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Top Ten Takeaways from EMC World

Cloud storage, big data and the software-defined trend played major roles at the event.
Tags : EMC, software-defined storage, Cloud Storage, RSA, big data, Storage, Pivotal, VMware

Cloud Gateway/Cloud Management Buying Guide

These vendors offer cloud gateway products that make managing data stored in the cloud more like managing data stored on a local NAS or SAN.
Tags : storage management, Twinstrata, riverbed technologies, Cloud Storage, Amazon, Zenoss, Nasuni, gateway

Eight Cloud Storage Pitfalls to Avoid

Before you rush into a cloud storage arrangement, be sure to ask these questions.
Tags : disaster recovery, deduplication, Cloud Storage, cloud computing, Object Storage

Ten Tips for Storing Social Data

Social data is different from other types of data, so it has unique storage management needs.
Tags : Storage, tiering, social data, Cloud Storage, deduplication, SSD

10 Things to Know Before You Go into the Cloud

Doing your homework can help you avoid mistakes when it comes to selecting a cloud storage provider.
Tags : Cloud Storage, cloud computing, backup

Parallel Storage Clouds

The world is adopting cloud storage, but will they be disappointed when it is not able to keep up with computations? Is parallelism the answer?
Tags : cloud computing, Cloud Storage, Parallelism

Public Cloud Storage Buying Guide

See how five of the top public cloud storage services stack up.
Tags : Rackspace, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, HP, Cloud Storage, OpenStack, Amazon S3, public cloud

Five Cost-Effective Storage Options

Storage software and cloud offerings from Tarmin, Quantum, NovaStor, Caringo and Pivot3.
Tags : Storage, backup, Cloud Storage, software, virtual desktop

Seven Solid Cloud Storage Apps

Worthwhile cloud storage products from VMTurbo, dinCloud, Kinetic D, Tarmin, VeriStor, Asigra and Egnyte.
Tags : Cloud Storage, cloud computing

IBM Gives PureSystems a Storage Boost

With the debut of its new Flex System V7000 hardware, Big Blue offers improved storage utilization and management on its PureSystems line of integrated IT systems.
Tags : cloud computing, Storage, Cloud Storage, IBM

Picking the Right Cloud Storage Vendor

Given that cloud storage is relatively new, selecting the best cloud storage vendor for your business presents unique challenges.
Tags : cloud computing, Storage, Cloud Storage

Microsoft Buys StorSimple for Enterprise Cloud Storage

Microsoft aims to strengthen the ties between Windows Server and Azure by snapping up a cloud storage appliance maker.
Tags : StorSimple, Micorosoft, Cloud Storage, cloud computing

Cloud Storage Marketing Hype: Amazon Glacier's Big Claims

Proving that the cloud storage space offers some questionable advertising, Amazon’s Glacier makes some remarkable claims.
Tags : Storage, Cloud Storage, cloud computing

5 Enterpriseworthy Cloud Storage Services

Think cloud storage and file sharing services are just for consumers? Although targeted at consumers, these five offerings can bring an impressive amount of storage to user enterprises for free. The key is knowing how to get the most out of them.
Tags : Cloud Storage, file sharing

4 Options to Make Your Cloud Storage Faster

From automatic cloud provisioning to flash these four companies offer unique approaches to speeding up your  cloud storage.
Tags : Cloud Storage, Riverbed, SolidFire, Ciena

The Enigma of Benchmarking Clouds

However you feel about cloud storage, it is a consideration for many applications. Evaluating cloud providers to determine the best solution for an enterprise is often an arduous and complex task. Learn what you can do to make it less painful.
Tags : benchmarking, Cloud Storage, cloud computing

Nasuni Adds Multi-site Access to its Data Continuity Service

Nasuni comes up with a way for multiple users to work on the same data file from different locations without worrying about data integrity problems.
Tags : Nasuni, cloud computing, data integrity, Cloud Storage

DataDirect Claims WOS 2.0 Handles Billions of Reads/Writes

DataDirect Networks rolled out a major update to what it says is the world's highest scalability storage appliance, which it claims is capable of storing and retrieving billion of objects per day.
Tags : Cloud Storage, Storage Appliances, Storage, DataDirect

Nirvanix Deal to Expand CloudSmart Storage

A new agreement with Nirvanix will enable IBM's cloud storage services to have access to massive amounts of data in the cloud.
Tags : Cloud Storage, IBM, SmartCloud, Storage, Nirvanix

10 Cloud Deployments Worth a Look

Considering a cloud deployment? Here are 10 examples to check out and possibly emulate.
Tags : Amazon EC2, cloud computing, Cloud Storage, EMC Atmos

Symform Targets Low-Cost Cloud Storage With 'Peer-to-Peer' Model

Seattle firm takes novel approach to cloud storage with distributed architecture aggregating unused local resources.
Tags : security, Cloud Storage, cloud security, Storage

Open Source Gluster Touts Software to Commoditize Storage

Cloud storage firm tackles costs, latency and a surge of unstructured data with software-based approach.
Tags : Cloud Storage, latency, Storage, cloud computing, open source

