Satya Nadella says Windows Azure should be on the short list of public clouds that every company — including AWS-loving startups — should consider. Here’s why. Read more »
Speakers at GigaOM’s Structure conference this week displayed the ferocity of the public-cloud market and the broadening adoption of private clouds among large businesses. Read more »
Google and national laboratories want different things out of their infrastructure, although it looks like there’s room for them to learn each other. Read more »
Netflix’s decision to build its own caching boxes for optimizing its video delivery was in part influenced by the work of online backup provider Backblaze. Read more »
Dark architecture addresses some of the issues, and lessens the risks, for companies that are switching over and making major changes in their infrastructure. Read more »
Webscale players, enterprises and service providers want to keep end users happy as they serve up applications. A crucial ingredient for that is a network that can flex to the needs… Read more »
You’ve just invested in a massive infrastructure to store your data and mine it for information. But is that information valuable enough to justify the expense? Read more »
The flash storage community is telling a tale of a tape-free world, but at least on storage-industry veteran isn’t buying the hype. In fact, she noted, tape is far from dead. Read more »