July 26, 2011 12:13 PM
Posted by: Randy Kerns
solid state drives,
storage consolidation,
storage tieringStorage tiering, where data is automatically placed and migrated between different storage media, improves the performance of a system by exploiting the access...
July 22, 2011 1:00 PM
Posted by: Dave Raffo
object storage; file storage; glusterObject storage has been hailed as a better way to store files than traditional NAS, and perhaps even a long-term replacement for file storage. Now open-source...
July 20, 2011 6:28 PM
Posted by: Dave Raffo
automated tiered storage,
big data,
emc,
FAST VP,
scale-out NAS,
solid state storageEMC’s earnings today revealed few surprises with revenue of $4.85 billion and income of $793 million at or slightly above expectations, but the results include a few interesting product trends:
• Isilon
July 20, 2011 4:14 PM
Posted by: Dave Raffo
brocade,
dell,
fibre channel switchingDell’s acquisition of Ethernet switch maker Force10 today should end the expectations that Dell will buy Brocade, which sells Fibre Channel and Ethernet gear.
Financial analysts have
July 19, 2011 2:24 PM
Posted by: Randy Kerns
storage vendorsAll new storage technology doesn’t come from startups, although you might get that impression by reading about industry acquisitions.
The reasons most often listed for acquisition of a start-up company are:
• Technical infusion (technology acquisition)
• Expansion into a new business...
July 15, 2011 2:38 PM
Posted by: Dave Raffo
EMC VMXe,
enterprise storage system,
IBM XIVWhile EMC formally launched its VMAXe enterprise storage system to compete with IBM’s XIV (as well as Hewlett-Packard’s 3PAR) this week, IBM was...
July 14, 2011 1:02 PM
Posted by: Dave Raffo
CS210,
iSCSI,
nimble storage,
storage systemNimble Storage today added a smaller model of its combination primary storage/backup platform and $25 million in fresh funding.
Nimble launched...
July 13, 2011 1:19 PM
Posted by: Dave Raffo
storage arrays,
vaai,
VMware,
vs[phere 5Storage played a big part in VMware’s vSphere 5 launch Tuesday, as the vendor introduced a new software product called vSphere Storage Appliance and...
July 11, 2011 1:05 PM
Posted by: Randy Kerns
storage arrays,
storage management,
vaaiWhen talking to CIOs, IT directors and managers, I’m sometimes surprised by what they know – and don’t know – about industry developments. During an education session I held recently, the IT people told me they had not heard of
