Data Reduction Guarantees – NetApp Has a New Approach

By Randy Kerns, Thursday, February 9th 2023

Analyst Blogs

With data reduction a very common if not standard feature for primary storage systems, the amount of data reduction has always been a point of discussion between Information Technology professionals and vendor sales and marketing.  Data reduction is an expected...

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What is Next Beyond Container Environments

By Randy Kerns, Thursday, February 2nd 2023

Analyst Blogs

Container Management Environments for on-premises and public cloud deployment of container-based applications are an imperative for Information Technology.  For most IT operations, this is seen as an answer for IT Transformation – moving to an environment with portable containers, resilient...

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Changing Storage Vendors – What is Important, Part 5

By Randy Kerns, Monday, December 19th 2022

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This is Part 5 of this blog series. Read Part 4 here.  This is the fifth installment in a series about considerations for IT in changing storage vendors and storage systems.  Changing storage vendors is a decision that is not...

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Changing Storage Vendors – What is Important, Part 4

By Randy Kerns, Monday, November 21st 2022

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This is Part 4 of this blog series. Read Part 3 here.  This is the fourth installment in a series about considerations for IT in changing storage vendors and storage systems.  Changing storage vendors is a decision that is not...

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Changing Storage Vendors – What is Important, Part 3

By Randy Kerns, Wednesday, October 19th 2022

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This is Part 3 of this blog series. Read Part 2 here.  This is the third installment in a series about considerations for IT in changing storage vendors and storage systems.  Changing storage vendors is a decision that is not...

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Changing Storage Vendors – What is Important, Part 2

By Randy Kerns, Monday, October 3rd 2022

Analyst Blogs

This is Part 2 of this blog series. Read Part 1 here.  This is the second in a series about considerations for IT in changing storage vendors and storage systems.  Changing storage vendors is a decision that is not taken...

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Changing Storage Vendors – What is Important, Part 1

By Randy Kerns, Tuesday, September 6th 2022

Analyst Blogs

This is Part 1 of this blog series. Read Part 2 here.  Changing storage vendors is a decision that is not taken without careful consideration by IT professionals.  There are a number issues when changing vendors: operational changes required, different...

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Steps for Planning for Cyber Resiliency

By Randy Kerns, Monday, April 4th 2022

Analyst Blogs

Prevention 1) Verify all security settings for systems – access and administration at all level, software including operating systems and applications, networks, and other management/monitoring tools. A plan for auditing and regular updating of security settings should be developed and...

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Ransomware Exposes Needs About Data

By Randy Kerns, Wednesday, September 29th 2021

Analyst Blogs

Incidents that have been made public about ransomware have garnered a great deal of attention – from the general public, company executives, and from those charged with protecting and recovering from attacks.  Products used in Information Technology have been improved...

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Scality Update

By Randy Kerns, Wednesday, December 9th 2020

Analyst Blogs

Delivering an object storage solution is a constant challenge when adapting to changing environments. Scality has made updates to RING Scalable Storage to meet new user demands.  Scality now offers an all-flash object storage system to address a growing trend...

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