September 27, 2010 1:03 PM
Profile: Eric Slack
Optical storage solutions alternative: Software-only WORM

For years, companies have used optical...
September 20, 2010 10:17 AM
Profile: Eric Slack
Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL): IP networking’s future

Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) was...
September 13, 2010 10:30 AM
Profile: Eric Slack
Backup alternative: Arkeia Network Backup

In the last post, I talked about a couple of interesting storage alternatives for VARs who maybe weren’t thrilled with their existing disk vendors. As a VAR, having alternatives to show is your stock...
September 7, 2010 11:24 AM
Profile: Eric Slack
Alternatives for VARs that feel unloved by their current storage vendors

I was talking with a storage VAR at VMworld last week and realized how little has changed even in the midst of so much change. First the change: Technology marches on, and that march is...