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Briefing Note: Hitachi upgrades HCP Anywhere, adds new Object Storage Node

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Eric Slack

The new paradigm for employee computing is mobility; the right data at the right time in the right place. Users have made this clear with a willingness to set up their own cloud-based file sharing services, even at work. Companies…

Tagged with: Briefing, Cloud, file sync and share, FS&S, Gateway, HDS, Hitachi Data Systems, Object
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Briefing Note: CTERA’s Cloud Data Services Platform Transforms SMB and ROBO IT Service Delivery

Posted on February 24, 2015 by Eric Slack

New cloud technologies and their associated economics have created both opportunities and challenges as organizations wrestle with how to govern, optimize and automate the delivery of IT services. IT managers are seeking new ways to deliver these services from within…

Tagged with: Briefing, Cloud, CTERA, Data Protection, Deduplication, Encryption, File Sharing, file sync and share, Flash, FS&S, Gateway, Hybrid, IT-as-a-Service, ITaaS
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Cloud in your Business – Where to Start

Posted on February 20, 2015 by George Crump

When presented with all the potential capabilities of the cloud, almost any IT professional can be overwhelmed, especially when all the potential risks are factored into its use. At times like these it is best to simply take a step…

Tagged with: Backup, Cache, Cloud, Data Protection, File server, file sync and share, Hybrid, Nasuni
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How to Beat Dropbox

Posted on February 17, 2015 by George Crump

Almost every laptop I see has Dropbox installed on it. It’s easy to use, relatively inexpensive, and works 99% of the time. Users love it, but Dropbox does have its problems. First, it removes data out from under the control…

Tagged with: Cache, Cloud, Dropbox, Enterprise, file sync and share, Infrastructure, Protection
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Analyst Blog: Data Protection Workshops become Design-shops in 2015

Posted on February 11, 2015 by George Crump

Our second year of Data Protection Workshops, in conjunction with TechTarget/Storage Decisions, are underway and coming to a city near you. The theme of this year’s sessions will be breaking the rules of data protection to meet the stricter and…

Analyst Blog: Why Cloud File Sync and Share is not Backup

Posted on February 6, 2015 by Eric Slack

In a recent briefing note we discussed the need for backing up cloud-based productivity applications, also called Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), such as GoogleDocs, Office365 or SalesForce.com. People often assume that because these services are storing their data in the cloud, that…

Tagged with: Backup, Cloud, Data Protection, Data Retention, file sync and share, FS&S, SaaS, Software as a service
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Briefing Note: Egnyte’s Content Intelligence Extends Value of File Sync and Share

Posted on January 29, 2015 by Eric Slack

Egnyte has helped create the file sync and share (FS&S) product space since their founding in 2007, focusing on the enterprise end of this crowded market. They have developed a solution set that addresses the issues most company IT organizations…

Tagged with: Architecture, CIFS, Cloud, Egnyte, file sync and share, FS&S, Hybrid, Metadata, Share
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Briefing Note: CipherCloud provides Shadow IT Insight

Posted on January 12, 2015 by George Crump

An organization’s users can now, with the swipe of a credit card, create their own IT infrastructure. The term for this is “Shadow IT” and it’s growing rapidly in organizations of all sizes. There are two steps to dealing with…

Tagged with: CipherCloud, Cloud, Compliance, Data Protection, file sync and share, Infrastructure, Shadow IT, Sync
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SNIA’s Storage Developer Conference – For Storage Engineers by Storage Engineers

Posted on August 1, 2014 by Colm Keegan

Keeping up with all the changes taking place in the storage industry is a major challenge for today’s storage architect. From high performance flash storage and cloud oriented object storage systems to software defined storage and big data analytics platforms,…

Tagged with: file sync and share, Flash, PCIe, SAS, SDS, Server-side, SNIA, Software, Software Defined Storage
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Making Storage Software better – The Storage Developer Conference

Posted on July 25, 2014 by George Crump

Most storage start-ups today are software focused. They create a storage solution out of software and then either leverage off the shelf storage hardware or allow the customers to build the rest of the solution themselves. The software first approach…