Is On-Site Backup Dead ?

Many read recently Microsoft dire predictions for the future of on-site backup in the Enterprise. While their interest in promoting snapshot based Azure Site Recovery was undoubtedly…

VMware Virtual SAN: The Next Opportunity?

Software defined Storage (SDS) is the next logical step in the evolution of not just storage, but also virtualization technology. VMware has made its move by introducing…

A Look Back At The Year That Was For Enterprise Storage

I’ve done some crystal ball gazing in my first couple of blogs – looking forward at what is likely to come about in those technology spaces we…

Storage Trends 2015

This infographic depicts Storage Trends & its effect on Datacenters. It says that the next generation datacenter would be Agile, Scalable, Automated and Guaranteed. Following are the…

Conference Roundup – SNIA DSI Conference 2015

Got an opportunity to attend SNIA-DSI conference at Santa Clara, California. Like always, this time too, SNIA maintained its reputation of being a one-stop shop for vendor-neutral…

Excitement around Interop 2015

The conference website of Interop mentions it as “the leading independent technology conference and expo designed to inspire, inform, and connect with the world’s IT community.” As…

SDN & NFV – The latest technologies around?

Today SDN & NFV are the hot technologies in the market. Both solve some kind of NW problems & bring more efficiencies in the NW. However, they…

An Insider View of the Storage Industry Trends

The next-generation data center model picked up phenomenally last year. With new advances in the area of network and storage virtualization, businesses of all sizes are leveraging…

Docker: In the Spotlight – Part 2

Now that you know what a container is, let me try and explain what a Docker container is. It is like a framework which provides easy “knobs”…

An easy guide to Solid State Drive’s Problem

Once upon a time there was a country with lot of houses. But there was an anomaly with all the houses, every time a person went and…