Comments on: Tweaking Storage for The Cloud

By: Like Our Data, Storage Startups Are Multiplying

Like Our Data, Storage Startups Are Multiplying — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 22:05:27 +0000

[...] launched in as many days this week, both offering variations on the theme that more data requires more storage, and faster networks (and impatient end users) require faster access to stored data. The trend has been building for [...]

By: The Simple Reason Dell Bought 3PAR

The Simple Reason Dell Bought 3PAR — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 21:01:20 +0000

[...] companies that buy into the 100 percent integrated IBM approach, and will also make use of its recent XIV acquisition. HP is perhaps the most exposed, still relying on Hitachi to provide the hardware and some software [...]

By: Has the Consolidation of Cloud Storage Started?

Has the Consolidation of Cloud Storage Started? — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:06:25 +0000

[...] is one of the many startups that have been funded in order to solve three major problems universal to the web and to the [...]

By: balesio AG

balesio AG — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:32:04 +0000

What is interesting in the field of Primary Storage is Native File Optimization (NFO), i.e. optimizing single files systematically to the size they need to be. With our FILEminimizer technology, companies can optimize all unstructured files and gain back over 70% of existing storage space.
The philosophy is different, the effect is powerful: why do companies allow to store Office files of 100 MB and more when the same content in optimized form takes up only 5 MB?
This is storage waste and it is incredible how much you can save there without changing existing storage infrastuctures.

By: NetApp to Buy Data Domain for $1.5B

NetApp to Buy Data Domain for $1.5B — Wed, 20 May 2009 20:57:54 +0000

[...] more tools to offer customers in their attempts to stay ahead of the ever increasing amount of data created and subsequently stored. De-duplication, a process where only new files are stored at each backup, is a way to hasten [...]

By: Who Will Cache in on Cloud Storage? - GigaOM

Who Will Cache in on Cloud Storage? - GigaOM — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 07:00:32 +0000

[...] for many applications, including media delivery and most application delivery, tweaking storage for the cloud means adding faster cache memory or optimizing the storage infrastructure by geographic location. [...]

By: GSN

GSN — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:48:53 +0000

Storwize is the only proven solution at the market with tens of customers and with enough money at the bank to the next few years. The saving in Storwize is across the board: Money, power, space, air conditioning etc. You should evaluate it.

By: LaunchSquad : Blogs : What’s New

LaunchSquad : Blogs : What’s New — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:56:12 +0000

[...] influential technology trades and blogs as Byte & Switch, GigaOm, TechWorld, and InfoStor jumped on the news, giving Ocarina plenty of ink and top billing at the [...]

By: - Storwize Gets $19M

- Storwize Gets $19M — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:02:21 +0000

[...] one of the many startups tweaking storage for the cloud, netted $19 million in funding yesterday. The round follows a $9 million Series B raised in 2007 [...]

By: Storwize Gets $19M - GigaOM

Storwize Gets $19M - GigaOM — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:42:39 +0000

[...] Thursday, April 10, 2008 at 10:42 AM PT Comments (0) Storwize, one of the many startups tweaking storage for the cloud, netted $19 million in funding yesterday. The round follows a $9 million Series B raised in 2007 [...]