Author: Randy Kerns

March 29, 2023

The Importance of Keeping Up with Technology and Thoughts on Making a Plan for IT Teams to Help Accomplish That

Randy Kerns, senior strategist at Evaluator Group, part of The Futurum Group of family of companies, explores why it is important for IT organizations to keep up with the changing...
March 14, 2023

Changing Storage Vendors – Object Storage

Randy Kerns, senior strategist at Evaluator Group, part of The Futurum Group family of companies, shares insights on the challenges involved in data migration and suggestions on what to consider...
March 6, 2023

IBM Makes a Number of Storage-Focused Announcements

Randy Kerns, senior strategist at Evaluator Group, part of The Futurum Group family of companies, shares an overview and his insights on IBM’s storage-related announcements made at a special event...
February 28, 2023

Panasas, Hammerspace, and StorMagic Featured in London at A3 Communications Technology Live!

Randy Kerns, senior strategist at Evaluator Group, part of The Futurum Group family of companies, shares insights from A3 Communications Technology Live! event in London, featuring presentations by Panasas, Hammerspace,...
February 22, 2023

VP of IT and other IT Job Titles – What’s in a Name

Randy Kerns, senior strategist at Evaluator Group, part of The Futurum Group family of companies, writes about the variations of IT job titles and shares thoughts on the variations, which...
February 16, 2023

Object First Announces OOTBI – Object Storage for Veeam Backups

February 9, 2023

Data Reduction Guarantees – NetApp Has a New Approach

February 2, 2023

What is Next Beyond Container Environments

December 19, 2022

Changing Storage Vendors – What is Important, Part 5

November 22, 2022

Changing Storage Vendors – What is Important, Part 4

October 19, 2022

Changing Storage Vendors – What is Important, Part 3

October 3, 2022

Changing Storage Vendors – What is Important, Part 2

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Benjamin Brown, VP Custom Research, Futurum Research

Benjamin Brown

VP, Custom Research · The Futurum Group

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