Opinion
It's blindingly obvious
Enterprises have known this inconvenient truth for years and years: if an IT resource is critical then it needs an offsite disaster recovery facility. The would-be cloud storage behemoths thought they didn't need offsite DR. We've got news for them - they do.
[more...]Data De-Duplication: Can it Move from Secondary to Primary Storage?
After making a huge impact in secondary and backup storage applications, data de-duplication is on the verge of becoming a must-have technology for primary data storage as well, a development that will change the economics of buying and deploying storage.
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Architecting Cloud Storage Solutions
The cloud storage concept started as a service offering from Amazon (S3), paralleling its cloud computing offering (EC2). Behind the scenes of Amazon’s S3, it manages multiple commodity hardware devices tied together by software to create a pool of storage. Emerging web companies have embraced this offering, creating industry buzz about the terms and concepts of cloud storage.
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Omneon on IBM's XIV
Omneon was recently cited in a Seagate release about its Barracuda drives being used by NBC for the Olympic Games TV reports. It's a player with credibility in the extremely scalable data storage market. This is what Geoff Stedman, VP of Worldwide Marketing at Omneon, thinks about the IBM XIV product and its impact on the market:-
[more...]The Evolution of the Archive
While archive storage products deployed 10 years ago share some basic attributes with contemporary solutions, radical changes in business needs during the period have lead to rapid development in the issues they address and a huge expansion of their technical ability. By taking a closer look at those business issues and tracking the development of archiving solutions to the present day we can perhaps get a glimpse of the future.
[more...]Proactive eDiscovery
Companies of all sizes are facing increased litigation risks and costs today. A great way to reduce those risks and costs is by adopting a proactive eDiscovery approach. If you’re not sure what “proactive” eDiscovery means, this article not only offers a good definition, but also explains the trends that make proactive eDiscovery inevitable, how to implement a proactive solution that can save you money, and how to get started now.
[more...]Feast and Famine in the Second Quarter for DRAM Suppliers
Facing a tough market following months of losses, the second quarter of 2008 was tumultuous for the Top-10 DRAM suppliers as a mixture of poor profits was coupled with sequential megabyte unit growth, according to iSuppli Corp.
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