Reading this recent article on ZDNet I was struck by the pointlessness of Google’s 1TB of user storage offering. This may seem like a bold statement, but let’s look at the figures and the offering. If you buy a Chromebook Pixel, it comes with [...]
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The last few weeks have seen a couple of important flash technology announcements. They are important as they bring two of the “Big 5/6″ storage vendors up to speed in a market that is already pretty well occupied. Unfortunately all of these announcements are coupled with hyperbole, figure hiding and in some cases, bare-faced [...]
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Nexenta, the software-only storage company received a further $24m in funding last week and had a swap around of their top execs, with former CEO Evan Powell moving to Chief Strategy Officer. Nexenta have been described by some (including themselves) as Software Defined Storage, [...]
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Without a clear definition, it’s difficult to answer the question posed as the title of this post. Last time I mentioned Hitachi, VPLEX from EMC, Nutanix and SolidFire. Since posting the last blog entry, [...]
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Chuck Hollis’ recent post reminded me that I must commit my ideas to paper (or to WordPress for that matter) on what constitutes Software Defined Storage (SDS). Without a doubt, “Software Defined” will be overused as this year’s favourite storage marketing phrase, as we see [...]
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The title of this post could quite easily have been asked in reverse – is Cloud ready for the enterprise? Either way, understanding what IT means to the Enterprise is fundamental to answering the question.
The attached diagram (I’ll hold short of calling it an infographic) explains how the Enterprise has evolved over the [...]
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Cloud Storage Gateways provide the ability to write data directly into a cloud service/storage provider, either via a physical or virtual onsite appliance. There are many vendors in the marketplace today and some are making serious money, (as reported by Chris Mellor today in [...]
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