Projections for cloud storage growth in the next few years are glowing. For example, a recent report from 451 Research indicates that 41% of all enterprise workloads are now housed…
The amount of data businesses require to support their operations is exploding year by year. Most of that growth in digital storage is taking place in the cloud. According to…
What is the difference between OpEx versus CapEx technology spending? Established enterprises have traditionally funded their data storage facilities through capital expenditures (CapEx). Companies purchased or leased their own servers,…
IT is reinventing itself. Not only are the cloud and mobile technologies revolutionizing the way we see IT, but the economic landscape is such that IT must evolve or implode.…
With the advent of cloud computing, the 'as a Service' model of buying software, enterprise cloud storage, and related trends in IT, many organizations are successfully shifting some or all IT expenses to the operational expense ledger, similarly abbreviated as OpEx.
Jean Paul Getty was an oil man. At one time, he was listed by Forbes as the richest American alive. Worth billions, Getty had a simple motto when it came…
What’s Today’s Cost of Enterprise Storage? The cost of enterprise storage depends on who you ask. Traditional storage providers such as NetApp and EMC can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.…
In George RR Martin’s book series (and HBO hit series), Game of Thrones, winter is coming is the motto of House Stark meaning to be prepared and aware of possible difficulties ahead. In this context, we use it to mean only the former: be prepared. Unlike Game of Thrones, the future of IT will bring easier times. But on the other hand, just like Game of Thrones, the best has yet to come. Here are some insights and advice on how you can best prepare for this industry wide shift to the cloud.
Traditional (CapEx) storage is slowly becoming a thing of the past and is being replaced with a newer, more flexible solution; OpEx storage in public and private clouds
In an age where confusing and confounding terms like "hyperconvergence", "hyperscale" and "disaggregation" get tossed around (even though hardly anybody actually understands what these mean), you may start to wonder what was really wrong with traditional storage in the first place. Is software-defined infrastructure, flash storage and cloud really necessary? The answer is a resounding "yes". While the differences in storage options today and those available five or ten years ago are truly staggering, the improvements are just as significant. There are many problems with traditional methods of data storage, but let's look at a few key issues:
