Big Data has been described by some Data Management pundits (with a bit of a snicker) as “huge, overwhelming, and uncontrollable amounts of information.” In 1663, John Graunt dealt with “overwhelming amounts of information” as well, while he studied the bubonic plague, which was currently ravaging Europe. Graunt used statistics and is credited with being […]
Panzura Inside 2.0 Eliminates Need for Traditional NAS While Saving Enterprises Up to 70 Percent
by Angela Guess According to a new press release, “Panzura, the leader in unstructured data management in the cloud, today announced the second generation of the Panzura Inside program. Panzura Inside features the new Panzura Freedom 7 virtual machine (VM) with 10X performance and scale, tested with leading hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) systems and all-flash arrays […]
IBM Sets New Record for Magnetic Tape Storage; Makes Tape Competitive for Cloud Storage
by Angela Guess A press release out of the company states, “IBM Research scientists have achieved a new world record in tape storage – their fifth since 2006. The new record of 201 Gb/in2 (gigabits per square inch) in areal density was achieved on a prototype sputtered magnetic tape developed by Sony Storage Media Solutions. […]
Scality Accelerates Multi-Cloud Adoption with New Open-Source Release
by Angela Guess A recent press release states, “Scality, world leader in object and cloud storage, today announced immediate availability of a new open-source Scality S3 Server release, under the Apache 2.0 license, with support for high availability and multiple cloud data backends. Scality S3 Server’s extensive multi-cloud support now includes AWS S3, In-memory, Scality […]
ElasticHosts Launches Linux-Friendly Cloud Storage
by Angela Guess A new article out of the company reports, “Cloud provider, ElasticHosts, has today launched a new cloud storage solution specifically designed for Linux users. ElasticHosts Cloud Storage is specifically built for the needs of Linux system administrators, and works out of the box with common Linux tools such as Rsync backup and […]