Science fiction is about to be honest to goodness science. The reason? A company called Cloud Constellation will put data centers in space. They call it “SpaceBelt, The Information Ultra-Highway — a cloud vendor above all others.” The idea is…
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Asigra is Backing up Docker Containers
The first commercial solution designed for backing up containers is here. So the first question is: do you need to back up containers? The answer is really up to you. Whether or not they need backup depends on how you…
Accelerating Reads and Writes with PernixData
Everyone acknowledges that flash storage is faster than spinning disk, and most acknowledge that the closer to the CPU this storage is, the more it accelerates I/O performance. In addition, everyone agrees that the only thing currently faster than flash…
Heterogeneous Storage Analytics Difficult to Gather
Knowledge is power. But knowledge in a heterogeneous storage environment can be difficult to come by. Modern data centers often have a mix of software-defined storage, traditional proprietary storage, all-flash or hybrid storage arrays, and even cloud storage – all…
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DevOps for IT Pros: The Key to Addressing Bi-Modal IT
DevOps can deliver a strong return on investment (ROI) for those environments choosing to invest in it. Environments adopting a DevOps mentality move from merely supporting operations to truly enabling better, more efficient operations. IT moves from merely changing the…
EMC Pivoting to SDS & Cloud?
The keynote presentations at EMC World seemed very different to me this year. I’ve been to several EMC World conferences, and this one seemed to suggest a pivot for the company that we followed for so many years. To me,…
Backing up Databases in Docker Containers
Docker is for ephemeral data and shouldn’t have data that needs to be backed up. Or at least that’s what I was told for a while. And then I met the head of development for a large bank in Australia…
Veeam moves to the Public Cloud: Veeam V9
Veeam has been a leader in the private cloud world for a while now, but in its latest release it set its sights on using the public cloud in the same way their customers have. It is also adding support…
InfoArchive & SourceOne: EMC’s Two Archive Products
Prior to attending EMC World, I was aware EMC owned only one archive product: SourceOne. It is capable of handling the archiving and e-discovery needs of email and file systems. SourceOne was developed by EMC several years ago after learning…
NAB Vendors Discover Data Protection
I was pleasantly surprised when I visited storage vendors at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention in Las Vegas. If you’re unfamiliar with the show, suffice it to say that it is massive. It is Las Vegas’ second largest…
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