IT professionals are inundated with new ways to deliver storage services to applications and users. Architectures like converged and hyperconverged seem to defy conventional wisdom, creating a new paradigm and server side storage. But the more things change, the more…
When flash drives first came to market the easiest way to integrate them into the enterprise storage infrastructure was to make them connect in the same way that a current hard disk drive would. While providing immediate compatibility and an…
IT Professionals hear a lot about big data, but what exactly is big data and what are some of the use cases for it? In this StorageShort Storage Switzerland’s George Crump and HDS’ Fred Oh explain big data and how…
Embracing and taking full advantage of big data analytics can provide tremendous returns to organizations willing to invest. The problem is that while we understand the value of analytics, how to get started is confusing. Most big data analytic projects…
Embracing and taking full advantage of big data analytics can provide tremendous returns to organizations willing to invest. The problem is that while we understand the value of analytics, how to get started is confusing. Most big data analytic projects…
As the world of applications explode, an increasing amount of critical business information is being passed between data center sites using IP storage. Most IP storage systems have excellent replication software built into them, but the infrastructure that IP storage…
Briefing Note: Brocade Analytics Monitoring Platform Flash has solved a lot of the storage performance challenges that the modern data center has but it is not a cure-all. The problem is that most organizations are ill-equipped to resolve the issue…
Lots of traveling coming up and a review of storage acquisitions are in this week’s Storage News Update from Storage Switzerland. Lead Analyst George Crump joins me on this week’s news podcast. Click here to learn more about George’s talks…
The ability to replicate data between data centers as it changes is an essential ingredient of any enterprise class storage system. Data centers count on this capability as the foundational component in their disaster recovery (DR) plans. But this foundation…
Data center initiatives, like server and desktop virtualization, as well as the introduction of flash enhanced storage, have motivated storage managers to upgrade their storage networks sooner than they might have planned. But those storage managers would be wise to…
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