Today is a bit of a sad day for me, as this will be my last post on Online Storage Optimization. For those who are just joining us, I’ve been the regular “newsy” blogger on this site. It’s never been a traditional setup. I’m not an employee of this blog’s parent, Ocarina Networks. Rather, I’m [...]
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, [...]
Storage Trends – Customer is King
by Sunshine on February 4, 2010 in Featured, Ocarina, Storage
Last week’s BD Event was more than just a deal making event. It was a chance to learn about new product releases and trend in the storage industry. The big picture: gone are the days when end users had to accept whatever the storage industry handed down to them. Today’s small-to-medium-sized storage operations are all [...]
Why Most Presentations are so Awful
by Sunshine on December 17, 2009 in Ocarina, Storage optimization
George Crump of Storage Switzerland has a post up today on Network Computing that really should be made required reading for every single mid-level executive in the storage industry and beyond. He offers the following simple, straightforward advice: “…every vendor’s opening slide should have three bullets: The exact problem the solve, why they are different, [...]
Data Reduction to Improve Consumer Experience
by Mike Davis on December 10, 2009 in Featured, Ocarina, Storage
Two identical photos placed side by side. Both are are blown up to large size on the wall. The difference? One has been compressed by 70% using a specialized compression technique called NFO, while the other is the original. Can you tell the difference? This was the challenge we offered participants at the recent Gestalt [...]
Dedupe … The Next Generation
by Sunshine on September 23, 2009 in Ocarina, Storage optimization
In what seems to be a theme this week in Online Storage Optimization–we’re all about what’s next, and what’s “out there” in the stratosphere. We’re also not beneath making as many pop cultural sci fi references as we can. That’s just the way we roll. Analyst George Crump had a nice piece in Networking Computing [...]
VMWorld Wraps Up – EMC, Stealth Storage, and More
by Sunshine on September 3, 2009 in Storage, cloud
This year’s VMWorld ended with a bang–as rock legend Foreigner played for a crowd of 10,000 virtualization fanatics at the Yerba Buena Center in S.F. This really was one heck of a jampacked and exciting event. It is clear that this is becoming one of the key shows for the virtualization and storage markets. There [...]
Get Ready for Dedupe 2.0
by Carter George on August 27, 2009 in Analyst, Featured, Storage, Storage optimization, capacity optimization
Data deduplication has become a very hot topic these days, especially in light of EMC’s recent and very high profile acquisition of Data Domain. This week, analyst George Crump of Storage Switzerland made some predictions as to where this technology is heading. His post, The Foundation of DeDupe’s Next Era, asserts that it will require [...]
Dedupe Grows Up
by Sunshine on July 29, 2009 in Analyst, Ocarina, Storage, capacity optimization
George Crump has a piece in Byte and Switch today that poses an important question: “Can we get to a single point of deduplication?” This is a question that we have taken up in one form or another in some of our recent posts, such as this one and this one. In the article, Crump [...]
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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