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Tip
27 Mar 2024
See what's coming in Windows Server 2025
Microsoft plans several changes to the upcoming version of Windows Server that promise more financial flexibility and boosts in security and workload performance. Continue Reading
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Opinion
27 Mar 2024
AI, storage, infrastructure in focus at KubeCon Europe 2024
Takeaways at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2024 included the continued prevalence of AI in infrastructure and the increasing value of Kubernetes storage management. Continue Reading
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News
19 Dec 2017
Toshiba, HPE head 2017 storage acquisitions
Storage acquisitions in 2017 included Hewlett Packard Enterprise's buys of SimpliVity and Nimble Storage, and Toshiba's move to sell off its memory business. Continue Reading
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Feature
19 Dec 2017
Software-defined data center architecture basics for beginners
The physical, virtualization and management layers of an SDDC make it possible to pool the physical components into logical resources, regardless of the underlying hardware. Continue Reading
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News
18 Dec 2017
Storage market trends of 2017: Flash, HCI and cloud gain steam
Disruption in the enterprise storage market appears unlikely to subside anytime soon. AI analytics, cloud, HCI, mergers and NVMe flash highlight key themes heading into 2018. Continue Reading
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News
11 Dec 2017
Hitz: NetApp market growth hinges on cloud, data management
Storage stalwart NetApp celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2017. NetApp founder Dave Hitz reflects on its evolution and the impact of Cloud OnTap, Data Fabric and SolidFire HCI. Continue Reading
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News
08 Dec 2017
SwiftStack object storage integrates file protocol support
New SwiftStack 6.0 storage software supports Universal Access to data with added support for SMB/NFS file protocols to go with Amazon S3 and OpenStack Swift object APIs. Continue Reading
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News
07 Dec 2017
Cloudian HyperFile marries NAS and object storage
Cloudian's HyperFile and HyperStore merge NAS and object storage for unstructured data. The new HyperFile appliance targets medical imaging, engineering files and legal documents. Continue Reading
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Opinion
05 Dec 2017
Four rules to craft an enterprise data archiving strategy
Follow these four rules to redesign your data archiving system in a way that ramps it up gradually, keeps data flowing from primary storage to the archive and makes everyone happy. Continue Reading
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Opinion
05 Dec 2017
Is Caringo leading the next wave in object-level storage?
Caringo facilitates and simplifies cross-platform data movement by bridging its proprietary object storage system to Microsoft Azure object storage service. Continue Reading
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Guide
01 Dec 2017
Data storage considerations for a DevOps environment
Having good storage can make all the difference when it comes to DevOps. As more organizations get on the DevOps bandwagon, see how storage has changed to match. Continue Reading
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Definition
30 Nov 2017
OpenStack Swift
OpenStack Swift, also known as OpenStack Object Storage, is an open source object storage system that is licensed under the Apache 2.0 license and runs on standard server hardware. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
30 Nov 2017
Barracuda Networks going private
Barracuda Networks became the latest public technology vendor to go private when equity firm Thoma Bravo agreed to pay $1.6 billion this week to acquire the security and data protection vendor. The ... Continue Reading
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Guide
30 Nov 2017
Software-defined storage: Making sense of the data storage technology
Use this guide to help understand what vendors mean by 'software-defined storage,' what experts think of it and how to use it in your environment. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
29 Nov 2017
Data recovery plans face tall task as storage levels grow
Too much data is weighing heavily on data recovery plans, according to a recent survey. The problem has scaled beyond what many organizations can handle, said Douglas Brockett, president of backup ... Continue Reading
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News
22 Nov 2017
StorOne attacks bottlenecks with new TRU storage software
After six years of development, an Israeli startup launches new Total Resource Utilization storage software that aims to eliminate bottlenecks and improve storage efficiency. Continue Reading
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News
16 Nov 2017
Quobyte preps 2.0 Data Center File System software update
One startup's 'Google-style' software-defined storage upgrade features 'table stakes,' such as volume mirroring for disaster recovery and support for Mac and Windows clients. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
14 Nov 2017
Dell EMC: Big data lakes will like our Elastic Data Platform
Dell EMC big data storage has a sharper focus. The vendor recently launched Elastic Data Platform (EDP), a series of reference architecture geared for Hadoop and related big data environments. EDP ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
14 Nov 2017
Commvault GO: ‘Sully,’ Swan emphasize good data’s value
We hear a lot of talk these days about machine learning and artificial intelligence. Those are hot and valuable technologies, but two speakers at Commvault GO last week highlighted the importance ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
13 Nov 2017
Nutanix backup choices expand
Options for Nutanix backup are growing for customers using the hyper-converged vendor’s AHV hypervisor. At Nutanix’s European .NEXT user conference last week, backup software market leader Veritas ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
10 Nov 2017
Quantum CEO Gacek’s a goner after poor quarter
Quantum CEO Jon Gacek is out following poor sales results for the data protection and scale-out storage vendor last quarter. The Quantum board named director Adalio Sanchez as interim CEO. Chairman ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
