June 28, 2011 2:26 PM
Posted by: Eric Slack
cloud computing,
Eric Slack,
MSPs,
Storage ChannelMSPs are in kind of a tough situation. Their customers are increasingly looking at outsourced IT services from cloud providers, potentially taking away a big chunk of what has traditionally been their...
June 20, 2011 8:28 AM
Posted by: Eric Slack
best of breed,
Eric Slack,
replication,
Storage ChannelRandy Kerns made a good point in a blog recently. He said that IT customers are looking for “
June 13, 2011 2:12 PM
Posted by: Eric Slack
content indexing,
Data storage growth,
Eric Slack,
Storage ChannelIn the last post we talked about the propensity most of us have toward saving data, or at least not deleting it (I think there’s a difference), because we might need it someday. There...
June 6, 2011 12:01 PM
Posted by: Eric Slack
content indexing,
data hoarding,
Data storage growth,
Eric Slack,
Storage ChannelWe save too much data. It’s easy to do, and the alternative (getting rid of it) is difficult. As Andy Rooney, a “60 Minutes” commentator for many years, once said, “We never throw...
May 31, 2011 8:15 AM
Posted by: Eric Slack
Backup as a service,
cloud backup,
cloud storage,
Eric Slack,
Storage ChannelThere’s been a fair amount of discussion around what impact the cloud will have on existing technologies and the companies (and VARs) that have built their businesses on them.