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3Par Acquisition: The Future For The Storage Industry

3Par Acquisition: The Future For The Storage Industry
The ongoing battle for 3Par by HP & Dell tells us much more about the state of the IT Industry than just the desires of two companies to acquire some interesting storage tech.  It signals an acceptance that storage is a key feature in the future direction of the IT industry – more important...
August 31st, 2010 | Enterprise Storage, Featured, GestaltIT, Ulitzer | Read More

Choosing Between Monolithic and Modular Architectures – Part II

Choosing Between Monolithic and Modular Architectures – Part II
This is a series of post discussing storage array architectures.  Previous posts: Choosing Between Monolithic and Modular Architectures – Part I In the first post, I discussed the shared storage model architectures typified by what we sometimes think of as Enterprise arrays, but I’ve...
August 27th, 2010 | Enterprise Storage, Featured, Ulitzer | Read More

Choosing Between Monolithic and Modular Architectures – Part I

Choosing Between Monolithic and Modular Architectures – Part I
The recent proposed acquisition of 3Par by Dell and/or HP has made me think a little more about the direction the storage industry is taking in terms of their storage array design architecture.  Since storage arrays became a category of devices in their own right, we’ve seen the growth of the...
August 24th, 2010 | Enterprise Storage, Featured, Ulitzer | Read More

Hitachi Bloggers Day: Day 0

Hitachi Bloggers Day: Day 0
Here I am again on the start of another vendor blogging day.  As the title of this post suggests, this will be a trip to see Hitachi, or HDS (Hitachi Data Systems) if you prefer.  The Bloggers Day is taking place over two days and is located in San Jose, just south of San Francisco in California. ...
June 14th, 2010 | Enterprise Storage, Featured | Read More

Enterprise Computing: Violin Memory Inc Release New All-SSD Array

Enterprise Computing: Violin Memory Inc Release New All-SSD Array
I’m not a fan of making press releases on behalf of other companies however once in a while, a news item catches my interest.  So it is with the announcement of the Violin Memory Inc. 3200 series of all-memory storage arrays.  Why are these interesting?  Because I think they are moving and...
May 26th, 2010 | Enterprise Storage, Featured, GestaltIT | Read More

Enterprise Computing: Why Federation Is What We Need

Enterprise Computing: Why Federation Is What We Need
You may have assumed from my previous post on VPLEX that I am negative towards the concept of storage federation.  That couldn’t be further from the truth.  In fact, ever since I was involved in deploying ESX onto enterprise storage infrastructure (some 4 years ago), I’ve been waiting...
May 13th, 2010 | Enterprise Storage, Featured, GestaltIT | Read More

Enterprise Computing: VPLEX – A Dreary Storage Cluster?

Enterprise Computing: VPLEX – A Dreary Storage Cluster?
Those of you with relatively good memories will remember last year’s announcement from Hitachi/HDS, which at the time promised more than it delivered.  In fact, the anagram posed by Claus Mikkelsen on his blog and used as part of the press release was “REGRADES OUR CLASSY TREATS”...
May 12th, 2010 | Enterprise Storage, Featured, GestaltIT | Read More

Enterprise Computing: The Slow Demise of The Hard Drive

Enterprise Computing: The Slow Demise of The Hard Drive
Yesterday Nimbus Data Systems announced the release of their S-Class storage array.  What’s different about this storage device is that it uses purely NAND memory rather than traditional spinning disk.  With it’s arrival, we’re seeing another nail in the coffin of the traditional...
April 27th, 2010 | Enterprise Storage, Featured | Read More

Enterprise Computing: COPAN, EMC/VMware & STEC

Enterprise Computing: COPAN, EMC/VMware & STEC
Over the last week there have been a few stories catching my eye.  Here’s a brief paragraph on them. SGI Acquires COPAN Systems In fact to be more precise, SGI have acquired some of the assets of COPAN and left the liabilities behind for a mere $2 million in cash (press release).  The demise...
March 11th, 2010 | Enterprise Storage, Featured, GestaltIT | Read More

Enterprise Computing: Netapp The $4Billion Product

Enterprise Computing: Netapp The $4Billion Product
I had a conversation last week with a PR company doing research for Netapp.  This followed just after Netapp released their Q4 results, with revenue exceeding expectations at just over $1 billion.  It’s amazing how in the space of less than 20 years they have developed from nothing to a company...
February 22nd, 2010 | Enterprise Storage, Featured, GestaltIT | Read More
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