By Tom Fenton
Tom Fenton tests whether an agentic AI assistant can install a hypervisor, build and manage virtual machines, move workloads between storage devices, and stand up a three-tier application using only natural-language prompts. He created something new but is unsure of what it should be called. Regardless, "It feels like the future of IT to me."
By Tom Fenton
Tom Fenton explores how AI can benchmark local NVMe storage and provision iSCSI and NFS shares on a compact NAS using natural-language prompts.
By Tom Fenton
A $259 Beelink ME Mini all-flash NAS led Tom Fenton to explore its hardware, install Ubuntu, and test whether an AI assistant could benchmark storage.
The 2026 Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Storage Platforms points beyond vendor rankings to a broader infrastructure shift driven by hypervisor changes, cloud-style consumption economics, surging hardware costs and AI.
Dell Private Cloud now provides a validated Nutanix AHV deployment on PowerStore with automated lifecycle management and independent scaling.
HPE announced new GreenLake, Morpheus, networking and NVIDIA AI Factory updates at HPE Discover Las Vegas 2026.
Karen Lopez explains that backup alone is not enough, and that real cyber resilience depends on tested recovery procedures, failover readiness, automation and business continuity planning.
Rubrik says it's brining cyber posture and cyber recovery to provide Microsoft Azure Blob Storage customers further visibility into their cloud data, enabling business agility and resilience.
Data resilience specialist Veeam Software updated its Data Cloud Vault with two new pricing tiers and enhanced integration with the Veeam Data Platform.
Data security specialist Druva announced extended support in Microsoft environments, specifically Microsoft 365 Dynamics Sales and Customer Service CRM modules.
By Tom Fenton
Tom pushes the personal cloud storage device beyond its intended use case to act as a repository for VMs while seeing if it can be used as shared storage for running VMs.
By Tom Fenton
Tom looks at how easy it is to set up the private cloud NAS device, how well it acts as a backup device for documents and videos, and how easy it is to access the device and its files remotely.