Archive for the 'Data Technology' Category

Seagate Positions Itself in the Clouds

Yazan: SyncEXPERT | 03 August 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Data Technology

Although Seagate’s core business is hard drive manufacturing, there are numerous business development teams within the company that work with outside OEMs and customers to explore technologies and implementations for the future. One significant area Seagate has continued to look at during the past several years has been the emergence of cloud computing. Wes Perdue is part of Seagate’s Enterprise Product Line Management team directly responsible for its Cloud Storage Strategy

Enterprise Storage Forum’s Position on Solid State vs. Rotating Disk

Yazan: SyncEXPERT | 30 July 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Data Technology

The hype curve for Solid State Drives (SSD) has been very strong over the past several years. The promises and benefits of SSDs made by some vendors seemed to suggest that traditional hard drives (HDD) would soon become antiquated relics.

The Top 10 Technologies That Remain the Backbone of Enterprise Storage

Yazan: SyncEXPERT | 13 July 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Data Technology

Enterprise Storage Forum posted a recent story titled, “Top 10 Technologies That Remain the Backbone of Storage.” These are the unsung heroes… they are the unhyped…some may be technologies you thought were dying… but they are in fact the technologies that run the world’s data, and therefore they are the technologies that remain hugely valuable and necessary. Writer Drew Robb gathered the insights of respected storage authority Greg Shulz, analyst with the Server and StorageIO group for the story. Take a look at the list, which includes specific devices and related technologies (e.g., hard drives as well as Fibre Channel made the list), as well as process technologies and tools (RAID, backup/restore, etc.).