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Floods in Thailand – Accelerates adoption of SSDs and dedupe

Flooding in Thailand is driving up prices and constricting availability of HDDs.  A Gartner Note, “How to Cope with a Worldwide Hard-Disk Shortage in 2012” (G00227631) by Valdis Filks and Stanley Zaffos, December 6 2011, predicts:"HDD costs will increase by up to 20% in 2012".  Their number one recommendation to cope with the shortage is: "Accelerate the deployment of storage efficiency improving technologies and procedures." Data growth...

Santa “wishes” from IT

Yes it’s that time of year when all the IT professionals are sending their wish lists to the North Pole!  It’s been a tough year for IT given the constant data growth and the never ending budget pressures. These folks are under siege!  IT needs some help and it’s not going to come from the IT vendor reps who are looking for bigger commission checks and new Land Rovers in this year’s Christmas stockings. So what IT toy is on the top of I...

Quality Choice

Some decisions are easier than others.

Picking a dedupe vendor can be obvious too.

Permabit, the better way to dedupe!

Moving to the Cloud Seems Like a Good Idea, Taking Everything You Have Does Not

Moving to the cloud is cool. Cloud storage is a hot technology for good reason - it can save you money! It seems fairly simple, consume and pay for only what you need. Cloud storage saves you the cost of pre-purchasing storage in anticipation of your needs and the associated operating costs for space, staffing and operating that storage. Most organizations are trying to reduce total storage costs while facing 50% annual data growth rates and ther...

Dedupe Everywhere

Tom Cook, Permabit’s CEO, discusses Dedupe Everywhere and its capabilities and impact on OEMs and end customers....

“Dedupe Everywhere” isn’t always dedupe “everywhere”

Dedupe is a hot topic and the differences between dedupe implementations was the topic of my previous post Now there continues to be differences in vendor offerings and marketing plays a role in defining who does what and how they describe it.  "Dedupe Everywhere" has been a phrase a few are beginning to use so I wanted to provide some clarity on the use case of dedupe everywhere and what it means. Data is everywhere and the need to reduce the ...