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Storage Performance - The Next Transformative Stage
By Tony Asaro on Nov 15, 2013 | In Business Issues for IT | Send feedback »
The storage landscape has gone through a number of transformative stages in the last two decades. EMC and NetApp emerged in the first stage, challenging the status quo and essentially creating the storage networking industry. They made storage that was… more »
Gartner Storage MQ: An Analysis of the Analysis
By Tony Asaro on Apr 1, 2013 | In Business Issues for IT, Storage | 5 feedbacks »
I take my hat off to Gartner for creating their Magic Quadrants! This superduper analyst firm's analysis lacks rigor, intellect and insight worthy of its role in the industry.
The new Garter Storage MQ is based on the following proposition:
"Improvements in scalability, availabilit… more »
Storage 2012
By Tony Asaro on Jan 18, 2012 | In Data Management | Send feedback »
One of the most important changes in the storage world is that the last group of startups that "made it" had huge exits. 3PAR, Data Domain and Isilon all went public and then were acquired for over $2 billion each. Compellent and EqualLogic were in th… more »
HDS and BlueArc Finally Tie the Knot
By Tony Asaro on Sep 9, 2011 | In Data Management | Send feedback »
One of the first things I thought of when I heard the news about HDS acquiring BlueArc was that it reminded me of a guy that has been dating the same woman for years and years and everyone always asks him - "when are you going to propose to her"? And f… more »
The End of NAS
By Tony Asaro on Jan 9, 2011 | In Data Management | 5 feedbacks »
All indications are that file storage will consume the vast majority of capacity in the coming years. IDC research recently forecasted that file data will eclipse all other data types by a six-to-one ratio in terms of capacity consumption by the year 20… more »