For the past few months, I’ve been working with the idea of building a model for the adoption of hybrid cloud. Some people may say that hybrid is already here, but I think what we see today is a set of tactical implementations. Instead, we need a bolder vision of what the use of hybrid… Read more »
All technology evolves over time and backup is no different. I started protecting data with tapes – the kind that are stored on reels as shown in this lovely picture I took at the Computer History Museum recently. While at Cloud Field Day 3 last week we saw three different facets to how backup is… Read more »
Amazon Web Services recently introduced a new class of S3 Object storage called S3 One-Zone Infrequent Access. This extends the options for S3 to four levels of availability and associated cost. What is the point of introducing another option and what could it be used for? S3 Options Until now there were three S3 classes. … Read more »
This post is one of a series of previews of companies presenting at Cloud Field Day 3, an invitation-only event in Silicon Valley, taking place 4-6 April 2018. For more information, see the dedicated CFD3 events page https://blog.architecting.it/events/cloud-field-day-3/. There’s a very interesting theme to the presenters at CFD3 and that highlights one of the challenges of… Read more »
This post is one of a series of previews of companies presenting at Cloud Field Day 3, an invitation-only event in Silicon Valley, taking place 4-6 April 2018. For more information, see the dedicated CFD3 events page https://blog.architecting.it/events/cloud-field-day-3/. We all love backup, right? OK, it may not be top of everyone’s wish list, but data protection… Read more »
Cloudian Inc, a vendor of object storage solutions has recently announced the acquisition of Infinity Storage, a Milan-based developer of file systems and file storage technology. In December 2017, Cloudian announced the availability of HyperFile, a NAS controller addition to HyperStore, which we now know was based on Infinity Storage IP. Clearly, Cloudian saw a… Read more »
This post is one of a series of previews of companies presenting at Cloud Field Day 3, an invitation-only event in Silicon Valley, taking place 4-6 April 2018. For more information, see the dedicated CFD3 events page https://blog.architecting.it/events/cloud-field-day-3/. When processes get too complex and time-consuming, there’s a temptation to stick in another layer of abstraction and… Read more »
This post is one of a series of previews of companies presenting at Cloud Field Day 3, an invitation-only event in Silicon Valley, taking place 4-6 April 2018. For more information, see the dedicated CFD3 events page https://blog.architecting.it/events/cloud-field-day-3/. There are few people in the IT world who haven’t heard of Oracle. The company has dominated the… Read more »
This post is one of a series of previews of companies presenting at Cloud Field Day 3, an invitation-only event in Silicon Valley, taking place 4-6 April 2018. For more information, see the dedicated CFD3 events page https://blog.architecting.it/events/cloud-field-day-3/. Over my career, data protection has never been one of the most exciting areas for which I’ve been… Read more »
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