There is a prevalent problem in Information Technology today – too much data. Most of the data is in the form of files and called unstructured data. Unstructured data continues to increase at rates that average around 60% per year according to … Continued
The term archiving can be used in different contexts. Its use across vertical markets and in practice leads to confusion and communication problems. Working on strategy projects with IT clients has led me to always clarify what archive means in their environments. … Continued
The massive amount of unstructured data being created has vendors pushing to deliver object storage systems. There are many object systems available now from new and established vendors, and others are privately talking about bringing out new object systems soon. Objects, … Continued
A recent conversation I had about the cost of storage made me think that talking about the cost of storage is the wrong way to approach it. The discussion should be about the value that storage delivers. Trying to explain the complex … Continued
The interest in deploying solid state storage is still building, but there are already a handful of ways to introduce solid state technology into existing IT infrastructures: • As a PCIe solid state memory card installed in a server with … Continued
There are many opinions regarding how to handle information storage for big data analytics. By big data analytics, I’m referring to information associated with a data analytics operation that does the analysis in near real-time to present immediately actionable results. The most … Continued
The use of solid state-based storage systems is rapidly increasing. So far, solid state technology has been deployed to accelerate applications in specific environments. Successes have been demonstrated for increasing the number of transactions a system can perform, the number of virtual … Continued
Information Technology (IT) organizations must continue to innovate and advance their capabilities to deliver services more economically. Without making progress, competitive pressures will overtake IT with the following results: • The potential to be outsourced will become greater with the … Continued
Taking a step back and looking at the new or updated storage systems coming out reinforces trends I see for storage hardware in the industry. By storage hardware, I’m referring to physical system components such as the controller cards, processors … Continued
In the trade press recently and in some very public announcements, there are notifications about companies having a change in CEO. The changes are usually simply worded about the CEO being replaced with information about the new CEO. Sometimes the … Continued
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