A storage industry breakthrough was unveiled today after four storage vendors came together to collaborate on a common mission: to promote active archives and simplify online access to all archived data.

I’m proud to join executives from QStar, Compellent, FileTek and my own organization, Spectra Logic, in announcing the formation of the Active Archive Alliance. Continue Reading

An essential part of cloud computing is service provision via the Internet, delivering IT and communications services via a pay-as-you-go model. It seems highly desirable and cost-effective, but there are commercial risks that might not quite make it to the negotiating table for consideration.

That service provision has also become known as SaaS (Software as a Service) from an ASP (Application Service Provider), with the umbrella phenomenon of supply and demand often now called Utility Computing. Many of the biggest players on the planet – Google, Microsoft and Amazon included – are investing heavily in their own particular flavour of cloud services and SaaS delivery ideas. Continue Reading