With a healthy supply of providers of Back-up in the Cloud eventually customers will desire standardisation and commonality of services. Cloud providers will be facing the same issues in terms of infrastructure choice, functionality, back-up services and customer interfaces. The quality and level of ambition can clearly vary and become the competitive playing field for [...]
Overland’s SnapServer family is extended with iSCSI SAN arrays.
By targeting the SMB segment with its new SAN functionality, Overland hopes to build on its appeal in the NAS space. The SnapServer line, has led a surprisingly unfulfilled life over many years with its different owners failing to capitalise on the SMB potential in the reseller [...]
Cloud storage and back-up
Feb 16
Storage in Cloud often refers to back-up which is fair as it accounts for a large proportion of Cloud-storage. Off-site backup is even bigger, but most of this category refers to physical transportation and secure storage of back-up tapes, which is irrelevant to Cloud. However off-site back-up in Cloud is both relevant and growing.
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Back-up as [...]
CommVault, the data management software company, on February 1, 2010 announced its Farline addition to its Simpana suite. With Farline, customers of several Cloud providers will be able to plug-in to Simpana with its new storage destination. In fact CommVault extends data movement across on-premises as well as Cloud.
Using native REST over HTTP, the APIs [...]
Confessions of an analyst
Jan 28
First a warning and my confession: don’t click on dodgy web links. I did, and a virus crippled my PC.
Preface:
As an IT analyst, I am always keen to find out smarter ways of using IT in practice. So you often hear wonderful things about new innovation. Someone may say: “aren’t you using XYZ, it is [...]
On January 25 2010, Symantec released new versions of both its main back-up families: Backup Exec and Netbackup. The new releases; Backup Exec 2010 as well as NetBackup 7 goes out on February 1; improved in the areas of de-duplication, server virtualisation and archiving.
De-duplication: Based on the same de-duplication engine (PureDisk) both products offers savings [...]
This post is about cloud computing (referred to simply as cloud in this post), focusing on storage and content.
The entire ITC industry talks cloud, so let me try to give my perspective. For customers the debate, at this stage, can operate safely on a hypothetical level exploring what this buzzword might entail. For people in [...]
Data Robotics announced on Dec 14, that the role of CEO had passed on to Tom Buiocchi. Tom takes over from Geoff Barrall who as founder of Data Robotics was responsible for developing the IP on which the DroBo products run.
The announcement of a founder stepping down as CEO, is not unusual, but the way [...]
Symantec enhances Veritas Storage Foundation, Veritas Cluster File System and Veritas Cluster Server. In this announcement Symantec Dec 7 announcement improves the functionality of Veritas Storage Foundation (VSF) by such features as thin provisioning, enhancing failover and recognising SSD, as well as adding performance.
Thin API. Veritas File System provides thin reclamation on third party disk [...]
Recently published survey data, see Press Release carried out by Cyber-Ark highlights ethical behaviour of employees and data theft.
A handful of findings:
More than 40% admit to having taken data with them to their next job
A third would download company information to help a friend
57% states taking data is easy
More then 40% prefer a USB [...]