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It’s Getting Cloudy up There

by Sunshine on July 24, 2009 in cloud

Seems Uncle Sam is trying to tighten his belt through cloud computing. Government, at both the federal and state level, is debating how to make better use of this cost-cutting innovation. As we reported a few weeks ago, there are already some initiatives coming down the pike, such as Nirvanix providing cloud storage for NASA [...]

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Babel Fish on the Way?

by Sunshine on July 1, 2009 in cloud

Warning: this post really has nothing to do with storage. It’s instead about something that sounds really cool, and hey, who can argue with that? Computerworld is comparing it to the universal translator in Star Trek. It might also be called a “babel fish-like” device. In any case, the latest invention is news to all [...]

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The Jacko Effect

by Sunshine on June 30, 2009 in Storage, cloud

As news spread of Michael Jackson’s death, the internet also went into cardiac arrest. News reports came in that show that spikes in just about every type of online traffic pushed the Web to its limits — from text messaging to news sites to celebrity gossip sites and more. The latest is that the pop [...]

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NetApp-Data Domain: A Sign of the Times

by Carter George on May 20, 2009 in Uncategorized, cloud

Today’s revelation that NetApp will acquire Data Domain for $1.5 billion in cash and stock has many in the industry reeling in shock. It’s a huge acquisition, and it shows how important dedupe is to the storage industry. It also leaves one wondering now how HP, Dell, EMC and others are going to compete on [...]

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When You Only Have a Hammer…

by Carter George on May 7, 2009 in Analyst, File Systems, Ocarina, Storage optimization, Uncategorized, capacity optimization, cloud, green IT

Nice to see Dave Simpson from InfoStor getting interested in the subject of dedupe for primary. Today, he had a new post on the topic, along with a plug for a webcast he’s doing on the topic with Noemi Greyzdorf of IDC. In the post, Dave makes the point that people are starting to muddy [...]

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A “Tweeterview” with Stephen Foskett, Nirvanix Consulting Director

by Sunshine on April 27, 2009 in Featured, cloud

“Incent people correctly and you will have real success not just sales.” If a luddite like Maureen Dowd can do it, then there’s no reason why we here at tech-savvy Online Storage Optimization can’t conduct an interview via Twitter. And who better to try this idea out with than Stephen Foskett, one of the most [...]

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Spring is Here and Change is in the Air

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

While it’s true that Spring has officially been underway for a month, only now do we start to embrace the change in seasons. The smell of burgers wafts across backyards, birds warble away in the trees, and baseball players start rubbing Bengay into their sore muscles. In the storage industry, there are also some changes [...]

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Storage News and Notes – VMwariness, Greening Storage, Larry Shops

by Sunshine on April 21, 2009 in Storage, capacity optimization, cloud, green IT

Happy Tuesday. It’s been one doozy of a week. A heatwave hit Silicon Valley, both in reality and in the more metaphorical sense–in other words, the Sun seemed to be shining all over the place. And it’s also been an exciting week right here at Ocarina, as mentioned in an earlier post. Here are a [...]

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