A storage array is at its heart a commodity server integrated with an operating system dedicated specifically to providing storage services. Take away the server, and what's left? Software-defined ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) may grab the headlines, but the quieter money in this cycle has been flowing into the ...

IT executives face a constant barrage of "new and improved" product claims. But data storage has changed more in the last 10 years than in the prior 25, and the rate of change is accelerating: We'll ...

Big Data analytics requirements have forced a huge shift in data storage paradigms, from traditional block- and file-based storage networks to more scalable models like object storage, scale-out NAS ...

Software-defined storage is quickly catching on as a top technology trend in the storage industry, but the exact meaning of the term, and indeed whether it represents a new paradigm or just another ...

In a recent blog post on Software Defined Storage (SDS) I mentioned that, while the model was attractive from the standpoint of lowering the upfront cost of enterprise storage, pricing models across ...

We continue to demand more of our enterprise storage systems. It's no longer enough to store our data. Storage today must instead protect our data, tier it across different media, manage it across ...

Amazon, IDrive, IBM, Google, NetApp and Wasabi offer some of the top enterprise data storage solutions. Explore their features and benefits, and find the right solution for your organization's needs.

Software-defined storage, in which storage array features are delivered by software products, is gaining popularity. It promises cost savings, because software-defined storage (SDS) is run on ...

VMware was one of the first companies to support this newer storage model with its software-defined data center and vSAN technology. But as the SDS market continues to grow, there are more companies ...

Specifically, the Ohio-based financial services company was looking for the right program to ensure data stored on mainframes was being effectively duplicated, so it would be backed up in case of ...