09 Nov 2017
SMB ransomware report: Attacks frequent, backups key piece
Ransomware attacks on SMBs have increased, according to a recent survey, but backup and disaster recovery platforms can calm data protection fears. An estimated 5% of SMBs worldwide fell victim to ... Continue Reading
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News
08 Nov 2017
Red Hat Ceph Storage 3 adds file, iSCSI, container support
Red Hat updates Ceph storage software with support for CephFS file system, iSCSI block interface and Linux container-based storage implementations, plus usability improvements. Continue Reading
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Opinion
03 Nov 2017
Explosion in unstructured data storage drives modernization
Increasing amounts of unstructured data are a key part of modern secondary storage environments with their distributed file systems and a scale-out object storage design. Continue Reading
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Feature
03 Nov 2017
Demand for cold data storage heats up
The exponential rise in unstructured data is one of many reasons for the upsurge in demand for cost-effective cold storage products, services and media. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
02 Nov 2017
SwiftStack objects to object storage label
SwiftStack’s leadership team appreciated being selected a visionary in Gartner’s recent Magic Quadrant for distributed file systems and object storage. The vendor even put out a press release ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
01 Nov 2017
Arcserve acquisition plans heating up
Arcserve is on the hunt to buy more companies. The data protection and recovery company already has made two acquisitions since becoming independent from CA Technologies in 2014. It bought cloud ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
31 Oct 2017
IBM Cloud Object Storage tweaked for on-prem, small footprints
With the latest upgrades to its object storage platform, IBM recognizes that not everyone who uses object storage does so in the public cloud. They don’t all start with hundreds of terabytes of ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
30 Oct 2017
Veeam revenue increases as enterprise deals grow
Highlighted by the largest customer deal in its history and a big bump in enterprise bookings, Veeam reported 34% year-over-year total bookings growth in the last quarter. There has been a push in ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
26 Oct 2017
Quest data protection management adds cloud portal
Quest Software, independent again after its spinoff from Dell EMC nearly a year ago, is building out its data protection portfolio with a new cloud-based management console. The Quest Data ... Continue Reading
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Tip
25 Oct 2017
Beat VDI deployment challenges; find the best VDI storage
Companies that want to stand up a VDI deployment can choose from a variety of storage options, from traditional storage technologies to more creative approaches, such as layering. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
24 Oct 2017
Can Commvault HyperScale cure sales slide?
Following six straight quarters of making or beating expectations, Commvault stumbled last quarter when it missed its targets for revenue and income. The backup and data management company today ... Continue Reading
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Feature
06 Oct 2017
A year later: Pros and cons of the Dell and EMC merger
Our experts take measure of the Dell EMC acquisition, the storage and technology merger of the century, a little more than 12 months after the deal closed. Continue Reading
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News
06 Oct 2017
Komprise adds data lifecycle management, deeper analytics
Storage startup updates data management software with additional policy-based data migration options, more granular analytics and GDPR-focused confinement capabilities. Continue Reading
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Opinion
06 Oct 2017
A long hot summer for the enterprise storage market
Use of magnetic tape in enterprise storage is set to break out, even as the cloud market slows and software-defined storage and hyper-converged infrastructure stumble. Continue Reading
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News
06 Oct 2017
NetApp customers, partners press on after Las Vegas shooting
About 4,000 NetApp customers and partners attended the vendor's Insight user conference expecting storage news. Instead, they had to absorb the largest mass shooting in U.S. history. Continue Reading
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Feature
06 Oct 2017
Open source technology promises to alter enterprise storage
Open source storage software could alter the face of the industry by cutting costs and delivering greater flexibility over existing storage infrastructure. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
03 Oct 2017
Infinidat boxes up $95M funding haul
Infinidat picked up $95 million in funding today to help fuel an aggressive product expansion – including moves into secondary storage and a public cloud offering. Goldman Sachs Private Capital ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
02 Oct 2017
NetApp Insight: Las Vegas should have time to grieve first
LAS VEGAS - This blog was supposed to tell our readers about the big developments surrounding Day 1 of the NetApp Insight user conference. Sadly, today’s subject matter touches on more sobering ... Continue Reading
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News
02 Oct 2017
Toshiba memory business sale faces bumpy road
Toshiba signs a $17.7 billion deal to sell its memory business to a Bain-led consortium that includes Dell and Seagate, but Western Digital's SanDisk wants to stop it. Continue Reading
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Buyer's Guide
28 Sep 2017
Navigating the all-flash array storage buying process
Companies of all sizes are turning to all-flash storage arrays to meet their storage capacity, performance, reliability and data protection requirements. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
18 Sep 2017
Dell EMC storage gets new boss
Of all the EMC executives who left the company since the Dell acquisition, the departure of David Goulden will have the greatest impact on the Dell EMC storage business. Dell dropped the news that ... Continue Reading
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Answer
18 Sep 2017
How do I enable file sharing on Ceph object storage?
