Blog Archives

ChalkTalk – Edge Filer Powered Hybrid Cloud Storage

To learn about how Edge Filers can help you drive down storage costs while enhancing application performance, watch this chalk talk video between George Crump from Storage Switzerland and Ron Bianchini from Avere. The cloud service provider “storage wars” are creating

Tagged with: , , , , , ,
Posted in Video

What Does Software-Defined Mean For Data Protection?

What is the role of data protection in today’s increasingly virtualized world? Should organizations look towards specialized backup technologies that integrate at the hypervisor or application layer or should they continue utilizing traditional backup solutions to safeguard business data? Or

Tagged with: , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Article

Designing An Enterprise Class File Sync and Share Solution

When it comes to file sharing services, end-users have literally taken matters into their own hands. The proliferation of tablets and mobile devices has empowered end-users to consume public cloud services on-demand from any location globally. As a result, more

Tagged with: , , , , , , ,
Posted in Article

The Active Archive Alliance Saving You From Unstructured Data Deluge – Podcast

Storage Switzerland Founder and Lead Analyst George Crump and I sit down with Floyd Christofferson, Chairman of the Board for the Active Archive Alliance. Floyd talks about the value of the Alliance and how its work can help the IT

Tagged with: , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Podcast

Bringing Storage, Cloud Computing and Virtualization Vendors Under One Tent

SNIA's DSI, April 22 to 24

Why IT Needs A Vendor Neutral Technology Showcase Many of today’s IT industry trade shows are hosted by the big industry juggernauts. While many of these events have value, the fact is, you’re only playing in their “World”. In other

Tagged with: , , , , , ,
Posted in Blog

Webinar – Five Keys To A Successful Hybrid Cloud Storage Strategy

Watch the On Demand Webinar “Five Keys To A Successful Hybrid Cloud Storage Strategy” IT professionals are looking for a way to use cloud storage for more than just a backup repository. They want these resources to fully participate in

Tagged with: , , , , , ,
Posted in Webinar

Cloud Storage For Business – Where To Start? Podcast

Cloud Storage is, for many IT pros, a concept that is difficult to get their arms around. Storage Switzerland founder and lead analyst George Crump and I talk about the concept of cloud storage for business. Where To Start?

Tagged with: , , , , , ,
Posted in Podcast

Learn about the cloud at the DSI – Podcast

Cloud storage is more than just putting files in a folder and storing them off-site. Mark Carlson from SNIA joins George Crump and me to talk about what the Data Storage Innovation Conference will offer attendees who want to learn

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Podcast

Why Storage-As-A-Service Is The Future Of IT

Selecting the right storage hardware can often be a no-win proposition for the IT professional. The endless cycle of storage tech refreshes and capacity upgrades puts IT planners and their administrators into an infinite loop of assessing and re-assessing their

Tagged with: , , , , , ,
Posted in Article

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

Tagged with: , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Blog