Tag Archives: Data Domain

Storage News and Views July 21

by Sunshine on July 21, 2009 in Ocarina, Storage, Storage optimization, capacity optimization

What is it about mid-summer that turns everyone a little bit mad? EMC is now the proud parent of a baby DDUP. NetApp is $57 million richer. And here in the Bay Area, the weather veers from freezing to sweltering, depending on how close one is to the coast. Here are a few headlines that [...]

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Dedupe for Online – What’s Next?

by Carter George on July 10, 2009 in Featured, Storage

In the wake of the high profile Data Domain acquisition battle, data deduplication is the technology du jour. This has led to wide-ranging discussions on the topic, one of which is the question of where deduplication is being applied. A recent Wikibon article, “Pitfalls of compressing online storage” notes that Data Domain represents only one [...]

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Storage News and Views, July 9

by Sunshine on July 9, 2009 in Storage

The biggest news of the week is of course the fact that EMC has bagged Data Domain, beating out rival NetApp with its superior bid of 2.1 billion, or $33.50 a share. The news itself broke yesterday, July 8, and the Wall Street Journal is reporting that tech stocks rallied today as a result of [...]

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And the Waiting Continues…

by Sunshine on July 7, 2009 in Storage

EMC blogger Storagezilla has summed up the situation regarding the Data Domain acqui by linking to a YouTube video of opera diva Monserrat Caballe performing a duet with Queen’s Freddy Mercury. So, when will the woman of size vocalize melodically?

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EMC increases bid for DD – game over?

by Sunshine on July 6, 2009 in Ocarina, Storage, capacity optimization

The saga continues — almost to the point of absurdity. As Computerworld‘s Lucas Mearian is reporting, EMC has raised its bid for deduplication specialist Data Domain to $2.1 billion, or $33.50 a share. This well overshadows NetApp’s paltry $1.9B, $30/share bid and most observers are now predicting that NetApp must fold. Indeed, it’s hard to [...]

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Um… can I have an extension on that?

by Sunshine on June 29, 2009 in Storage

I remember asking the above question time and time again during my college years. Well, now EMC is doing the same thing in its offer to Data Domain. EMC extended its deadline, which was set to expire today, to July 10 as a way of enticing it away from its other suitor, NetApp. Will it [...]

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Have a Green Storage Day

by Sunshine on June 26, 2009 in Ocarina, green IT

Even in these recessionary times. Green IT continues to gain momentum. This, according to a recent survey from Symantec, which states: “Virtually all the companies surveyed are discussing their Green strategy. They are not just talking, either. Green budgets are on the rise and IT is more than willing to pay a premium on energy [...]

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Why Dedupe? It’s the Economy, Stupid

by Sunshine on June 19, 2009 in Ocarina, Storage

Beth Pariseau at TechTarget has an interesting article this week about how a combination of storage tiering and dedupe are just right in these recessionary times. It talks in some depth about Ocarina‘s deployment at Rainmaker Entertainment on BlueArc and Isilon. The article is worth a read all the way through, as it gives some [...]

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The Dedupe (R)evolution

by Carter George on June 18, 2009 in Featured, Ocarina, capacity optimization

The fight between NetApp and EMC over Data Domain has put deduplication into the spotlight as never before. Yet, dedupe for backup is now a mature market, and in many ways it represents the past. The next step, in my view, is that dedupe must evolve for object stores and fixed content archives. Ultimately, a [...]

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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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