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IT infrastructure transformation: Backbone of the digital revolution

Maximizing the value of incoming and outgoing data as a core business strategy demands transforming your IT infrastructure into a more agile and flexible entity.

By Scott Sinclair • July 6, 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.

By Logan Harbaugh • July 6, 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.

By Chris Evans • July 6, 2017

Chief concerns when buying cloud storage include cost and capacity

Enterprises look for the best deal from the vendor with the best reputation when turning to the cloud to tame growing data volumes for archiving, backup and more.

By James Alan Miller • July 6, 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.

By Jon Toigo • July 6, 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.

By Rich Castagna • July 6, 2017

Post-IPO, Tintri software plan comes into sharp focus

Tintri will scale back head-to-head matchups in all-flash array market; stand-alone software accounts for a growing portion of storage revenue, CTO and co-founder Kieran Harty says.

By Garry Kranz • July 5, 2017

Formation Data Systems exits crowded software-defined market

Formation Data's recent demise shows the challenges startups face in differentiating products in a crowded software-defined storage market, industry analysts say.

By Carol Sliwa • June 29, 2017

Two Tegile storage tiers highlight IntelliFlash update

Tegile Systems updates IntelliFlash with two tiers of flash. The 6U Tegile configuration supports 72 SAS SSDs for capacity and NVMe flash drives for performance.

By Garry Kranz • June 28, 2017

What private cloud implementation barriers should I plan for?

There are many factors to consider when building a private cloud, so planning is crucial. Policy changes and hardware choices are just some challenges that may arise.

By Brien Posey • June 27, 2017

Panzura cloud NAS gets performance jolt from NVMe

Panzura's enhancements to its cloud NAS include support for NVMe flash and increased capacity limit on VMware deployments. The cloud file system works with object storage.

By Sonia Lelii • June 26, 2017

USB flash drive

A USB flash drive -- also known as a stick, thumb or pen drive -- is a plug-and-play portable storage device that uses flash memory and can attach to a keychain.

By Sonia Lelii, Sarah Wilson • June 26, 2017

Determine your requirements before buying a copy management system

Before evaluating copy data management systems, examine the pros and cons of the deployment models, as well as the most important features to look for in a product.

By Chris Evans • June 23, 2017

How is private cloud support divided between IT and providers?

When companies choose a private cloud storage provider, it's important that they understand what the internal IT department is responsible for, as opposed to what the provider will support.

By Brien Posey • June 22, 2017

Reduxio Systems adds CDM, DR upgrades to TimeOS

Reduxio rolls out its third version of TimeOS storage software, adding NoRestore copy data management and NoMigrate DR. The vendor claims to deliver zero downtime and data loss.

By Garry Kranz • June 22, 2017

Virtual Instruments adds storage monitoring to 32 Gb FC

Virtual Instruments tools that help organizations monitor storage gain deeper integration in the new family of Load DynamiX 32 Gb FC and 40 GbE Workload Generation Appliances.

By Garry Kranz • June 20, 2017

Stretch clustering fits Pure customers’ wish lists

All-flash array vendor Pure Storage added multisite replication between FlashArray and FlashBlade systems with ActiveCluster stretch clustering, which is included in the Purity 5 OS.

By Garry Kranz • June 19, 2017

Pure1 META analytics bolsters Pure Storage software

New predictive sizing tool complements other Pure Storage software rollouts from Accelerate. The artificial intelligence engine learns from all workloads running on Pure arrays.

By Garry Kranz • June 19, 2017

What are the benefits of private cloud over popular alternatives?

Don't overlook the advantages of private cloud when choosing a cloud storage implementation. Security, cost and ease of transition make it a viable option.

By Brien Posey • June 19, 2017

Users get sneak peek at Pure, Cisco NVMe storage fabric

Pure Storage and Cisco Systems showcase NVM Express over Fabrics storage based on FlashArray//X all-flash and Cisco next-gen NVMe fabric protocol at Accelerate conference.

By Garry Kranz • June 15, 2017

DDN IME flash cache, SFA operating system get updates

DataDirect Networks focused on performance and resilience in updates to its Infinite Memory Engine flash cache and Storage Fusion Architecture operating system.

By Carol Sliwa • June 14, 2017

GlusterFS vs. Ceph: Weighing the open source combatants

When considering open source storage software, GlusterFS and Ceph share that designation and little else. Knowing how each option works can help in the selection process.

By Sander van Vugt • June 13, 2017

Pure Storage flash array lines bulk up software

Purity 5 software for Pure Storage FlashArray adds active-active multisite replication and portable snapshots. Pure FlashBlade clusters now scale to 75 blades and five chassis.

By Garry Kranz • June 13, 2017

MapR Technologies launches enterprise file storage product

MapR expands beyond analytics into the enterprise storage market with an exabyte-scale data store designed to manage files and containers in data centers and across clouds.

By Carol Sliwa • June 12, 2017

Pure Storage CEO assesses NVMe, flash storage market

In the run-up to Pure Accelerate, CEO Scott Dietzen assesses the trajectory of the NVMe flash market, vendor consolidation and how customers are using Pure's FlashArray.

By Garry Kranz • June 12, 2017