Storage architecture and strategy
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Feature
18 Dec 2024
2024 data storage conference lineup spotlights AI, memory
The 2024 storage conference calendar featured several high-profile events. Vendors released product updates at these shows while experts discussed top storage trends. Continue Reading
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News
03 Dec 2024
Amazon S3 adds new capabilities for data lakes
The cloud object storage standard gains capabilities at re:Invent, including metadata generation and a managed table service. Continue Reading
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Opinion
03 Apr 2017
Secondary data storage takes center stage
Once considered a necessary evil, secondary storage systems are now providing much more than just backup protection. Continue Reading
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News
30 Mar 2017
Scality object storage rings Cisco as hardware partner
Customers can get Scality software for object storage on Cisco Unified Computing System hardware. Raw capacity tops 3 PB per six-node chassis, with Cisco sales and support. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
21 Mar 2017
Avere Cloud NAS receives Google funding injection
Google is throwing its investment weight behind the Avere Cloud NAS technology. Google joined Avere Systems' $14 million Series E funding round that closed today, highlighting the importance of ... Continue Reading
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News
21 Mar 2017
IBM Cloud Object Storage gains cold vault tier
IBM enhances its cloud object storage based on Cleversafe technology with flexible pricing and a long-term, three-tiered cold vault object store for inactive data. Continue Reading
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News
14 Mar 2017
Pure Storage flash array fuels Lifescript's DevOps strategy, CDM
Women's health website Lifescript 'transformed into a DevOps shop after implementing Pure Storage all-flash arrays from and Actifio copy data management.. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
14 Mar 2017
Zerto software makes gains in busy disaster recovery market
The year 2016 was a wild and crazy one for business disasters. An increase in ransomware attacks and IT outages such as Delta's constantly made headlines. These high-profile issues drove the need ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
13 Mar 2017
Pure Storage backup data replicates to Cohesity disk
All-flash vendor Pure Storage is teaming with converged data protection startup Cohesity to enable tiered storage of array-based snapshots. Customers can replicate primary storage snapshots between ... Continue Reading
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News
06 Mar 2017
SwiftStack object storage gets two-way Cloud Sync
SwiftStack 5 object storage software upgrade enables two-way data synchronization between on-site private cloud storage and public cloud storage from Google and Amazon. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
03 Mar 2017
Nutanix revenue still growing for now
In its early days, Nutanix's biggest challenge was convincing people that hyper-converged appliances were a better fit for their organizations than traditional server/storage systems. Now that ... Continue Reading
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Opinion
03 Mar 2017
A cure for secondary data storage services blues
Effective user-centric data storage management eases copy data management and object storage uptake while enabling secondary storage services to evolve. Continue Reading
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Feature
03 Mar 2017
Storage plays catch-up with DevOps environment
To deliver an Agile or DevOps environment, the way in which resources, including storage, are consumed and deployed changes to a more cloud-focused approach. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
03 Mar 2017
Cisco HyperFlex systems snap with Veeam
Virtual backup specialist Veeam Software is treating hyper-converged Cisco HyperFlex systems the same way it treats storage arrays when it comes to snapshots. Veeam's direct snapshots will work ... Continue Reading
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Opinion
03 Mar 2017
Classification of data can solve your data storage problems
Having a data classification process in place can make your data smart enough to know what to do with itself, allowing you to attain the holy grail of enterprise data storage. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
02 Mar 2017
Startup Hedvig secures $21.5 million funding round
Software-defined storage startup Hedvig Inc. secured another $21.5 million in funding to create new bundled hardware and software component options, expand into the Asia-Pacific region, and add ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
02 Mar 2017
Pure Storage revenue results rosy, guidance thorny
Pure Storage revealed two surprises during its fourth quarter earnings call. One the plus side, the all-flash vendor exceeded its forecast and expectations for revenue during the quarter and all of ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
01 Mar 2017
IBM happy to stay out of hyper-converged infrastructure market
"You can be a purist and say what we do is converged, not hyper-converged, but it’s about the job you’re trying to do. The two worlds are blending together," Walsh said.. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
24 Feb 2017
HPE storage sales slipped sharply in late 2016
Storage is among the casualties of Hewlett Packard Enterprise's struggles following the break-up of Hewlett-Packard. The vendor reported HPE storage revenue declined 12% year-over-year to $730 ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
17 Feb 2017
NetApp hyper-converged entry: Better late than early?
