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Keeping your dark data tapes in good standing requires a strategy beyond hope

Published in BC/DR Flash Management Software Defined DC & Storage Storage + Servers

Tape is not dead. The nearly 60-plus year old storage device is the media of choice for storing a company’s dark data, defined by Gartner as information assets organisations collect, process and store during regular business activities, but generally fail to use for other purposes. Tape archives contain dark data that could potentially be monetised through the harvesting and analysis of data; however, Kroll Ontrack, a leading provider of data recovery and ediscovery products and services,...

Published in Flash Software Defined DC & Storage Storage + Servers

Fusion-io has announced that Michael Mendenhall has joined the company as executive vice president and chief marketing and communications officer. Mendenhall formerly served as senior vice president and global chief marketing officer at Hewlett Packard. Before HP, Mendenhall spent 17 years at the Walt Disney Company, culminating in his positions as president of marketing and synergy for Walt Disney Studios and EVP of global marketing for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts.

Published in Carriers + Service Providers Networks + Telecoms Storage + Servers Virtualisation

Riverbed Technology has announced Riverbed® SteelHead™ 8.6, bringing the number one application acceleration solution to the Microsoft Azure cloud. Already available in other leading public clouds, SteelHead, with the addition of Microsoft Azure, is now capable of optimising and accelerating the delivery of applications across 90% of public cloud deployments. Riverbed also introduced today, SteelHead CX 7055v, an enterprise-scale virtual solution delivering up to 1Gbps of optimised...

DCS Awards celebrate industry success stories

The DCS Awards have become a key date in the international data centre calendar and last Thursday the industry’s great and good gathered at London’s Millennium Hotel, Mayfair for the 2014 event.

Published in Flash Software Defined DC & Storage Storage + Servers

Pure Storage has announced the expansion of its flagship FA-400 Series product line, unveiling new entry-level and high-capacity FlashArrays, and the next generation release of its Purity Operating Environment, Purity 4.0. The new software features FlashRecover: a set of fully integrated, space-efficient replication, snapshot, and policy management services that offer comprehensive protection against disaster and data loss—both locally, and globally. With these advancements, the Pure...

Published in BC/DR Flash Management Server Technology Software Defined DC & Storage Storage + Servers Storage Technology

New DRaaS technology eliminates costs of off-site data centre replication.

Liquid cooled solutions with the latest accelerators

Supermicro is addressing the most demanding requirements from customers who want to expand their AI...

Petabyte-scale prototype for data archiving

Arkivum now building an EC-co-funded prototype for petabyte-scale archiving and preservation of...

Keepit raises $30 million to 'conquer' the global Backup-as-a-Service market

The Danish Backup-as-a-Service provider Keepit raises $30 million from growth investor One Peak to...

Announcing CTERA Fusion

First global file system to provide ubiquitous data services across file and object protocols.

Acronis establishes new cyber protection R&D centre and partner enablement office in Israel

New Israeli location to employ more than 100 new employees focused on stopping cyberthreats and...

Cohesity launches consumption-based subscription pricing

Pay per use (PPU) model ensures predictable pricing and lowers operating costs for partners.

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