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Storage Unpacked

A weekly podcast on deploying and managing enterprise storage and data

Western Digital

#130 – Making Money in the Storage Business

22 November 2019 by Chris Evans

#130 – Making Money in the Storage Business

This week, Chris and Martin reflect on changes in the storage industry and the ways in which vendors can make money from storage hardware and software. It's been a tough time for storage vendors of late and the discussion starts by looking at the challenges of making money in a market where components are commodity and decline in price each month. How should vendors adapt to … [Read more...] about #130 – Making Money in the Storage Business

Filed Under: All-Flash, Garbage Collection, NVMe, Storage Hardware Tagged With: NetApp, Pure Storage, Seagate, Western Digital

#91 – Storage Field Day 18 in Review

15 March 2019 by Chris Evans

#91 – Storage Field Day 18 in Review

This week, Martin leads the conversation as Chris discusses the vendors presenting at the recent Storage Field Day 18 event.  SFD18 is part of the Tech Field Day series delivered by Stephen Foskett and GestaltIT.  We last spoke with Stephen in April 2018 - an episode on why storage isn't boring. Although there's no official theme for SFD events, the companies presenting were n … [Read more...] about #91 – Storage Field Day 18 in Review

Filed Under: Garbage Collection Tagged With: Cohesity, Datera, IBM, NetApp, Storpool, VAST Data, WekaIO, Western Digital

#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

#62 – The Future of Data Infrastructure with Scott Hamilton

17 August 2018 by Chris Evans

#62 – The Future of Data Infrastructure with Scott Hamilton

This is the third of a series of three podcasts recorded at Flash Memory Summit 2018.  In this conversation, Chris talks to Scott Hamilton, Senior Director of Product Management, DCS group at Western Digital Corporation.  WDC are working on a new architecture that will deliver a composable data infrastructure for the enterprise.  This podcast discussed why composable is needed a … [Read more...] about #62 – The Future of Data Infrastructure with Scott Hamilton

Filed Under: Guest Speakers Tagged With: ChrisE, composable, FMS2018, Scott Hamilton, WDC, Western Digital

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