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Derrick Harris Aug 16, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog Post

When cloud computing isn’t all about scale

Linode Founder and CEO Chris Aker has no illusions about challenging Amazon Web Services in the cloud, but that doesn't mean he cant build a quality cloud. As he explains in this Structure Show interview, quality infrastructure and simple billing can go a long way.…

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Cloud & Infrastructure
Barb Darrow Jun 17, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

No rest for the weary: Amazon launches new SSD-backed block storage

Don't like your cloud provider's block storage options? Well, you're in luck because it's likely that Google or Amazon (or Microsoft?) will have a deal for you.…

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Cloud & Infrastructure, Technology
Barb Darrow Jun 5, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Google Cloud tests out fast, high I/O SSD drives

Google adds to its cloud repertoire with new persistent high IOPS solid state disk storage. The performance is nice, but customers may find the price model even more interesting.…

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Cloud & Infrastructure
Jordan Novet Jul 30, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Diablo’s flash memory will get up close and personal with chips

Diablo Technologies has designed a system for packing flash into servers' memory slots, so data can get written quickly. It's a fresh approach that could pick up the way PCIe flash has in recent years.…

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Cloud & Infrastructure, Technology
Jordan Novet Jul 25, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

SolidFire scores $31M from Samsung to bring more flash to clouds

SolidFire is taking on $31 million in new funding led by Samsung's venture arm to turn on more cloud providers to high-performance all-flash storage arrays.…

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Cloud & Infrastructure, Technology
Jordan Novet Jun 27, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

How data center admins can add computing capacity while maintaining energy efficiency

Data center operators want to bump up their computing capabilities to solve big-data problems, but energy efficiency is a major concern, according to a new survey.…

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Cleantech, Cloud & Infrastructure, Science & Energy, Technology
Om Malik Jun 24, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Hard drive maker Western Digital to buy SSD experts sTec for $340M

Today's SSD frenzy is being driven by data centers which are dealing with much heavier demands on the machines, and our need to access information quickly. That's a key reason Western Digital is buying sTec.…

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Cloud & Infrastructure, Data Infrastructure, AI & Analytics, Technology
Stacey Higginbotham Apr 4, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Meet DSSD, Andy Bechtolsheim’s secret chip startup for big data

The solution for better and faster storage may lie in DSSD, a stealthy chip startup backed by Andreas von Bechtolsheim, that counts several members of the Sun ZFS team as founders.…

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Cloud & Infrastructure, Data Infrastructure, AI & Analytics, Technology
Barb Darrow Feb 20, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

PernixData comes out of stealth to attack server-side flash problem

Startup founded by two VMware veterans aims to make server-side flash more scalable by pooling it into a shared resource and -- wait for it -- virtualizing it.…

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Cloud & Infrastructure, Technology
Stacey Higginbotham Dec 4, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

ScaleIO joins the pack of pooled storage startups with $12M

ScaleIO, a Palo Alto storage startup that wants to create pools of storage resources using SSDs and existing storage hardware, has raised $12 million in first-round funding from Norwest Venture Partners and Greylock Partners. It joins several other startups hoping to win big in storage.…

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Cloud & Infrastructure, Technology
Barb Darrow Oct 23, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Rackspace breaks out block storage with disk and SSD options

Rackspace's new OpenStack-powered Cloud Block Storage comes in spinning disk and faster SSD tiers and lets customers mix and match block size with compute instances as needed, says company CTO John Engates.…

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Cloud & Infrastructure, Technology
Barb Darrow Aug 20, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Nimbus Data feeds flash storage frenzy

The Gemini flash array is the first of what will probably be many solid-state storage products announced this week. Nimbus Data says the new array will cut all-in storage cost to $8 per GB from $10 per GB for its previous model.…

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Cloud & Infrastructure, Technology
Barb Darrow Aug 14, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Flash is for everyone, says storage startup Skyera

Watch out hard drives -- slick startup Skyera, launched by the founder of SandForce, says it really can put flash storage everywhere -- without breaking the bank. It's a bold claim but one that's backed up with some pretty credible storage expertise.…

