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Storage News and Views – March 17

Storage News and Views – March 17

by Sunshine on March 17, 2010 in Storage, Storage optimization

Across the storage blog-o-tweet-osphere today folks are donning green scarves, putting four leaf clovers in their lapels, and generally proclaiming the luck of the Irish. Yes, it’s a good life in storageland. And there’s plenty of news to amuse and bemuse. EMC made a big splash this week with a presentation to analysts by President [...]

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How do you get your storage news?

by Sunshine on February 9, 2010 in Ocarina, Storage

For IT decision makers it’s imperative that you keep up with the latest news and information. Yet, the overall shakeup of the media has left many confused about where to turn. Industry pubs are getting slimmer and slimmer. Some are cutting back, others are consolidating, and a few have disappeared entirely. At the same time, [...]

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Drobo Mania

Drobo Mania

by Sunshine on November 23, 2009 in Blogroll

Drobo maker Data Robotics has a major announcement out today that has the storage blog-o-tweet-osphere all atwitter. It has introed two new products, Drobo S and DroboElite. These new models add new functionality to the popular desktop, SOHO and single server SMB storage, making them faster, easier and more failproof. With the new Elite, they’re [...]

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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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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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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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Storage News and Views – June 25

by Sunshine on June 25, 2009 in Storage

It’s almost July 4, and I hope all of you are starting to stock up on hot dogs, buns, American flags and sparklers. And for all you Florida folks, enjoy setting your own fireworks. When I was a kid, we had an uncle who lived in Miami who brought them up to us every year–completely [...]

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Put Your Storage on a Diet!

Put Your Storage on a Diet!

by Carter George on May 18, 2009 in Ocarina, Storage, Storage optimization, Uncategorized, capacity optimization

As anyone who has tried to lose weight knows, it’s no easy feat to get and stay slim. No doubt you’ve seen the barrage of ads that promise you a quick fix (hydroxycut anyone?), but most of us know these fad programs don’t work in the long run. Rather, the key is a combination of [...]

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Storage News and Views – EMC, Dedupe & More

by Sunshine on April 13, 2009 in Storage

The storage blog-o-tweet-o-sphere has been pretty quiet so far this week. Perhaps everyone is nursing jet lag and hangovers following their week at SNW. Though there was a minor dust-up or two between our favorite pair of battling giants last week to keep us all entertained. So far, a few pieces of news that we’re [...]

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