Egnyte Touts Hybrid Model for Cloud Storage

Kleiner Perkins-backed startup looks to deliver the ease and flexibility of the cloud paired with on-site speed and reliability.
Tags : cloud computing, hybrid cloud, Cloud Storage, disaster recovery

Scality Looks to Remake Cloud Storage With 'Organic' Approach

Firm is taking a novel approach to massive cloud storage with an object-oriented technology.
Tags : big data, storage management, object oriented programming, Cloud Storage

7 Hot Cloud Implementations

With so many definitions of the cloud and so many vendors rushing into the market, choosing which cloud services and implementations to pursue is tricky. Here are 7 to consider that make sense and add value.
Tags : cloud computing, Cloud Storage

eSilo Simplifies Cloud-based Disaster Recovery

SiloSphere is optimized for handling global backup and disaster recovery for cloud computing.
Tags : backup and recovery, Cloud Storage

EMC Delivers Atmos Cloud Delivery Platform

Software decreases the time required to build cloud storage services.
Tags : Cloud Storage

F5 Appliances Integrate with Cloud Storage

F5 Networks has added a number of features to its ARX line of file virtualization appliances.
Tags : file virtualization, storage tiering, Cloud Storage

IBM's New 'VISION' for Cloud Storage

The race is on to determine how data will be moved and secured in the cloud and Big Blue is developing a new cloud storage architecture aimed at improving data services.
Tags : Cloud Storage, SNIA, IBM, Oracle

Netgear Adds Replication, Cloud Options to New ReadyNAS Family

The new ReadyNAS Pro family for SMBs supports virtual machines, replication for disaster recovery and touts 100GB of free cloud storage.
Tags : ReadyNAS, Netgear, replication, Cloud Storage, NAS

Oracle Proposes Cloud Management Standard

The proposed Oracle Cloud API could lead to a single point of management for all of the elements of the cloud, including storage and networks.
Tags : Cloud Storage, cloud computing, Exalogic, Cloud Standards, Oracle

Caringo Adds Named Objects, Multi-Tenancy to Cloud Platform

Caringo has fleshed out the CAStor cloud platform with its second major software release in less than six months.
Tags : Caringo, Cloud Storage, Object Storage, Dell, CAStor

HDS Unveils "On-Ramp" to Cloud Storage Platform

The new Hitachi Data Ingestor (HDI) speaks CIFS and NFS, making it possible for more applications – and remote offices – to move data in and out of the Hitachi Content Platform (HCP).
Tags : Hitachi Content Platform, Hitachi Data Systems, Cloud Storage, HDS, Hitachi

Cleversafe Gets Nod from CIA's Investment Arm

An independent firm founded by the CIA has made a strategic investment in the cloud startup and entered into a development agreement centered on Cleversafe’s dispersed storage technology.
Tags : Cleversafe, IQT, Dispersed Storage, In-Q-Tel, Cloud Storage

SNW: SNIA Advances Cloud, Green Storage Standards

The industry group is creeping ever closer to establishing full-fledged standards for power efficiency and cloud storage.
Tags : CDMI, Cloud Storage, SNIA, green storage, Storage Networking Industry Association

Digitiliti Beefs Up DigiLIBE Virtual Corporate Library

Version 2.0 of DigiLIBE supports virtualization, collaboration, security, and compliance in hybrid and pure cloud deployments.
Tags : Cloud Storage, virtual corporate library, DigiLIBE, Unstructured Data, Digitiliti

Nasuni Overhauls Cloud NAS Filer for Microsoft Environments

Version 2.0 of the Nasuni Filer ties on-premise storage to Microsoft’s Windows Azure cloud services platform.
Tags : NAS, Azure, Nasuni, Cloud Storage

CommVault Expands Cloud Storage Partnerships

CommVault is expanding its presence in the cloud with a new round of software and partnership extensions.
Tags : Mezeo Software, Dell, Rackspace, Cloud Storage, CommVault

Tips For Building a Private Cloud

Private clouds can be expensive, so do your research and figure out the upper and lower ROI first.
Tags : storage virtualization, Cloud Storage, storage vendors

VMworld: Zetta Unveils Cloud Data Protection Service

The company claims its Data Protect service obsoletes traditional backups and improves enterprise data integrity at a fraction of the cost.
Tags : backup and recovery, cloud backup, Cloud Storage, Zetta

DriveHQ Launches Cloud Storage For Business

Cloud Storage & Cloud IT Solution 5.0 offers online storage, backup, and Web server hosting.
Tags : Cloud Storage, Storage

Dell Ups the Ante in 3PAR Bidding War

Dell beats HP’s offer by $0.30 per share, but it’s not over yet.
Tags : HP, Dell, Cloud Storage, 3PAR

Review: Nasuni Offers Secure Cloud Storage

One advantage of the Nasuni storage interface is its simplicity for network file system expansion.
Tags : Cloud Storage

Pro Softnet Launches SMB Cloud Storage System

IDrive EVS is a cloud storage system with encryption, versioning and block level incremental transfers.
Tags : Cloud Storage, SMB, storage system

