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Storage Unpacked

A weekly podcast on deploying and managing enterprise storage and data

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#168 – Storage Unicorns

24 July 2020 by Chris Evans

#168 – Storage Unicorns

This week Chris and Martin review the idea of storage unicorns, companies that have a valuation of one billion dollars or more. What exactly is the basis or justification for a billion dollar price tag? Is this something invented by the VC industry or is there a real degree of science behind the assumptions? The list in question comes from a Blocks & Files article … [Read more...] about #168 – Storage Unicorns

Filed Under: Garbage Collection Tagged With: Acronis, Actifio, Backblaze, Barracuda Networks, Cloudian, Cohesity, Datrium, DDN, Druva, INFINIDAT, Kaseya, Nasuni, Qumulo, Rubrik, Scality, VAST Data, Veeam Software, Wasabi, Weka

#139 – Storage Predictions for 2020 (Part II)

17 January 2020 by Chris Evans

#139 – Storage Predictions for 2020 (Part II)

This is the second of our predictions shows for 2020 that anticipates what we can expect in enterprise storage for the year ahead. This episode covers solutions and vendors. We open with a discussion on cloud-native storage, which saw a lot of traction in 2019. Will the future be one of these companies or as Chris says, should we just rely on VMware to underpin our container … [Read more...] about #139 – Storage Predictions for 2020 (Part II)

Filed Under: Containers, Data Management, Data Protection, Garbage Collection Tagged With: Cohesity, HPE, MinIO, Rubrik, VMware, Whiptail

#75 – It's ILM All Over Again with Chris Mellor

9 November 2018 by Chris Evans

#75 – It’s ILM All Over Again with Chris Mellor

Data volumes have always increased over time as we store more information with the hope that one day some of it will be useful.  Even 30 years ago on the mainframe, Information Lifecycle Management or ILM was a thing with tools like DFHSM used to move content around between disk and tape.  This week Martin, Chris Evans and Chris Mellor talk about the new range of data m … [Read more...] about #75 – It's ILM All Over Again with Chris Mellor

Filed Under: Data Management, Garbage Collection Tagged With: Cohesity, Elastifile, Hammerspace, IBM Spectrum Discover, Igneous, Komprise, Qumulo, Rubrik, Scality Zenko

#64 – Success & Failure in Storage Startup Land

31 August 2018 by Chris Evans

#64 – Success & Failure in Storage Startup Land

This week's conversation follows up on Chris' recent visit to Flash Memory Summit in the US.  Chris and Martin discuss the storage startup landscape and the range of companies appearing at the event. What makes a company successful?  Is IPO or acquisition the right route?  The discussion starts with a simple, yet tricky question - why does storage continue to be such a diverse m … [Read more...] about #64 – Success & Failure in Storage Startup Land

Filed Under: Garbage Collection Tagged With: Actifio, Avere, AWS, Cisco, Cloudian, Cohesity, Coho Data, Coraid, Data Gravity, DDN, Dell EMC, Google, HPE, IBM, Intel, NetApp, Nimble, Plexistor, Primary Data, Pure Storage, Rubrik, Samsung, Scality, Simplivity, SK Hynix, SolidFire, StorSimple, Tegile, Tintri, TMS, Toshiba, Veeam, Violin, Western Digital, XtremIO

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