Understanding Dropbox’s Infrastructure Strategy
Taking infrastructure matters into your own hands
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2018 Predictions of 38 Storage Vendors
This study took place these last few weeks. We have asked a selection of 50 CEOs and other leaders of the storage industry about their 2018 predictions and got finally 38 answers to discover some trends or at least repeatable patterns and topics. To participate companies had to produce three predictions with a short paragraph illustrating each point. The list of vendors is: Avere Systems, C3DNA, Caringo, CloudEndure, Cloudian, Cohesity, Coraid, DataCore, Datos IO, Datrium, DDN Storage, DriveScale, E8 Storage,…
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What is cloud object storage?
Traditional block and file storage
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Better Analytics Need Better Storage
Modern analytics applications are only as good as the data they are given. Data resides in storage pools, so in order to make the most of it, the enterprise will need to convert legacy storage systems to meet the particular needs of analytics-driven workflows. But this is likely to be a tall order. For one thing, modernizing storage to meet an entirely new operational model is rather difficult without disrupting legacy data models. And secondly, the fact is that even…
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Storage dictionary in 18th edition evolves with the times
Storage developer Carlos Pratt is a busy man, having recently left his job at IBM to work at a stealth-mode cloud startup, but his passion is words—Pratt in his spare time leads a team producing the Storage Networking Industry Association’s ever-changing dictionary. The dictionary team published its 18th edition online in September 2017 and in print last month. This year’s digital version is 330 pages and adds definitions for many aspects of non-volatile memory, which is a modern twist on…
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Violin Names Rick Ruskin Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales
SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Violin® Systems LLC, the enterprise storage industry leader for extreme performance with consistent low latency and data services, announced today that it has named technology industry sales veteran Rick Ruskin as senior vice president of worldwide Sales. In this role, Rick will be responsible for sales, systems engineering and worldwide sales operations, reporting to Ebrahim Abbasi, CEO and President. “Expanding our go-to-market leadership team is of paramount importance as we re-embark on our…
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IBM Storage Enabler for Containers Archives
Along with the recent announcements of many new IBM Storage offerings, product enhancements and leading-edge innovations, I would like to call attention to IBM Storage Enabler for Container Environments. This new IBM software for containers is a technology that is quickly becoming a cloud infrastructure “must-have.”[1] Container technology enables prepackaged and pre-configured software with the […] Source: IBM Storage Enabler for Containers Archives – IBM Systems Blog: In the Making
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Information about Software Defined Storage Market Players, Size, Share, Trends and Forecast by 2022 – MilTech
.entry-header Market research analyst predicts the global software defined storage market to grow at a CAGR of 31% during the forecast period. The market is driven by an increased need to reduce storage cost and enhance flexibility. Many firms are adopting software-defined storage solutions to minimize issues such as vendor lock-in, especially for hardware procurements from their storage suppliers. These solutions make it easy to maintain and operate storage operations. Storage virtualizations provide flexibility to add or remove storage…
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General Data Protection Regulation and the role of object storage
Next – Previous Links Next – Previous Links Display Category Labels Enterprise ITStorage Back to Home .Display Category Labels General Data Protection Regulation and the role of object storage By Nigel Houghton, EMEA Strategic Alliance & Channel Sales Director, Scality Ellie Burns 4th July 2017 Add to favoritesNigel Houghton from Scality looks at how object storage can help companies become and stay compliant in the GDPR era. The new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), due to come into effect…
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IBM Makes NVMe Commitment
| | Share By the first half of next year, IBM is promising to have developed a complete range of NVMe-based storage offerings that should significantly accelerate the transition to all-Flash storage systems. Eric Herzog, chief marketing officer and vice president of marketing and management for IBM storage and software-defined infrastructure, says IBM has already developed several technologies that will be key to making that transition. But once processors that support NVMe are available in volume later this year,…
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Growing Diversity of Cloud Storage Solutions
| | Share Storage remains the primary application for the enterprise cloud, but its days as simply a low-cost warehouse for bulk data are coming to an end. Going forward, the enterprise should see a widening array (sorry) of storage options in the cloud, most of them geared toward highly targeted workloads. According to 451 Research, overall pricing for cloud storage will continue to fall as providers shift the competitive playing field from virtual machines to object storage. Over…