Legacy network attached storage (NAS) architectures, simply put, fall short when it comes to accommodating modern unstructured data requirements. One of the key problems with these architectures is that, generally speaking, they were not designed to support the unprecedented counts…
Meeting requirements for infinite data retention and always-on business continuity is, practically speaking, not possible without using cloud resources in some way. On-premises backup and disaster recovery infrastructures are fraught with unpredictable costs and heavy operational overhead. At the same…
It’s no secret that rapid recovery is a non-negotiable business requirement today. Very few applications can stand even moments of downtime, never mind hours. However, getting there requires multiple steps that are not always immediately clear. The first step to…
2019 will be the year that new CPUs and motherboards supporting the fourth generation of the Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) interface (PCIe 4.0) will come to market – meaning that new storage systems using the interface are also on…
As an industry, we spend a lot of time talking about digital transformation and the need to harness data for competitive advantage. What we don’t spend enough time talking about is what that actually means in terms of business objectives,…
Primary storage has two key functions, to deliver data as fast as possible to the applications and users requesting it, and to maintain data accessibility in the event of a hardware failure. Primary storage vendors have attempted to expand their…
Join us for a unique opportunity to hear ClearSky Data’s CEO, Ellen Rubin, share her perspective on how combining the cloud and the edge can help IT professionals to mitigate – or to eradicate entirely – physical storage management duties.…
Most organizations approach the cloud without a formal strategy. They pick a pain point, like backup and disaster recovery, as a starting point with the hope of adding more services as they become more cloud savvy. What often happens, however,…
Organizations need to meet five core requirements of the data they store; encryption, mobility, performance, retention and disaster recovery. To deliver these elements, IT is often forced to use five or more products just for on-premises data, let alone the…
The public cloud is often described as “just a business model” that provides organizations with the ability to pay for storage and compute resources as they need them. If that were true then the public cloud providers could be easily…
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