Analysis & briefs
Vendor-honest intelligence across our seven coverage areas.
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Pure Storage Is Now Everpure: What the Rebrand Means for Buyers
Pure Storage rebranded as Everpure in February 2026, announced the 1touch acquisition, and posted its first billion-dollar quarter. Here is what buyers should actually watch.
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vSAN Alternatives in 2026: Storage Decisions Beyond VCF
VCF 9’s per-core TiB entitlement entangles storage with licensing. We map the realistic vSAN alternatives — Nutanix, Pure, NetApp, Dell — and when each wins.
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Backup Storage Cost per TB in 2026: The Real Numbers
Verified mid-2026 backup storage pricing for Backblaze B2, Wasabi, AWS S3, and Veeam Data Cloud Vault — and why the restore bill, not the at-rest rate, should drive the decision.
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All-Flash Backup Targets: Does QLC End the Disk Repository?
QLC flash broke the price objection to all-flash backup targets. When restore throughput is the ransomware SLA, here is the honest math on Pure Storage, NetApp, and Veeam — and where dedupe disk still wins.
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How Often Should You Test DR? Cadence, DORA, and Reality
A defensible disaster recovery testing cadence by workload tier, what DORA actually mandates in 2026, and the non-disruptive tooling from Veeam, Zerto, Commvault, and DRaaS providers that removes the excuse for annual-only tests.
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Commvault vs Veeam: Which Fits Complex Enterprise Estates?
Commvault and Veeam both score 4.6 with peers, but their failure modes are opposites. A decision framework by estate profile, plus what v13 and Cleanroom Recovery change in 2026.
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Cyber Recovery Vaults Compared: FortKnox, Rubrik Vault, Cleanroom
A neutral head-to-head of the cyber recovery vault category: Cohesity FortKnox, Rubrik Cloud Vault, Commvault Cleanroom Recovery, and Veeam Vault compared on isolation model, recovery rehearsal, and the egress economics of a real 100 TB restore.
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Negotiating Your Broadcom VMware Renewal: A 12-Month Playbook
Broadcom’s opening VCF renewal quote is a starting bid, not a price. A month-by-month playbook — core inventory, the 16-core minimum, audit defense, and the costed Nutanix landing zone that moves the number.
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Immutable Backup Storage: Ootbi vs ARTESCA vs Cloud Object Lock
Veeam’s acquisition of Object First made immutable target appliances first-party strategy. We compare Ootbi, Scality ARTESCA+ Veeam HA, and cloud object lock via Wasabi and Veeam Vault.
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VMware Alternatives in 2026: The Realistic Shortlist
86% of organizations are shrinking their VMware footprint but only 4% have fully replaced it. The realistic 2026 shortlist — Nutanix AHV, Hyper-V, Proxmox VE, VergeIO, and OpenShift Virtualization — matched to estate size and risk.