CommVault Gives Cloud Storage A Seat At The Adult Table
Posted by Stephen in Enterprise storage, Virtual Storage on 01. Feb, 2010 | View Comments
Only mature technologies are taken seriously and granted equal status when enterprise architectures are defined. That’s why I’m pleased to see today’s announcement that CommVault has completely integrated API-driven public cloud storage with Simpana, their impressive data protection and archiving suite. Now there are three equal backup targets: Tape, disk, and cloud.
What I’ve Learned From Vendor Blogging
Posted by Stephen in Enterprise storage, Personal, Virtual Storage on 21. Jan, 2010 | View Comments
Concluding my series on vendor bloggers, I present my own experiences wearing multiple hats and trying to remain credible.
Vendor Bloggers 1: Why Does It Matter?
Posted by Stephen in Enterprise storage, Personal, Virtual Storage on 18. Jan, 2010 | View Comments
What does it mean for the community when independent bloggers go to work for vendors? The Internet has changed the old game of leveraging publications for PR. Can you still trust what you read?
Is GDrive Finally Being Launched?
Posted by Stephen in Enterprise storage, Personal, Terabyte home, Virtual Storage on 12. Jan, 2010 | View Comments
Today, Google announced that their existing Docs platform will soon open up to storage of all file types. This was widely anticipated, as Google evolved the Docs service over the past year and added references to “Files” rather than specific document types. This could be the next step towards the long-rumored “GDrive” storage offering.
My 2009 IT Industry Predictions
Posted by Stephen in Apple, Computer history, Enterprise storage, Everything, Personal, Terabyte home, Virtual Storage on 24. Dec, 2009 | View Comments
Predictions are perilous: Get it right and you look like a mere trend-watcher; get it wrong and you look like a fool. So I’m doing something different this year: I’m going to make predictions for 2009 now that it’s over, and reflect on just how smart I am (not) to have made them.
Columbus, OH Event: 3 Enterprise Storage Problems You Can Solve Today
Posted by Stephen in Enterprise storage, Personal on 14. Oct, 2009 | View Comments
This summer, I presented three use cases for public cloud storage at the Nth Generation Symposium in LA. I will reprise this presentation next Wednesday (October 21) in Columbus, OH within the excellent confines of TechColumbus. This is a free lunch-time event (sponsored by Nirvanix) and all are welcome to attend. Please register if you [...]
Zend Simple Cloud API = Freedom!
Posted by Stephen in Enterprise storage, Virtual Storage on 22. Sep, 2009 | View Comments
As I pointed out last week, cloud computing does not need traditional consensus-committee standards, at least not yet. The inherent flexibility and programmability of cloud platforms and applications lends a certain flavor of openness to cloud computing that reduces the requirement for (and thus impact of) standards. Furthermore, the amazing creativity currently being applied to [...]
We Don’t Need Cloud Standards (Yet)
Posted by Stephen in Computer history, Enterprise storage, Gestalt IT, Virtual Storage on 16. Sep, 2009 | View Comments
Championing “open” and calling for standards has become the first stalling action by late-movers in technology spaces. They see opportunity passing by and try to hold back progress and FUD the market by yelling about proprietary solutions, vendor lock-in, and a lack of standards. Many well-intentioned IT folks follow along: After all, who doesn’t want openness, standardization, and interoperability?
What’s All This About Cloud Storage? Ask Me At Storage Decisions
Posted by Stephen in Enterprise storage, Personal, Virtual Storage on 15. Sep, 2009 | View Comments
Next week I will be returning to Storage Decisions after missing the last few in 2009. Although I’ve presented at dozens of TechTarget’s storage shows, this will be the first time I will be representing a vendor (Nirvanix) with a show floor booth.
Although my dislike for certain aspects of trade shows (especially booth babes and [...]
LA Folks: Come to the Nth Generation Symposium!
Posted by Stephen in Enterprise storage, Personal, Virtual Storage on 27. Jul, 2009 | View Comments
Nth Generation Computing has a massive presence in the Southern California IT infrastructure community, and their annual Symposia are on the calendars of most in the area. That’s why I’m very pleased to be able to attend and speak at this year’s event, and I look forward to seeing my LA-based readers there, too!
