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Zadara Storage at Cloud Expo London 2016

Imagine a completely universal  storage solution – any location, any data type, and any protocol. That is what Zadara Storage is bringing you this year at Cloud Expo London. What’s unique about Zadara is that it’s the same storage solution whether you are in the cloud, on-premise or a hybrid model – combining the two.  Zadara’s VPSA provides the flexibility and scalability of the cloud – even on premise.

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Zadara Joins Intel Storage Builders Program

Leadership is often the result of great partnerships. Aligning companies to create industry-leading solutions is the basis of many great market success stories. Today, Zadara Storage is proud to join the Intel® Storage Builders program.  The Intel Storage Builders Program provides an open, collaborative environment for true storage innovation and advancement. The program brings together forward-looking companies, a broad Intel ecosystem, key foundational technologies, and strategic resources to empower members to move storage forward.

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How to Solve Your Top Enterprise Storage Problems By Moving to the Cloud

As data capacity grows within the organization, so does the importance of that data. Today’s businesses depend on data for customer relationship management and marketing, operational intelligence, business intelligence, and even planning and forecasting for the future. However, as the capacity and the value of the data has grown, users are faced with a significant challenge: how can we store and manage all of it? Today, businesses have a variety of options to store their data using either on-premises or cloud-based solutions, depending on things like budget, regulatory issues, and the preferred IT infrastructure. With advancements in connectivity and security, cloud storage can provide a level of performance and security that rivals onsite solutions. Learn how to solve your top enterprise storage problems by moving to the cloud.

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Enterprise Cloud Storage Glossary of Key Terms

If you’re looking to further expand your enterprise cloud storage knowledge, join us for Tech Tip Tuesdays! When comparing the offerings of various cloud service and storage vendors, there are a lot of terms, acronyms, and outright jargon. While part of the issue is simply that cloud computing is a rather complex subject, and there are an overwhelming number of different types of services and products available, there is another side to the coin. At times, it may even seem that vendors are intentionally trying to confuse the customer. Here is a simple, enterprise cloud storage glossary that you can bookmark for future reference.

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Choose Your Cloud Storage Protocol

We all love choice in our lives; in many ways it allows us to express our uniqueness, whether that’s in the clothes we wear, the cars we drive or the style of music we like to listen to. Too much choice, however makes decision-making difficult and sometimes it seems easier to do nothing and follow the previous path. In the storage world, block and file protocols have been dominant for many years and are probably the most well known formats for storing and retrieving data. In recent years there has been a new kid on the block (no pun intended) – object storage. So, how do these three protocols differ and how should we use them in the context of cloud and software defined storage solutions? Read on to find out more about choosing your cloud storage protocol.

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How to Evaluate Cloud Storage Vendors and Find Your Perfect Match

When evaluating cloud storage vendors, it’s easier than you might think to compare apples to oranges, or even apples to orangutans. Some services are geared toward small businesses, and simply aren’t adequate for enterprise use. Others offer only cloud-based solutions, when you need onsite solutions or a hybrid solution incorporating both onsite and offsite options. Still more might not offer practical solutions for your projects, such as Big Data or collaboration. Here are some questions to keep you on track when you evaluate cloud storage vendors.

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SAN Versus NAS: What’s the Difference and What Do You Need?

SAN Versus NAS: What’s the difference? First, let’s define what they are. SAN (Storage Area Networks) and NAS (Network Attached Storage) are both network storage solutions, and may seem very similar at first glance. In many cases, either will work about as well as the other. Both usually utilize RAID, and both typically offer a variety of storage management and data protection features. In a cloud-based solution like Zadara’s, SAN and NAS are both supported, so that users can choose the architecture that makes the most sense for them.

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Making the Case: Cloud NAS Benefits

More and more companies are recognizing the value of moving their IT infrastructure to the cloud. The benefits of this are well documented, so there is no need to cover this topic here. As companies move their compute infrastructure to cloud environments such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure and others, the next logical step is to determine the best cloud-based storage infrastructure.

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