Items Tagged: Jeff+Kato

HP Enters HyperConverged Market

With HP entering the HyperConverged market it begs the question; who doesn’t offer a HyperConverged system these days?

The hyper-converged infrastructure bandwagon picks up speed

Hyper-converged systems are quickly gaining attention -- and sales -- because they offer many advantages over traditional storage products.

AMI introduces StorTrends 3600i line of all-flash arrays

The StorTrends 3600i iSCSI SAN arrays feature a split architecture that writes to enterprise MLC SSDs while maintaining a read tier of consumer-grade MLC drives.

Idealstor launches hyper-converged box for SMBs, focuses on price

The backup vendor is the latest to enter the hyper-converged storage market with a two-node, low-cost system.

Data awareness is the next wave of enterprise storage

According to Taneja Group, data aware storage is the next big thing, and in a recent webinar, the research form trotted out some startups in this new segment to showcase their offerings.

Kaminario K2 array uses 3D TLC NAND flash

Kaminario unveils 5.5 version of its K2 all-flash array with 3D TLC NAND flash, claims of sub-$1 per GB pricing and support for asynchronous replication.

Reduxio launches hybrid array with built-in protection

Startup Reduxio Systems launches hybrid storage system with BackDating data recovery to any second in time, inline dedupe, and continuous block tiering.

Spectra Logic releases ArcticBlue for cold storage

Spectra Logic unveils ArcticBlue for cheap disk archiving. The system uses shingle drives and works with the company's BlackPearl storage gateway for on-premises storage.

Data storage companies add intelligence to on-site arrays

Data-aware storage yields new insights and management capabilities. But challenges include meeting IT organization's needs, tying in with existing systems and the cloud alternative.

Startup InterModal Data targets Web-scale storage

Startup InterModal Data introduced its Web-scale storage software that runs on commodity hardware, and is designed to scale to thousands of storage and performance nodes.

Pivot3 Custom Plug-in Streamlines Control of vSTAC OS Through Popular VMware vCenter Server

Pivot3, a pioneer and innovator in the development of hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI), today announced the release of the vSTAC OS Management Client Integration Plug-In, designed to connect with VMware vCenter Server.

Hyperconverged Infrastructure for Demanding Enterprise Workloads

Date: January 26, 2016 at 8:00 am PT / 11:00 am ET
Presenters: Jeff Kato, Taneja Group; Sachin Chheda, Nutanix

In 2015, IT organizations large and small found hyperconverged infrastructure built with the right technology foundation to be a capable replacement for traditional servers and standalone storage in the datacenter for demanding enterprise applications such as critical databases.

Join the experts at Taneja Group and Nutanix in this technical webinar covering the infrastructure requirements for today’s demanding enterprise applications and how a virtualized first methodology along with a software-based approach to storage can change the way enterprise applications are hosted and served.

The session will also cover the different architectural options for different hyperconverged infrastructure and walk through real world implementations of IT organizations Nutanix Xtreme Computing Platform for demanding enterprise applications such as Oracle and SAP.

Taneja Group Predictions for 2016 – Jeff Kato, #1

Scale-out external storage using SDS on commodity architectures will explode in 2016.

Hyper-convergence infrastructure: CIOs mull hardware savings

Hyper-converged infrastructure may or may not cut hardware costs, but some CIOs and other industry executives suggest an emphasis on sticker price misses the point.

Emerging Technologies in Storage: Disaggregation of Storage Function

Join us for a fast-paced and informative 60-minute roundtable as we discuss one of the newest trends in storage: Disaggregation of traditional storage functions. A major trend within IT is to leverage server and server-side resources to the maximum extent possible. Hyper-scale architectures have led to the commoditization of servers and flash technology is now ubiquitous and is often times most affordable as a server-side component. Underutilized compute resources exist in many datacenters as the growth in CPU power has outpaced other infrastructure elements. One current hot trend — software-defined-storage—advocates collocating all storage functions to the server side but also relies on local, directly attached storage to create a shared pool of storage. That limits the server’s flexibility in terms of form factor and compute scalability. 
Now some vendors are exploring a new, optimally balanced approach. New forms of storage are emerging that first smartly modularize storage functions, and then intelligently host components in different layers of the infrastructure. With the help of a lively panel of experts we will unpack this topic and explore how their innovative approach to intelligently distributing storage functions can bring about better customer business outcomes.

Moderator:
Jeff Kato, Senior Analyst & Consultant, Taneja Group

Panelists:
Brian Biles, Founder & CEO, Datrium
Kate Davis, Senior Marketing Manager, HPE
Nutanix

Amazon Simple Storage Service spurs on-premises storage

Amazon S3 has been such a smashing success that it will likely become the third pillar -- after block and file -- of storage protocols.

HPE gives software-defined storage a new twist with the StoreVirtual 3200

The recent trend for software-defined storage vendors has been to create hyperconverged platforms in order to continue to add greater functionality to the same X86-based servers they rely on.

The Nutanix acquisitions of PernixData and Calm.io should accelerate its Enterprise Cloud Vision

In an expected move, Nutanix this week announced the acquisition of PernixData.

Nutanix goes it alone with Cisco certification

It’s been a good week for Nutanix. The hyperconvergence firm has certified its software to run on Cisco’s Unified Compute Server (UCS) platform, further expanding its reach in the hyperconvergence market.

4 Ways to Simplify the Move to Cloud-Based Services

Experts share tips for how midmarket businesses can avoid integration, accessibility and security challenges associated with cloud-based services.