Storage
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News
20 Nov 2024
ORG urges ICO to revise public sector enforcement approach
The Open Rights Group is urging the Information Commissioner’s Office to revise its light touch approach to public sector data protection issues, arguing that its experimental policy of limiting its enforcement actions to reprimands and notices, rather issuing fines, is allowing bad practices to continue largely unabated Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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Feature
19 Nov 2024
Storage technology explained: Ransomware and storage and backup
We look at ransomware attacks, and the importance of good backup practice as well as immutable snapshots, air-gapping, network segmentation, AI anomaly detection and supplier warranties Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
23 Oct 2018
Igneous enhances unstructured data management product
Specialist Igneous allows customers to backup and archive, search, manage, move and handle large sets of unstructured files that mainstream NAS can find difficult to handle Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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E-Zine
23 Oct 2018
Where next for digital identity?
In this week’s Computer Weekly, as the UK government hands its digital identity service, Gov.uk Verify, to the private sector, we examine the history and prospects for the troubled system. Our latest buyer’s guide looks at cloud-native architecture. And we compare the flash storage capabilities of the leading cloud providers, AWS, Azure and Google. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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19 Oct 2018
Removable storage devices: Why are companies banning them?
IBM banned removable storage devices to encourage employees to use the company's internal file-sharing system. Learn how a ban like this can improve enterprise security. Continue Reading
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News
18 Oct 2018
Internet of things challenges in storage and data
The internet of things (IoT) brings challenges, with a host of new edge devices and data. We look at edge and core processing, compliance and information lifecycle management in IoT Continue Reading
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18 Oct 2018
CW ANZ: Taming the data beast
Software-defined storage (SDS), which promises greater transparency and control over data, is an increasingly important tool in the enterprise technology armoury. In this issue of CW ANZ, we look at how Australian enterprises are turning to SDS to improve data management and direct data to different tiers of storage or to applications. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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Feature
18 Oct 2018
Google Cloud CTO Brian Stevens on using open source for competitive advantage in the public cloud
Google Cloud CTO Brian Stevens on how the enterprise cloud conversation is changing, and why not all supplier declarations about supporting open source technologies are quite what they seem Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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18 Oct 2018
A guide to choosing and using all-flash array storage
We take a look at the considerations when devising an all-flash array storage strategy, and what enterprises can do to get the most out of the technology. Continue Reading
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18 Oct 2018
New industry network to bolster data protection in ASEAN
The Data Protection Excellence network will assist organisations and individuals new to data protection laws by providing hands-on training and professional certification courses. Continue Reading
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18 Oct 2018
Taming the data beast with software-defined storage
Australian enterprises are turning to software-defined storage to improve data management and speed up testing and development. Continue Reading
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E-Zine
18 Oct 2018
CW ASEAN: Unlock flash opportunities
Traditional disks can no longer keep up with the needs of modern enterprises, which now rely more on business-critical software to digest heaps of corporate and customer data to make quick business decisions. In this issue of CW ASEAN, we take a look at how enterprises are taking to all-flash array storage, the factors to consider when laying out a flash storage strategy, and what enterprises need to do to lay the foundation necessary for getting the most out of the technology. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
17 Oct 2018
Violin to add X-IO flash, hybrid and disk as mid-range options
Reborn Violin Systems is to buy X-IO’s spinning disk, all-flash and hybrid flash storage systems in a bid to provide more mid-range options to its customers Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
16 Oct 2018
Hammerspace launches with hybrid cloud-era NAS virtualisation
Startup Hammerspace launches from five-year stealth to make NAS files available anywhere, on-prem and in cloud, with technology that splits metadata and payload for lightweight virtualisation Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
16 Oct 2018
Elastifile ClearTier allows cloud tiering for burst workloads
Elastifile adds ClearTier to its CloudConnect to bring enterprise NAS access in the cloud with the ability to tier data between object storage and file system Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
16 Oct 2018
Public Health England builds Ceph and Lustre cloud for analytics
Healthcare analytics and modelling organisation Public Health England built an open source cloud from Red Hat Ceph object storage and Lustre scale-out file access storage to petabyte scale Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
