Archive | June, 2009

Deduplication – A Hot Topic

by Sunshine on June 11, 2009 in Ocarina, green IT

In the wake of the news that EMC and NetApp are bidding close to $2 billion (yes, you heard that right, billion) for backup deduplication specialist Data Domain, a whole lot of people are starting to ask, “just what is this deduplication stuff anyway?” On this very blog, readers are clicking on the “Deduplication” tag [...]

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Culture in the News

by Sunshine on June 10, 2009 in Storage

Here are two stories that are getting a lot of ink this week. They appear unrelated on the surface, but in fact they have a lot in common and could be a sign of a larger trend. First: the open letter that EMC CEO Joe Tucci sent to the employees of Data Domain, which it [...]

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Why Not Green-IT?

by Sunshine on June 9, 2009 in Blogroll, green IT

Some interesting news items in the world of Green IT caught my eye this week. First, University College Hospital Galway won the Irish “Green IT Initiative of the Year” award for its multifaceted usage of storage technologies to reduce power, space and cooling at its facility. Using a combination of virtualization, thin provisioning and other [...]

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What a Week for Storage – Whew!

by Sunshine on June 5, 2009 in Ocarina, Storage optimization, capacity optimization

It’s hard to believe that a mere few weeks ago, the name Data Domain was only really well known within storage industry circles. Nowadays, we have pundits on CNBC mispronouncing “deduplication,” and the whole world is holding its breath to see which mighty behemoth will sweep the fair maiden off her feet and bring her [...]

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And They Said Dedupe was Just a Feature…

And They Said Dedupe was Just a Feature…

by Murli Thirumale on June 3, 2009 in Ocarina, Storage, Storage optimization

The recent news in which storage giants EMC and NetApp are bidding against one another to acquire deduplication specialist Data Domain has everyone in the industry talking. For now, NetApp is claiming victory, however the story is far from over. From where we sit, all of this reinforces our conviction that storage optimization is a [...]

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Former VERITAS Exec Joins Ocarina Board

by Sunshine on June 3, 2009 in Ocarina

Nice piece of news today from the mother ship that I thought I’d share with all of you. Software industry vet Paul Sallaberry has joined the Ocarina Networks board of directors. As EVP of Worldwide Field Operations for VERITAS Software, Paul had a strong hand in leading the company through many of its growth phases. [...]

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EMC Outbids NetApp – Who Will Bag Data Domain?

by Sunshine on June 1, 2009 in Storage, Storage optimization

Exciting news broke this morning in the storage world – EMC has made a $1.87 billion counterbid for Data Domain, against NetApp’s original $1.5 billion offer in late May. We will have some commentary on this soon, but meanwhile, it seems worthwhile to at least aggregate the opinions that are starting to churn out of [...]

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Off Topic News and Views

by Sunshine on June 1, 2009 in Uncategorized

Happy Monday to all. Some news items leapt out at me this morning, grabbing my attention like a double latte with foam at a drive-through Starbucks. None of them is directly related to storage, but astute readers might sense parallels and/or connections to the topic. First up: Pringles. It is a potato chip. According to [...]

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