Pure Storage upgrades FlashArray as competition increases

Pure Storage, which sold all-flash storage systems when it was a niche market, today rolled out a larger, faster FlashArray system with the intention of bringing its products into the mainstream.

Along with the Pure Storage FA 400 series storage controllers, the startup upgraded its Purity operating system and added a cloud support model.

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CloudSigma offers SLA-guaranteed SSD cloud

CloudSigma AG, a Zurich, Switzerland-based cloud computing service provider, is adding a solid-state drive (SSD) cloud storage service backed by service-level agreements (SLAs) for performance and availability. CloudSigma launched the cloud service in a private beta program this week, and plans to make it generally available later this year. Read more

Keep compliance data safe when using cloud archiving

The cloud is an obvious candidate for storing compliance-related data. Software-as-a-service (SaaS) providers pitch their services as an economical way to rid your on-site storage of reams of rarely accessed information that requires strict security and access controls. But experts warn about stashing your compliance data using cloud archiving without carefully examining available third-party services.

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Syncplicity opens cloud file management software to channel partners

Cloud file management software vendor Syncplicity Inc. launched its first channel program, which offers pricing discounts and administrative controls for its cloud-based file management, backup and collaboration services.

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Digitiliti DigiLibe data management system adds cloud storage features

Digitiliti Inc. today began shipping an upgrade to its DigiLibe unstructured data management system with the goal of helping customers incorporate cloud storage into data archiving.

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Nasuni adds Hyper-V and Azure support to primary cloud storage appliance

Nasuni Corp. today released an upgrade of the Nasuni Filer virtual appliance that serves as a gateway to cloud storage providers. Nasuni 2.0 includes support for the Microsoft Hyper-V hypervisor, Windows Azure cloud-services platform, Microsoft Distributed File System (DFS), and Windows Previous Versions file restore technology.

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Cloud storage audit trail key to Geminare archiving service for MSPs

Geminare Inc. today rolled out Cloud Storage Assurance (CSA) 2.0, an upgrade to the cloud storage and archiving engine for SMEs the Canadian-based company sells exclusively through managed service providers (MSPs), value-added resellers (VARs), and Software as a Service (SaaS) providers.

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Fusion-io drives I/O solid-state storage and memory to the operating system

Fusion-io today introduced its newest generation solid-state storage software stack, the ioMemory Virtual Storage Layer (VSL). Fusion-io characterizes the ioMemory VSL as a hybrid operating system subsystem that combines the block-level reading and writing benefits of an I/O subsystem with the virtual addressing benefits of a virtual memory subsystem.

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Zmanda adds cloud disaster recovery to Zmanda Cloud Backup

Zmanda Inc. this week released the third generation of its Zmanda Cloud Backup (ZCB), adding cloud disaster recovery, support for Microsoft Server 2010 and bandwidth throttling to the online data backup service for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs).

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Verizon Cloud Storage service lets customers choose data location

Verizon Business, a unit of Verizon Communications Inc., this week launched its Verizon Cloud Storage service that gives customers on-demand storage capacity; the ability to isolate their data in one or more of Verizon's five storage locations; and an application programming interface (API) to embed the service in third-party applications, such as backup and Web solutions.

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Version 10 of Asigra cloud backup app gains mobile support, better tiering

Asigra Inc. rolled out a new version of its cloud backup software today, adding support for mobile devices while expanding its tiering options and server virtualization platform support.

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Digital data created in 2020 forecasted at 35 zettabytes; cloud computing will manage data growth

There was no global recession in data growth in 2009, according to a Digital Universe study by Framingham, Mass.-based IDC. The technology research and consulting firm estimates the worldwide volume of digital data grew by 62% between 2008 and 2009 to nearly 800,000 petabytes (PB). IDC claims this 'Digital Universe' will grow to 1.2 million PB, or 1.2 zettabytes (ZB) in 2010 and reach 35 ZB by 2020.

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NAS management improves with scale-out NAS, file virtualization and cloud storage services

Network-attached storage (NAS) has many benefits for storing and managing files, and is becoming increasingly important as unstructured data outgrows structured data across large and small organizations. But NAS management gets complicated as the number of devices increases, resulting in what has become known as "NAS sprawl." Jeff Boles, senior analyst and director, validation services at Hopkinton, Mass.-based Taneja Group, discusses how NAS sprawl occurs and how it can be curbed through scale-out NAS, management tools, file virtualization and cloud storage services.

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SMBs look to cloud storage services for data compliance and e-discovery

Small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) facing e-discovery requirements are beginning to use cloud storage services and other Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offerings for data compliance needs such as email and collaboration, experts say.

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Vendors take steps to lock down cloud storage services

SearchStorage.com
August 24, 2009

Cloud storage services offer virtually unlimited capacity, no infrastructure installation or support, and flexible payment options for organizations large and small. But these positives are often overshadowed by cloud security issues, whether perceived or real. Before signing up with managed services, organizations therefore want to be sure they're as secure as in-house solutions. Full story