15 Oct 2018
Cost of WannaCry attack to NHS set at £92m
Department for Health and Social Care estimates the immediate cost of the May 2017 WannaCry attack on the NHS was £92m, and says it will have spent about £275m on improvements to its cyber security infrastructure by the end of 2021 Continue Reading
By- Alex Scroxton, Security Editor
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Blog Post
11 Oct 2018
A Cure For IT Paranoia And A Dig In The US Ribs
Last week's IP Expo at EXCEL wasn't all bad news; we escaped the first night into proper London, to a brewery disguised as a pig restaurant and then, naturally, to a (posh) curry house. Well, it is ... Continue Reading
By- Steve Broadhead, Broadband Testing
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E-Zine
11 Oct 2018
CW Middle East: Middle East warms to humanoid robots
Countries in the Middle East are warming to humanoid robotics, robotic process automation and artificial intelligence as these technologies become widely accepted globally. Also in this issue, read why Saudi Arabia has called on London’s fintechs to set up in the country with the promise of government support, and find out how the Gulf Warehousing Company has introduced cloud-based technology to replace paper processes used by its HR department. Continue Reading
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News
10 Oct 2018
Commvault tops and tails HyperScale backup appliance offer
Data protection specialist adds clustered high-end HS3300 backup appliance and the standalone Remote Office Appliance, pushing the HS1300 launched last year to mid range Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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E-Zine
09 Oct 2018
App-based self-service healthcare
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we examine the long-awaited mobile app from the NHS, which has started public trials, and ask what it means for a digital health service. We hear from early experimenters of blockchain to find out what it will take for the technology to be enterprise-ready. And we analyse the impact of mergers and acquisitions on corporate networks. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
08 Oct 2018
Ctera to enhance multi-cloud after $30m funding boost
Ctera does “NAS replacement” on object storage in the cloud, but wants its customer on-premises hardware to be smarter to allow tiering of data to multiple private and public clouds Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
03 Oct 2018
Violin launches XVS8 flagship high-performance flash array
Reborn Violin Systems launches flash boxes that can scale to petabytes and are aimed at transactional, analytics and virtualisation use cases, with NVMe upgrades expected Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Feature
03 Oct 2018
How to implement a multicloud storage strategy
We look at how to build a multicloud storage strategy and benefits such as performance, availability and features, as well as potential limitations such as data mobility Continue Reading
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02 Oct 2018
The Most Influential Women in UK IT 2018
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we announce our annual list of the 50 Most Influential Women in UK IT, and talk to this year’s winner, Code First: Girls CEO Amali de Alwis, about the challenges of achieving diversity and inclusion in IT. Also, our latest buyer’s guide looks at the future of collaboration software and asks how to avoid information overload. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
01 Oct 2018
New cloud storage services for Microsoft Azure at Ignite 2018
Microsoft launches Data Box hardware appliances for cloud ingestion, Avere vFXT cloud NAS, Ultra SSD storage based on NVMe flash and Azure Premium file storage Continue Reading
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News
01 Oct 2018
Keeping Commvault on its toes in ASEAN
Backup and data protection software supplier is going after mid-sized companies and renewing its focus on partners to make deeper inroads in Southeast Asia Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
28 Sep 2018
Data analytics cuts queues and flight delays at Rome’s Fiumicino Airport
Aeroporti di Roma’s CIO, Emiliano Sorrenti, describes how the city’s main airport is using data analytics technology to reduce delays and queue times, securing it an industry award for customer service Continue Reading
By- Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly
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News
27 Sep 2018
Object storage: On-prem, in the cloud and hybrid
We take a look at the object storage market and products and find offerings made to build public and private clouds that often provide a link between the two Continue Reading
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Feature
26 Sep 2018
OpenStack storage update 2018: After Rocky
Snapshots and container storage support are among recently added functionality in the open source private cloud platform, but vendor driver support for OpenStack is not universal Continue Reading
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25 Sep 2018
Mapping the future at Ordnance Survey
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we find out how the UK mapping agency, Ordnance Survey, is innovating to put geospatial data at the heart of smart cities. We look at how to manage subscription and licensing costs when moving to the cloud. And we examine how proposals to change the UK visa system could help to tackle IT skills shortages. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
24 Sep 2018
Tape’s got a future but are use cases narrowing in the age of analytics?
