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Storage: In Scale-up Versus Scale-out Wars, Scale-out has Momentum

By Dick Weisinger

A recent article on GigaOm compared the storage strategies being promoted by HP and Oracle.  The article by Barb Darrow, senior writer at GigaOm,  commented that the difference between the two approaches was a perfect example of “a classic scale-up

Storage: Organizations Reassess Storage Strategies

By Dick Weisinger

As the volumes of data that organization store continue to increase, and as technologies like cloud-based storage and solid-state drives mature, organizations are reassessing their approaches towards storing and managing their data. IBM recently polled organizations to get a  pulse

Storage: Enterprises Increasingly Adopt FLASH-based SSDs as Price Point Drops

By Dick Weisinger

Solid state drives (SSDs) are increasingly being used by large enterprises.   These drives are called ‘solid state’ because they use semiconductors, typically Flash memory, rather than magnetic media which is used in standard mechanical hard drives.  The advantages of

Data Storage: Mistaking Backups for Archives

By Dick Weisinger

Companies often make the mistake of confusing archives with backups.  That’s an observation made by Laura Guio, IBM Vice President, Storage Sales, Systems & Technology Group, at the 2011 Implementing Information Infrastructure Symposium (IIIS) in Sydney sponsored by ComputerWorld. Backups and Archive

Cloud Storage: Popular with SMBs, Ignored by Corporate Giants

By Dick Weisinger

A couple of recent surveys show a split in thinking among companies about migrating to Cloud Computing.  Small and Medium sized companies are moving towards the cloud at a rapid clip, but much larget companies are much more risk adverse