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Cloud & Infrastructure, Technology
Barb Darrow Jul 19, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Amazon launches high-performance SSD instances

Amazon's new "High I/O Quadruple Extra Large" compute instances use SSD to store and retrieve lots of data fast -- which should make them popular for interactive web and mobile applications where real-time response to user clicks and gestures is key.…

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Cloud & Infrastructure, Technology
Barb Darrow May 1, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

BofA Tech Guru preaches 6 cloud truths

Brad Spiers, who runs cloud IT for Bank of America Merrill Lynch, has some thoughts about the uses of cloud computing by financial services firms and what is holding back adoption of hot technologies like solid state storage and in-memory databases.…

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Cloud & Infrastructure, Technology
Derrick Harris Jan 18, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Amazon’s DynamoDB shows hardware as means to an end

Somewhat lost in the greater story of Amazon Web Services' new DynamoDB NoSQL database is that the new service runs atop a solid-state storage system. By abstracting those SSDs behind a NoSQL service, AWS is trying to prove that hardware presents greater opportunities than Infrastructure-as-a-Service alone.…

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Cloud & Infrastructure, Technology
Stacey Higginbotham Dec 6, 2011 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Intel and Micron prep for 128GB storage

Are you ready for 128 GB memory cards and solid state drives art more reasonable prices? Intel and Micron have teamed up to deliver a 128 GB multicell flash memory chip that will make incredibly dense memory a reality for tablets, cell phones and yes, servers.…

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Mobile, Technology
Barb Darrow Nov 10, 2011 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Fusion-io competitor Virident closes $21M round

Virident, the PCIe solid state memory player that competes head to head with Fusion-io, scored $21 million in Series C funding including money from new investors Intel Capital and Cisco Systems, as well as contributions from Sequoia Capital and Artiman Ventures.…

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Cloud & Infrastructure, Technology
Om Malik Nov 2, 2011 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

When will broadband finally kill local storage?

As more and more of our 'computational' needs that span from work to entertainment transition to the cloud, is it time to start writing the obituary for local storage? With a 100 Mbps connection, local storage is going the way of the dodo for me.…

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Technology
Derrick Harris Oct 25, 2011 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Nutanix gets $25M to help you scale like Google

Nutanix just closed a $25 million Series B round for its system that puts computing and storage on the same node, allowing companies to scale their storage layer without investing in a SAN. Khosla Ventures led the round, along with Lightspeed Venture Partners and Blumberg Capital.…

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Cloud & Infrastructure, Technology
Stacey Higginbotham Oct 7, 2011 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Startup Fastly offers radical new CDN using flash memory

Fastly, a startup created this year, is turning the economics of delivering content on it's head with a content delivery network comprised of solid state drives. By placing two servers packed with SSDs in customers' data centers, Fastly can speed up the load times.…

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Cloud & Infrastructure, Media, Technology, Video
Darrell Etherington Sep 29, 2011 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Hybrid drives could usher in Macs with more, cheaper storage

A new Apple patent published Thursday by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office reveals plans for a new type of hybrid drive that combines the benefits of both platter-based and flash storage. It's not a new idea, but Apple's patent contains a unique new twist.…

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Apple
Stacey Higginbotham Jun 29, 2011 (Jun 8, 2020) -- Blog Post

Acunu’s quest to make big data run faster

Big data can sometimes mean big infrastructure to run everything on, or perhaps it can mean slower performance as the hardware struggles to read from or write to a database, which is why we picked Acunu as one of our Structure 2011 Launchpad companies. Learn more.…

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Cloud & Infrastructure, Data Infrastructure, AI & Analytics, Technology
Stacey Higginbotham Jun 28, 2011 (Jun 8, 2020) -- Blog Post

FlashSoft gets $3M and SSDs get more cachet

Combine virtualization, big data and solid state memory, and you get a trifecta of technology buzz words that a few startups are trying to combine to deliver faster speeds on top of virtualized infrastructure. Plus, as speed becomes crucial, are hard drives still relevant?…

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Cloud & Infrastructure, Technology

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