NetApp is entering the hyper-convergence arena with the latecomer's cry: We may be last into the market, but we'll be the best. Emboldened by the recent strong revenue growth of its late-to-market ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
16 Feb 2017
Dell EMC VxRail hitches ride on Enterprise Hybrid Cloud
Dell EMC’s VxRail turned one today, and the vendor marked the anniversary by adding the hyper-converged platform to its Enterprise Hybrid Cloud package. Dell EMC claims over 1,000 customers for ... Continue Reading
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News
13 Feb 2017
Caringo FileFly cleans data off Windows Storage Servers
Caringo FileFly powers Secondary Storage Platform that works with Microsoft DFSR and ReFS to offload passive, unstructured data from a Windows storage server. Continue Reading
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Feature
10 Feb 2017
The data storage capacity growth survival guide
You can keep your storage investments in place, allow for capacity increases, and solve performance and application problems, while gathering data to plan for new growth. Continue Reading
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Opinion
10 Feb 2017
'Holistic' data protection tools, a marketing meme on the rise
Though vendors are calling their data protection products 'holistic,' they should blend security and disaster recovery services to improve their functionality. Continue Reading
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Feature
09 Feb 2017
Virtual Instruments VirtualWisdom NAS Performance Probe
The VirtualWisdom NAS Performance Probe stops companies from needing to send captured packet data back to vendors and wait for the analysis to identify performance problems. Continue Reading
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Feature
09 Feb 2017
Data Dynamics Inc. StorageX 7.8
Data Dynamics upgrades StorageX with new data protection features and functions, and makes it so users can customize their own data mobility policies with a REST API and SDK. Continue Reading
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News
08 Feb 2017
Qumulo QC update adds flexible file quotas, PB array
Qumulo NAS upgrade allows data to move between quota domains without rewriting the file system. QC360 hardware is a petabyte-scale addition to its QC-Series hybrid disk lineup. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
08 Feb 2017
Microsoft Office 365 backup included in Acronis Backup 12 update
Acronis has added cloud-to-cloud backup for Microsoft Office 365 in the latest version of Acronis Backup. Acronis Backup 12 protects Microsoft Office 365 and 15 other platforms, all under one ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
07 Feb 2017
Nakivo Backup & Replication for Hyper-V gets ready for prime time
Nakivo Inc.'s latest backup and replication product offers support for VMware vSphere 6.5, Microsoft Hyper-V 2016, VMware vSphere 6.5 and Windows Server 2016 Backup along with a way to delete ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
07 Feb 2017
Pivot3 vSTAC sales soaring, CEO says
Hyper-converged vendor Pivot3 said it more than tripled its revenue in the fourth quarter of 2016 from the previous year, and grew total revenue 84% in 2016 from 2015. Pivot3's growth came in part ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
07 Feb 2017
Stratoscale buys Tesora, adds AWS database services
Stratoscale acquired database-as-a-service provider Tesora Inc. in a move aimed at strengthening its AWS database services. The hyper-converged software startup added Tesora's open platform for ... Continue Reading
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News
06 Feb 2017
Open source object storage startup OpenIO adds hardware
Up to 96 nano nodes fit in OpenIO's SLS-4U96 chassis. Each ARM CPU manages a single high-capacity disk and a small amount of flash storage for fast metadata access. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
06 Feb 2017
'Alexa, provision my Tintri storage'
Want to manage your Tintri storage the same way you turn on lights, set an alarm, or choose music with an Amazon Echo or Dot device? Tintri Inc. launched a proof of concept that lets customers ask ... Continue Reading
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News
02 Feb 2017
Minio object storage offers 'go big' container storage
Minio's object storage software is written in the robust Go programming language and supports Amazon S3 storage APIs for developers working in container environments. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
26 Jan 2017
Commvault products rollout promised throughout 2017
Following a quarter of solid revenue growth to end 2016, Commvault Systems Inc. plans a string of product enhancements throughout 2017. The additions are designed to improve Commvault's performance ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
20 Jan 2017
Veeam Software cracked $600 million revenue mark in 2016
While much of the storage market is stagnant or down, data protection vendor Veeam Software said it grew revenue 28% in 2016 by expanding its business into enterprises and the cloud. Veeam, a ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
16 Jan 2017
Alluxio in-memory storage software gains EMC mindshare
In-memory storage startup Alluxio has struck a partnership with Dell EMC. The news marks Alluxio’s first formal alliance with a North American storage vendor. Alluxio in September integrated its ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
11 Jan 2017
Panzura raises $32 million in funding
Cloud NAS vendor Panzura raised $32 million in Series E equity funding this week to expand its product and give organizations an alternative to what CEO Patrick Harr calls a "dying on-premises ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
11 Jan 2017
Kaminario secures $75 million funding round
All-flash array pioneer Kaminario kicked off 2017 with a cash infusion of $75 million to accelerate global expansion and fuel product support for non-volatile memory express (NVMe) technologies. ... Continue Reading