The headline grabbers in storage are usually the quick – flash, NVMe etc – or the harbingers of the next generation, such as the cloud. But in some ways these are the extremes, the outliers. In ... Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Podcast
20 Sep 2018
GDPR compliance and storage in digital transformation projects
Key considerations when transforming physical data into digital, the impacts on compliance and how to ensure access, encryption to data and safe disposal of physical assets Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Feature
20 Sep 2018
Flash storage in the cloud from the big cloud providers
We survey the big three cloud providers – AWS, Azure and Google – and find a range of mostly block storage flash storage options with performance choices available Continue Reading
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News
18 Sep 2018
BFI deploys SpectraLogic tape in PB-scale digitisation project
British Film Institute got SpectraLogic tape and Black Pearl when it wanted multi-petabyte capacity and the ability to write tape archive of 10,000 movies into its workflows Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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18 Sep 2018
CW Europe: Costs stack up for Dutch government IT projects
In this issue of CW Europe, we look at analysis by a Dutch newspaper which discovered that government-controlled IT projects in the Netherlands go over budget by 40%, on average. We also find out how Berlin’s Digital Career Institute is building web skills among refugees and the unemployed across Germany. Download the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
17 Sep 2018
Red Hat to throw its hat in with Container Storage Interface
Software maker will add Container Storage Interface support to its existing OpenShift Container Platform and GlusterFS-based scale-out file system container storage Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Podcast
14 Sep 2018
Printing, document capture and compliance risk in the GDPR era
Printers, scanners and mobile devices that capture data from documents all store data in some way or other. How can you be sure to be compliant with GDPR with regard to that data? Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
14 Sep 2018
CIO interview: Amir Nooriala, chief operating officer, OakNorth
The challenger bank’s COO on wanting to be fully cloud hosted, going through a huge cloud migration and being able to rebuild its core banking platform in five hours Continue Reading
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Feature
14 Sep 2018
How the big five storage array makers tier data to the cloud
We look at the big five storage array makers' efforts to connect on-premise hardware with cloud storage and find automated tiering, on-ramps, and backup and archive capability Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
14 Sep 2018
Lenovo cements deal with NetApp to strengthen datacentre foundation
Lenovo wants to become more customer-centric. A tie-up with NetApp takes its datacentre strategy to the next phase. We investigate Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
12 Sep 2018
Gartner claims pure-play IaaS providers could be sidelined as enterprise attitudes to cloud mature
Gartner's latest public cloud services market tracker shows demand for IaaS is booming among enterprises, but providers whose cloud proposition does not feature a PaaS component may lose out in future Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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11 Sep 2018
Data protection for containers: Why and how to do Docker backup
Containers such as those from Docker are agile, lightweight, and can be short-lived, but they and their data often needs to be protected. We look at the key options available. Continue Reading
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News
10 Sep 2018
Enterprise demand drives hike in storage sales, says IDC
Healthy jump in all-flash and SAN/NAS sales is being driven by enterprise storage modernisation, but also by component price rises. Dell EMC and NetApp top the supplier sales charts Continue Reading
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News
09 Sep 2018
Taming the data beast with software-defined storage
Australian enterprises are turning to software-defined storage to improve data management and speed up testing and development Continue Reading
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Blog Post
07 Sep 2018
Who is The Cloud Daddy?
Had a great couple of online sessions recently with Joe Merces of the splendidly named CloudDaddy. The aim of CloudDaddy is to simplify one of the great pain points of IT (no, not repairing ... Continue Reading
By- Steve Broadhead, Broadband Testing
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Feature
07 Sep 2018
Storage 101: Self-encrypting drives' benefits and limitations
Self-encrypting drives are a cost-effective way to ensure compliance in certain situations. We look at self-encrypting drives, what they’re good for and their limitations Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Feature
06 Sep 2018
A guide to choosing and using all-flash array storage
We take a look at the considerations when devising an all-flash array storage strategy, and what enterprises can do to get the most out of the technology Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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Feature
06 Sep 2018
Match cache and storage tiers to app needs with new storage media
How to match cache and storage tier needs to the dizzying array of solid state media now available, including flash, QLC/TLC, NVMe, storage-class memory, NVMDimm and MRAM Continue Reading
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04 Sep 2018
