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Object Storage's Path to the Enterprise
December 05, 2012 10:42 AM
Posted by Howard Marks
Object storage is a smart fit for enterprise use cases such as backup, but the need to write to custom APIs impedes adoption.
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Best Use of Encryption You Never Considered
December 04, 2012 03:03 PM
Posted by Howard Marks
Got e-discovery, data destruction or outdated hardware woes? Digital shredding may be the solution — and it can bolster the business case for encrypting data.
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Disaster Recovery Lessons You Might Have Missed
November 27, 2012 11:45 AM
Posted by David Greenfield
Hurricane Sandy had a lot to teach technology professionals about disaster recovery and business continuity. It certainly reinforced the basics—back up your data and test your DR systems—but there are other lessons to learn. Here are five.
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Microsoft Buys Cloud Gateway Provider StorSimple
October 18, 2012 06:12 PM
Posted by Howard Marks
Microsoft’s acquisition validates the market for premises-based storage that also links to the cloud, and inaugurates the software giant as a provider of IT hardware.
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Per-VM Snapshots from Virsto and Tintri
June 11, 2012 01:23 PM
Posted by Howard Marks
Both vendors offer per-VM snapshots: Tintri's comes as a hybrid storage system; Virsto sells a storage hypervisor. Our blogger takes a look at their offerings.
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Backing Up Cloud Apps
April 26, 2012 09:00 AM
Posted by Howard Marks
When I first heard that Backupify had developed a backup service for cloud applications like Facebook, I must admit I snickered a little at the thought of someone thinking that Facebook data was worth backing up to anyone but Facebook. When they called again and said they could now back up Google Apps, they got my attention.
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Best of the Web
VXLAN termination on physical devices
VXLAN is an Experimental IETF draft of protocols to enable the creation of a large overlay, multi-tenant network.
ONF Deadly Serious About OpenFlow-Based SDNs
: OpenFlow is poised to reach over-hyped status, yet there are practical, useful reasons for keeping an eye on Openflow. The biggest cloud players are involved and driving the feature creation.
Practical Introduction to Applied OpenFlow
Get a primer on the Openflow protocol and what it can do for networking.
On Resilience of Spit-Architecture Networks
This research papers investigates the practical issues in split-architecture networks and the placement of the controllers, such as Openflow controllers, in the network.
