SSD Endurance, Disaggregation and the Changing Economics of Flash-based Storage Systems – Eric Slack

By Eric Slack, Monday, August 22nd 2016

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IT infrastructure doesn’t typically ‘wear out’, so much as it becomes obsolete. Technology changes fast enough that newer models offer substantial benefits over systems that may be only a few years old. This is particularly true with controller hardware where obsolescence...

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Hyperconverged – A Point Solution or a Platform? – Eric Slack

By Eric Slack, Wednesday, August 3rd 2016

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Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) solutions abound in IT these days. They’re easy to set up and run, more powerful than ever and highly flexible, making them a popular choice for supporting a wide range of individual applications. And in many companies...

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The Quest for Real Time Computing – Forbes Blog by John Webster

By Evaluator Group, Wednesday, July 20th 2016

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The history of computing can be seen as mankind’s journey toward making a machine imitate the human mind. Our brains process multiple streams and many types of data, simultaneously and in real time.  We are able to focus on what’s...

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“Performant” is Not a Word, but “Performance” is – and You Should Know its New Definition – Eric Slack

By Eric Slack, Monday, July 11th 2016

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There’s a new word cropping up in the storage industry, more often in presentations than in published writing (possibly because spell check doesn’t work while one’s giving a presentation). That word is “performant” and, although not actually a word, it’s...

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How to Measure Flash Storage’s True Value – StorageSoup Blog by Randy Kerns

By Evaluator Group, Wednesday, June 29th 2016

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Flash storage, or using the broader term, solid-state storage, suffers from an inadequate measure of value. Flash storage provides a step-function improvement in the ability to store and retrieve information. The value of processing with flash storage compared to access...

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Is it Time to Stop Running Backups? – Eric Slack

By Eric Slack, Monday, June 6th 2016

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Backup is a tough job, one that touches essentially all of a company’s important data - and duplicates much of it. To make this job easier and more efficient, backup technologies have changed a lot over the years with snapshots,...

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An Enterprise Cloud ‘Survey of Surveys’ – Forbes Blog by John Webster

By John Webster, Wednesday, May 4th 2016

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John Webster recently published a report on "Survey of Surveys'.  The Blog summarizes his findings or download the free report: Industry Insight: Cloud Survey of Surveys Enterprise Cloud adoption is one of the most–if not the most–surveyed topics in enterprise IT...

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It’s Hard to Pick Cloud Winners and Losers (But You Should Try) – Forbes Blog by John Webster

By John Webster, Monday, March 7th 2016

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Cloud computing discussions often turn to the future of cloud—even with my relatives. Over Christmas dinner last year, a lively debate erupted over whether or not all company-owned and operated IT would eventually disappear. One in-law who is a CFO...

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Is There a Place for Converged and Hyperconverged in the Enterprise? – Eric Slack

By Eric Slack, Friday, March 4th 2016

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First came the Converged Infrastructure (CI), providing a way to simplify the integration of open systems components in large data centers. Then came Hyperconverged, which sounds like an even better solution for these same use cases, but really isn’t. Where...

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Object Storage Has Dual Uses – StorageSoup Blog by Randy Kerns

By Randy Kerns, Sunday, February 21st 2016

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The latest object storage systems are often misunderstood by potential buyers. This may be because these systems, capable of storing extremely large numbers of object and files, serve more than one type of environment. The messaging for one environment can...

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