SaaS HR a seedbed for innovations in AI, people analytics
The leading edge of 'intelligent' HR technology resides in SaaS, fueled by the cloud's computing power and storage. But getting machines to predict human behavior is challenging. Continue Reading
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04 Sep 2018
DDN to make enterprise push with Tintri’s VM-aware storage
DDN set to add Tintri’s portfolio of all-flash and hybrid flash arrays to its product offering following the purchase of the VM-aware storage pioneer after it filed for bankruptcy in June Continue Reading
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News
30 Aug 2018
Accountant dumps Dell SAN for StorMagic hyper-converged
Accounting firm ditches traditional SAN hardware for software-defined hyper-converged storage from StorMagic and avoids tens of thousands of dollars in capex costs Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
29 Aug 2018
Cloudian’s $94m new funds to target 100PB-scale operations
CEO Michael Tso says funding in engineering efforts aims to make sure Cloudian can meet the challenge of object storage deployments growing to hundreds of petabytes Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
29 Aug 2018
Toshiba drives add Marvell cards to give native NVMe-over-fabrics
Piggy-backed cards allow drive shelves that can connect to remote servers as if directly attached and at NVMe speeds, with box maker Aupera getting in on the JBOF act Continue Reading
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News
29 Aug 2018
HPE pins hopes on intelligent edge as hybrid strategy flattens
HPE sees hybrid as the future of enterprise IT, but revenue has been affected by currency fluctuations and its intelligent edge business is growing quickly Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
28 Aug 2018
Arsenal puts Acronis in defence for analytics cloud backup
Football club is increasingly driven by video and data analysis and opts for cloud backup software-as-a-service and quick restore to any location to replace ad-hoc staff solutions Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
28 Aug 2018
Taking stock of Dell EMC’s growth in Asia
Tech supplier Dell EMC is riding on growing demand for servers and hyper-converged infrastructure, and investing in more technical resources to support enterprises in digital transformation efforts Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
26 Aug 2018
VMware debuts VMware Cloud on AWS in Australia, cuts entry price
Virtualisation juggernaut VMware rolls out its hybrid cloud service in Australia and has halved the entry price to sweeten the deal for enterprises Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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23 Aug 2018
CW Nordics: Sweden eyes geo-fencing to protect against terror attacks
Sweden is developing an integrated IT/geo-fencing system to protect the country’s towns and cities against attacks by terrorists using vehicles as “killing machines”. Also read about Microsoft building two more datacentres in Norway to support its cloud computing services in Europe, and find out why investigators have closed the Nokia extortion probe without finding a motive or making an arrest. Continue Reading
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News
22 Aug 2018
Newisys bare metal NVMe box targets performance market
Former OEM supplier come out of stealth with dual-server box that can mount 56 NVMe drives for hyperscale datacentres or build-your-own NVMe shared storage hardware Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
21 Aug 2018
Veritas aims to boost NetBackup with simplified UI and setup
Two decades-old enterprise product upgraded with backups that can be set in three clicks, down from 30, plus instant VM workload recovery and capacity monitoring and planning Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
20 Aug 2018
StorageCraft launches OneXafe scale-out backup appliances
Product revamp sees firm launch OneXafe scale-out secondary and primary storage with ShadowXafe data protection software in backup appliance for physical and virtual environments Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Feature
20 Aug 2018
Virtual storage appliances in the cloud from the big five
We survey the big five storage hardware makers’ cloud offerings. Virtual storage appliances available range from storage and backup/data protection to nothing at all Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
15 Aug 2018
Quest goes software-only with QoreStor. Next stop, the cloud
Quest makes backup product software-defined with QoreStor, with dedupe functionality that can be added to other backup products, and plans cloud backup with native storage next Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Feature
15 Aug 2018
Hybrid cloud a key milestone on the road to cloud storage
The cloud seems to lend itself to use as a storage location. There are lots of bumps in the road, however, and hybrid cloud should be a key medium-term aim for organisations Continue Reading
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News
10 Aug 2018
Atos sets out vision for a digital Scotland
Scotland has the potential to create a competitive advantage in the global economy through digital technologies, and could even become a cloud datacentre hub, according to Atos Continue Reading
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09 Aug 2018
CW Benelux: Netherlands to experiment with self-driving trains
In this issue, read how Dutch railway operator ProRail will test self-driving trains on a small set of railroad tracks to learn if they can be part of the country’s notoriously busy network. Also, find out how a network of smart towns and cities is growing in the Netherlands, and why Dutch organisations are being urged to unite to fight DDoS attacks. Continue Reading
