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Cloud Storage SLAs

Read the fine print carefully before signing on the bottom line with a cloud storage vendor.
Tags : Cloud Storage, sla, service level agreements, downtime

Top Ten Takeaways from EMC World

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

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 : Nasuni, Amazon, gateway, Cloud Storage, Zenoss, riverbed technologies, Twinstrata, storage management

Eight Cloud Storage Pitfalls to Avoid

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

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 computing, backup, Cloud Storage

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 : Parallelism, cloud computing, Cloud Storage

Public Cloud Storage Buying Guide

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

Five Cost-Effective Storage Options

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

Seven Solid Cloud Storage Apps

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

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 Storage, cloud computing, IBM, Storage

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, Cloud Storage, 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, Cloud Storage, Micorosoft, 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 : cloud computing, Storage, Cloud Storage

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 : file sharing, Cloud Storage

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 : Ciena, SolidFire, Riverbed, Cloud Storage

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 : cloud computing, Cloud Storage, benchmarking

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 : cloud computing, Cloud Storage, data integrity, Nasuni

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 : Storage, Cloud Storage, Storage Appliances, 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 : IBM, Nirvanix, Cloud Storage, SmartCloud, Storage

10 Cloud Deployments Worth a Look

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

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 : Storage, cloud security, Cloud Storage, security

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 : open source, cloud computing, Cloud Storage, latency, Storage

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 : hybrid cloud, Cloud Storage, disaster recovery, cloud computing

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 : object oriented programming, big data, storage management, 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 : Cloud Storage, backup and recovery

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, Cloud Storage, storage tiering

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, Oracle, IBM, SNIA

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 : Netgear, Cloud Storage, replication, NAS, ReadyNAS

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 : Exalogic, Cloud Standards, Oracle, Cloud Storage, cloud computing

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 : CAStor, Dell, Object Storage, Cloud Storage, Caringo

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, Hitachi Data Systems, Hitachi Content Platform, Cloud Storage, HDS

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 : Storage Networking Industry Association, green storage, SNIA, Cloud Storage, CDMI

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 : DigiLIBE, Cloud Storage, Unstructured Data, virtual corporate library, 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 : Nasuni, Cloud Storage, Azure, NAS

CommVault Expands Cloud Storage Partnerships

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

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 vendors, Cloud Storage, storage virtualization

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 : cloud backup, Zetta, backup and recovery, Cloud Storage

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 : 3PAR, HP, Cloud Storage, Dell

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 : storage system, Cloud Storage, SMB

SNIA Establishes Cloud Backup Group

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

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 storage platform, Storage vendor, storage vendors, cloud services, Cloud Storage

Cloud-Based Tiered Storage

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

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 : cloud computing, disaster recovery, Cloud Storage

Cloud Computing and Enterprise Data Storage

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

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 : disaster recovery, Cloud Storage

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 : Cloud Storage, developer, Amazon SimpleDB

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, Storage Networking Association, Cloud Storage

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 service, disaster recovery, Cloud Storage, Zetta, replication

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, Cloud Storage, Storage Networking Association

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 platform, Cloud Storage

Symform Offers Free Cloud Storage Node Promotion

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

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 cloud, application, Cloud Storage, hybrid storage

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, backup data, cloud storage platform, backup

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 security, Cloud Storage, ITIL, ITIL best practices

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 : Cloud, Verizon, Cloud Storage

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 : EMC Atmos, Cloud Storage, storage networking, EMC, change management

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 : data, Cloud Storage, security

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