Category: Published Articles

Data aware storage yields insights into business info

An IT industry analyst article published by SearchDataCenter.


Many people think that IT infrastructure is critical, but not something that provides unique differentiation and competitive value. But that’s about to change, as IT starts implementing more “data-aware” storage in the …

Data lakes swim with golden information for analytics

An IT industry analyst article published by SearchDataCenter.


One of the biggest themes in big data these days is data lakes.

Available data grows by the minute, and useful data comes in many different shapes and levels of structure. Big …

Moving to all-flash? Think about your data storage infrastructure

An IT industry analyst article published by SearchStorage.


Everyone is now onboard with flash. All the key storage vendors have at least announced entry into the all-flash storage array market, with most having offered hybrids — solid-state drive-pumped traditional arrays …

Are all software-defined storage vendors the same?

An IT industry analyst article published by SearchDataCenter.

What does software-defined storage mean? How is it implemented? And why does it matter for data center managers?


Software-defined storage is an overused and under-defined term, but the general idea is to …

New approaches to scalable storage

An IT industry analyst article published by SearchDataCenter.

With all these scalable storage approaches, IT organizations must evaluate the options against their data storage and analytics needs, as well as future architectures.


Unrelenting data growth has spawned new scalable storage …

Signs it may be time to adopt a hybrid cloud strategy

An IT industry analyst article published by SearchCloudStorage.

The cloud is gaining traction, but the public cloud raises security concerns. Learn why a hybrid cloud strategy can offer businesses more benefits.


If you’re like most data storage professionals, you’re likely …