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News
02 Aug 2018
NetApp AI storage packages OnTap all-flash FAS A800, Nvidia
NetApp follows Pure Storage's lead, adds Nvidia GPUs to its all-flash arrays to build a storage product designed for data scientists and others dabbling in artificial intelligence. Continue Reading
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26 Jul 2018
Cities key to making data a new form of infrastructure, says Nesta
City governments need to take charge of data use and leverage responsible innovation, as data should not be seen as a saleable commodity, but a common good, according to the innovation foundation Continue Reading
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20 Jul 2018
Interview: Dan Phelps, chief architect, Travelex
Travelex is changing the way it works by combining people, processes and technology to transform the company and by setting up a digital platform Continue Reading
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Feature
19 Jul 2018
Container storage: Docker in flash, HCI and software-defined
We look at what flash array, hyper-converged infrastructure and software-defined storage makers are doing to provide persistent storage for container-based deployments Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
17 Jul 2018
JWT slashes server estate in move to Ctera cloud appliances
Marketing agency deploys Ctera cloud-attached NAS for 10,000 employees to simplify IT infrastructure, cutting server count and slashing software and hardware costs Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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E-Zine
17 Jul 2018
How container technology is evolving
In this week’s Computer Weekly, as adoption of containers grows rapidly, we look at the choices and potential benefits of the technology. We examine the efforts being made to secure internet of things devices and ask if legislation is needed. And we assess how the government’s latest Brexit plans will affect the UK tech sector. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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Feature
16 Jul 2018
Data protection for containers: Why and how to do Docker backup
Containers such as those from Docker are agile, lightweight and can be short-lived, but they and their data often need to be protected. We look at the key options available Continue Reading
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15 Jul 2018
New industry network to bolster data protection in ASEAN
The Data Protection Excellence network will assist organisations and individuals new to data protection laws by providing hands-on training and professional certification courses Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
12 Jul 2018
Hedvig teams up with Veeam to support scale-out backup appliances
Scale-out software-defined storage supplier reaches agreement with Veeam for backup software to build clusters of nodes with flash, cloud and block, file and object storage access Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
11 Jul 2018
Cloudian adds Storage Made Easy file-sync-and-share compliance
Object storage maker adds file-sync-and-share with compliance filters from Storage Made Easy to restrict movement of potentially sensitive data between endpoints and datacentres Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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10 Jul 2018
Tackling the digital identity problem
In this week’s Computer Weekly, as UK government attempts to create a digital identity standard flounder, we examine progress on establishing the online ID system the digital economy needs. Barclays Bank talks about its move to DevOps and public cloud with Amazon Web Services. And we find out how using AI and chatbots could help improve IT service management. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
09 Jul 2018
Casino group bets on Pivot3 hyper-converged infrastructure for surveillance
Caesars’ ageing digital video recording equipment risked running foul of court and police requirements, and cost tens of thousands annually, so it switched to Pivot3 hyper-converged infrastructure Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
04 Jul 2018
Dell/VMware and Nutanix dominate a growing hyper-converged market
As hyper-converged system revenues get set to overtake those of converged systems, Dell/VMware and Nutanix are dominating the market for combined server and storage nodes Continue Reading
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Feature
04 Jul 2018
Cloud HCI survey: Cloud functionality in hyper-converged infrastructure
We look at how you can use hyper-converged infrastructure to build private clouds and link up with public cloud services to develop hybrid and multi-cloud working Continue Reading
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03 Jul 2018
Containers and storage: Array suppliers’ container capabilities
We look at what the big five storage array makers – Dell EMC, Hitachi, HPE, IBM and NetApp – are doing to provide persistent storage for container-based deployments Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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03 Jul 2018
Future-proofing Gatwick Airport’s networks
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we go behind the scenes at London Gatwick Airport and talk to its CIO about a critical network upgrade to support passenger growth. Our latest buyer’s guide examines automation and intelligent systems management. And we assess and compare the latest technologies for boosting storage performance. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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02 Jul 2018
Flash vs 3D Xpoint vs storage-class memory: Which ones go where?
