In some ways, StorMagic has an old school approach to software-defined storage. Instead of a...
Author - Rich Stroffolino
VMware NSX: Going Big with Micro-Segmentation
VMware NSX is a powerful multifaceted solution with a lot of dimensions. So much so that it's...
DNA Storage is Weird
I've heard for a while that DNA storage could be a potential replacement for magnetic tape, at...
NetApp and Open Source
Open source is not entirely new to NetApp, they've had an OpenStack team in the company since 2011...
What is Big Data? The On-Premise IT Roundtable
To be clear, the answer to "what is big data?" isn't the On-Premise IT Roundtable. Nevertheless...
NAS Effect: 10TB Western Digital Red Drives
Western Digital is enabling the network attached hoarder in your life. They've beefed up their WD...
Intel NFV, an SD-WAN Cook-Off, and a Missing Control Plane in...
On this iteration of the Gestalt IT Networking News: - Discussing Intel and NFV on our new podcast...
“Big Data” Isn’t a Thing
Confused by all the conflated claims around the abilities of "Big Data"? Karen Lopez is here with a...
Managed Storage with ClearSky Data
Late last year, I wrote an overview about ClearSky Data. The company has a unique product. They...
Microsoft Opening Data Centers in Africa
When Amazon announced they were opening an AWS region in Sweden, I asked where they were going to...