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What if you could collect all of the world’s data into one place?– Data-Driven Blog by John Webster

By John Webster, Monday, November 21st 2011

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Occasionally we see some learned organization counting the number of bytes of data that humans have produced to date. And I've been known to scoff at these projections. Seriously folks, even if you think that the number is 789.332 yottabyes...

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The power of big free data — Data Driven Blog by John Webster

By John Webster, Monday, November 7th 2011

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I've been spinning some cycles lately looking for free data. Why? Here's my thesis: As our use of the cloud evolves, we will come to understand that, to do powerful computational things, we not only don't need to own massive...

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Mastering DR is a critical skill for storage pros — Storage Soup Blog by Randy Kerns

By Randy Kerns, Tuesday, November 1st 2011

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When working with storage professionals, I always try to understand where storage fits in their organization’s strategic initiatives. The business environment they work in and how they interact with the business owners of critical applications will explain a great deal...

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Who makes the call on archiving? — Storage Soup Blog by Randy Kerns

By Randy Kerns, Wednesday, October 26th 2011

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Data archiving makes sense when primary storage gets filled up with data that is no longer active. Data growth on primary storage – the highest performing storage with the most frequent data protection policies – results in increasing capital and...

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Storage tiering and caching bring different values, costs — StorageSoup Blog by Randy Kerns

By Randy Kerns, Monday, October 17th 2011

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We hear a lot these days about tiering and caching in storage systems. These are not the same thing. Some systems implement tiering across types of media, while others cache data into a solid-state device as transient storage. Other storage...

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Storage technology adoption is a slow process — Storage Soup by Randy Kerns

By Randy Kerns, Friday, October 7th 2011

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In the last few years we’ve seen advances in storage technology that have tremendous potential for IT customers. Some of these are enabled by investments made in developing flash solid-state drive (SSD) technology and adapting it to enterprise storage systems....

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Storage companies have many faces — Storage Soup Blog by Randy Kerns

By Randy Kerns, Monday, October 3rd 2011

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Large companies are represented by many people filling various roles to the outside world. These people are trying to accomplish different things. A marketing person is trying to create information that will highlight the company and give customers a reason...

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The data-driven debate we need to have — Data-Driven Blog by John Webster

By John Webster, Monday, September 19th 2011

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Typically I write about storage. Now, as part of my research, I'm writing about data--data about you. The hottest commodity on the Web right now is data that describes who you are, what you like, what you do, who you...

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Changing definitions for storage systems — Storage Soup Blog by Randy Kerns

By Randy Kerns, Monday, September 19th 2011

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At an alumni event recently I spoke with several friends who are also engineers but in different disciplines (power systems, chemical engineering, and geology). They commented about how the price of storage had declined so significantly over time, and talked...

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Vendors should focus on customers, not competitors — Storage Soup Blog by Randy Kerns

By Randy Kerns, Monday, September 19th 2011

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Competitive pressures often cause companies to lose focus when adopting product marketing strategies. These pressures come from executives and boards, and can be intense. They can also cause a vendor to pay attention to the wrong things, instead of putting...

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