The emergence of object storage as a viable means of data retention upsets the existing methods – closely connected – of file and block storage, also known as NAS and SAN. This article will recap the ...

Unstructured data is huge – in all senses. There is lots of it, and file or object sizes can be large. Go back just a decade and the predominant method of storage for unstructured data would have been ...

In my last column, we looked at the fundamentals of object storage as it applies to the media industry and as applicable to archiving. Object stores have become a principle solution for long-term data ...

Data is transforming the world of business by enabling companies to find new efficiencies, gain new customer insights and enter new markets. However, all of this information comes at a cost. The ...

IBM is making a big play for bringing object storage technology to the cloud and to on-premise data centers with its planned acquisition of Cleversafe. IBM on Monday said it plans to acquire ...

Object storage is vastly more scalable than traditional file system storage because it’s vastly simpler. Instead of organizing files in a directory hierarchy, object storage systems store files in a ...