Pure Storage obtains more than 100 patents from IBM
Flash-based storage service Pure Storage just got its hands on a big bundle of patents from IBM, which should gird it for its ongoing IP fights.
Crazy dough? Pure Storage rakes in $225M in new funding, for reported $3B+ valuation
The flash storage maker’s latest raise will fund its enterprise storage push and probably accelerate its IPO plans.
EMC sues former salesman who joined rival Pure Storage
Update: EMC alleges that a former salesman took proprietary customer info with him to flash storage rival Pure Storage.
And … the new VC numbers are in. Here are the winners and losers
Uber, Palantir, and Pure Storage scored the most money in the third quarter. Software was hot; life sciences, not so much.
Flash gold rush continues as Western Digital buys Virident for $685M
Virident, a maker of server-side flash storage, like Stec before it, will become part of Western Digital’s HGST subsidiary.
EMC gets flashier with latest hybrid storage array
EMC sees the appeal of flash storage but maintains that hybrid arrays still suit most customer requirements.
Pure Storage snags massive $150M in funding for global expansion
Yowza. New Series E round brings total funding for IPO-bound Pure Storage to a whopping $245 million.
Pure Storage nets new cash from In-Q-Tel to push its “flash for all” effort
Startup has also updated its core FlashArray product with always-on, data-at-rest encryption for the security-conscious accounts it hopes to entice.
Nimble Storage gets $40M as IPO approaches
Flash storage startup Nimble Storage has raised another $40 million in preparation for an IPO within the next two years. The company, which builds appliances fusing both flash and hard disk drives, is part of a hot flash market that’s raking in venture capital.