Peter Williams

Research from Peter Williams

• Superfast StorPool start-up widens market with iSCSI, Hyper-V and VMware on 17th November, 2016
• Storage with SSD: key questions to ask – now on 8th July, 2016
• Storage performance testing: workload profile added to Load DynamiX’s portfolio on 3rd December, 2015
• Zadara Container Services speeds up VPSA public cloud access on 23rd July, 2015
• Tackling the storage provisioning nightmare and business clamour to save costs on 5th May, 2015
• Thinking outside the firewall for mobile storage protection on 29th April, 2015
• 25 year old “start-up” Arcserve launches UDP appliance on 11th February, 2015
• Atlantis USX 2.0 boosts virtual agility with storage teleporting and VVOL compliance on 20th August, 2014
• ExtraHop goes one hop further taking wire data into Open Data Stream on 18th August, 2014
• Violin Memory back in all-flash storage tune with new data management strings on 26th June, 2014
• Falconstor set for 2014 take-off with unified data platform on 20th March, 2014
• E-STaaS SAN and NAS? Now cloud storage for enterprises – and the rest of us on 12th February, 2014
• Atlantis bids for agile enterprise storage market on 11th February, 2014
• The rise of storage flash: do your homework to overcome the confusion on 13th November, 2013
• CA giveaway solution scoops up 1,000 IT management users on 30th October, 2013
• SolarWinds sets its sights on Big Four networking giants on 20th September, 2013
• Veeam dreams of $1Bn revenue as it releases Backup V7 on 19th August, 2013
• Is Fibre Channel fighting back? on 5th July, 2013
• Imation’s Nexsan boosts storage value credentials with eMLC flash and 4TB SATA on 29th January, 2013
• Will we reach true storage agility in 2013? on 28th November, 2012
• IP Expo 2012: an oldie’s view on 29th October, 2012
• Rebranded Storage Fusion adds server virtualisation analysis on 2nd October, 2012
• Nimble announces scale-to-fit on the fly storage expansion on 6th August, 2012
• Coraid releases ZX-Series NAS – rides file data explosion into big data on 17th July, 2012
• Virsto for XenDesktop 5.5 extends multi-visor virtual storage provision on 30th May, 2012
• Nutanix virtual server-storage appliance removes network hops to data on 30th May, 2012
• Tegile Systems’ special SSD-SAS mix optimises storage performance-capacity-price on 21st May, 2012
• Bocada vpConnect integrates virtual and physical data protection management on 27th April, 2012
• Re-branded Condusiv brings out boosted Diskeeper 12 on 23rd April, 2012
• Doyenz does DR in the cloud for SMBs on 18th April, 2012
• ‘Forget storage subsystems, think memory’ says Fusion-io chief on 30th March, 2012
• Storage Fusion’s SRA automates storage health-checks for resellers on 12th March, 2012
• Tripled SAS and SATA I-O performance – Nexsan’s claim for new FASTier NST5000 Series on 6th March, 2012
• VirtualSharp guarantees DR and makes it a non-event on 2nd March, 2012
• Xsigo Performance Manager puts its virtual infrastructure in the picture on 28th February, 2012
• Confidence builds in Nimble’s break-through technology on 20th February, 2012
• Commoditise storage to slash costs using AoE, says Coraid on 26th January, 2012
• TMS RamSan 720 HA flash aims to finish off high-end disk on 6th December, 2011
• Ever-expanding Spiceworks comes to Europe – the story so far on 1st December, 2011
• Nimble Storage’s CS is a mid-market game-changer on 13th October, 2011
• Overland “re-launch” throws down SMB price challenge with innovative SnapServer DX on 11th October, 2011
• Can Virsto do for storage what VMware did for servers? on 16th September, 2011
• Removing a major barrier to enterprise agility – virtual connectivity on 7th September, 2011
• Virtual Instruments’ cure for FC SAN blindness on 31st August, 2011