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News
06 Jan 2017
Storage and SAN management tools: 2016 Products of the Year finalists
The six finalists in the 2016 Products of the Year storage and SAN management tools category run the gamut from network probes to complete SAN control software. Continue Reading
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News
29 Dec 2016
SwiftStack object storage cures Oklahoma biomed's capacity, cost woes
The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation phased out NAS and tape backups with SwiftStack object storage. Nine SwiftStack nodes replicate between data centers for disaster recovery. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
28 Dec 2016
Survey says: Business disaster recovery plans need work
While companies may be confident in their disaster recovery strategy, DR planning and testing still has a ways to go, according to results of a survey by data protection vendor Zetta. Among 403 IT ... Continue Reading
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Opinion
05 Dec 2016
Focus attention on a cognitive data management system
Jon Toigo advises paying less attention to storage component stories and more to system-focused narratives such as a cognitive data management process. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
17 Nov 2016
NetApp’s hyper-convergence answer? All-flash and CI arrays
NetApp’s hyper-convergence strategy is to address that market through FlexPod and SolidFire. FlexPod is the NetApp-Cisco converged infrastructure program, and SolidFire is the all-flash array ... Continue Reading
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Tip
10 Oct 2016
Making a storage capacity plan that doesn't bust your budget
Storage capacity is growing at a rapid rate and by using the latest innovations in storage technologies it is possible to meet demands without growing your storage budget apace. Continue Reading
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Feature
03 Oct 2016
Smart storage systems smart for business
Mike Matchett explains how data-aware storage combined with application awareness is leading to a new wave of intelligent data storage. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
30 Sep 2016
Maxta makes MxSP HCI software version perpetually free
Software-only hyper-converged startup Maxta today formally unveiled a free perpetual license option for its MxSP software, following a registration drive launched during VMworld 2016. MxSP is ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
29 Sep 2016
Spectra BlackPearl line grows family, archive customer base
Spectra Logic is extending its BlackPearl Deep Storage Gateway line upwards and downwards. The tape vendor has added an entry-level model and a much larger offering that more than triples the ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
16 Sep 2016
Veritas: Dell EMC’s no marriage made in heaven
LAS VEGAS -- In the pre-Symantec days when Veritas was an independent storage software company, its executives frequently bashed their primary competitor EMC. That rhetoric cooled after Symantec ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
01 Sep 2016
EMC expects to pass Nutanix as HCI leader by mid-2017
“We consider Nutanix No. 1 today," EMC's Jeremy Burton said. "Our goal is to get to No. 1 by the end of the year. We think it’s doable, although it would be a stretch. If it’s not by the end of ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
30 Aug 2016
Catalogic copy data management tool gets Pure
Copy data management specialist Catalogic Software has added two all-flash arrays to its roster of supported platforms. In separate moves, the Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey-based software maker rolled ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
16 Aug 2016
Rubrik grabs $61 million, aims for cloud
Converged data protection startup Rubrik turned to the cloud with a software release that allows customers to use Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure as well as Rubrik's appliances to store data. Rubrik ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
09 Aug 2016
HCI vendor Pivot3 reports more customers using more apps
Pivot3 more than doubled its revenue in the first half of 2016 over 2015, which its CEO attributes to customers buying its hyper-converged appliances as a platform rather than for single ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
04 Aug 2016
Ctera builds new data migration, ILM and security capabilities into its platform
Ctera Networks recently unveiled new enhancements to its Enterprise File Service Platform that include the ability to migrate data from an on-premise cloud to the public cloud without disrupting ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
29 Jul 2016
Quantum results indicate 'stable' backup market
It’s no secret that storage sales have been hard to come by over the last year or two. Most of the large vendors experience product revenue decreases or small increases quarter after quarter. But ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
18 Jul 2016
Syncplicity adds Office 365 support, Egnyte launches data governance solution
Enterprise file sharing vendor Syncplicity recently announced its software is now integrated with Microsoft Office 365, while competitor Egnyte rolled out its Egnyte Protect governance solution. ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
28 Jun 2016
EMC pitches isolated data recovery to thwart cyber attacks
Who’s protecting the data in your data protection storage? That’s a question EMC wants you to think about as the scope of security threat increase. EMC recommends – and has customers using – an ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
20 Jun 2016
EMC, Veritas lead in worldwide PBBA revenues
Unlike overall disk storage, purpose-built backup appliances' total worldwide factory revenue increased in the first quarter of 2016, according to International data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
02 Jun 2016
IT resilience vs. disaster recovery: What's better for your business?
