Monthly Archives: December 2015

Server room interior IT has traditionally worked out its storage requirements by looking at data growth levels and making a projection. It has generally paid for increases by replacing old arrays – in an asset management life cycle – and put new costs into specific projects, for example, paying for a storage cost in a new business process—even sneaking it in. But as the African market moves to software defined storage, businesses should have one storage pool, one storage budget,…

© Shannon Stapleto / Reuters When it comes to computer security, encryption is key. That’s because encrypted devices or data require a key only accessible to the owner, but many Microsoft users aren’t as protected as they think, and could be exposed to hackers and law enforcement. Since Windows 8.1, “disk encryption” has been a built-in feature for smartphones and other devices. Though it is helpful against common thieves, its compulsory nature sends a backup copy of the recovery key…

Mainstream arrays go away, other appear Like a modern city, storage keeps on growing and becoming more complicated Storage year in review, part 2 The foundation-shaking changes in storage media in 2015 were paralleled, if not exceeded, by the massive perturbations at all levels in the systems, suppliers and applications areas. EMC is fleeing into the arms of Dell, there were acquisitions and splits, activist investors, startups galore, and death and near-death experiences, as well as a miraculous recovery. The…

Everything is changing and we don’t store the same 3d XPoint – the media technology of the year Storage year in review, part 1 The storage market in 2015 went through strategic foundation-shaking turmoil as the external shared disk array storage playbook was torn to shreds. It was a bewildering year, with rampaging and revolutionary activity at all levels of the industry. It’s best looked at from the ground up, starting with the technology vision, moving on to raw media,…

Storage isn’t the sexiest topic in technology, but with the explosion of data funneling through corporate data centers, there’s no shortage of action. As 2015 comes to a close, storage companies are all over the tech headlines. Nutanix , a provider of so-called converged storage, filed to go public on Tuesday, with tentative plans to raise $200 million. A day earlier, NetApp agreed to buy flash storage maker SolidFire for $870 million. And there’s daily noise around the mammoth $67…