This article covers several updates in the storage and data management industry, including strategic investments, partnerships, and product launches. Companies like Adeptia, Alluxio, Avaneidi, Backblaze, CTERA, DataStax, Eon, HPE, MagStor, Micron, N-able, Nutanix, Silicon Motion, SK hynix, StorPool, and Western Digital have been making significant moves to enhance their offerings and market positions.

StorPool Storage, a leader in primary data storage solutions, announced that its data platform supports the latest ARM-based Ampere processors, enhancing its capabilities for cloud-native applications. This partnership with CloudSigma and Ampere is part of the Ampere Compute Zone, an IaaS solution designed to reduce costs and improve performance for cloud-native workloads. Demonstrations of this joint solution are taking place at CloudFest 2025 in Rust, Germany.

StorPool, a primary data storage platform, has introduced the first Disaster Recovery Engine for KVM-based cloud infrastructure. This solution simplifies the configuration and execution of disaster recovery services for virtual machines in cloud infrastructure built using the Linux KVM hypervisor and the StorPool Storage platform. This new capability makes StorPool the first software-defined primary data storage platform with built-in disaster recovery capabilities for KVM-based clouds.

Informa TechTarget announced the winners of the "TechTarget Search Storage Products of the Year" 2024 Awards, recognizing the best data storage products in the industry. The awards cover four categories: Backup and Disaster Recovery Hardware, Software and Services; Cloud Storage; Disk and Disk Subsystems; and Storage System and Application Software. The winners were selected based on innovation, value, performance, functionality, and ease of use.

StorPool Storage received a silver award in the Storage System and Application Software category for its primary data storage platform at the TechTarget Storage Products of the Year 2024 awards. The platform, StorPool Storage v21, was recognized for its innovation, performance, and cost-effectiveness in providing scalable block storage solutions for modern cloud infrastructures.