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Technical Insight: Scale-Out File Systems and NAS

July 21, 2023

Last updated July 21st, 2023 for document updates. In this free Technical Insight report, Research Analyst Mitch Lewis discusses how to distinguish two closely related file based storage technologies, Network Attached Storage (NAS) and Scale-Out File Systems and when one might be better than the other in certain scenarios. Download this free Technical Insight now!

Technical Insight: IT Current Direction for Storing and Managing Information

July 17, 2023

Published July 17th, 2023. In this free Technical Insight report, Senior Strategist Randy Kerns discusses the current approaches for storing and managing information and what are some new potential approaches as new technologies arise. Download this free Technical Insight now!

Technical Insight: Peer Software Takes a Different Approach to Global File Access

June 13, 2023

Published June 13th, 2023. In this free Technical Insight report, Senior Analyst Dave Raffo discusses Peer Software's take on Global File Systems or Cloud NAS with their Peer Global File Services (PeerGFS). Download this free Technical Insight now!

Technical Insight: Distinctions Between Air Gaps for Cyber Resiliency

June 13, 2023

Published June 13th, 2023. In this free Technical Insight report, Senior Strategist Randy Kerns discusses the distinctions between physical air gap and logical or operational air gap for cyber recovery. Download this free Technical Insight now!

Technical Insight: Addressing Key CIO and IT Operations Issues

June 13, 2023

Published June 13th, 2023. In this free Technical Insight report, Senior Strategist Randy Kerns follows up from his previous Technical Insight on Key CIO and IT Operations Trends and further discusses the approaches to address issues being faced by CIOs and IT Operations. Download this free Technical Insight now!

Technical Insight: Data Storage and Sustainability

June 7, 2023

Published June 7th, 2023. In this free Technical Insight report, Research Analyst Mitch Lewis discusses the idea of sustainability, the most recent key criterion for IT to consider when making IT purchasing decisions as global concern over environmental issues, and the impact of CO2 emissions have been growing in the recent years. Download this free technical insight now!

Technical Insight: Key CIO and IT Operations Trends

June 1, 2023

Published June 1st, 2023. In this free Technical Insight report, Sr. Strategist Randy Kerns discusses the trends and top imperatives for IT that are impacting business or organizational goals and how it is important for CIOs and ITops to address these concerns. Download this free technical insight now!

Technical Insight: How Composable Infrastructure Addresses IT’s Problem of Space and Time

March 28, 2023

Last updated March 28th, 2023 for document updates. In this free Technical Insight report, Sr. Analyst Eric Slack provides a comparison of PCIe fabric and blade-server composable architectures. Download this free report now!

Technical Insight: QLC and the 10-Year Guarantee

February 28, 2023

Published February 28th, 2023. In this free Technical Insight report, Sr. Strategist Randy Kerns discusses the different types of QLC based on their usage and how this has enabled vendors to give a 10-year or similar guarantee. Download now!

Technical Insight: The Why and How Behind Salesforce Data Protection

November 22, 2022

In this free report, Sr. Analyst Krista Macomber discusses how to protect Salesforce using IBM Storage Protect for Cloud (formerly IBM Spectrum Protect Plus Online Services (SPPOS)). Download the free report now!

Technical Insight: What to Look for in a Logical Air Gap

November 10, 2022

Published November 10th, 2022. In this free Technical Insight report, we provide a checklist of key capabilities for IT operations to vet operationally air gapped systems. Download now!

Technical Insight: Mainframe Shifts in Cloud Storage Usage

October 25, 2022

Last updated October 25th, 2022 for minor updates. In this free Technical Insight report, we discuss our recent research on the expanding and evolving use of public cloud storage for mainframe environments. Download the free report now!