The open source Ceph project prioritizes efficient data storage over easy access, so companies that want to set up file sharing on their object stores must do a little extra work. Continue Reading
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News
18 Sep 2017
New Pure Storage CEO Giancarlo faces scaling challenge
Former Cisco exec Charles Giancarlo takes over as CEO of Pure Storage from Scott Dietzen with the all-flash pioneer set to become a billion-dollar baby. Will profits follow? Continue Reading
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News
14 Sep 2017
Everspin Technologies nvNITRO ST-MRAM SSDs ready to ship
Everspin's new ST-MRAM-based nvNITRO Storage Accelerator pledges 'DRAM-like' performance, but analysts say the high price could limit the SSD's use cases. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
14 Sep 2017
Dell EMC Isilon helps preserve tennis history
At the U.S. Open tennis tournament last week, Rafael Nadal solidified his Hall of Fame credentials and Sloane Stephens became a hall of fame candidate. And the International Tennis Hall of Fame ... Continue Reading
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Answer
13 Sep 2017
Can I replace HDDs with SSDs to support in-memory storage?
Replacing all your HDDs with SSDs won't solve the storage issues associated with in-memory databases. Look to hyper-convergence and NVDIMMs instead. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
13 Sep 2017
Spectra Logic BlackPearl NAS disk appliance launches
Spectra Logic has added a midrange BlackPearl NAS disk appliance to augment its tape-based object storage. Spectra Logic launched the object-based BlackPearl line as a linear tape file system ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
07 Sep 2017
Tintri revenue misses target, but earnings are a surprise
Private enterprise cloud specialist Tintri Inc. on Thursday posted mixed financial results in its first earnings call since going public in June. The bottom line: lackluster Tintri revenue was ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
07 Sep 2017
Dell EMC storage sags in the middle
What do you do when storage sales slow down? If you’re Dell EMC, you add velocity to the sales process. “Storage velocity” was a frequently used term during Dell’s earnings call this morning. On ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
06 Sep 2017
BackupAssist CryptoSafeGuard aids ransomware backup strategy
Windows data protection specialist BackupAssist is the latest vendor to provide a capability that helps combat ransomware. The Australia-based company recently launched CryptoSafeGuard, part of its ... Continue Reading
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News
06 Sep 2017
Cloudian CEO sees favorable trends in object storage market
Cloudian CEO Michael Tso notes favorable trends for object storage: Capacities are increasing to petabytes, and customers want to use different clouds for different workloads. Continue Reading
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Opinion
06 Sep 2017
Your enterprise data management strategy needs a superhero
Data management products are the Superman, not the Batman, of storage. They have built-in superpowers that provide the innate power needed to manage data. Continue Reading
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E-Zine
06 Sep 2017
Persistent storage readied for containerized applications
Traditional application architectures are limited in their ability to scale and meet the demands of today's fast-growing data, cloud and IT environments. Containerization -- with its support for Agile design, development and deployment methodologies -- promises to overcome these challenges. Containers weren't originally designed to implement full-stack applications or any application that needs persistent storage. With containers gaining support from storage array makers, we're starting to see arrays allowing containerized applications to take advantage of primary storage. Find out how storage vendors are bringing persistent storage to the world of containerized applications.
Nonvolatile memory express (NVMe) replaces SCSI at both the device and network levels to deliver greater bandwidth and lower latency to internal storage devices. And with the development of NVMe over Fabrics, the NVMe command set can work across the network via external storage. Discover the benefits of NVMe over Fabrics, when to deploy the technology, how to implement it and which vendors are making it happen.
