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Tiers of (storage) joy for the Channel

Bill Andrews, President and CEO at ExaGrid, explains the many benefits of both the ExaGrid tiered backup storage solution – with some impressive speeds and feeds; and the company’s Reseller Partner Program, with equally notable features – a high win rate, a large installed, global customer base and a host of major reseller support initiatives.

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Sustainability – time for a revolution? Part 1
  • Posted on 16th February 2023 in by Phil Alsop

Pankaj Sharma, Schneider Electric's Global Executive Vice President, Secure Power Division, discusses the sustainability gap, with too many organisations talking up their environmental credentials, but failing to implement the necessary actions.

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Education and orchestration crucial to container confidence
  • Posted on 7th November 2022 in by Phil Alsop

Brad Ascar, Principle Product Manager – Kubernetes ecosystem at Redis - cuts through the hype surrounding containers to explain the many benefits they offer. The importance of education and training, optimised orchestration and how to get started with containers and Kubernetes are all covered.

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Setting the standard for memory to memory data movement
  • Posted on 17th October 2022 in by Phil Alsop

Shyam Iyer, Chair, SNIA SDXI (Smart Data Accelerator Interface) Technical Work Group, Member, SNIA Technical Council, discusses the work of the Smart Data Accelerator Interface (SDXI) Working Group as it develops an open data mover interface specification - explaining the desired characteristics of the standard, as well as the roadmap which should see version 1.0 released before the end of 2022.

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Data sovereignty policies – public cloud or hybrid approach?
  • Posted on 5th October 2022 in by Phil Alsop

Paul Speciale, Chief Marketing Officer at Scality, discusses the results of the company’s recent data sovereignty survey, which found that, while the vast majority of companies have policies in place or have plans to do so, there’s a difference of opinion when it comes to relying on the public cloud alone or taking a hybrid approach when it comes to implementation.

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SNIA setting the standard for storage innovation
  • Posted on 5th October 2022 in by Phil Alsop

Dr J Metz, Chair SNIA Board of Directors, discusses several recent exciting storage innovations, including Computational Storage Devices, DNA Data Storage and SDXI, as part of an overview of the Storage Networking Industry Association’s busy programme.

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A new era of data storage?
  • Posted on 29th September 2022 in by Phil Alsop

Steve Santamaria, Chief Executive Officer at Folio Photonics, discusses the company’s Active Archive Storage launch, which promises to disrupt existing HDD and tape markets, with a multi-layer film technology that offers major advantages in the ever challenging cost v capacity v performance balancing act.

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Cost-effective, simple backups just got better!
  • Posted on 12th September 2022 in by Phil Alsop

Veniamin Simonov, Director of Product Management, NAKIVO, talks through NAKIVO Backup & Replication v10.7, with new backup to cloud, anti-ransomware and monitoring features.

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Cyber resilience – a better way to address cybersecurity?
  • Posted on 24th August 2022 in by Phil Alsop

Eric Herzog, CMO at Infinidat, suggests that organisations will have better success with their cybersecurity strategies if they embrace the wider, comprehensive idea of cyber resilience, with data protection and storage backup and recovery having a major role to play.

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Ransomware threat demands improved data resilience
  • Posted on 11th August 2022 in by Phil Alsop

Florian Malecki, Executive Vice President of Marketing for Arcserve, discusses the findings of the company’s recent ransomware survey, which reveals that far too many organisations are still unprepared, not least in terms of recovering lost data. The good news is that businesses do have plans to increase their data resilience investments to meet the challenges of today’s hybrid, digital workplace.

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Retrospect adds cloud storage to its backup portfolio
  • Posted on 14th July 2022 in by Phil Alsop

Retrospect has been very busy in recent weeks, launching Retrospect Cloud Storage, Retrospect Backup 19 and Retrospect Virtual 2022. JG Heithcock, General Manager at Retrospect, talks us through these new storage solutions and the pain points they will help to address.

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A storage management update from SNIA
  • Posted on 21st June 2022 in by Phil Alsop

Richelle Ahlvers, Chair of the SNIA Storage Management Initiative, discusses what’s new with Swordfish, the storage management standard, including the latest developments on work with industry partner organisations and the new Conformance Testing Program, as well as talking through the newly opened SNIA Storage Management Initiative’s Next-Gen Lab.

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Digital storage demands flexibility and scalability
  • Posted on 13th June 2022 in by Phil Alsop

Wes Van Den Berg, Vice President and General Manager, UK&I, Pure Storage, provides an update on recent developments at the company, including the launch of the FlashBlade//S family of products and the introduction of the Evergreen//Flex.

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SDC Channel Summit promises valuable MSP insights
  • Posted on 3rd May 2022 in by Phil Alsop

Conference Chair Ian Luckett outlines the content of the second virtual SDC Channel Summit event, taking place 10-11 May. A mixture of keynote presentations, roundtables and panel discussions promise to produce plenty of valuable insights for Channel companies dealing with the challenges and opportunities of digital transformation.

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All-Flash NVMe platform meets modern application requirements
  • Posted on 24th April 2022 in by Phil Alsop

Surya Varanasi, Storcentric’s CTO, talks through the launch of the Nexsan Unity NV10000 enterprise class platform, which supports block, file and object storage protocols and addresses data security, including ransomware, and regulatory compliance concerns.

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News

F5 unveils major enhancements to its Application Delivery and Security Platform, advancing API discovery, threat detection, and connectivity in multicloud environments.
Supermicro enhances its NVIDIA Blackwell range with liquid-cooled HGX B300 systems, offering remarkable GPU efficiency for AI and cloud deployments.
UK Connect teams up with ShelterZoom to enhance cybersecurity measures, targeting improved document control and compliance. The duo aims to transform digital asset protection in construction and defence.
Research reveals generational and geographic divides in AI adoption, highlighting challenges for well-being and digital inclusivity.

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