A New Tool for Storage You Will Actually Use – by Randy Kerns

By Randy Kerns, Tuesday, February 14th 2017

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Relatively new in the storage world is a cloud-based application (Software as a Service or SaaS) that receives telemetry data from storage systems providing real-time dashboards along with reports and analytics. The analytics can predict potential failures, out of space...

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The 800-pound Gorilla in Hyperconverged – Eric Slack

By Evaluator Group, Monday, September 12th 2016

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At VMworld a couple weeks ago, Chad Sakac, President of VCE, DellEMC’s Converged Platform Division, made it clear that Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) solutions are a big part of the company’s plans moving forward. They’ve also had some early success. VxRail (which...

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Dell-EMC Acquisition – The Technology Leak in Storage Systems Hardware – Eric Slack

By Eric Slack, Wednesday, October 14th 2015

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For years we have been seeing technology in the storage industry ‘trickle down’ as advanced features and functions become available in smaller, less expensive systems. With the rise of hyper-scale IT and software-based infrastructures we’re seeing the technology ‘leak’ accelerate,...

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Dell/EMC — A Retrospective View — Forbes blog by John Webster

By John Webster, Tuesday, October 13th 2015

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It’s hard for me to imagine that EMC—the company with the most formidable sales machine in tech—is now to be acquired by Dell. Rewind to twenty-five years ago when EMC had an interesting but not necessarily advanced enterprise storage array...

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Blog: Whither Dell Storage Post LBO?

By John Webster, Thursday, February 7th 2013

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Eric Savitz, Forbes San Francisco bureau chief posted a very informative piece on the proposed Dell LBO that had been rumored for weeks and finally announced yesterday. The links he provides to documents Dell submitted to the SEC as part of its 8K filing are particularly...

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Meet the new object storage — Storage Soup blog by Randy Kerns

By Randy Kerns, Tuesday, December 11th 2012

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Object storage is a method of storing information that differs from the popular file storage and venerable block storage that are the most familiar in IT. It is another a type of storage where information and metadata are both stored,...

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Pros and cons of buying a one-vendor storage solution — Storage Soup Blog

By Randy Kerns, Thursday, July 5th 2012

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When buying storage, IT teams often wonder if it is worthwhile to buy a complete package of storage system, management software, data protection and other elements from a single vendor. Buying everything from one vendor has advantages and disadvantages. The...

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David Scott of 3Par, take a victory lap, CNET Data-driven blog by John Webster

By John Webster, Tuesday, August 17th 2010

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It has been a long time coming, but virtualized storage is now a "must have" technology. Dell has announced its intent to acquire next-gen storage vendor 3Par for $1.15 billion, excluding 3Par's cash and other considerations. With this acquisition, Dell...

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