Copy data management (CDM) protects production data and improves the management of production data copies, with the aim of cutting storage costs, improving data visibility and compliance, and speeding up data access. Until last year, it was the province of point products. But the market is changing, and the technology has gone mainstream as the largest data protection and storage vendors have joined the CDM fray. Find out which CDM capabilities companies value most and what is being done to meet growing demand. What advantages can CDM bring to your IT data storage environment?
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Feature
06 Sep 2017
The copy data management market is starting to go mainstream
Products from copy data management vendors protect and manage production data to lower storage costs, speed data access and streamline self-service access to data copies. Continue Reading
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News
06 Sep 2017
Coho Data falls victim to 'cutthroat' data storage market
After receiving $76 million to develop DataStream hybrid NAS arrays, Coho Data can't find more investors and falls into the storage startup graveyard. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
05 Sep 2017
Nutanix revenue jumps as competition grows
Hyper-converged pioneer Nutanix grew revenue 72% in its first year as a public company. Nutanix revenue grew to $767 million during a span in which competition intensified. Dell EMC, Hewlett ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
31 Aug 2017
VMworld 2017 Notes: Dell favors storage R&D over M&A
LAS VEGAS -- Before their merger, EMC and Dell were active buyers of storage companies. In the past year, neither has made an acquisition. That’s understandable, considering the price that Dell ... Continue Reading
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Buyer's Guide
30 Aug 2017
Selecting the best object-based storage platform for your needs
Object-based storage systems can provide the scalability needed to meet organizations' increasing unstructured data storage requirements. Learn how to pick the right platform. Continue Reading
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Feature
28 Aug 2017
The leading object storage vendors offer broad range of options
Explore how the leading object storage systems can be accessed, how they integrate with the cloud, what data security they provide and the various deployment options they offer. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
22 Aug 2017
Druva pulls in $80 million for data management software
Druva today said it has raised another $80 million in funding, bringing its total investments into the range of $200 million for the fast-growing data management software vendors. The Sunnyvale, ... Continue Reading
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News
22 Aug 2017
IoFabric extends Vicinity to multiple sites, clouds
IoFabric Vicinity combines quality of service, snapshots and replication in a software-defined storage application to manage storage across primary, backup and archive tiers. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
21 Aug 2017
Cisco buys Springpath, brings HCI software in-house
Cisco re-confirmed its hyper-converged infrastructure strategy today by acquiring its HCI software partner Springpath for $320 million. The Cisco HyperFlex HCI appliance consists of Springpath ... Continue Reading
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Feature
18 Aug 2017
Copy data management vendors expand breadth of offerings
This roundup of copy management systems from the leading vendors shows the distinct categories and implementation models this cost-saving technology can provide. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
16 Aug 2017
Unitrends backup appliance products get hyped for Nutanix
Unitrends backup appliance products will go where some vendors have gone before -- supporting the Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor – while adding a cloud twist. The company's Recovery Series backup ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
15 Aug 2017
MozyEnterprise backup tool finds a new key for security
Dell EMC's Mozy has unlocked a new encryption key security feature for its enterprise backup product. MozyEnterprise now provides support for the Key Management Interoperability Protocol (KMIP), ... Continue Reading
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Feature
15 Aug 2017
What the leading copy data management vendors offer
Copy management systems from the leading vendors offer unique features that can help IT departments consolidate their secondary storage into a single product. Continue Reading
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Tip
15 Aug 2017
Four tips for building a Swift object store
OpenStack Swift doesn't have to be scary. You can use the command line, zones and access control lists to make object storage management a little easier. Continue Reading
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Definition
08 Aug 2017
software-defined storage (SDS)
Software-defined storage (SDS) is a computer program that manages data storage resources and functionality and has no dependencies on the underlying physical storage hardware. Continue Reading
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News
02 Aug 2017
Red Hat acquires Permabit for inline deduplication
Permabit's inline compression, data deduplication and thin provisioning software will be integrated with Red Hat Enterprise Linux to help boost performance and lower costs. Continue Reading
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Opinion
02 Aug 2017
Software-defined storage products don't negate hardware's importance
Software-defined storage, positioned as the cure-all for vendor lock-in, suggests that hardware may not be as important to IT infrastructure as it once was. Continue Reading
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News