• Can Drobo cop SMB storage market with ultra-simple B1200i? on 29th August, 2011
• Nexsan adds SSD-cached NAS for mid-market on 15th August, 2011
• When virtualised storage virtually stops: what can be done? on 26th July, 2011
• Coraid’s AoE storage approach anyone? on 30th June, 2011
• EMC Data Domain Replicator on 28th October, 2010
• Migration Process Automation: SANpulse on 3rd September, 2010
• 3PAR Recovery Manager for VMware on 10th August, 2010
• Storage optimisation on 26th June, 2010
• Storage Thin Provisioning Explained on 14th January, 2010
• Storage Virtualisation Explained on 11th November, 2009
• What next for NetApp and de-duplication? on 30th July, 2009
• LSI doubles storage controller performance and builds out its channel on 28th July, 2009
• Virtualisation needs a network performance boost – try IT infrastructure optimisation on 17th July, 2009
• Mixed enterprise environments could make FCoE a winner on 29th June, 2009
• ColdSpark and FASTRecover help change BakBone’s game on 23rd June, 2009
• Infortrend’s green ESVA attacks the storage virtualisation market on 16th June, 2009
• Fujitsu’s ETERNUS global storage launch includes enterprise capabilities for low-end on 10th June, 2009
• SSDs start edging out spinning drives for storage on 27th May, 2009
• Pivot3’s RAIGE over data storage speed and expansion carries an innovation lesson on 26th May, 2009
• Fujitsu releases Dynamic Cube and aims for place at top IT table on 13th May, 2009
• BakBone NetVault: Real-Time Data Protector on 1st May, 2009
• Get storage off expensive tier 1 ASAP, says Tarmin as it launches Gridbank 1.5 on 23rd April, 2009
• HP takes a LeftHand turn to produce first scalable iSCSI storage for blades on 20th April, 2009
• 3PAR F-Class aims to beat the mid-range storage price v scalability dilemma on 15th April, 2009
• World’s first single chip CNA for FC/10Gb Ethernet to bring immediate … on 7th April, 2009
• What’s lean and green and coming to Europe? Rackable’s CloudRack C2 on 31st March, 2009
• ManageEngine flies into cloud computing – at $5 a month per device on 9th March, 2009
• DataCore’s ‘solid state SANs’ with mega-caches to make storage virtualisation performance soar on 5th March, 2009
• Data Domain’s souped-up OS to dent ExaGrid’s de-dupe performance challenge? on 2nd March, 2009
• Virtual Instruments’ NetWisdom 3.0 plugs VMware I-O performance monitoring gap on 23rd February, 2009
• StorMagic’s virtual SAN for VMware is destined to disrupt SMB market on 18th February, 2009
• All at once I saw a cloud – was it a hosting of 3PAR storage? on 10th February, 2009
• BMC Atrium and Remedy ITSM 7.5 provide holistic BSM and add change impact management on 3rd February, 2009
• Real Evidential Weight on 2nd February, 2009
• Netcordia’s NetMRI 3.0 helps network managers do more with less in tough times on 30th January, 2009
• CA Mainframe Storage Management on 22nd January, 2009
• BakBone’s benefits go beyond backup and CDP on 19th January, 2009
• Managing the Storage Explosion on 12th January, 2009
• QuickRecover Mainframe Virtual Tape Library solution on 12th January, 2009
• Data Domain DD690 data deduplication appliance on 10th January, 2009
• How VTL and de-dupe are driving tape’s slow death on 19th December, 2008
• Credit crunch is nice timing for HDS’ Storage Economics initiative on 17th December, 2008
• ManageSoft’s ECM 8 digs deeper into SAM to unearth savings on 10th December, 2008
• Thin provisioning’s fat chance during the credit crunch on 3rd December, 2008
• Mainframes don’t de-dupe: Shoden shows ’em how it’s done on 19th November, 2008
• Double-Take’s take on low-cost DR: back up the lot with rock solid reliability on 14th November, 2008
• Beat the credit crunch with software that saves on 10th November, 2008
• Practical Compliance on 27th August, 2008
