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Storage News and Views, January 7

by Sunshine on January 7, 2010 in Storage, cloud

An earthquake shook up San Jose (not mention Twitter) today. But that didn’t stop the storage industry’s movers and shakers from making all kinds of interesting news. Here’s a quick roundup from where we sit. A game of musical chairs… EMC lost storage tech consultant and blogger Steve Kenniston to inline dedupe player Storwize, where [...]

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Tech Field Day Cometh

Tech Field Day Cometh

by Sunshine on November 11, 2009 in Ocarina, Storage, Storage optimization, cloud

Excitement is building here at Ocarina as tomorrow is the big kickoff for Tech Field Day, and we’re a presenting sponsor of the event. As we speak, cables are being laid, demos are being run through, and a certain amount of nervous excitement is in the air. In just two short days, a horde of [...]

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Storage News and Views – June 17

by Sunshine on June 17, 2009 in Storage

Summer is almost here, and despite rumors of a recession, the malls are filling up with shoppers seeking bathing suits, sunblock, iPhones, and other de rigueur gear of the season. Here in storage land, the latest industry news continues to amaze, amuse and baffle. Here are a few headlines that caught our eyes: Data Domain [...]

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Downages – What do they Mean?

by Sunshine on May 14, 2009 in Uncategorized

Many of us have become extremely dependent on certain online sources–Google and Twitter, to name the most prominent–for our daily work and personal lives. And so when not one, but both of these services are on the blink at the same time, it becomes news. First, there was the slowness of Gmail and related Google [...]

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What Recession? Part II – Storage Going Strong

by Sunshine on March 25, 2009 in Storage

The recession is and the recession isn’t. It’s an odd beast that way. As I noted in an earlier post, the recessionary economy hasn’t yet translated to massive IT job losses — at least not yet.  There are winners and losers, something that’s true in just about any economic climate. And right now, technologies that [...]

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Storage Rap Wars and Other News of the Day

by Sunshine on March 12, 2009 in Storage, Uncategorized

This week has been a bonanza in the storage and tech blog world. A number of interesting stories, plus … the smackdowns continue. I never thought I’d see myself writing this, but the dueling rap videos among storage players has once again began to heat up. Marc Farley over at 3Par has posted a video [...]

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Storage News and Notes 2/25/09

by Sunshine on February 25, 2009 in Storage

Big day today for the storage industry. Top story for us, Ocarina announced $20 million in Series B financing, led by Palo Alto-based Jafco Ventures, with participation from existing investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Highland Capital Partners. Here the latest round up of news articles: San Jose Mercury News (print and online eds) [...]

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