"This gives customers a single unified user interface," he said. "There's no need for APIs." Storage capacity on new HP 3PAR arrays can be configured for use for either block, file or object ...

Large chunks of public cloud storage are built around object storage. Block and file are dominant ... to find application programming interface (API) connectors to allow access to S3 storage ...

Hitachi Data Systems Tuesday expanded the definition of "unified storage" with the introduction of a new platform for combining block, file, and object storage under a single management framework.