January 25, 2011 5:13 PM
Posted by: Dave Raffo
cloud storage; CirtasThree multi-billion dollar storage acquisitions over the past two years have made storage a hot target for venture capitalists, especially startups who deal with moving data to the
January 24, 2011 4:11 PM
Posted by: Randy Kerns
open systems storageWhile working on a product analysis for the recently launched EMC VNX multiprotocol storage systems, I picked up on something I’ve also seen in other recent vendor presentations.
I’m seeing the...
January 21, 2011 8:19 PM
Posted by: Dave Raffo
Kaiminario; solid state storageWe’ve seen that these are still early days for solid-state and Flash adoption in enterprise storage, and people are...
January 18, 2011 5:39 PM
Posted by: Dave Raffo
dell,
emc,
vnxThere has been a lot of speculation as to whether Dell will offer EMC's newly launched VNX and VNXe unified storage systems. The
January 18, 2011 2:08 PM
Posted by: Dave Raffo
EMC; VNX; VNXe; Data Domain; VMAXEMC made its big product launch today, and while the VNX and VNXe systems were no surprises, the vendor did roll out a few other new products that had been kept secret. Those included new Data Domain data deduplication backup arrays and an archiving product, and software enhancements for the...
January 17, 2011 1:46 PM
Posted by: Randy Kerns
IT staffing,
storage specialistWhen I meet with IT personnel or speak at events, I always try to find out what people are doing in their positions in IT. Finding out what their daily work entails gives a good barometer on what is happening in IT and helps to identify where the problems are. One trend I notice is there are fewer...
January 17, 2011 1:43 PM
Posted by: Dave Raffo
storage virtualization; Hewlett-Packard; EVAHewlett-Packard has scrapped the StorageWorks SAN Virtualization Services Platform (SVSP) that it sold through an OEM deal with LSI, as well as the
January 12, 2011 8:27 PM
Posted by: Dave Raffo
emc; data domain: backup; data deduplication; Frank SlootmanToday marked the end of an era in storage when Frank Slootman stepped down as president of EMC’s Backup Recovery Systems (BRS) division to join
January 12, 2011 1:39 PM
Posted by: Dave Raffo
DataDirect Networks; NAS; high performance computingAfter all the acquisitions of 2011, which is the largest private storage vendor still standing? According to IDC, it’s DataDirect Networks.
An IDC report issued last month ranked DDN as the largest private storage company by revenue. Of course, it helps DDN that