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 ...

Enterprise IT architects constantly have to balance conflicting demands for data storage: performance, cost, resilience and scalability. The result is a mixed ecosystem. We get object storage for ...

Performance has not always been a priority for object storage. Instead, object storage found its role in secondary applications, such as archiving and backup, and, although object storage is widely ...

Market leaders in distributed file systems and object storage include Dell Technologies, IBM, Pure Storage, Scality, NetApp and Qumulo, according to Gartner’s new 2020 Magic Quadrant. Gartner’s 2020 ...