Redundant Array of Inexpensive Clouds – Pt III
In my two previous articles I discussed Cloud Storage and the concept of using middleware to store multiple copies of data across different service providers. In this final part, I’d like to discuss...
View ArticleReview: Nirvanix CloudNAS
Nirvanix is one of the companies at the forefront of offering cloud computing services. Their key products are based around the Nirvanix Storage Delivery Network (SDN); data can be stored and...
View ArticleCloud Computing: Cloud Standardisation
Stephen Foskett has been posting some interesting commentary over the last week relating to cloud standards and today discussed the Zend API for PHP. In previous posts, he’s mentioned the SNIA...
View ArticleSocial Networking: GestaltIT Tech Field Day Confirmed!
No doubt if you follow things on GestaltIT, you will know that the first Tech Field Day has been confirmed. Vendors baked in to present their products are (in no particular order): 3Par, Data Robotics...
View ArticleGestaltIT Tech Field Day – Day 2: Ocarina, Nirvanix and Data Robotics
Day 2 of the Tech Field Day kicked off with a trip to Ocarina Networks. For those who don’t know (a) Ocarina offer a “data reduction” appliance (b) an ocarina is a small oval, china flute. I say data...
View ArticleAtmos Online Goes Offline
Chris Mellor at The Register picked up on the announcement from EMC on June 29th that the Atmos Online service is being withdrawn from production service and will return to a development platform. In...
View ArticleReview: AWS Storage Gateway
Cloud Storage Gateways provide the ability to write data directly into a cloud service/storage provider, either via a physical or virtual onsite appliance. There are many vendors in the marketplace...
View ArticleIs Nirvanix closing down?
If the rumours are true, then Nirvanix Inc, one of the oldest cloud storage companies is about to go out of business. Customer have less than two weeks to move their data elsewhere before services are...
View ArticleThe Psychology of Pricing
It’s been another interesting week in IT. Following on from recent rumours, Nirvanix have finally publicly announced they are closing down, replacing their website with a single holding page directing...
View ArticleNasuni Cloud Mirroring – Protecting Against Service Provider Failures
Following on from my post discussing the shutdown of Nirvanix, last week I took some time to catch up with Nasuni and had a good conversation with Andres Rodriguez, Founder and CEO. In particular, we...
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