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Can Evault Make Storage-as-a-Service Work?

Posted on March 12, 2014 by Eric Slack

We’ve all heard many times how data is growing, especially unstructured data, and how companies are faced with huge piles of files they may never need but can’t delete – legally or simply because the data owners won’t make those…

Tagged with: Cloud, Cloud Gateway, EVault, OpenStack, Seagate, SLA, STaaS
Posted in Briefing Note

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…

Object Storage is Confusing but its Benefits are Clear

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Eric Slack

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…

Tagged with: Big data, Cloud, NAS, NGOSS, Object, Object Storage, Scale-Out, Software Defined Storage
Posted in Blog

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
Posted in Podcast

Real-Time Video Data – Competitive Advantage or Budget Sinkhole?

Posted on March 5, 2014 by George Crump

One of the fastest growing data types is video data and organizations of all kinds and sizes are having to deal with it. These organizations are not the traditional media and entertainment companies; now sports teams, public entities, mega-churches and…

Tagged with: Archive, Cloud, Fuji, M&E, Recovery, Retention, Tape
Posted in Article

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…

IT Professionals Need A Vendor Neutral Storage Conference

Posted on February 28, 2014 by George Crump

Over the past few years, the large storage vendors like EMC, HP and Oracle have been successful in creating their own well attended events. While these events are valuable, the storage industry and storage IT professionals still need a vendor…

Tagged with: Big data, Cloud, DSI, performance, SNIA, Software Defined Storage, Solid State, Storage Architecture
Posted in Blog

Why Enterprises Need Hybrid Cloud Storage

Posted on February 27, 2014 by Colm Keegan

Most industry sources estimate that approximately 90% of all new data growth in corporate data centers today is from unstructured data. In some environments this data is nearly doubling every two years, creating a serious scaling challenge for traditional storage…