In many ways, Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) is emblematic of a storage industry that is grappling with the need to quickly make a transition to new business models. Why? The storage industry has suddenly become a convergence zone for many...
Read More »I have been told by a storage administrator that if he moved data to the cloud he was no longer responsible for it. He made the wash-my-hands of it sign during that conversation to illustrate it was “not my problem.”...
Read More »In what is an unfortunate cost of doing business in the cloud era, an online hosting service “CodeSpaces.com” has ceased operations today after several days of online attacks. Ironically, only two days ago, CodeSpaces website claimed to provide “Rock Solid,...
Read More »Storage systems manage access to information in one of three forms: As blocks of data of a predefined size, as files within a file structure or as objects stored with metadata that describe the information. Block storage systems and file-based network-attached storage systems are...
Read More »On June 5, 2014, Fusion-io executives invited industry analysts to a one-day product announcement and company strategy update. Eleven days later, SanDisk announced that it intended to acquire Fusion-io for $1.1B in cash as it builds out its enterprise flash and solid...
Read More »I recently read through a performance report created by a firm for one of their clients. My first thought is that it is good to see more people using actual lab testing and data rather than theoretical arguments as to...
Read More »Vendors of enterprise storage arrays (EMC, HDS, HP, IBM, NetApp) are all riding the Software Defined Storage (SDS) bandwagon to one degree or another. IBM says that its enterprise storage product line will over time become increasingly software defined. EMC’s ViPR SDS platform is...
Read More »Toshiba recently announced that it will begin demolishing its No. 2 semiconductor fabrication facility, the company’s NAND Flash memory plant, and replace it with a new fab facility on the same site. Why? According to Toshiba: “The primary purpose of...
Read More »EMC and IBM recently launched storage products with the term “elastic” in their names. These announcements were significant for the companies and for the IT community in understanding a direction being taken for storage technology. EMC launched Elastic Cloud Storage...
Read More »Clarification is needed about what lifespan means regarding storage because confusion is created by the way product messaging refers to both in the same context. Lifespans of storage systems refer to many things: wear-out mechanisms for devices, technology obsolescence in...
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