The idea of programmatically managing infrastructure provides capabilities to scale, manage and control technology much more effectively than can be achieved through manual methods. But the use of APIs means so much more than simply providing an interface that can be automated. APIs introduce greater efficiency and accountability into storage platforms. We look at how… Read more »
We’re moving to a multi-cloud world, there’s no doubting it. I hear from end users and vendors alike that increasingly, IT organisations are looking to use on-premises and multiple cloud service providers. From an operational perspective, how do we protect and maintain ongoing access to data and applications? What’s the right strategy for dealing with… Read more »
I can only feel sympathy for the team at GitHub, after they suffered an outage recently, due to issues with database replication. The problem was caused by a mere 43-second break in network connectivity. We’ve all been there – keeping replicated data in sync is a thankless task and one that can be a nightmare… Read more »
I recently wrote a number of posts covering HYCU, a data protection software solution from HYCU Inc. During the testing I was curious to understand how easy it would be to automate the build of a dedicated backup environment. Here’s what I found. HYCU Recap HYCU is a software product that was written specifically for… Read more »
Congratulations to the folks at StorReduce for being acquired by Pure Storage. Although terms of the deal were not disclosed, hopefully, this represents a successful exit for an interesting technology. Background I first looked at StorReduce in March 2015, including a trial of the software. The premise of the technology is simple. StorReduce acts as… Read more »
Were you a Blur or Oasis fan? Perhaps you were on the side of Jarvis Cocker and preferred Pulp. Whatever your choice, the Britpop wars of the 1990s were memorable for building hype around the UK music industry and the idea of Cool Britannia. In lots of ways, the evolution of the data protection industry… Read more »
Vendors like to claim that their software is “1-click” or installable within 30 seconds. In general these claims are pretty fatuous unless you’re either frequently deploying or looking to automate. I’ve been spending a bit of time looking at a range of storage solutions that are fully software-defined and seeing how easy that deployment process… Read more »
When so many businesses are totally dependent on their digital information, data protection becomes a key requirement for every IT organisation. The way in which we implement technology changes almost daily and this affects the choices on how we protect it. Where 20 years ago the standard model for deployment was based on physical servers,… Read more »
Data protection has featured heavily on the blog over the past few months. Solutions are moving on from the traditional self-build of the last 15 years to more targeted software and appliances. Another company doing something different with data protection is HYCU, formerly Comtrade Software. The company recently rebranded and released version 3.0 of their… Read more »
