In 2010, there were almost a dozen major NAS vendors on the market. Today, the market has shrunk, ironically at a time when organizations need unstructured data storage solutions more than ever. The primary reasons for the shrinking of the…
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Is it Time to Rethink NAS for Unstructured Data?
Network Attached Storage (NAS) systems were once the primary storage destination for all unstructured data but with file-counts soaring past one billion and with machines replacing users as the primary creators of data, the industry is seemingly moving past NAS…
Tagged with: AI, Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Big data, Cloud, Hybrid, IoT, M&E, Machine Learning, ML, NAS, Object Storage, Qumulo, Unstructured data
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What is a Second-Generation Cloud Strategy?
Adoption of cloud services is following a trend similar to on-premises data center infrastructure. Many data centers begin using a single infrastructure vendor, compromising flexibility for the assumed simplicity of a single solution. As data centers evolve, they gravitate toward…
Tagged with: Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, Egress Fees, IoT, MeetTheCEO, Migration, performance, SaaS, Wasabi
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Key Management – The Dirty Secret of HCI Encryption
Edge data centers can be remote retail locations or offices, oil rigs, temporary command centers and even mobile data centers in the back of a van. Finding a solution that provides the performance edge data centers need at a price…
Tagged with: Cloud, Dell PowerEdge, Encryption, HCI, Hypervisor, IoT, Migration, SAN, Scale, Software Defined, StorMagic, Virtualization
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19 Minute Webinar: Making Multi-Cloud Work
Multi-Cloud seems to be the next big thing in the public cloud. With multi-cloud, an organization can move applications between cloud providers to take advantage of better pricing or better technology. While it is relatively easy to migrate an application…
Tagged with: Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, Egress Fees, IoT, MeetTheCEO, Migration, performance, SaaS, Wasabi
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Comparing the Performance of Tape Integrated Protection to Disk Only Protection
When vendors compare the performance of disk backup systems with the performance of tape, they often will highlight the area in which their particular product has the biggest advantage and ignore situations where performance doesn’t matter. IT planners looking to…
Tagged with: Analytics, Archive, Cloud, Cyber Attack, Disk, Flash, Fujifilm, HDD, Hybrid, Iron Mountain, Ransomware, Spectra Logic, Tape
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MSP Agent or Provider – What Do Customers Want?
In the Lightboard Video below, Eran Farajun, Executive Vice President at Asigra, and I discuss the business of being a managed service provider (MSP). In the video, we discuss how MSPs can build value into their businesses by investing in…
Tagged with: Asigra, Backup, Backup as a Service, Cloud, Compliance, GDPR, MSP, Recovery, SaaS
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Reducing the High Cost of Data Management
Data Management is the process of ensuring data is on the right storage tier at just the right time. IT professionals that run the data management process are trying to strike a balance between saving the organization money by eliminating…
Tagged with: Cloud, Data management, Disk, Migration, NAS, Object Storage, ROI, Spectra Logic, Tape, Virtual machine
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Lightboard Video: SSDs Are Critical for Edge Computing Success
The escalating use of IoT devices, as well as the need for Cloud providers and Content Delivery Network providers to get closer to where their customers are, is driving edge computing. The goal of edge computing is to reduce latency…
SlideShare: Meet The CEOs – Commvault and Hedvig
Commvault has acquired Hedvig. What are the ramifications for the combined companies and the storage industry? Find out in our on demand presentation where we have Sanjay Mirchandani, CEO of Commvault and Avinash Lakshman, CEO of Hedvig in a special…
Tagged with: Backup, Cloud, Commvault, Deduplication, Hedvig, Hybrid, Migration, Ransomware, Replication, Scale Up, Scale-Out, Software Defined
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