How critical is your data? How much can you afford to lose? Phrased that way, the answer is always “none.” But if you talk to your CFO you may discover that the question is, how much data can you afford to protect? In any discussion of technology reliability, you’re going to hear a lot … Read More
Like in the real estate market, the value of data is determined in large part by location. You want to store data as close to its users as possible. That may be on-premises, if you have a centralized organization, or in your branch offices, retail outlets, factories or labs. But if your applications run in … Read More
Impactful Imaging: How the World is Being Changed by Camera Data and Object Storage Last month, Cloudian and Axis, the market leader in network video, announced a partnership that will allow the data captured by Axis’ network cameras to be saved directly to Cloudian’s HyperStore via the internet for economical archiving. That means that even … Read More
It’s the classic IT question: Do I stick with the incumbent vendor, or look at the alternatives? Here’s a story of one IT manager’s 2 1/2 year-long journey to hell and back. Since this is the Cloudian blog, you can guess the ending, but it’s a fun read provided by Cloudian partner, SymStor. The IT … Read More
For a species that’s evolved so effectively over the millennia, we humans sure seem to have a hard time with change. Even the most flexible among us struggle with simple and even expected changes, like daylight savings time or the need to write a different year on our checks each January. In the high technology … Read More
Gartner’s Storage Hype Cycle is out, and Storage Newsletter posted the piece here. The Gartner Hype Cycle is an industry overview that looks at the maturity of various storage types. In the Storage Newsletter posting, Gartner’s comments specific to object storage are interesting: they recommend that customers seek out the attributes that Cloudian offers. Gartner: “Customers should … Read More
Gartner last week published their annual Magic Quadrant for File and Object Storage. Storage Newsletter posted their analysis of the report today. In this piece, they concluded with a “more representative” view of the rankings, based on data from Gartner Peer Insights. Here are a few highlights. 1. First up was the lack of change … Read More
IDC just published a report that looks at worldwide data growth. The changing landscape over the next eight years that suggests massive need for scalable object storage systems. The report indicates that far more data will be collected and — just as important — continuously used for services that will impact our daily lives. In … Read More
Today Cloudian announced Microsoft support, which means that users can now access Azure Blob storage using the industry’s most interoperable S3 API. With this addition, Cloudian now supports all three major clouds — Amazon, Google, and Microsoft — giving customers complete flexibility on where their data is stored, using just one S3 interface. Key Facts … Read More
