Tony's Blog Bytes

We have all collectively just made it through the toughest economic year and good riddance!  To quote the comedian Lily Tomlin - “No matter how cynical you become, it’s never enough to keep up”.  We certainly have enough cynicism in the IT world but at the beginning of every new year I think most of [...]

I just finished moderating an HDS customer event in NYC.  There was a mix of financial and media companies in the room.  We spent a lot of time discussing storage cost control.  This was top of mind and the group was willing and able to share some great information.  For example, one company was able [...]

At the heart of of Hitachi Data Systems cloud storage strategy is the HCP - formerly known as HCAP - an object-based storage system that offers transparent scalability, n-way clustering, integrated search for metadata and content, scales up to 40 PB of capacity, object-level replication, single instancing and its easy to manage of its life-cycle.  [...]

You have no idea how many titles I have in my head concerning “Cloud” but opted instead for something boring and unpoetic (see below for the quick list).  I have not commented heavily on cloud computing or cloud storage because it is something that could and should be focused on as a segment - as [...]