Drew Robb

Drew Robb is a contributing writer for Datamation, Enterprise Storage Forum, eSecurity Planet, Channel Insider, and eWeek. He has been reporting on all areas of IT for more than 25 years. He has a degree from the University of Strathclyde UK (USUK), and lives in the Tampa Bay area of Florida.

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Dell-EMC Merger Means Hyperconverged Data Centers and...

What is to become of the world of data storage systems if its dominant voice – EMC – gets...

Top Ten Tips for Storage Hyperconvergence

All Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) vendors claim simplicity of deployment and ease of use. But one man’s simplicity is another...

Looking Beyond the Hype at Hyperconvergence in...

Not so long ago, convergence was the buzzword. That term tended to be applied mainly to areas such as...

Navigating From All-Disk to All-Solid State Storage

A common put-down for sports wannabes is that they are "all flash and no substance." But for those contemplating...

Eight Tips for Implementing an All-Flash Array

All flash arrays (AFAs) are really catching on. But with so many companies out there only now joining the...

Is Optical Disc an Illusion?

Facebook made a big splash a year or so back by launching a project to showcase archiving on Blu-ray...

What Does Everything’s a Service Mean for...

Recently we are hearing of just about Everything as a Service (XaaS). There is Software as a Service (SaaS),...

Top 10 Storage Appliances

Storage appliances now exist for all matter of functions. Here are some of the best on the market. EMC Data...

Handling Virtual Storage Challenges

Virtualization was supposed to be the salvation of server inefficiency. The long-term practice of having one physical server per application...