Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover how technology helps business compete. Storage vendor Scality is riding the wave of the move towards Software Defined ...

VM-aware storage may very well be the next big thing in the evolution of enterprise-grade storage. Here's why. One of the hot topics at VMworld 2013 San Francisco was the concept of storage becoming ...

Virtual machines (VMs) have transformed the way businesses manage their IT infrastructure. With virtualisation, companies can run multiple virtual machines on a single physical server, which has ...

VM-aware storage treats each virtual machine as a unique entity with specific requirements. Virtual machines (VMs) have transformed the way businesses manage their IT infrastructure. With ...

For 20 years or more, conventional storage has been confined to physical workloads, in the form of block level storage and file storage which both support enterprise applications. Block level storage ...

Successful examples of VMwareVirtual Volumes (VVOLs) deployment were unheard of in France, but perfume and cosmetics chain Beauty Success put them at the centre of their virtualisation storage upgrade ...

Broadcom’s takeover of virtualisation supplier VMware has brought changes to VMware’s product line-up and its licensing terms. VMware’s storage virtualisation technology – vSAN – is also affected.

I realize this may be dependent on the specific configuration and demands required by individual VMs/applications, but this is more of a general question if you are building a new server for ...

There is a disconnect in your data center. You’ve virtualized your applications, and your teams are thinking and working in virtual machines (VMs). But your storage hasn’t materially changed in ...

The storage market is noisy. On the surface, storage providers tout all-flash, more models and real-time analytics. But under the covers lies a dirty little secret—their operating systems (the ...