Big Iron Is Here To Stay

“Oh Yeah, We Have That, Too” Recently, I’ve noticed an overwhelming amount of content focused on driving down the cost of storage, networking, and x86 servers. While cost savings are very topical and intriguing, there is one topic that I believe is overdue for the...

Disaster Recovery: Better Safe Than Sorry

What’s the lifeblood of your business? Typically, you’ll hear an answer like ‘our people’, or ‘our commitment to the customer’…but while there are events that can hurt a business, there are also events that can bring your company to its knees, in a matter of minutes....

When Does Hybrid Storage Make Sense?

I recently met with a cloud provider who had purchased an all-flash array a year ago to provide optimal performance for the companies’ hosting services.  Although the array was as powerful as advertised, he told me he had barely scratched the surface of performance....

How To Avoid The Storage Money Pit

Within the enterprise, about a quarter of all IT spend goes toward data storage (NaviSite 2013). Everyone knows the story by now. An unprecedented explosion of data growth over the last decade or so has led to more money than ever before being invested in shared...
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