A storage array is at its heart a commodity server integrated with an operating system dedicated specifically to providing storage services. Take away the server, and what's left? Software-defined ...

Technologies are now emerging that will enable automated data and storage management that is linked directly to the needs of the application environment. John, a senior partner at Evaluator Group, has ...

Enterprises want to consolidate data storage, extend its useful life and control costs. But what we often see are silos of storage tied to specific applications, workflows and suppliers. These systems ...

The 50 coolest software-defined storage vendors of the 2022 Storage 100 bring software capabilities, services and cloud connectivity to storage technology. Software is at the heart of storage.

Containerisation is sweeping IT, and it’s the abstraction that’s the attraction. In other words, use of containers decouples the application from the infrastructure needed to run it. Of course, ...

PCIe 6.0 implementations are expandable and hierarchical with embedded switches or switch chips, allowing one root port to interface with multiple endpoints (such as storage devices, Ethernet cards, ...

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Leading-edge technologies, including NVMe, storage class memory, and intent-based storage management, promise to change the way IT organizations store, manage and use data. For decades, storage ...

This piece looks at a number of recent announcements concerning digital storage and memory for data center and cloud applications, including IBM’s latest Elastic Storage Announcement and cloud file ...