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Meet Storage Swiss Senior Analyst Eric Slack – Podcast

Posted on March 12, 2014 by Charlie Hodges

In today’s Podcast, we talk to Storage Switzerland Senior Analyst Eric Slack on his background and expertise in the storage industry. You can easily subscribe to our podcasts on iTunes.

Tagged with: Data center, Eric Slack, Flash memory, Hard disk drive, Solid-state drive, Storage, Storage Switzerland
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Need Consulting? We can help. – Podcast

Posted on March 10, 2014 by Charlie Hodges

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…

Meet Founder and Lead Analyst George Crump – Podcast

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Charlie Hodges

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:

Tagged with: Backup, Flash memory, George Crump, Hard disk drive, Solid-state drive, SSD, Storage, Storage area network, Storage Switzerland
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Come See Us at The Data Storage Innovation Conference – Podcast

Posted on March 5, 2014 by Charlie Hodges

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…

Tagged with: Backup, Cloud, Cloud computing, Conference, Data center, Flash, Hard disk drive, networking, Santa Clara, SNIA, Solid-state drive, SSD, Storage, Storage area network
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NetApp and Amazon partnerup – Podcast

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Charlie Hodges

Storage Switzerland Lead Analyst George Crump and I talk about a note from a recent briefing with NetApp about how the company is teaming up with Amazon AWS. While some might think NetApp and Amazon AWS would be competitors, George…

MLC vs. SLC – Podcast

Posted on February 28, 2014 by Charlie Hodges

Does the difference between MLC vs SLC matter anymore? Storage Switzerland Senior Analyst Eric Slack and I about his latest article on MLC and SLC and how manufacturers are working to make MLC more acceptable in the Enterprise. To read…

Tagged with: All-Flash, All-Flash Array, Flash, Flash memory, Flash memory controller, flash storage, Hard disk drive, MLC, Server Side Flash, SLC, SSD
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Use Software To Get Peak WAN Performance – Podcast

Posted on February 24, 2014 by Charlie Hodges

Get ready for software defined WAN Acceleration for Virtual Environments. Silver Peak VP of Marketing Tony Thompson and Storage Switzerland Senior Analyst Colm Keegan discuss their recent webinar Ready for Software WAN Acceleration. To see the webinar, click on the…

Tagged with: Backup, Cloud computing, Silver Peak, Storage, Virtual machine, Virtualization, WAN Acceleration, WAN optimization
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Creating Enterprise Class File Sync and Share – Podcast

Posted on February 20, 2014 by Charlie Hodges

The use of file sync and share services like Dropbox is becoming more popular. This is creating an IT “blind spot” since administrators have no insight into the corporate data stored there. Organizations need secure file sync and share services…

Tagged with: Backup, Cloud, Data center, File Share, File Sharing, File Storage, File Sync, File/synch, PanTerra, Share Services, Shared Storage, Solid-state drive
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Software Defined Storage – Podcast

Posted on February 19, 2014 by Charlie Hodges

Hyper-converged storage is true Software-defined Storage (SDS), since by migrating storage intelligence to the hypervisor it’s completely hardware agnostic. But there’s still room for improvement. In this podcast, we look at how SDS is evolving and how it can continue…

Tagged with: Atlantis ILIO, Backup, Cloud, Cloud computing, Data center, Flash, Flash memory, Hardware, Software Defined Storage, Solid-state drive, SSD, Storage
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Briefing Note – FCIA Announces Gen 6 SAN – Podcast

Posted on February 17, 2014 by Charlie Hodges

Storage Switzerland Founder George Crump joins Charlie Hodges for a discussion on an announcement from the Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA) that a Gen 6 Fibre Channel will be available soon. In this podcast you will learn What is Gen…