SNIA Establishes Cloud Backup Group

The Storage Networking Industry Association is focusing on defining best practices for cloud-based backup and recovery.
Tags : Cloud Storage, backup and recovery, Storage Networkign Industry Association, cloud backup

Storage Vendors Ease Cloud Storage Transition

New storage start-ups aim to ease the transition from in-house storage systems to the cloud.
Tags : cloud services, cloud storage platform, Storage vendor, Cloud Storage, storage vendors

Cloud-Based Tiered Storage

Cloud storage is supposed to be unlimited but no one has really been tested on this claim as yet.
Tags : tiering, Cloud Storage, tiered storage, Cloud

Continuity Brings DR/HA Testing to the Private Cloud

The latest version of Continuity Software’s enterprise-class DR/HA testing and monitoring software promises to bring business continuity to the private cloud.
Tags : disaster recovery, cloud computing, Cloud Storage

Cloud Computing and Enterprise Data Storage

Storage is often the most problematic segment in the data center.
Tags : Cloud Storage, Cloud, cloud computing

i365 Expands Cloud-Based Application Recovery Service

Seagate’s cloud-based services arm, i365, has expanded its cloud server recovery service to support heterogeneous operating systems.
Tags : Cloud Storage, disaster recovery

How-To: Cloud Storage with Amazon SimpleDB

This IBM Developer Guide shows you how to use SimpleJPA, rather than the Amazon SDK, to persist objects in SimpleDB's cloud storage.
Tags : Amazon SimpleDB, developer, Cloud Storage

Cloud Storage Ready for Prime Time: Report

Public cloud storage services are fast becoming a more attractive option for the enterprise, according to a new report by research firm Ovum.
Tags : Cloud, Cloud Storage

Organizations Adopt Cloud Storage Backup

The Storage Networking Industry Association says cloud storage is on the rise.
Tags : Storage Networking Association, Cloud Storage, storage networking

Geminare Brings Archive Indexing to the Public Cloud

Geminare has rewritten its cloud archiving software to include an indexing engine that can be integrated with major public cloud storage platforms.
Tags : Cloud Providers, Cloud Storage, business continuity, eDiscovery

Zetta Offers Cloud-Based Disaster Recovery Replication

The company announced the new one-step replication option for users of its on-demand enterprise storage service.
Tags : Cloud Storage, replication, Zetta, disaster recovery, cloud service

Storage Networking Association Introduces Cloud BUR Group

The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) will introduce the new Cloud Backup and Restore (Cloud BUR) Special Interest Group.
Tags : Storage Networking Association, storage networking, Cloud Storage

NetApp Plans SMB Data Protection Cloud Services

NetApp plans integration with Microsoft Toolkit to leverage the Dynamic Data Center Toolkit for Hosters.
Tags : Cloud Storage, cloud storage platform

Symform Offers Free Cloud Storage Node Promotion

The backup and recovery solutions provider is giving away 500 free Symform nodes.
Tags : Cloud Storage, Cloud

Cloud-Based Disaster Recovery

Demand for cloud-based services are a growing at an increasing rate.
Tags : Cloud Storage, disaster recovery

Connecting Your Windows Applications to Hybrid Cloud Storage

The amount of storage capacity required for these applications continues to grow at unparalleled rates.
Tags : hybrid storage, hybrid cloud, Cloud Storage, application

Storage Guardian Upgrades Cloud Backup Platform

Designed for small and medium-sized companies the Asigra Cloud Backup v10 is a backup and recovery software platform optimized for cloud computing.
Tags : cloud storage platform, Cloud Storage, backup, backup data

New Cloud Storage Systems Backed by ITIL Standards

A new breed of management systems backed by new ITIL standards is hitting the channel.
Tags : Cloud Storage, ITIL best practices, ITIL, cloud security

3PAR CEO on The Future of Cloud Storage

CEO David Scott has a unique take on how both storage and cloud computing will evolve.
Tags : Cloud Storage, cloud security, 3PAR

Verizon Offers Cloud-Based Storage-as-a-Service Delivery Model

The company's cloud storage service has also been SAP-certified.
Tags : Verizon, Cloud Storage, Cloud

EMC Keeps Storage Networks Up and Running

EMC unveils the latest version of Storage Configuration Advisor and shuts down its Atmos cloud storage service.
Tags : change management, Cloud Storage, storage networking, EMC Atmos, EMC

Latency and the Cloud

Security and reliability are well-discussed cloud issues, but a third major concern around enterprise cloud computing is speed.
Tags : Cloud network, Cloud Storage, Cloud

Nirvanix Offers Hybrid-Public Cloud Storage

For the cloud storage suspicious, the company will setup a cloud file storage node in your own data center.
Tags : Cloud Storage

A Look at Cloud-Based Data Storage Security

Is cloud storage security risks real or perceived?
Tags : Cloud Storage, data, security

Verizon to Offer Cloud Storage Services

The company announces the launch of its Verizon Cloud Storage Storage-as-a-Service offering.
Tags : Cloud Storage

Cloud Storage and Internet Security Concerns

The 'Future of the Internet' survey suggests that people see security problems in the cloud.
Tags : Internet Storage, Cloud Storage, hosted storage, data storage