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May 10, 2013  4:04 PM

EMC World wrap-up: Isilon, VNX, Syncplicity future directions



Posted by: Dave Raffo
Storage

LAS VEGAS – EMC World was short on product upgrades this year with the exception of the new ViPR platform, but the vendor did enhance a few products while...

May 9, 2013  4:53 PM

Fusion-io’s new CEO addresses ‘misconceptions’



Posted by: Dave Raffo
Storage

One day after a surprising CEO shakeup, the new boss of PCIe flash leader Fusion-io denied the change came because of a failure of the outgoing chief, problems at the company or because it is looking for a buyer. Shane Robison, a former long-time Hewlett-Packard executive who replaced Fusion-io...


May 9, 2013  12:09 PM

Keeping all data is a dangerous policy



Posted by: Randy Kerns
Storage

There is a prevalent problem in Information Technology today – too much data. Most of the data is in the form of files and called


May 8, 2013  8:54 AM

EMC rivals’ venomous reactions to ViPR



Posted by: Dave Raffo
Storage

LAS VEGAS -- Hitachi Data Systems and NetApp wasted little time sending reviews of EMC’s new ViPR software. Both sent e-mails panning EMC’s attempt at software-defined...

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May 3, 2013  10:09 AM

EMC’s RecoverPoint, SRDF shake hands



Posted by: Dave Raffo
Storage

EMC will make a bunch of product launches next week at its annual EMC World conference in Las Vegas. But there were upgrades the vendor couldn’t wait to announce, so it revealed a handful of data protection changes this week. The changes centered on EMC’s RecoverPoint replication software,...


May 2, 2013  7:44 AM

Brocade says its FC SAN sales disappointed last quarter



Posted by: Dave Raffo
Storage

Maybe Brocade has been a little over-optimistic about Fibre Channel SANs. After Brocade executives gushed bout how lucrative the FC market remains on the switch maker’s last...


April 26, 2013  7:40 AM

Archiving explained



Posted by: Randy Kerns
Storage

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...


April 19, 2013  10:44 AM

Nimble Storage adds reference architecture, new level of analytics



Posted by: Dave Raffo
Storage

Startup Nimble Storage is taking a page out of NetApp’s playbook with its private cloud reference architecture put together with Cicso and Microsoft. And it is going beyond other storage vendors’ monitoring and analytics capabilities with its InfoSight services. This week Nimble launched...


April 19, 2013  8:24 AM

Storage playing key role in entertainment industry



Posted by: Randy Kerns
Storage

The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) conference has become a big focus for storage vendors. The growth in media content and the increased resolution of recordings make for a fast growing market for storage demand. And, the data is not thrown away (deleted). Media and entertainment...


April 11, 2013  7:09 AM

Don’t forget management when developing object storage systems



Posted by: Randy Kerns
Storage

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...