Drew Robb

Tape storage is certainly not the sexiest area of storage. While the cloud and software-defined storage boast hundreds of startups, the tape market’s

There are more options than ever in the virtual SAN (vSAN) arena. And that field just got more interesting with the release of VMware’s own vSAN

While VMware remains the Big Kahuna in the virtualization space, companies are increasingly turning to Microsoft Hyper-V as their virtualization platform

When disaster strikes in the data center, the IT department needs to be ready. Improvising – though it may be necessary – is rarely a good idea when the

While VMware once thoroughly dominated the server virtualization field, other vendors are eating into its market share. Leading the way is Microsoft’s

Flash storage has really gathered steam over the past couple of years. Some users will do just fine with all-flash arrays while in other cases, a hybrid

Over the past year, we have covered several interesting storage startups in a series of articles.Yet they keep right on coming. In this story, we focus on

Most people would agree on a definition of what constitutes a disaster. Most would also agree on what “recovery” means. Put those two words together,

Should you stick with hard disk drives (HDDs) or move towards solid state drives (SSDs)?Many are pondering that question. For some, the answer might be

Unlike Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, IT doesn’t have to worry about “lions and tigers and bears, oh my!” Tornados, however, are a shared problem, not to

Big Data is this year’s blockbuster, but for the broadcast industry the topic’s a rerun. It has had to deal with the storage of large quantities of media

Next-gen broadcasting will be all about giving the viewer control and making them feel involved in the product. So said Sam Grocott, VP Product Management