• SEPATON shows how partial post-process de-dupe can score over in-line on 24th July, 2008
• Can ONStor’s green Cougar pounce on the enterprise? on 21st July, 2008
• Good infrastructure discovery is more pressing than CMDB, says Tideway on 16th July, 2008
• How Data Domain de-dupe is upping its nearline capabilities on 14th July, 2008
• SNIA Academy’s presentations hit the storage target on 29th May, 2008
• How to make GRC management enterprise-wide on 28th May, 2008
• Calling all CIOs: would you like some software designed just for you? on 23rd May, 2008
• DataDomain boosts de-dupe power and capacity, and answers critics on 12th May, 2008
• Has SNIA’s XAM missed the ILM target? on 15th April, 2008
• Open-Tec CStore Content Archive on 4th April, 2008
• An emerging network management headache: analysing ever-faster networks on 27th March, 2008
• Network and Voice Management Software on 20th March, 2008
• 3PAR architecture turns low-cost SATA drives into tier 1 storage on 26th February, 2008
• CA Recovery Management r12 converges backup, high availability and DR – and maybe the market on 11th February, 2008
• Juniper Networks attacks large enterprises with new switches and approach on 8th February, 2008
• Optim’s structured ILM and EDM blend makes a unique market niche on 9th January, 2008
• Stormy times for your networks? Time to re-assess your network management software on 19th December, 2007
• ‘Dual Target’ CentricStor V4 tackles enterprise storage headaches head-on on 7th December, 2007
• Thin, mean and green – a quick way to save corporate IT cash while cutting CO2 on 30th November, 2007
• Overland and Diligent target SMEs with de-dupe VTL appliance on 5th November, 2007
• BakBone NetVault 8.0 overtaking competitors with heterogeneous CDP on 1st October, 2007
• Why SolarWinds wins against the network management giants on 28th September, 2007
• Adaptec Snap Server 700i Series provides iSCSI performance, scalability leap on 10th September, 2007
• The case for converging governance, risk and compliance on 29th August, 2007
• Neverfail succeeds because Windows fails on 22nd August, 2007
• SteelEye expands into growing CDP market on 9th August, 2007
• StorLife CAS – compliance and de-duping another way on 7th August, 2007
• Can unified governance deliver for the emerging GRC market on 31st July, 2007
• IQ storage too good for SAN and NAS on 23rd July, 2007
• De-dupe for big storage space-savings? on 17th July, 2007
• How to recover your “unrecoverable” laptop on 16th July, 2007
• Applying Information Policy on 7th July, 2007
• Think you’re compliant? Think again on 28th June, 2007
• A big storage vendor lesson: keep backup simple and do it well on 11th June, 2007
• Are you ready for your next audit? on 1st June, 2007
• Thin provisioning: storage when required on 30th May, 2007
• Is your network compliant? on 25th May, 2007
• Compliance data needs special treatment on 23rd May, 2007
• Trouble looms for enterprises who don’t know what storage they’ve got on 17th May, 2007
• HDS blows performance socks off storage competition, intros SOA for storage on 15th May, 2007
• Netcordia network appliance strikes a chord with engineers – and compliance managers on 23rd April, 2007
• The TCO value of lesser-known virtualisation applications on 19th April, 2007
• Njini-ous ways to reduce unstructured data storage on 13th April, 2007
• Prediction: One day you WILL reduce total storage on 12th February, 2007
• Big Java apps need Java hardware on 25th January, 2007
• Blade innovations highlight energy efficiency opportunities on 10th January, 2007
• Information Lifecycle Management on 27th November, 2006
• Getting to grips with power on 27th November, 2006
• Entente Cordiale lives in UK mid-market ITM challenge on 8th November, 2006
• What d’ya mean, free software? on 1st June, 2005