Archive | October, 2009
Scary Storage Halloween

Scary Storage Halloween

by Sunshine on October 30, 2009 in Ocarina, Storage

Here are Online Storage Op we decided to come up with some of the scariest costumes for the storage industry this Halloween. Be afraid. Be very afraid. Costume Suggestion One: Data Loss Dementor What could be spookier than having all your contents sucked out of your Sidekick and sent to Azkaban prison? This Halloween, your [...]

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OEM or Not, Here We Come

by Carter George on October 28, 2009 in Featured, Ocarina, Storage

In today’s UK Register, Chris Mellor talked with Brian Biles of Data Domain about its plans for global dedupe. In it, Brian says that Ocarina is not “synergistic” with Data Domain. Writes Chris: “Data Domain set out to solve a data protection problem whereas Ocarina set out to solve a media management problem.” He then [...]

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Bring Out Your Data

Bring Out Your Data

by Sunshine on October 28, 2009 in Ocarina, Storage

For the upcoming Gestalt IT Tech Field Day November 12-13 we’re expecting a contingent of bloggers and other thought leaders to converge on Silicon Valley. When they arrive at the Ocarina Networks offices in San Jose, we won’t just be giving them a demonstration. In fact, we’ll be taking something away from them. In anticipation [...]

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Storage News and Views, October 23

Storage News and Views, October 23

by Sunshine on October 23, 2009 in Ocarina, Storage, cloud

What a long, strange trip it’s been for storage recently. First, there was the disaster that turned out to be less of a disaster than we thought. All those Paris Hilton phone numbers and Perez Hilton black book emails lost to a Sidekick in the ribs … But then it turned out all was not [...]

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Dedupe Misconceptions

by Carter George on October 20, 2009 in Featured, Ocarina, Storage, capacity optimization

As most in the industry are aware, dedupe has becoming a standard offering from every major vendor. Dedupe for primary has become the technology of the moment, and for good reason–the rising tide of unstructured data is forcing data centers worldwide to rethink capacity planning, tiering, and storage efficiency. But there are still a few [...]

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Storing Your Life

Storing Your Life

by Sunshine on October 18, 2009 in Storage

Computerworld is reporting on the next big thing, “Lifelogging.” This is beyond blogging, and more than life streaming–it’s taking every aspect of your life and putting it online. As CW’s Mike Elgan writes, “the digital technology trends are plain to see. Storage and digital cameras are getting cheaper and smaller. Wireless connectivity is becoming more [...]

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Mice Play Quake – Scientists Win

by Sunshine on October 15, 2009 in Uncategorized

Scientists have discovered a novel way to measure brain activity in motion. As Wired‘s Brandon Keim reports, laboratory mice are being hooked up to Quake-derived virtual reality game. Instead of earning points, the mice earn sips of water as rewards for moving through the maze on screen. Here is the video, stolen (I mean borrowed) [...]

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End to End Dedupe

by Goutham Rao on October 14, 2009 in Featured

Ed Note: We hope you enjoy this guest post from Goutham Rao, CTO, Ocarina Networks, a panelist at SNW this week on the topic of “Primary Storage: The New Frontier for Data Deduplication.” This offers a more detailed and nuanced look at the topics discussed on the panel. If you’re like many in the storage [...]

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SNW in Full Swing

SNW in Full Swing

by Sunshine on October 13, 2009 in Blogroll, Ocarina, Storage

Plenty going on in Phoenix this week, as SNW is in its second day. Already, the reports are coming in, making this blogger feel sad, bereft, and out of it for not being there in person–stuck here as I am in the midst of some kind of gale on the Bay Area coast. However, I’m [...]

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Sad Farewell to Nick Glasgow

by Sunshine on October 9, 2009 in Uncategorized

On October 6, Nick Glasgow, a 28-year-old EMC employee, died of Leukemia. His loss has saddened many, but he was also an inspiring figure who came to symbolize the human spirit in the face of tragedy and adversity. He rallied a vast support system around him that brought attention to his disease and demonstrated the [...]

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