Sep 12, 2025

By Tim King , Executive Editor at Solutions Review Solutions Review Executive Editor Tim King curated this list of notable storage and data protection news for the week of September 12, 2025. Keeping tabs on all the most relevant storage and data protection news can be a time-consuming task. As a result, our editorial team aims to provide a summary of the top headlines from the last week in this space. Solutions Review editors will curate vendor product news, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital funding, talent acquisition, and other noteworthy storage and data protection news items. For early access to all the expert insights published on Solutions Review, join Insight Jam , a community dedicated to enabling the human conversation on AI. Top Storage and Data Protection News for the Week of September 12, 2025 Catalogic Enhances Data Protection with DPX 4.13 Catalogic Software’s DPX 4.13 release introduces new features for efficient backup, ransomware defense, and workload management, strengthening data protection across hybrid environments. Cisco Unveils Data Fabric to Transform Machine Data into AI-Ready Insights Cisco announced a new Data Fabric solution, empowering enterprises to turn machine data into AI-ready intelligence, improving hybrid cloud management, automation, and security. Cyera Introduces DataWatcher for Holistic Data Protection Cyera launched DataWatcher, a platform for real-time visibility, risk scoring, and automated protection of critical data assets—supporting compliance, security, and operational resilience. Exabeam Extends Insider Threat Detection to AI Agents with Google Cloud Exabeam has expanded its threat detection capabilities to cover AI agents in partnership with Google Cloud, providing organizations with real-time monitoring, anomaly detection, and context-aware security for emerging autonomous workflows. Gigamon Unveils AI-powered Insights for Cloud Security Gigamon has launched new AI-driven insight capabilities designed to help IT teams bolster cloud security, automate remediation, and better manage threat detection at scale. HYCU Expands Cloud-First Backup and Recovery for SaaS Workloads HYCU introduced new cloud-first backup and restore features tailored to high-growth SaaS applications, simplifying protection, management, and rapid recovery. MinIO Delivers Hyperscaler Economics On-Prem with AIStor Pods MinIO’s AIStor Pods bring cloud-scale, cost-effective storage economics to on-prem environments, targeting enterprise AI workloads with high-performance, flexible infrastructure. NetApp Modernizes Object Storage for Speed, Scalability, and Security NetApp has enhanced its object storage offerings, delivering faster performance, improved scalability, and advanced security. The update supports hybrid and multicloud workloads, strengthens compliance, and makes it easier for enterprises to manage massive unstructured datasets. Relyance AI Debuts Data Defense Engineer for Automated Privacy Risk Management Relyance AI’s new feature, Data Defense Engineer, utilizes agentic AI to automate detection and remediation of privacy risks in data pipelines for compliance teams. Storj Launches Production Cloud for Global Creative Collaboration Storj unveiled Production Cloud, a scalable cloud platform tailored for remote creative teams. The solution empowers content producers to store, manage, and collaborate on digital assets efficiently and securely from anywhere in the world. vCluster Adds ‘Auto Nodes’ to Expand Cloud-Native Flexibility vCluster’s latest Auto Nodes feature brings dynamic, scalable infrastructure automation to Kubernetes, making it easier for platform teams to optimize performance and costs. Expert Insights Watch this space each week as our editors will share upcoming events, new thought leadership, and the best resources from Insight Jam, Solutions Review’s enterprise tech community where the human conversation around AI is happening. The goal? To help you gain a forward-thinking analysis and remain on-trend through expert advice, best practices, predictions, and vendor-neutral software evaluation tools. What to Expect at Insight Jam’s Mini Jam Q3, 2025: The Soft Side of AI, on September 18-19 Join us to uncover the tools, practices, and mindsets needed to keep AI grounded in human values, foster trust, and prepare individuals and organizations for the profound changes ahead. All-in, Mini Jam Q3, 2025 provides an unparalleled opportunity to gain insights, engage with experts, and stay at the forefront of the conversation on human-centered AI. Be sure to  register for free at Insight Jam  to watch all the sessions live or on demand. What to Expect at Solutions Review‘s Spotlight with Druva on September 23 – Closing the Gaps: Strengthening Microsoft 365 Security for Cyber Resilience With the next  Spotlight event , the team at Solutions Review has partnered with leading data security cloud SaaS provider Druva. As organizations deepen their dependence on Microsoft 365, Entra ID, and Dynamics 365, your data becomes increasingly distributed and vulnerable. Without the right protection strategy, growing cloud ecosystems often introduce blind spots that leave you open to data loss, compliance breaches, and operational downtime. Editorial by Prasobh Veluthakkal: AI-Powered Cyber Threats: A CTO’s Perspective on Next-Generation Threat Intelligence As a technologist who experienced the transition from signature-based detection to behavioral analytics, I see a significant shift in how attackers work, and our enterprise counterparts had better take notice. Recent industry intelligence shows a 19 percent climb in CISO concerns around AI-powered cyber threats, indicating that conventional security paradigms desperately need a strategic overhaul. Editorial by Sam Peters: Compliance-First AI: Building Secure and Ethical Models in a Shifting Threat Landscape As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly embedded in business operations, from customer service and inventory management to document automation and decision support, one thing is clear: AI is a critical asset, not a novelty. But as technology matures, so does its exposure to risk. And if organizations want to realize the full promise of AI without opening the door to adversarial attacks, they must start with one essential building block: compliance.