Cloud providers are articulating storage as an avenue of significant growth, yet customers traditionally found it particularly difficult to part with their data. Except of course when it comes to data protection where off-site storage with 3rd party providers for DR purposes is desirable. It is true that much DR data is still physically transported [...]
Posts Tagged DR
The 3rd Option by Axxana
Jun 15
Axxana briefed European analysts in June about its disaster recovery solution that captures all write operations even if the primary site suffers severe damage. The Disaster Recovery Dilemma Most IT professionals appreciate the philosophy of the ideal DR blueprint: by putting a significant distance between two or more interlinked IT sites. Should one site suffer [...]
Cloud storage and backup
Feb 16
Storage in Cloud often refers to backup 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 backup tapes, which is irrelevant to Cloud. However off-site backup in Cloud is both relevant and growing. Supply [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
