Monthly Archives: January 2016

Formation Data Systems “Google-Like” Storage Capabilities

As the first month of the New Year draws to a close, it’s time to talk resolutions.

Big players in the data storage space posted quarterly reports this week, painting a mixed picture of the sector’s health.

Enterprise-quality file storage and synchronization

If 2015 was the year of the storm, bringing significant disruption and change to the data storage industry, 2016 will be about stabilising and adapting to the new environment. The 2015 tempest brought with it faster-than-expected adoption of cloud, convergence, flash and software-driven storage. Yet Fibre Channel remains the most commonly used technology in enterprise-level storage environments and only this year are we likely to see to what extent emerging technologies will penetrate the data storage market. Cloudy with a…

 Many organizations that interchange information are looking at myriad defensive measures to help keep business, industry and personal data secure. This elevated focus now includes storage systems as well as networks and other computer resources. “There is no such thing as perfect security,” said cybersecurity firm FireEye in its annual Mandiant Threat Report issued earlier this year. Threat actors have evolved to encompass a larger scope of targets and are using a broader skillset to achieve their goals. Determined threat…

While flash memory and emerging non-volatile memory technologies are driving the development of high performance digital storage technologies in 2016, magnetic storage and even optical technologies for mass information storage at lower cost will continue to supply the largest share of less frequently used stored content and archive storage.

One of Boston’s most heavily funded data-recovery software companies just took in another pile of cash. Zerto said Wednesday it raised $50 million in a Series E round that brings its total venture capital haul to more than $110 million since it was founded in the late 2000s. Institutional Venture Partners led the new round. Other participants included new investor Access Industries—which invested through its Israel-based entity, Claltech—and previous investors 83North, Battery Ventures, Harmony Partners, RTP Ventures, U.S. Venture Partners,…

Research house 451 reckons public cloud storage spend will double in two years, with on-premises storage spend falling 17 per cent. Its Voice of the Enterprise: Storage study sees most organizations increasing their storage spend while also switching more of it to the public cloud, with Amazon and Microsoft (Azure) being the main beneficiaries. The 451 Research people say the study is based on research conducted with 700-plus IT professionals worldwide, and combines 451 analysis with responses from a panel…