Here we go again. This is how things have worked for decades in the storage industry: Innovative young companies come along with solutions that drive better performance, a better format, or some other breakthrough that creates a massive improvement over the legacy technology. The current market leaders look at the newcomers, take a deep breath,…

Ed. note: In “Flash Tips,” we’ll round up the latest and greatest news in the storage world today. This week, we cover the VMware challenges in storage networking, some of the most dangerous networking mistakes, a look at the “hype” behind big data, and why efficiency is supposedly no longer a priority. Got a tip?…

At the risk of making a blatant humble-brag, we know that we’re good at what we do. We know because we’ve worked hard over the past five years building the fastest, most reliable, most seamless all-flash scale-out architecture possible. We believe that our hard work has paid off, and that Kaminario’s K2 V4 will continue…

Implementing VMware Horizon View has the potential of huge ROI—IT departments gain the ability to manage desktops centrally, with tremendous economies of scale through drastically reduced management overhead. Unfortunately, this very compelling story has a snag: although the ROI is great, a VDI implementation can be complex, and, if the wrong hardware is used, become…

It seems we’re now in an era of software-defined everything. If we’re not careful, pretty soon we’ll be eating software-defined cereal for breakfast. Software-defined Storage is “the new Cloud,”everyone is talking about it (and talking about what it actually means). So, let’s cut through the hype and talk about why it matters. First off, software-defined…