What Do Recent Google & AWS Announcements Mean For Enterprise Storage?
Just when you think you have a post ready for publication, a vendor comes out and releases a new product and you're back to square one with a re-write. This was the case at the end of last week when Amazon Web Services (AWS) released news of their new Elastic File...
Security by Obscurity – did this ever deliver what we expected?
It did, once, with the transportation of the 3,106 carat Cullinan Diamond, the world’s largest uncut diamond from South Africa to Edward VII in England. This is one of Bruce Schneier’s favourite examples in his book Beyond Fear, however the general consensus is that...
More Money for the Hyper-Converged Market
This month, SimpliVity Corporation (www.simplivity.com) announced a Series D round of financing, raising an additional $175m for a total valuation of $1bn. To date, the company has raised $276 million in four rounds (press release). The money is to be used to fund...