DR may be dying. The term DR, that is, not the actual process of disaster recovery. There is a move in the industry to replace the phrase with "IT resilience." At last week's ZertoCON business ... Continue Reading
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Definition
02 Jun 2016
NetApp Data Fabric
The products and services that compose NetApp’s Data Fabric are designed to provide customers with the agility they need to quickly and efficiently move data to and from the cloud. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
13 May 2016
Datto expands into file sync and share with a free, one-year service
Data Protection specialist Datto is giving away its new file sync and share service for a year. The Datto Drive service for SMBs is hosted on the vendor's 200 PB private cloud within nine worldwide ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
03 May 2016
Commvault Systems posts second straight quarter of revenue gains
Data protection vendor Commvault Systems generated $159.6 million in revenues in the fourth quarter, hitting the second consecutive quarter of sequential growth after three quarters of declining ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
29 Apr 2016
Cinder still No. 1 OpenStack storage project, but Manila interest picks up
Cinder still has the highest adoption rate among OpenStack storage projects, but interest in the nascent Manila file-share service is picking up, according to a 2016 user survey released this month ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
28 Apr 2016
FalconStor's playing beat the clock with FreeStor
The bad news for FalconsStor is it lost $3.2 million last quarter. If there is good news, it’s that its new FreeStor software is picking up OEM and managed service provider (MSP) customers and ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
11 Mar 2016
Violin Memory receives no offers, makes few sales in Q4
Violin Memory finished its hunt for a buyer without a deal. It did land a few partnerships, while shedding a quarter of its workforce and closing few sales of its all-flash storage arrays. Violin ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
19 Feb 2016
Michael Dell: 'Ignore click-baiting cratering media'
Michael Dell and other Dell executives have told employees the $67 billion acquisition of EMC will go through despite reports that his group is having trouble securing financing for the deal. Dell ... Continue Reading
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Feature
11 Feb 2016
Zadara Storage Inc. VPSA OPaaS 15.07
Zadara Storage's Virtual Private Storage Array (VPSA) On-Premise as a Service (OPaaS) offers on-demand, enterprise-grade block and file storage, based on OpenStack technology. Continue Reading
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Feature
11 Feb 2016
Data Dynamics Inc. StorageX 7.6
Judges found the 2015 upgrade to Data Dynamics Inc. StorageX file management software brought significant improvements including extended integration and added features. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
28 Jan 2016
Commvault takes a revenue leap forward
Is Commvault back on track? The backup vendor snapped a string of four quarters of year-over-year revenue declines when it reported of $155.7 million last quarter, up 2% from the previous year. ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
27 Jan 2016
Hyper-converged vendor Gridstore picks up funding for expansion
Gridstore closed a $19 million funding round today with plans to substantially expand engineering and sales of its all-flash hyper-converged systems built for Microsoft Hyper-V. The round brings ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
20 Jan 2016
Caringo adds support for Microsoft Azure to its Swarm software
Caringo has expanded its Swarm object storage to Microsoft Azure. The company recently said its object storage software, which already has Amazon S3 support, now is available on the Azure cloud so ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
18 Jan 2016
Veeam kicks off 2016 with V9 GA
Veeam Software has started off the year by making Veeam Availability Suite 9 generally available to customers. The software has more than 250 features, according to Veeam. While the data protection ... Continue Reading
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Tip
11 Jan 2016
Five types of storage virtualization: Pros and cons
Expert Brien Posey discusses five ways to virtualize storage in an organization. Review the pros and cons of each approach to find the best fit for your data center. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
03 Dec 2015
Pure Storage reports revenue spike in 1st earnings report since IPO
Pure Storage’s first earnings call since its October IPO was a rosy one on the revenue side. The all-flash array vendor’s revenue hit $131.4 million in its fiscal 2016 third quarter – a 167% ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
03 Dec 2015
Did Violin Memory just hang a ‘For Sale’ sign?
