to deepen relationships with MSPs, resellers, and cloud integrators. The revamped structure is intended to accelerate growth by giving partners clearer programs, joint goâtoâmarket support, and differentiated SaaS backup offerings for Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, and other cloud platforms.
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NIST Issues Request for Information on Securing AI Agent Systems
NISTâs new CAISI program issued an RFI seeking input on threats, safeguards, and evaluation methods for securing AI agent systems across sectors. Feedback will guide future standards and best practices for issues like agent identity, autonomy limits, oversight, and protection against prompt injection and data exfiltration.
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Scality Appoints Former French Armed Forces Cyber Commander as Strategic Advisor
Scality appointed a former commander of French Armed Forces cyber defense as a strategic advisor to help shape its product and security strategy for missionâcritical data. The company plans to leverage his experience in nationalâscale cyber operations to strengthen Scalityâs positioning for defense, government, and highly regulated customers that require resilient, sovereign object and file storage.â
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Wasabi Technologies Raises $70 Million to Scale Hot Cloud Storage
Wasabi closed a 70âmillionâdollar equity round to expand its lowâcost âhot cloud storageâ service globally and fund new dataâresiliency features. The company positions itself as a simple, S3âcompatible alternative to hyperscalersâ tiered storage, targeting backup, archive, and AI dataâlake workloads.
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Solutions Review Editors Launch New âHuman-AI Ledgerâ Newsletter to Chronicle the Human Impact of AI
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Solutions Review is Getting Set to Host Pathlock for the Exclusive Session âGoverning Access in a World of 100+ Apps and 1M Identitiesâ on February 12
Modern organizations operate in an identity environment defined by scale and complexity: hundreds of applications, millions of human and non-human identities, and an expanding identity-driven attack surface. At the same time, many identity governance programs still rely on manual reviews, static roles, and fragmented access models that were never designed to operate at this level.
Solutions Review is Getting Set to Host Nutanix and Northeastern University for the Exclusive Session âCloud-Native for the AI-Powered, Innovation-Ready Enterprise Masterclassâ on February 19
Join us for the Nutanix Cloud Native Masterclass, an exclusive event for C-level executives, where attendees will receive a Certificate of Completion from Northeastern University, recognizing their expertise in cloud native strategies. In this Masterclass weâll explore how cloud native architecture is reshaping enterprise IT. Unlike traditional monolithic applications â which are slow to evolve, difficult to scale, and operationally complex â cloud native applications are composed of independent, loosely coupled components. Built on microservices, containers, Kubernetes, and API-driven design, they are optimized for dynamic, distributed environments.
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