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“Co-founded in 2000 in New York by two Cheyenne Software veterans ReiJane Huai and Wayne Lam along with several additional former employees, FalconStor delivers the industry’s first software-based Virtual Tape Library to provide better and more performant data backup solutions.” There are multiple drivers pushing IT organizations to extending the life of existing storage assets

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Hyper-Converged Architecture vs. Software Defined Storage

New Blog by @georgeacrump "Hyper-Converged Architecture vs. Software Defined Storage"

Hyper-Converged Architectures (HCA) and Software Defined Storage (SDS) are two of the most talked about trends in the data center, and both are gaining traction. For IT planners sifting through the deluge of vendor claims about these two technologies to determine which is best for their organizations is difficult.

Hyper-converged has SDS in its DNA

A core component of a HCA is SDS. Most HCA…

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Refreshing to an All-Flash Array

New Article by @georgeacrump "Refreshing to an All-Flash Array"

Every few years the time comes to update and refresh a data centers storage infrastructure. As part of this process many are considering all-flash arrays (AFAs). Vendors have flooded the market with AFA products, and for the IT professional sorting through the available options can be daunting. Potentially more daunting is actually implementing the AFA into the existing infrastructure. When…

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Unifying Data Protection with Software-Defined Storage

New Blog by @georgeacrump "Unifying Data Protection with Software-Defined Storage"

One of the promises of software-defined storage (SDS) is the unification of storage services and the management of those services. The result should be a reduction in the cost to provision and manage storage resources. But some SDS solutions can carry this unification into the data protection process and deliver much the same result where it is badly needed. As data centers scramble to meet the…

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Managing Storage Sprawl, Instead of Consolidating it

New Blog by @georgeacrump "Managing Storage Sprawl, Instead of Consolidating it"

Prior to the rise of virtualization and the agile data center, IT attempted to consolidate its storage resources into a single shared system. The hope was that a single system would be a more economic capital outlay and be a more efficient use of the storage administrator’s time. But as IT faced increased pressure to be more responsive to the needs of the business, it seemed that no single…

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ChalkTalk Video - What is Software Defined Storage?

Latest ChalkTalk Video with @georgeacrump "What is Software Defined Storage?"

In this ChalkTalk Video Storage Switzerland Lead Analyst George Crump and FalconStor VP of Corporate Marketing Tim Sheets explain what Software Defined Storage (SDS) is, what to look for in a SDS solution and how to determine if SDS makes sense for the organization.

As discussed in the video, SDS is the abstraction of storage…

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Storage News and Insights Feb. 21 – Podcast

Storage News and Insights Feb. 21 – Podcast

From Software Defined Storage news to insights on file, sync and share, George Crump and I talk about it in this week’s update on the Storage Podcast.

https://storageswiss.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/storage-news-2-21.mp3

Links to blogs to give you more detail on the topics we talked about:

Springpath Delivers SDS from the ground up

Software Defined Storage grows up with FalconStor’s FreeStor

Wi…

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