New media provide a range of options to speed workloads, from “old-fashioned” flash to storage class- and persistent memory. We help you exploit the storage performance hierarchy. Continue Reading
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News
02 Jul 2018
Bolloré Group partners with Alibaba for cloud and co-development
French transportation conglomerate will use Alibaba cloud, and Alibaba will look at using Bolloré's battery technology in its datacentres Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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Feature
29 Jun 2018
Cloud storage: Amazon vs Azure vs Google vs IBM Softlayer
Computer Weekly looks at the biggest four cloud storage providers, how they stand in the market, the products they offer, and which offers the widest range of products and features Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Feature
26 Jun 2018
How the internet of things and edge data impact data storage
Remote device data poses challenges for the datacentre, but edge processing, analytics and the cloud can help businesses profit from the promise of the internet of things Continue Reading
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26 Jun 2018
Visa reveals causes of payment chaos
In this week’s Computer Weekly, after a major outage that affected millions of customers, payment provider Visa reveals what caused its network to crash. We look at the innovations coming from startups in software-defined storage. And we assess the prospects for the tech sector in Canada as it targets European IT buyers. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
25 Jun 2018
VM-aware storage pioneer Tintri on verge of bankruptcy
Recent first-quarter results by the VM-aware storage pioneer throw light on a fragile financial situation that needs new funds or a buyer to avoid bankruptcy by the end of June Continue Reading
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News
22 Jun 2018
Vexata doubles capacity in NVMe flash storage VX family
NVMe flash storage Vexata maker ups capacity to just under half a PB with 8TB drives, claims near-bare metal performance, and aims at analytics, trading and simulations workloads Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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Tip
21 Jun 2018
Enterprises wrestle with OpenStack backup, DR challenges
To work around the manual and often tedious processes associated with OpenStack DR and backup, some enterprises have turned to third-party tools. Continue Reading
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News
21 Jun 2018
CDO interview: Andrei Belevtsev, Gazprom Neft
Russian oil giant will harness the latest technologies right across its business, says chief digital officer Continue Reading
By- Vladimir Kozlov
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E-Zine
20 Jun 2018
CW ASEAN: Banking on buckets of data
Organizations across ASEAN are starting to turn to object storage due to the explosive growth of data from new sources such as sensors, mobile apps and social media. In this month’s edition of CW ASEAN, we look at how enterprises have benefitted from object storage, the roadblocks to wider adoption and the future of the technology in an increasingly software-defined world. Continue Reading
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20 Jun 2018
CW ANZ: Object storage hits a sweet spot
Enterprises in Australia are only getting started on object storage, which does away with the traditional file directories, making it easier to access and move data in a heterogeneous IT environment. In this issue of CW ANZ, we look at how Australian companies are dipping their toes into object storage, the challenges they are facing and the state of the market. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
20 Jun 2018
San Francisco 49ers add pace to the team with NVMe flash from Datrium
US NFL football team plans high-performance NVMe flash to power in-game statistics and video decision-making, plus access for scouts to player databases during draft Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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News
19 Jun 2018
NHS trust dumps creaking EMC SAN for Nutanix hyper-converged
Derbyshire-based NHS trust had reached end-of-life with Dell servers and EMC SAN, so it took the plunge with Nutanix hyper-converged to reap space, power and reliability gains Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor
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19 Jun 2018
Object storage is inching into Australian enterprises
Even as Aussie firms such as Bauer Media and Redbubble are lapping up object storage, others are facing visibility and analytics issues with the technology. Continue Reading
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19 Jun 2018
ASEAN seeks to tame data deluge with object storage
Led by Singapore and Thailand, the object storage market in Southeast Asia is expected to grow at a double-digit rate in the next few years. Continue Reading
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Feature
18 Jun 2018
NVMe over Fabrics brings benefits of NVMe to shared storage
NVMe over Fabrics – with NVMe carried over Fibre Channel, Ethernet, Infiniband and other protocols – could revolutionise shared storage. We look at how the market is shaping up Continue Reading
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18 Jun 2018
Rubrik CDM 4.2 extends data protection to Amazon cloud storage
Backup software and appliance specialist adds protection to apps in Amazon cloud to existing on-premise and cloud-to-cloud functionality, along with service provider features Continue Reading
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Blog Post
18 Jun 2018
European Parliament heads for showdown with US over Privacy Shield
By Kevin Cahill The Justice Committee of the European Parliament has set the scene for a major showdown with the US over data transfers between the EU and the US by setting a Sept 1st deadline for ... Continue Reading
By- Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly
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News
14 Jun 2018
StorageCraft to unveil unified storage, backup and cloud appliances
StorageCraft arose as a backup software maker but now plans converged storage, backup and analytics play in a move to unify offering built on core and acquired products Continue Reading
By- Antony Adshead, Storage Editor