Yearly Archives: 2014

Need Consulting? We can help. – Podcast

Who better to help you with your storage issues than to get input from the folks who you listen to here! Lead Analyst George Crump talks about the consulting service we provide at Storage Switzerland. Subscribe to our podcasts at

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Data Management vs. The Sock Drawer

One of the most mundane home cleanup tasks is re-organizing the sock drawer. Data Management has been the IT equivalent for years. It is an event that often requires someone from outside of the data center to come in and

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Meet Founder and Lead Analyst George Crump – Podcast

I’m starting a series of podcasts with our analysts so you can know the people behind Storage Swiss. We’re starting with Founder and Lead Analyst George Crump. Subscribe to our podcasts on iTunes:

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Why Data Management is Cool Again

Our top read article, by far, recently is “What is Data Profiling”. My colleagues Eric Slack and Colm Keegan also just hosted a well attended webinar, “How To Attain Sustainable Storage Savings“, now available on demand. At the core of

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Why IT Needs to Offer Data Protection As A Service

Technologies like application virtualization have given end users increasingly more choice in today’s IT marketplace. New business services can be rapidly spun up on-demand, either in the four walls of the data-center or out into a cloud service provider’s (CSP)

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The All-Flash Exit is Spelled IPO

Los Angeles – Storage Switzerland is at the Next Generation Storage Summit and today the focus is on solid state storage. The first part of the day was focused on the state of the storage industry, started by a presentation

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Video – What Type of Caching is Best?

We examine that question in this video. Storage Switzerland Lead Analyst George Crump talks to SanDisk Engineering Fellow Serge Shats about the different types of caching, the potential risks involved and how to reduce those risks. For more information see

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Object Storage is Confusing but its Benefits are Clear

Object Storage is attracting more vendors as the technology moves ‘out of the clouds’ and closer to what could be called “mainstream” IT, at least that seems to be the objective based on the discussions at this year’s NextGen Object

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Come See Us at The Data Storage Innovation Conference – Podcast

Join Storage Switzerland at the Data Storage Innovation Conference from April 22 through 24. The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) has a new event designed for end users that features certifications, vendor presentations, hands on labs and the opportunity to

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Do SMB Data Centers Need Object Storage?

Los Angeles – Storage Switzerland is at the Next Generation Storage Summit (NGSS) this week and yesterday we wrapped up our focus on Object Storage. One of the questions coming out of the summit is how do you know if your

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