Dealing with information in IT operations includes delivering the resources to store and retrieve information as well as all the management and security requirements. Continued capacity demand creates challenges in adding more storage systems, adapting the data protection process...
Read More »Storage devices such as hard disk drives may be seen as commodities, although storage systems that businesses depend on are clearly not commodities. Systems that store the most critical information inside data centers are complex and sophisticated, developed by companies...
Read More »I had a long discussion with an IT director for a large company this past week, and we talked about his views on open source software. Basically, he said he considered open source for information management software a much greater expense...
Read More »This SearchStorage.com blog post explores how SSD might be changing the lifecycle of storage, and how this could impact the industry. Read the blog HERE
Read More »We’re seeing many different vendor initiatives for appliances or special purpose applications that run inside storage systems. In contrast to general purpose storage systems, these appliances consist of special purpose applications running on servers. The most common type of appliance is...
Read More »“Avoid vendor lock-in” has been a mantra for a long time by other vendors and marketing promotions. Vendor lock-in is equated to a lack of choices or an impediment to making a change in the future. The lack of choices...
Read More »There is a prevalent problem in Information Technology today – too much data. Most of the data is in the form of files and called unstructured data. Unstructured data continues to increase at rates that average around 60% per year according to...
Read More »The term archiving can be used in different contexts. Its use across vertical markets and in practice leads to confusion and communication problems. Working on strategy projects with IT clients has led me to always clarify what archive means in their environments....
Read More »The massive amount of unstructured data being created has vendors pushing to deliver object storage systems. There are many object systems available now from new and established vendors, and others are privately talking about bringing out new object systems soon. Objects,...
Read More »A recent conversation I had about the cost of storage made me think that talking about the cost of storage is the wrong way to approach it. The discussion should be about the value that storage delivers. Trying to explain the complex...
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