by Robin Harris | Tuesday, September 25, 2007 | Backup, Clusters, Enterprise |
Time to get serious, guys TechCrunch and VNUnet are reporting that EMC is buying online backup provider Mozy for $76 million. Neither EMC or Mozy has issued any confirmation, so who knows if it is real. But let’s assume it is. Puzzled? This is a good fit for EMC...
by Robin Harris | Monday, September 24, 2007 | Disk, Future Tech, SSD/Flash/NVRAM |
The tension was real The disk guys acknowledged that flash has killed the sub-1.8″ drive market. Will 1.8″ drives be next? The flash guys acknowledged that they have a huge economic problem: heavy seasonality of demand. Consumer demand drives a Q4 peak in...
by Robin Harris | Wednesday, September 19, 2007 | Disk, Information Management |
I was surprised at how many ZDnet readers reacted with disbelief to my recent Storage Bits series on data corruption (see How data gets lost, 50 ways to lose your data and How Microsoft puts your data at risk), claiming it had never happened to them. Then I thought...
by Robin Harris | Monday, September 17, 2007 | Disk, SSD/Flash/NVRAM |
I’m attending the IDEMA show this week at the Santa Clara Convention Center this Wednesday and Thursday. Flash news Flash technology and its integration into disks and application devices are a big topic this year. I’ve noted here and on Storage Bits that...
by Robin Harris | Wednesday, September 12, 2007 | Enterprise, Security & Public Policy |
I’m sure Tucci would have preferred another topic I’m not going to talk about the strip clubs, showgirls painted with EMC’s initials – “Mr. Fredrickson [EMC spokesman] says the initials EMC were on the showgirls’ thighs, not their...
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