01 Aug 2017
Moonwalk software streams data to cloud archives
The free Starter Edition of Moonwalk's archiving software migrates up to 25 TB of data to repository or clouds as files or objects, as well as supporting AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google clouds. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
31 Jul 2017
NetApp cloud strategy includes SolidFire, SDS
Created in the 20th century to sell storage to engineers, NetApp has survived for 25 years to remain the largest standing data storage company not tied to a server vendor. Founder Dave Hitz credits ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
31 Jul 2017
Commvault earnings: Sales gain ahead of product launches
Commvault Systems is inching back toward profitability after another strong quarter of growth as it continues to build out its business beyond its traditional data backup model. The company's ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
28 Jul 2017
Axcient and eFolder merger gathers clouds, enhances data protection
Though they existed in the same general market, Axcient and eFolder had different technologies, different platforms and different customer bases. They're all the same now. Axcient and eFolder said ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
25 Jul 2017
Seagate revenue slides, CEO Luczo says ‘see ya later’
Seagate Technology changed its CEO, reported a revenue miss, and disclosed plans to cut 600 jobs -- all on the same day. The hard disk drive and systems vendor today said Dave Mosley, the company's ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
21 Jul 2017
Symbolic IO CEO Ignomirello arrested on assault charges
Symbolic IO, identified as one of SearchStorage’s storage startups to watch in 2017, now bears watching for different reasons than the other vendors on the list. Brian Ignomirello, 46, the Symbolic ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
19 Jul 2017
Broadcom-Brocade deal delayed, with ‘no assurances’
The $5.9 billion Broadcom-Brocade acquisition has been delayed 30 days, which may turn into a 75-day delay. That's if the deal happens at all. SAN switching vendor Brocade Tuesday evening said the ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
18 Jul 2017
Veeam revenue benefits from more $1 million deals
Veeam Software today reported a a 27% year-over-year increase in revenue growth for total bookings and 53% year-over-year growth for deals that are more than $100,000 during the second quarter of ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
17 Jul 2017
OwnBackup funding drives further cloud protection
Cloud-to-cloud backup startup OwnBackup plans to significantly expand following a $7.5 million Series B funding round led by Insight Venture Partners. OwnBackup CEO Sam Gutmann said the company may ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
12 Jul 2017
DataGravity's data-aware storage scooped up by HyTrust
As a standalone company, DataGravity is no more. But the startup’s data-aware storage technology will live inside of HyTrust's cloud security products. HyTrust, based in Mountain View, Calif., ... Continue Reading
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News
12 Jul 2017
Actifio copy data management sales help turn a profit
Actifio's copy data management platform finds favor with financial, government, healthcare and retail organizations. More than 2,200 customers use Virtual Data Pipeline. Continue Reading
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Feature
12 Jul 2017
Analyzing products from the leading object storage vendors
When evaluating the leading object-based storage systems, it is important to consider which product can best support your uses cases and unique site requirements. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
11 Jul 2017
Arcserve UDP gains cloud capabilities via Zetta acquisition
Arcserve today acquired cloud provider Zetta, adding a direct-to-cloud disaster recovery and backup capability to expand its reach for service providers. Arcserve, which spun out of CA Technologies ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
06 Jul 2017
Nutanix .NEXT 2017 highlights HCI vendor's partners, frenemies
While Google's new partnership with Nutanix received a lot of attention at Nutanix .NEXT 2017, other partners of the hyper-converged vendor also made news at the user conference. Google SVP of ... Continue Reading
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Opinion
06 Jul 2017
Object storage use cases coming to a data service near you
Object storage, unlike traditional file and block storage, is well-suited to manage vast amounts of unstructured data. Continue Reading
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Feature
06 Jul 2017
Caching vs. tiering: Comparing storage optimization techniques
There are many factors to consider when choosing between caching and tiering storage techniques to optimize storage. Knowing how and when to use either can make a big difference. Continue Reading
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Feature
06 Jul 2017
Object-level storage poised to replace NAS in the enterprise
Many vendors offer highly scalable object storage-based products with file interfaces, making the technology more accessible than ever as an alternative to NAS. Continue Reading
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Opinion
06 Jul 2017
ECX 2.6 includes intelligent data management
Catalogic Software's approach to snapshot creation and management delivers pragmatic features to DevOps and more with the release of ECX 2.6. Continue Reading
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Opinion
06 Jul 2017
Wanna laugh? Data protection techniques give ransomware the boot
Done right, data protection such as cloud-based disaster recovery is the best countermeasure organizations have against insidious ransomware attacks. Continue Reading
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