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By: Larry Morris

December 10, 2019 4:17 pm

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How the Internet of Things (IoT) will drive adoption of Software Defined Storage

Real world IoT use cases are everywhere. There are those we are familiar with as consumers: the app-controlled central heating system that sends household fuel consumption data to gas and electricity providers; the telemetry devices in the cars of inexperienced drivers, which report speed, location and journey duration data to the insurer; and the smart […]

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By: Larry Morris

November 19, 2019 5:06 pm

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How AI and ML will drive increased use of software defined storage

Few technologies have been as hyped as artificial intelligence and machine learning in recent years, but then few technologies have the same potential for transformative change. You won’t find a CMO anywhere on the planet unmoved by the possibility of increasing sales and customer loyalty through personalisation at scale: the right offer to the […]

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By: Larry Morris

October 23, 2019 8:00 am

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Why software-defined storage is right for the hybrid cloud

Moving to cloud computing, we are told, is a “journey” not an event. Enterprises are on that journey, and “hybrid cloud” is an intermediate stage - a kind of stepping stone between old-school on-premise tech and the exciting new world of public cloud where the digital unicorns live.  Hybrid cloud is a […]

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By: Larry Morris

September 24, 2019 3:00 pm

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Persistent Storage for Containers: Why the Future is Open Source

Software containerization is unlikely to be at the top of the list of considerations for the average storage administrator.  First and foremost storage professionals are going to be concerned with every enterprise’s most pressing problem: managing the ‘explosive’ volume of data within the constraints of their limited IT budget. However, there are […]

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By: Larry Morris

August 27, 2019 1:00 pm

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Software-Defined Storage is taking over… Are You Ready?

Gartner predicts that in 4 years 50% of all storage will be either on-premise Software-Defined Storage (SDS) or in the public cloud – more than tripling from 15% today. A few years ago, IDC made a similar prediction, forecasting a compound annual growth rate for SDS of 13.5% between 2017 and 2021, with the […]

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By: Larry Morris

July 30, 2019 6:00 am

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Is the ‘Data Explosion’ Forcing You to Rethink Your Storage Strategy?

You don’t have to look far to find stats on how much more data is being created today, than ever before. The big tech analysts – Gartner, Forrester and IDC - seem to be in competition with each other, each trying to out-do each other with superlatives and lurid headlines. Their preferred adjective for […]

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By: Larry Morris

November 12, 2018 4:00 am

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Make Today’s Data Explosion Painless with SDS from SUSE

As an IT manager at an enterprise company, you’ve done the research and become convinced that software-defined storage (SDS) is the only storage approach that can handle today’s data explosion. And now you’re faced with helping decide which SDS solution is right for your company. It’s a good time to stop […]

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By: Larry Morris

October 29, 2018 3:49 pm

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Committing to an SDS Solution That Delivers the Most Business Value

Choosing the right software-defined storage (SDS) solution for your business can’t be a snap decision—your choice will affect the way you manage data and how your organization grows for many years to come. It’s critical to ask some hard questions; namely, what is the value of undergoing a switch to this vendor’[…]

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