Here at EMC World 2013, one of the biggest themes is “software defined” storage. Much like the vague overuse of “cloud” as a marketing description, the term “software defined” is …
Exablox announced their OneBlox storage system today which is sure to grab the attention of any non-storage expert who has ever struggled with more than one drive. What they’ve basically …
By Mike Matchett, Sr. Analyst and Consultant,
With the advent of big data and cloud-scale delivery, companies are racing to deploy cutting-edge services. “Extreme” applications like massive voice and image processing or …
As a storage professional we can get overwhelmed trying to keep up with every new “alternative” architecture professing to replace our tried-and-true storage solutions. But there seems to be no …
We’ve seen one physical barrier after another fall in the IT datacenter under increasing advances in virtualization. It seems every hard-wired IT resource we’ve ever had to manage physically is …