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Which Tech Event has Software Defined Storage, Virtualization, Flash, Big Data, Security and the Cloud?

Where do you go when you need to learn about a new technology such as software defined storage? How about Hyper-converged infrastructure? Or all-flash arrays? Where do you get information on a technology? One place to start is with the

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Is 2014 Really the Year of the All-Flash Array?

Adding flash to disk array systems was inevitable, as spinning disk-based storage hit the performance wall and virtualization kept pushing the demand for more IOPS. These early systems were expensive, implementation was difficult and feature sets were extremely basic or

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How Available Is Your File Sync and Share Solution?

Users see file sync and share solutions as a requirement to get their job done. They want their data available on any device at any time and in any place. It is the “any device” part of this requirement that

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Is It Time To Retire File Server and NAS?

To get an advanced copy of our exclusive white paper “Are File Servers Holding Users Back?” watch the webinar “How To Increase User Productivity and Ensure Data Security” on demand and you can download the paper today. Is the File

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Storage QoS – A New Requirement for Shared Storage

In the virtualized data center shared storage is truly shared. Each attached server host may have dozens of virtual machines all accessing the same shared storage system at the same time. This creates a new requirement for shared storage systems,

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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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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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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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2014 Next Generation Storage Summit Kicks Off with Object Focus

Los Angeles – Storage Switzerland and a host of other industry influencers are spending the next day or so at the Next Generation Object Storage Summit (NGOSS). As is usually the case at these events, we opened with the ongoing

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Don’t Let File Sync and Share Sink Your Business

Data “leakage” is becoming an increasing problem for businesses today given the widespread use of consumer grade file sync and share services. To maximize their productivity, many users will sync their file data across their laptop, tablet, smartphone and home

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