Archive for the 'Cloud' Category
SSPs versus Cloud storage Services
Posted in Best Practices, Cloud on January 11th, 2010 1 Comment »
While Cloud computing is touted as a new way to mask the complexity of the IT infrastructure and provide IT services as “a pay as you grow” service, these concepts were introduced over 10 years ago with the service providers of the late 1990’s. These concepts were so appealing that they helped to fuel the [...]
Introducing Agile Cloud Solutions
Posted in Cloud on October 13th, 2009 3 Comments »
Hitachi Data Systems announced a new portfolio of cloud technologies that delivers an integrated set of storage services across block, files and content storage to support cloud computing and enable organizations to implement cloud services at their own pace.
Cutting Off the Cloud in South Silicon Valley
Posted in Best Practices, Cloud, IT Security on April 10th, 2009 No Comments »
Yesterday I left the Rosen Shingle Creek hotel in Orlando where I had been attending SNW at 6:30 am to catch my flight back to San Jose via Dallas. I called my wife to let her know what time to expect me but I could not get through. On my stop in Dallas, I called again to [...]
10 Trends for 2009
Posted in Cloud, Tech Talk, Virtualization on January 17th, 2009 3 Comments »
I am often asked what trends I see for 2009. Here are my top ten. I would be interested in knowing what others have as their top ten for storage.
Unstructured Data Demands New Storage Architectures
Posted in Cloud, IT Transformation, Storage Software on June 4th, 2007 2 Comments »
Industry analysts like IDC say that data and storage is growing at about 60% per year. While that is challenging enough, we expect to see a new wave of data requirements that will dwarf the capacity requirements that we see today. That growth will be driven by unstructured data.