All-flash pioneer Violin Memory can’t sell enough all-flash arrays to make money. So its next move could be to sell itself in its entirety. After another disappointing quarter, Violin CEO Kevin ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
24 Nov 2015
Brocade ties its hopes to storage capacity, not pricing
If the largest storage array vendors that sell Brocade’s SAN switching are getting hit with declining revenue every quarter, that’s bad news for Brocade, right? If you agree with that, then you’re ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
30 Oct 2015
Formation Data CEO: Dell-EMC deal doesn't guarantee innovation
Dell’s pending $67 billion acquisition of EMC has sparked plenty of discussion about overlapping products. Yet despite the enormity of their potential merger, the newly fused Dell-EMC may not have ... Continue Reading
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News
15 Oct 2015
Datagres PerfAccel 3.0 caching software ready to launch
Datagres PerfAccel 3.0 resides on a host server to examine application I/O access patterns at the file-system level and boost the performance of underlying storage. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
13 Oct 2015
By the way, EMC's storage revenue shrunk last quarter
Almost lost in the noise around Dell’s estimated $67 billion acquisition of EMC this week was another down sales quarter for EMC storage. EMC reported preliminary revenue totals Monday on the call ... Continue Reading
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News
05 Oct 2015
Connected Data Transporter trumps public cloud for users
Customers Calvary Church and Look Photography needed a more cost-efficient file-sharing tool and found Connected Data Transporter did the trick. Continue Reading
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Opinion
03 Sep 2015
Cost savings for virtualizing servers not yet reality
Though you've heard for years that virtualizing servers will save money, Jon Toigo argues that the cost of virtualization hasn't lowered. Continue Reading
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News
02 Sep 2015
VMware EVO SDDC testers shoot for low storage cost
Reduced storage costs and better capacity scaling are key reasons EVO SDDC testers say they are interested in the hyper-converged private cloud stack. Continue Reading
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Opinion
01 Sep 2015
Commodity hardware is a myth
Software-defined storage vendors preach the concept of commodity storage hardware, but beware: the hardware is just as important as the apps. Continue Reading
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News
01 Sep 2015
VMware prepares VSAN 6.1, promises dedupe next
VMware launches VSAN 6.1 and prepares beta for the next version of the hyper-converged software, which will finally deliver data deduplication. Continue Reading
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Answer
17 Aug 2015
Why are object stores a good match for archival data storage?
Latency in object stores that stems from a large amount of metadata means the technology is better suited to non-transactional data. Continue Reading
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Answer
14 Aug 2015
What is eventual consistency in object stores?
Eventual consistency in object stores can be an issue because object storage is spread over many nodes and up-to-date data may not always be available. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
12 Aug 2015
Pure takes first step to go public, files for IPO
Pure Storage today filed for an initial public offering (IPO) in hopes of becoming the second all-flash storage array vendor to go public following Violin Memory. In its filing with the U.S. ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
12 Aug 2015
Box hires former EMC Syncplicity chief
Box today has hired the former CEO of EMC Syncplicity. Jeetu Patel, the former general manager of EMC Syncplicity enterprise file synchronization and sharing (EFSS) business unit, has joined the ... Continue Reading
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Answer
29 Jul 2015
What separates object storage systems from SDS?
Although software-defined storage and object storage can work in similar ways, there are significant differences between the two. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
29 Jul 2015
Is Veeam’s gain causing Commvault’s pain?
Commvault’s revenue keeps sliding while data protection software rival Veeam makes steady gains. Coincidence, or is Veeam taking deals that Commvault used to win? Commvault's revenue of $139 ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
22 Jul 2015
EMC tempers expectations, accelerates shift to emerging storage technologies
EMC executives reduced their 2015 revenue forecasts for the second time this year following a quarter of tepid growth. They also said the vendor will implement plans to cut costs by $850 million a ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
27 Jun 2015
Red Hat not likely to combine Ceph, Gluster into single product
One petabyte-scale storage customer traveled to this week’s Red Hat Summit in Boston with dreams of Ceph and Gluster merging into a single product. He hoped Red Hat would take the best pieces of ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
26 Jun 2015
PernixData plans platform proliferation
PernixData executives this week disclosed three coming additions to its core FVP software, which clusters server flash and RAM to accelerate I/O and reduce latency. PernixData claims around 400 ... Continue Reading