Archive | August, 2009
The Talk of the Town

The Talk of the Town

by Sunshine on August 11, 2009 in Ocarina, Storage, Storage optimization

As I mentioned in a blog post yesterday, the media is beginning to swoop down and take note of yesterday’s announcement that HP is now an official reseller of Ocarina. It’s pretty darn big news. Here are some of the better articles that have appeared. I’ll add more as they come in, so keep rechecking [...]

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If I can’t dance, I don’t want to be a part of your revolution

by Sunshine on August 10, 2009 in Storage, Storage optimization, capacity optimization

One question that we hear repeatedly about storage is why isn’t efficient enough? In today’s economy, reducing storage costs is a top priority. Yet, it can be confusing to navigate through every vendor’s pitch and figure out what will truly save you on storage now and in the long term. In thinking this through, I [...]

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Chase Tape Fail

by Sunshine on August 7, 2009 in Storage, cloud

Not so funny story. My dad called me up today and told me that he received a letter from his credit card company, Chase. The letter stated that one of their tape backups had been lost. That tape contained information including his name, address, and social security number. The tape was held in a vendor’s [...]

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Media Giants Go Miniature With Data

Media Giants Go Miniature With Data

by Sunshine on August 5, 2009 in Ocarina

Today was a great day for Ocarina. Not only are we attending SIGGRAPH2009, the premiere event for graphics artists and movie animators, but we also announced two major customers in that realm, Rainmaker Entertainment and Zoic Studios. Both are finding that they’re able to achieve 80% reductions in data as a result of deploying our [...]

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Getting Animated at SIGGRAPH

by Sunshine on August 4, 2009 in Ocarina, Storage, Storage optimization

This week, Ocarina sent a contingent to SIGGRAPH 2009, a conference and exhibition that draws computer graphics, animation, post-production, and imaging specialists from around the globe. Lots of toys to look at, and stories to hear. We are there through the end of this week, spending time in the booths of two of our partners, [...]

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What Was That Again?

by Sunshine on August 3, 2009 in Ocarina, Storage, Storage optimization, capacity optimization

Sometimes someone at Online Storage Optimization writes a post that is so controversial, so intense and thought-provoking, that it seems the entire world is lining up to read it. Later, we find out that while most of the world had a chance to peruse it, there was some small part of the global community–a system [...]

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