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OASIS Targets Cloud Portability
February 02, 2012 01:00 PM
The Topology and Orchestration Specification for Cloud Applications (TOSCA) Technical Committee recently formed by OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards), the not-for-profit open standards consortium, along with several IT vendors and consumer groups, will be good for facilitating cloud portability, industry observers say. The goal of TOSCA is to enable deploying cloud applications without vendor lock-in, while maintaining application requirements for security, governance and compliance.Dell Moves Ahead Fluidly in Storage
January 20, 2012 12:32 PM
The IT industry is always adapting to new trends, from client-server and the PC revolution of the '80s and '90s to cloud computing and big data today. These trends inspire successful new vendor entrants, but they can also be problematic for established IT vendors. Over time, some leaders don't adapt and die (see Digital Equipment Corporation), while others swoon and survive in a reduced state by being acquired by larger saviors (see Sun Microsystems).Are There No Fans For The FAN?
January 19, 2012 09:00 AM
A few years ago, Brad O'Neill, then an analyst with the Taneja Group, coined the term FAN (file area network) to describe a virtualized file storage system. Organizations that build FANs that integrate multiple heterogeneous file stores presenting a single unified, optimized name space should be able to save a significant amount of time, effort and money. The collapse this month of AutoVirt is just another example of how this promising technology has never gained any traction with paying customers.Thai Flooding Drives Disk Prices Up, Warranties Down
January 17, 2012 11:00 AM
The effects of fall's record-setting flooding in Thailand continue to reverberate throughout the storage industry. The flooding put several factories that made both completed disk drives for Seagate and Western Digital and components like platters, spindle motors and heads under several feet of water for weeks. The estimated production shortfall of 20 to 50 million drives in the fourth quarter has had a significant impact on the storage industry.Dell Eyes Enterprise Storage
January 11, 2012 10:00 AM
Dell is continuing to reinvent itself as a storage OEM with a series of product announcements that leverage its acquisitions, move it up-market toward the lucrative enterprise space and create new opportunities in the burgeoning Microsoft SharePoint market. Although the company ended its very successful reseller relationship with storage leader EMC only two months ago, Dell grew its storage platform revenues--including its Equallogic and Compellent units--15% year over year in 2011 and they now represent nearly 80% of its storage revenues and more than 90% of its storage profits. The company's stated objective is to be the third largest storage vendor behind EMC and IBM in the next couple of years.Year In Review: The Good, The Bad And HP
December 27, 2011 08:00 AM
As we wrap up another year of doing more with less, it's time to look back at the highs and lows of the vendors of IT products, services, panaceas and placebos. Based on the latest quarterly earnings, HP ($32.3 billion) had a comfortable lead over Apple ($28.27 billion) and third-place IBM ($26.2 billion). Microsoft ($17.37 billion) held down fourth place, followed by Dell ($15.4 billion), Intel ($14.2 billion), Cisco ($11.3 billion), Oracle ($8.4 billion) and EMC ($4.98 billion).EMC Throws Out Big-Data Lifesaver
December 08, 2011 11:30 AM
Hot on the heels of its survey that shows we are drowning in a growing big-data deluge, EMC is announcing a lifesaver: the Greenplum Unified Analytics Platform (UAP). Intended to serve as a foundation for the company's data analytics strategy, it brings together three Greenplum products into a unified offering: the database for structured data; the enterprise Hadoop offering for the analysis and processing of unstructured data; and Chorus 2.0, a social media collaboration tool for data science teams.EMC: Big Data Crippled By Huge Skills Shortage
December 06, 2011 08:14 AM
The opportunity to profit from the intersection of big data and data analytics is huge, but a new study from EMC reports a "rampant scarcity" for the prerequisite skills necessary for a company to capitalize on these opportunities. Only one-third of the companies participating in the EMC Data Science Study--covering the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, India and China--are able to effectively use new data to assist their business decision making, gain competitive advantage, drive productivity growth, yield innovation and reveal customer insights, says the storage giant.EMC Continues To Outperform Disk Market
December 02, 2011 11:08 AM
Storage capacity growth continues to outpace storage revenue growth, but both turned in strong performances for the third quarter of 2011, according to IDC. External disk storage system factory revenues came in at just under $5.8 billion, up 10.8% year over year, while the total disk storage systems market grew 8.5% to $7.6 billion. IDC reports total disk storage systems capacity shipped grew 30.7% year over year to 5,429 petabytes.EMC's Unified Storage Division Is Focusing on Customer Requirements
November 17, 2011 03:00 PM
Storage plays a vital role in such glamorous and revolutionary IT trends as virtualization, cloud and big data. While these are fun to watch and comment on, one should not forget the importance of product evolution. Day by day, customer requirements change. Storage products have to evolve to meet these specific needs, as well as be able to deal with the larger trends. EMC's Unified Storage Division illustrates how one vendor is keeping its eye on the customer requirements ball while also participating in the greater game.« Previous Page | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Next Page »
